Posted by Crotale on August 3, 2008, at 23:01:41
In reply to Re: high dose zolpidem, posted by blueboy on July 29, 2008, at 9:46:56
> I take up to 30mg of zolpidem and I think 7.5mg Lunesta. I have major insomnia problems.
Interesting combination. As I said I haven't gotten anything out of the other z-hypnotics. I suspect I would tolerate 30mg zolpidem fine, but I can't think of a delicate way to ask my pdoc to raise it.
> Since I got off Nardil, I tend to find slightly less to be necessary, e.g. 20-25mg zolpidem.
Yeah, I've found all the MAOIs interfere with sleep to some extent, and I have pretty bad insomnia anyway.
> The same is true of clonazepam/Klonopin -- for sleep, when I use it, I take 20-30mg, although the 10mg standard dose is useful for social anxiety when I want to stay alert.
err...are you sure that's Klonopin? that seems like an awfully high dose.
> I have to say, Ambien at 30mg has given me a bit of a "high" on occasion :) Don't tell anyone, since the DEA would no doubt put it on a higher schedule if they found out someone actually enjoyed taking it.
Naughty naughty! <wags finger> Can't have people actually enjoying anything!
My all-time least-favorite act of the DEA (or maybe it's the FDA that does this sort of thing?): They moved buprenorphine from C-V to C-III just because they started using it to treat drug addiction. Like all of a sudden it's a different drug or something. I wouldn't put anything past them, no matter how irrational.
-Crotale
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