Posted by laima on February 6, 2007, at 23:09:19
In reply to Re: Ambien Anxiolytic properties » laima, posted by ed_uk on February 6, 2007, at 15:17:03
I'd say restoril is the only so called "benzo" which pulled me under like a strong current shortly after I injested it.
There was no time for relaxation, dreaminess, relief for anxiety- just very strong "tug-under"-sudden, severe. No way could I fathom using it during the day. Isn't this the drug the military gives to combat pilots so they get some brief sleep between high-adrenaline runs? Supposedly its effect is that severe and sudden. I thought I read this somewhere a year or two ago-maybe someone knows. Staying awake even a short time on this is like something beyond the land of drunk-with-benzo. No motor control, either.Yes, staying awake on ambien kind of like a waking dream.
> >Best not to mess with anything sedative/hypnotic in the daytime.
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> Don't forget that all of the commonly used benzodiazepines are sedative-hypnotics. In most cases it's mainly a matter of marketing. For example........ Xanax, which is marketed as an anxiolytic, could have been marketed as a hypnotic eg. 500mcg at night. Restoril, which is marketed an a hypnotic, could have been marketed as an anxiolytic eg. 10mg three times a day. Ambien is somewhat different to the benzodiazepines in that its effects are predominantly hypnotic.
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> Ed
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