Ambien?

[SlowButSteady]

I spent five years on sleeping pills. My doctor toggled me back and forth between ambien and restoril, changing when one began to lose effectiveness.

I also did various holistic things, herbal teas, home remedies and even took a Reike class and practiced Reike on myself.

My problem was never falling asleep, it was staying asleep. It was waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to go back to sleep. The longer things went on, the more panicky I would be when I woke up and the less able I was to go back to sleep.

Eventually he put me on the Ambien CR (controlled release) but it really didin't help either.

I hated it!!! The whole time I took it, I had a pathologically bad taste in my mouth.

I quit using it when I had severe asthmatic bronchitis (I was afraid I would die if I couldn't wake up while having trouble breathing).

Immediately, the bad taste went away AND I was able to sleep AND not panic when I woke up during the night.

I hope you find a solution, it's truly miserable to not be able to sleep.

[jessmarimba]

Yeesh - I'm up to about 5-6 hours of sleep now but only if I stay up to the point where I am beyond exhausted. But I'm a little more flexible now so it should start to get easier, I think!

[makbike]

I'm using Ambien and it does help me get a good 8 hours of sleep. I don't wake up feeling drugged or "hungover." I just have to make sure I take it at the right time so it is out of my system when the alarm goes off in the morning.