Xanax/alprazolam and insomnia

[bamukloy]

I use all of them, for different reasons, xanax, diazepam, alprazolam and lorazepam. As everybody say, higly adictive.

For the sleep problem, my doctor gave me Mirtazapine , Ir's an antidepresesant, but in dosis of 7 mg, will not make you effect of antidepressant, is not addictive but will give you a very powerfull secondary effect....sleepy. Will sleep all that you want and more. In fact too much, so take only if you have time enought to sleep next day. But the sensation of resting is so pleasant, than I feel wonderfull.

Oh....somebody of here use zolof? or sertralina? if you use, pm me.

I was also prescribed mirtazapine for insomnia and yes my experience was exactly as you say. One day i did sleep nearly 18 hours straight. Wow nothing i ever took made me sleep before.

However, my doc did claim it was highly addictive and to use sparingly as intolerance will build.

At the moment i use this only when absolutely neccesary. I try to keep it to no more than 2 pills every three weeks.

After 4 months i have no problem doing this,so for me this drug is a huge game changer

[jackspade]

Why do you enrich the pharmacists?

Do it the natural way. Don't take any pill and try to drink a bottle of beer or two. Or a glass of red wine?

At least, you can try to solve the problem without chemicals, supposed you don't need any other pills for fifferent reasons.

Alcohol is a chemical too, and it actually inhibits healthy sleep function in humans.

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[connda]

I've been using benzos for years here in Thai for insomnia. I cycle the drug, ie, I use it until I reach tolerance (I stop at the equivalent of 20 mg of diazepam), then use the Ashton Method taper to withdraw.

I'm in the middle of one of those cycles, and took gabapentine (Neurontin) for the first time for insomnia (doctor prescribed). Last night I had the best night sleep I've had in over 20 years - literally! I slept a full 8 hours without waking up. That hasn't happened since I was in my 40s. I'm impressed. Also my tinnitus is about 70% better, and I feel, ahhh, "normal". Very interesting.

[AmandaB]

On 29.06.2015 at 2:50 PM, jackspade said:

And benzos will wreck a person worse. Taking a benzo to sleep is like doing a line of cocaine to wake up in the morning.

I know that insomnia can be a small, isolated hell to the one experiencing it—a hell that no one else seems to understand. Insomnia SHOULD be treated, and there are good medications to treat it, but benzos are a terrible choice for doing so.

I was addicted to benzos for just three months—I can't imagine the hells people have gone through to become benzo-free after taking them for years. Evidence (controlled studies) point to long-term INEFFICACY in treating anxiety and insomnia—in fact, they contribute to depression and anxiety in the long term.

Check this out:http://www.darksideofsleepingpills.com/

I have severe social anxiety and have tried every other medicine out there and nothing has worked. Xanax so far has changed my life. I'm able to talk to people and look them in the eye and not feel stupid every where I went. I take .5mg 3 times a day. I'm just worried about the addiction part. I've heard it's pretty bad. But I rather be happy all the time than having panic attacks all the time.

[onthesoi]

Bin the chemicals, stay active and exercise daily.....as nature intended!

[Lumbini]

I have severe social anxiety and have tried every other medicine out there and nothing has worked. Xanax so far has changed my life. I'm able to talk to people and look them in the eye and not feel stupid every where I went. I take .5mg 3 times a day. I'm just worried about the addiction part. I've heard it's pretty bad. But I rather be happy all the time than having panic attacks all the time.

Nothing can be worth the tolerance withdrawal that always happens with continued use and trying to taper off this toxic drug . Possibly a short term help for some but to take on a regular basis is a guarantee for a suffering few could convey with words . If someone out there finds the dose they once took not working like before and the symptoms this drug once addressed actually now getting worse from the drug that at one time helped but is now causing run don't walk to the Ashton taper schedule . I know little but remember what I faced over a decade ago and how almost impossible it was to get free .

benzo.org.uk : Benzodiazepines: How They Work & How to Withdraw, Prof C H Ashton
http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/bzsched.htm

[Damrongsak]

Benzos are nasty and the older you get, the worse it gets.  Some dumb-ass old Doc put my mother on one about 4 years ago.  I think it contributed to her lack of balance and she fell and broke her hip.  In the last two years, she's gone way downhill, and has bad short-term memory.  Sad to see an 88-year-old go to hell in a couple years.