Posted by Peter on December 29, 1998, at 14:03:26
In reply to temazepam and iother benzodiazepines, posted by Paul on December 28, 1998, at 9:17:09
Paul,
All benzodiazepines are CNS depressants. If you are on Temazepam for sleep, then your Insomnia is (or should be) caused by anxiety. You would be helped by taking any other benzodiazepine. Why Temazepam is one of those benzos that doctors prescribe for night time, I don't know for a sure, but it is very possible that duration of its action is the reason.
I'm on Temazepam also. Haven't tryed to take it during the day, and doubt there is more sedative action then from other benzos. I had 2 different benzos before (Diazepam, Flurazepam), and I can't tell the difference.
> It is my understanding that benzodiazepines differ from one another primarily in their half-lives and time in which they take effect. Are drugs such as temazepam, which is indicated for the treatment of insomnia (and not anxiety), indicated as such because of their relatively duration (which obviously makes it a good choice because it wears off by morning), or are there other specific effects, apart from duration of action, which are more sedating and hypnotic as opposed to anxiolytic effects? In other words, can temazepam be taken for anxiety?
poster:Peter
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