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Re: Temazepam DOES NOT Work At All » Elizabeth

Posted by fachad on March 4, 2002, at 8:43:02

In reply to Re: Temazepam DOES NOT Work At All » fachad, posted by Elizabeth on March 4, 2002, at 1:32:48

My pdoc was going to give me lorazepam, but I asked for temazepam. Mabye that was a dumb move on my part.

My main motivation for getting away from Ambien is cost - even with my health insurance, Ambien costs $40/month. A month's worth of temazepam was about $3, self-paid.

My insurance will not pay for more than 1 Ambien tablet per day (same for Concerta), so I would have to split a 10mg tablet to take some in the night.

If I took Ambien at bedtime and Sonata upon awakening, I would have to pay $80/month ($40 for the Ambien + $40 for the Sonata). That's just a few bucks shy of $1,000/year. One Thousand Dollars, yikes.

Not that I wouldn't pay it if it was the only way for me to get good sleep, but with so many conventional benzos out there as generics, I just can't see paying the big bucks for the proprietary pills when they don't even give me a whole night of uninterrupted sleep.

I think I saw somewhere that you had taken estazolam. How was that?

I eliminated the long acting meds because I don't want buildup and mental dulling. It seems like my generic choices are:

-temazepam (doesn't work)

-lorazepam (is it too addicting?)

-estazolam (anyone? anyone?)

-clonazepam (will it make me depressed, or groggy, or mentally less sharp?)

-oxazepam (does'nt look like a very good hypnotic)

Did I miss anything? Am I overestimating the risk of addiction with lorazepam, or the risk of depression/dulling wiht clonazepam?


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BTW, I have been thru all the non-benzo sleepers.

- TCAs - weight gain, even with tiny doses. Literally dreamt of jelly doughnuts and chocolate cake, ice cream, hot fudge, etc.

- trazodone/nefazodone - wake up after few hrs w/headache

- hydroxyzine - way too groggy the next day. I did not know you could fall asleep while on a brisk walk on a cold morning.

- OTC antihistamines - don't last thru the night.


> This post caught my eye.
>
> Temazepam (Restoril) is the standard benzo doctors give for insomnia. Once, a doctor gave it to me. After taking the prescribed dose of 30 mg, I slept as poorly as ever.
>
> Temazepam *sucks*.
>
> Have you considered taking Ambien twice -- once at bedtime, once when you wake up in the middle of the night? Or combining Ambien with Sonata in the same way?
>
> Klonopin is a nice long-acting benzo for sleep.
>
> -elizabeth


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