Posted by Mark H. on March 13, 2000, at 20:16:43
In reply to Re: Ambien, posted by Elizabeth on March 13, 2000, at 0:11:42
I'm always a bit surprised at how different we all are. Ambien lasts exactly six hours for me -- I'm dead to the world and then BOOM! it's worn off. I have noticed two things that make me cautious about using it: I am much more tired the next afternoon, like the type of sleep it gave me wasn't exactly what my body needed; and according to my wife, I flop around so violently that she can hardly sleep in the same bed with me when I take it. Sometime when we have nothing better to do on a Saturday night, we're going to videotape my flopping around on Ambien while asleep. Sue says I've fallen out of bed TWICE without knowing it.
I've suggested this before, but a GREAT alternative to Ativan and Ambien is clonazepam. I took .25 mg a night for an entire year, and I only had very mild side effects for about 36 hours when I went off of it. Take it about 45 minutes before you want to go to sleep. There's very little hangover, and it will give you a welcome break from Ativan without the hammered effect of Ambien. Save the Ambien for when you HAVE to sleep!
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