Posted by blueboy on July 28, 2008, at 10:04:30
In reply to 2 days' worth of experimentation, posted by llurpsienoodle on July 25, 2008, at 6:49:03
> Day 1) glass of wine at 7pm & sonata at 10:30 pm
> woke up at 5:00 am, stayed in bed until 5:30 am. Felt in a daze all day long. Kind of tired, but caffeine stimulated.
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> Day2) klonopin at 4pm & zolpidem at 10:30 pm. Woke up at 5, fell back asleep. woke up at 6, fell back asleep, got up at 7am. I feel groggy, but hopefully a cup of coffee can pull me back into the realm of the living undead.
>My first reaction is that your time period is way too short to draw any kind of conclusion. My sleep patterns vary more than this even when I'm not taking any drug at all.
Also, for me, your "Day 2" would be a successful night of sleep, LOL. A lot of people, especially as they grow older, have problems with waking up for a while, then going back to sleep.
Of course, if you're feeling out-of-it all day, that's the litmus test. I have spent years trying to guess what to do at night by reading my syptoms. I'm bipolar and if I'm truly hypomanic, the only thing that helps is a big dose of klonopin at bedtime. For anxiety or simple insomnia, Ambien or even nothing. But Ambien is a lot better for going to sleep, since it lasts about 5 hours.
If I wake up, wide awake, 5 or more hours before I have to get out of bed, Ambien.
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