Posted by Joy on March 1, 2002, at 17:17:54
In reply to Best Benzo for Sleep / Qualitative Differences?, posted by fachad on February 28, 2002, at 14:58:20
I agree, Ambien is not great for sleeping. I also have been on Prozac a year [just coming off it] and it does cause insomnia. I take alazoprom [generic Zanax] with a small dose of Trazodone [generic Desyrel] and sleep through the night. It's a very inexpensive combo. My psych is fine with it. I don't worry about addiction; I don't have that personality. I take alazopram occasionally for anxiety [as needed, very seldom]but it helps alot at night with Trazodone for sleeping. It's just a matter of preference though my pdoc was not for me taking Klonopin as he feels it has depressive side effects where Xanax does not [according to him].
Joy> I have been taking Ambien for sleep for about a year. It is very expensive, and my insomnia is SSRI (Prozac) induced early morning awakenings, so Ambien, being short acting, is not really very effective.
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> So today I asked my pdoc if it would be OK to take a regular, cheap, generic benzo. He agreed and asked me if I had a preference for which one.
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> I've never taken any before, so I did not know what to say. He started to give me lorazepam, but I asked if I could have temazapem instead. I had heard that lorezepam was more addicting. He gave me 15mg/day of temezapam.
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> Anyway, next month he'll either refill the temazapam or give me something different.
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> Are there any qualitative differences between benzos like there are between SSRIs or are they all pretty much the same? (I know about the half life and active metabolites considerations).
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> Is temezapam the best choice, given that my insomnia is more a problem with staying asleep than falling asleep?
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> What are other good benzos to consider for insomnia?
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