Posted by terra miller on August 1, 2001, at 0:10:28
In reply to Benzos and sleep stages, posted by Daveman on August 1, 2001, at 0:01:55
> Okay, I know this has been discussed here before but I cannot narrow my search enough to find the thread:) The question is: What effect do the benzos have on sleep stages? I know that my pdoc prefers Ambien to benzos for PRN sleep use because, according to him, it does not interfere with sleep stages as the benzos do. Anybody out there who can point me in the direction of some articles that discuss this issue? Thanks.
hmmmmm. can't point you to the articles. i can speak from experience for whatever that is worth (and thinking an "ambien" might be good about now for me tonight????? *smile*).) i am taking wellbutrin as my main (and currently only) med. i have, in the near past, taken ambien for sleep and ativan. i found ambien to be more sedating. i found ativan to be less sedating, more "drowsy" in feeling. i found, though, that ativan taken at bedtime let me drift off to sleep and stay asleep. taking ambien at bedtime allowed me to fall off to sleep in 10mins., but i woke up 3-4 hours later.i don't know what that means according to the question that you posed. ambien was helpful, but i "always" woke up from it. the opposite was true with the ativan. with the ativan i seemed to return fairly quickly to "normal" sleep cycles during that night.
does that help?
-terra
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> Dave
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