Posted by 3 Beer Effect on April 29, 2002, at 22:40:52
In reply to Have you tried remeron?, posted by johnj on April 29, 2002, at 22:23:34
You could use Remeron 15 mg or possibly 7.5 mg as your sleeping pill.
The only problem is that the anti-histamine sleeping pill effect lasts into the next day, just about all day long. I always felt terrible all day long the next day after using Remeron 15 mg as an occasional sleeping pill, although it always did put me to sleep about an hour after taking it- probably one of the strongest sleep inducing pills out there w/ little tolerance compared to Ambien/Sonata. Remeron, for sure is much stronger than the lousy Sonata 10 mg i'm taking now!You might try a high dose of Halcion (Triazolam)- that is a pretty wicked benzodiazepine sleeping pill. I took 2 mg once & it knocked me out for a long very long time & when I awoke I couldn't walk, my pupils were as wide as saucers, & I was slurring my words like I was in a 14 drink drunken stupor! I stumbled downstairs to eat some Golden Grahams cereal & poured the milk into the cereal box & started eating it!
I don't think doctors prescribe it as much as when it first came out because (like Rohypnol/Flunitrazepam which has never been sold in the U.S.) it seems to cause temporary amnesia while it is working, as a side effect. It does, like Ambien, wear off fairly/moderately quickly, but I guess if you wake up in the middle of the night you could always take another one.
Soma, the muscle relaxer, also has a strong sedative effect & is good if you have muscle pain or spasms.
There is always the barbituates like Seconal, but you don't want to end up like Marilyn Monroe & countless others!
3 Beers...............
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