Posted by Elizabeth on July 11, 2001, at 15:45:55
In reply to Re: trazodone - Zo, Tina, posted by MB on July 11, 2001, at 1:37:09
> I'm surprised they still use trazadone for sleep. That stuff made me feel wretched.
YMMV. It works well for a lot of people.
> They might as well have given me chloral hydrate.
I took that a few times. It was pretty lame.
> I thought Ambien was a good sleeping drug. It allowed me to get to sleep, but didn't *make* me sleep. I haven't heard one person on this board mention using it for insomnia. I wonder why?
You haven't been looking very hard, then. There are several rabid Ambien critics around, people who say they had serious problems related to memory loss and behavioural dyscontrol. My feeling is, if it doesn't work for you, don't take it. But it works great for a lot of people.
My only problem with Ambien is that it doesn't last long enough. My sleep tends to be fragmented, especially later in the evening, and a single dose of Ambien seldom keeps me asleep for more than four or maybe five hours. Taking a second dose in the middle of the night generally works, but my prescription (60 x 10mg/month -- I take 20 mg at a time) isn't large enough for me to do this on a regular basis. Besides, it sure would be nice to sleep continuously for eight hours. Otherwise, it's the best sedative-hypnotic I've found (and I've looked in some strange places).
-elizabeth
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