Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien

Posted by Jaded on August 27, 2002, at 14:06:59

I took 10mg Ambien for sleep for over 4 years (along with Prozac, lithium, and Depakote for Bipolar). Then it quit working and I switched to Dalmane. It worked for about 6 months, then the doc switched me to chloral hydrate. It didn't work at all. He said the only thing left that would work was Seconal or Nembutal and he wouldn't prescribe them because of their lethality in suicide attempts (I have made 2 attempts before). So we discontinued sleeping meds altogether last December. I haven't gotten a single night's sleep since. I take 1-2 hours to fall asleep, and then only sleep for 30-45 minutes at a time. I seem only to get REM sleep because I dream vividly *every* time I doze off. It has been 8 months since I have had a decent night's sleep, and I think lack of sleep is starting to make me cycle again. Anybody have similar experience or advise?

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Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien Jaded 8/27/02
Re: Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien Guy 8/27/02
Have You Tried Remeron or Doxepin? » Jaded fachad 8/27/02
Other meds I have tried Jaded 8/27/02
Re: Other meds I have tried Robin.d.j 8/27/02
Re: Other meds I have tried joy 8/27/02
Re: Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien McPac 8/27/02
Re: Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien Jerrympls 8/27/02
Re: Other meds I have tried..try these? » Jaded jay 8/27/02
Re: Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien racf 8/28/02
Re: Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien susan C 8/28/02
Re: Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien velaguff 8/28/02
Robin...my feelings on trazodone Jaded 8/29/02
Re: Other meds I have tried menolly57 8/29/02
Re: Long-term insomnia since quitting Ambien Collette1 9/1/02

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