I just took 10 mg of Ambien. Ask me anything, but do it FAST!

[Denninmi]

Last edited Sun Sep 9, 2012, 04:35 AM - Edit history (2)

I haven't really slept since late June.

What do you want to know?

UPDATED AT 4:33 AM -Damn! That stuff works fast. I barely had time to get this post done, let alone ready the first response or two. It was lights out!

So, I got about 5 hours of sleep. Would have liked 7 or 8, but 5 is still better than 0 or 1 or 2.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Denninmi!

Nothing to ask, but I hope you sleep really deeply and well, sweetie!

[Denninmi]

9. Thank you, CAPeggy.

You are the sweetest person, I swear. I'm so glad you're in this world.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thank you, my dear Denninmi...

I'm glad you're here too...

[grasswire]

3. We'll leave the latch string out for you.

In case you go night walking.

[Grey]

4. I can only wish you sweet rest,

Not being able to sleep is a curse I would not wish on anyone but the most rabid republican.

[Denninmi]

14. LOL.

Maybe they already have this problem. Could explain why their thinking is so messed up.

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. Have you considered a sleep study?

Sleep well

[Denninmi]

10. I had 2 for sleep apnea.

I have a sleep specialist neurologist that I want to go see. I have other "medical stuff" in the next 2 weeks, so am going to get an Oct. appt. set up. The intervening medical treatment may go a long way to resolving the insomnia, but I also have severe sleep apnea currently not being treated. I gave up on the stupid CPAP machine after a few months, it was horrible, but its clear to me now I have no choice but to do it again.

Last sleep specialist was a pulmonologist that my PCP sent me to as the preferred one for their medical/hospital group. And I hated him, horrible bedside manner. That didn't help at all.

And frankly, it's a neurological problem, not a physiological problem at least in my case, no physical airway obstructions, so this new one is a neurologist.

[Tobin S.]

6. What do you want? That's the essential question.

The most basic, urgent question. What do you want out of life?

[Denninmi]

11. I think that's a question best left out of the lounge.

I'll answer on the other side. More appropriate there.

[Systematic Chaos]

7. Ambien literally saved me at one point a few years back.

I was having insomnia so bad it was just destroying me mentally and physically, more so than any of the other problems I had due to my weight. I started Ambien and took it for about 3 months. I was able to sleep like a baby, none of the weird things you hear about with other people happened to me, and when I stopped taking it the insomnia made no effort at all to return.

I also had luck with Xanax when I took it for a short time to help quell massive work-related anxiety. I mean full-blown panic attacks just looking at the employee entrance to the building from the parking garage.

Those are the only two medications of that nature I have ever tried, and I hope I'll never need anything else. I hope that your experience with the Ambien will be as smooth and beneficial as my own was. I've been reading some of your more recent posts, and I know you are going through a lot. I really hope things start improving for you!

[Denninmi]

12. Well, as long as I don't drive my car into the US Capitol a la Patrick Kennedy

I guess I'm ok with it.

I did only sleep about 5 hours with 10 mgs, I kind of hoped it would be more like 7-8. But maybe I have to work up to that, my brain chemistry is set on "no sleep" right now, it may take time to alter that to a more normal pattern. Obviously, the more sleep I get, the more the entire seratonin/melatonin thing can start to function again properly.

[Locut0s]

8. Have fun :P I have to be really careful with those types of drugs. I'm already semi addicted to...

Diphenhydramine (Gravol). I take 2 pills or more very night to get to sleep and help my anxiety/depression. I've taken Xanax before for anxiety. I have an addictive personality and I love the feeling these meds give you, that delicious dreamy knocked out high feeling. They are dangerous for me I think.

[Denninmi]

13. Marketed here under the brand name Benadryl.

But I just buy the store generic, much cheaper.

That usually puts me out like a light, too. I tried 2 last monday evening, and it worked similar to the ambien, about 6 hours. So, I tried again last tuesday evening, and nada. No sleep.

Hence my request to my doctor on friday for the ambien.

[MerryBlooms]

16. I take one generic benadryl with a cup of hot milk, ever other night.

This regime enables me to get a solid 6-8 hrs sleep, free from my cat allergy runny nose/congestion and my menopausal insomnia.

If I take two, I will be up all night and my heart/mind racing.

[HopeHoops]

15. I was just wondering....

[Denninmi]

17. Wondering?

????

[HopeHoops]

19. The idea was passing out mid-sentence.

[Denninmi]

20. Sorry, I'm a little slow on the uptake these days.

I get it now, thanks.