Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below as most of u that read my posts know i have been on sleeping pills for a long time and use them almost everynite. but i had a question i was curious about and if anyone could help answer this for me. when i take non-benzos like ambien or lunesta i need them every nite until theyre gone because if i try taking a night off i have rebound insomnia and am up all night. but if i pop a good amount of klonopin (talkin 6-8 mg here) i sleep all night and dont have to take any sleep aids for a good 5 nights at least, and even then i dont have to but i do if i have trouble sleeping because i have no will power over the fact that i have something to help. but it generally seems that taking klon one night can solve sleep problems for several nights for me where as consecutive nights of non-benzos fuck me up.
why is this?
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justinjones1963
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In the past I used the crap out of sleeping aids. Like everything though I imagine it can be dangerous if you use them too much. I totally quit using prescription meds and even quit the OTC drugs. Right now I occassionally use melatonin and ZMA and that does the trick. Not that I have a solution to your problem but I would just be thoughtful of the long term use of the stuff.
Have you tried doing a sleping study? They wire your brain up and see what the internal problem is.
As for your question your body is clearly reacting differently to klonopin and ambien. If you can get by with fewer dosages/less use with klonopin I would stick to that.
Good luck.
Have you tried doing a sleping study? They wire your brain up and see what the internal problem is.
As for your question your body is clearly reacting differently to klonopin and ambien. If you can get by with fewer dosages/less use with klonopin I would stick to that.
Good luck.
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cat_fish
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Shark I dont post very often but when I read you were using Klonopin I felt it necessary to speak up.markshark said:
Benzo's are the absolute worst drug to come off of! I was taking 1 mg of Klonopin to help me sleep for about two years and because my situation improved (I got a divorce) I stopped taking it back in November 2004.
When i first stopped taking K I was bed ridden for 3 weeks and now 15 months later Im still suffering from withdraws. I'm constantly dizzy and light headed, my short term memory is crap and I suffer from de-personalization/de-realization. I went to the DR today to see if there was anything that could be done and she said that because my central nervous system is so out of whack that she was worried that adding something else would only make my symptoms worst.
Join this site Benzo buddies ask questions, these people will give you a better idea the hell your in for if you don't get off Klonopin. Also, if you decide to stop taking K wean yourself off don't stop cold turkey like I did.
Hope this helps
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justinjones1963
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cyrex said:
Both are prescription drugs.
