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Speak to me of sleep aids

Because I'm getting to the point where sleep dep will make me dangerous, both in action and deed. Some evenings, I just don't get sleepy. Others, (which is the more frequent occurrence lately) I...

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Ambien knocks me the hell out quickly, where as over the counter Sominex does it a bit more subtly. It still doesn't stop nightmares, though. Both are really good at keeping me asleep throughout the...

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Giving the ambien a try tonight, we'll see how it goes.

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I have started calling myself the in"mom"niac because sleep has become foreign to me. Interested to find out how the ambien works.

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i take the Melatonin Plus from Costco when i need it, it works well.

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I've tried melatonin in the past, and it did nothing for me, except when I took it and kava kava on the same day, and I didn't sleep any more but had the weirdest dreams when I did. So far I don't...

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Temazipam, screw the butterflies.

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So 5mg of ambien does squat, and 10 seems to give me about 7 hours. I haven't been taking it every night because I do not want to build up a tolerance or dependence. I seem to be sleeping a bit better...

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Temazepam has problems in that as a benzodiazepene, it definitely DOES cause dependency with long-term usage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temazepam

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I'd really rather be hooked on any of that family of drugs than find myself sleep-driving again.

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True, but the other problem is long term tolerance of the drug, which leads to needing increased dosages if it's consistently used.

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That's why I don't take it everyday.

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Yeah, I've been taking it every three days or so, so I don't build a tolerance or a dependence. Does no good to create a problem when you're trying to solve one.

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So far so good?

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I'm still taking it once about every three days. Last two times I've taken it I've only gotten about 6 hours of sleep, although one of those times I did manage to go back to sleep after an hour. Still...

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Sounds promising. Glad to hear your sleep patterns are getting better.

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