Posted by fachad on February 1, 2002, at 19:58:10
In reply to Major addiction to ambien---heLp!!!, posted by Dona on February 1, 2002, at 17:03:59
I take Ambien 10 mg per night. If I do not take my Ambien, I will not fall asleep easily.
What I do sometimes, and it it almost sure to work for you, is to take DOXEPIN, 2 - 4 hours before you want to go to sleep.
Depending on how sensitive you are to Doxepin, you may need as little as 10 mg or as much as 150 mg a few hours before bed.
Doxepin is not a controlled substance, it has no potential for abuse, and it will definately make you go to sleep and stay asleep. It is also very cheap. It does not work as fast as Ambien, so you will need to take it longer before you go to bed. It does work longer than Ambien, so you will stay asleep all night.
I have also heard, but have not tried REMERON for sleep. It is also reported to always cause long sleep.
These meds would allow your body to get used to going to sleep without Ambien. Also, they are not abusable, so you do not have to worry about trading one problem for another.
> I have taken ambien for years and gradually increase the dose to 30 mg a night or more. There are days when I just take it all day long and sleep the day away, but sometimes I do things I forget--and twice almost crashed my car. I take prozac for depression. I do not want to go into a treatment center. I need something at night for sleep because of pain from osteoarthritis and fibromylagia. I confessed myproblem to my husband and gave him my ambien and he is going to just give me one a night. I hope that works. Is ambien physically addicted or am I just psychologically addicted. I just love days when I can space out and not worry about things. I know I should confess to my pdoc but I want to try to handle this on my own. Help!!! And thanks
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