Posted by Elizabeth on May 18, 2002, at 18:43:03
In reply to Triazoloam/benzos/hypnotics morning depression, posted by 3 Beer Effect on May 16, 2002, at 1:03:23
Sometimes people will get AM hangovers from sedative-hypnotics. But don't forget the reverse problem: early-morning awakening, which can happen if you tend to have middle-terminal insomnia and take a short- or intermediate-acting sedative-hypnotic.
> Xanax is the only benzo with real anti-depressant properties, but I don't know if it is sedating enough to put you to sleep.
At some dose, any benzo is sedating enough to put you to sleep. But anyway, Xanax isn't necessarily more or less sedating than any other benzo; that stuff is an individual thing, not something that you can make any useful generalizations about.
As for the depression thing, Xanax is the only benzo that has demonstrated AD activity in well-designed research and that is used in the USA. Adinazolam (Deracyn) is used as an AD in some countries. Xanax tends to be preferred for people who have depression+anxiety and tend to get depressed on other benzos. Rarely (in the US, anyway), it's used by itself as an AD.
Xanax is probably a bit longer-acting than Halcion (triazolam) or Serax (oxazepam) but shorter-acting than Ativan (lorazepam) or Restoril (temazepam), so it might be a good sleep aid if some of the shorter-acting ones wear off too soon.
-e
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