Posted by Vincent_Qc on March 31, 2012, at 16:43:20
In reply to Re: Benzo free med suggestions for early awakening » Vincent_QC, posted by sigismund on March 31, 2012, at 14:03:05
> This is exactly right, Vincent. And you will not feel like such a wreck the next day.
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> Last night I slept well. I did have to take 10mg temazepam (it could have been any benzo) halfway through. I took the 12.5 or so of trimip 3 hours before bed. It is way better than gabapentin for quality of sleep. I have had 10 years of bad sleep so it is a relief.Thanks Mister, it will be my next choice as a sleep aid for sure, will argue and fight with my Doc but I want to try it since right now my sleep patern is very bad, total time spend in bed is around 8 hours but sleep maybe 3 to 4 hours and its not refreshing at all and wake up in the morning as tired as before going to bed...also always need to nap in the afternoon if not my anxiety and symptoms are very bad at evening and will needto take again more benzo...im sure sleeping better will help me to reduce tghe amount of benzo Itake...
I was on Dalmane 30mg for a short time last fall and I was taking it and never felt the sedative effect by my PDoc wanted me on that med cause of the long half life...but in some respect even if the valium dont work anymore for me its by far better than the Dalmane...dont know why that PDoc didnt like the valium...also the Zzzzz drugs are not helpful, well zopiclone do nothing and never try the ambien or lunesta, ambien is now available on the canadian market since 1 year or less so its new here and the lunesta is not approved...but I guess tolerance to thehypnotic effect build up fast on those 2 meds?
Never take the gabapentin for insomnia, use it at 3600mg for social phobia but didnt work so I stop it after 4 months and I try the Lyrica and was too much dizzy on it...but the Lyrica at bedtime can kill 2 problems at the same time no? Its more powerful than the gabapentin so I guess its more sedative and it can help with anxiety and tension headache at the same time?Will also ask for the prazosin since its seem to be bettter than the Inderal for heart related anxiety like I have...
Again thanks for your answer, you help me a lot.
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