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Is there a better sleep aid than Ambien?

post #1 of 78
9/15/09 at 1:15am
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It certainly puts me to sleep but I feel like hell the next day. Anybody have better luck with the rest of the current crop, like Lunesta, Rozerem, Sonata, etc.?
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post #2 of 78
9/15/09 at 3:13am
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It certainly puts me to sleep but I feel like hell the next day. Anybody have better luck with the rest of the current crop, like Lunesta, Rozerem, Sonata, etc.?

U need Ambien CR. Make sure you sleep for at least 8 hours.
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post #3 of 78
9/15/09 at 4:22am
there's a sleep aid that is supposed to work as effectively as ambien, but has a shorter half-life in the body, called "halcion." in my experiences it works fairly well, but not as well as ambien. it didn't put me down the same way that ambien did. but i felt pretty great in the morning, so maybe it's what you're looking for? when i took ambien, i'd take a full pill if i knew the next day i didn't have a lot going on, and half a pill more occasionally, to prevent the after effects. see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcion but they say its habit-forming. i didn't feel that way, but YMMV.
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post #4 of 78
9/15/09 at 10:39am
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U need Ambien CR. Make sure you sleep for at least 8 hours.
Is any diference between Ambien CR and Ambien? I found info only about simple ambien tablets
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post #5 of 78
9/15/09 at 11:07am
Try magnesium citrate.
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post #6 of 78
9/15/09 at 11:08am
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U need Ambien CR. Make sure you sleep for at least 8 hours.

FWIW a colleague of mine took Ambien on a transatlantic flight, had a good nap and when he was roused had no recollection of having boarded the flight. He panicked in the unfamiliar environment and had a bit of a psychiatric episode which resulted in the plane staff zip-tying him and considering an emergency landing. He now figures fatigue is a welcome trade-off against short-term memory loss that sometimes comes with ambien. I would use with care.
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post #7 of 78
9/15/09 at 7:08pm
Alcohol
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post #8 of 78
9/15/09 at 7:10pm
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Try magnesium citrate.
LOL Vistaril doesn't work bad for me
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post #9 of 78
9/15/09 at 7:31pm
melatonin and ear plugs?
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post #10 of 78
9/15/09 at 8:05pm
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U need Ambien CR. Make sure you sleep for at least 8 hours.

If Ambien makes me feel terrible the next day, why would a version of Ambien that sticks around even longer be better?

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there's a sleep aid that is supposed to work as effectively as ambien, but has a shorter half-life in the body, called "halcion."

in my experiences it works fairly well, but not as well as ambien. it didn't put me down the same way that ambien did. but i felt pretty great in the morning, so maybe it's what you're looking for?

when i took ambien, i'd take a full pill if i knew the next day i didn't have a lot going on, and half a pill more occasionally, to prevent the after effects.



see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcion


but they say its habit-forming. i didn't feel that way, but YMMV.

Thanks, I'll look into this.
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post #11 of 78
9/15/09 at 8:29pm
I've heard good things about Lunesta. It's supposedly as good as Ambien for knocking you out, but it doesn't come with the amnesia and other side effects that can occur with Ambiem.
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post #12 of 78
9/15/09 at 8:31pm
Melatonine.

It´s the sleep hormone. It helps you sleep more concentrate and helps get more serotonine in the brain.

Don´t take drugs for sleep and give a try to natural things.
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post #13 of 78
9/15/09 at 8:34pm
medicinal marijuana?
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post #14 of 78
9/15/09 at 9:28pm
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I've heard good things about Lunesta. It's supposedly as good as Ambien for knocking you out, but it doesn't come with the amnesia and other side effects that can occur with Ambiem.

Yeah I've heard this too, I think I might ask my doctor to change me over to it.
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post #15 of 78
9/15/09 at 10:59pm
Melatonine, end of discussion. Gives you easy sleep.
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