Posted 12/26/2013 5:29 AM (GMT 0)
Hello laine,
at the start of my anxiety, i used to take clona and xanax at the same time. clona for sleep because it really does make you sleep. Problem is, yes you are right, it does give you a hang the next day and since i used to take it every night for 3 months, on most days i did feel sluggish and like a zombie. this happens cause clona has a very long half life.
What i did was I first shifted to another benzo for sleep (the name escapes me now) which had a shorter half life so that by the time i wake up, its pretty much out of my system and i'd just take the xanax during the day.
Eventually I was able to sleep without sleep aid, the natural techniques that help me sleep are PMR, breathing meditation or listening to white noise...
Hope this helps you.