If im already on clonazapam will temazepam work?

NAT,

Were these prescribed by the same doctor? I just want to make certain that you are not getting too much accumulative benzo daily.

If anything...I might be concerned that this would be too sedating in combination...?

Double check if you are not sure on how to proceed.

S.C.

super20dan said...
I did it for a while but I was only taking .5 clonopin a day. I think 1.5 is too much to take with restoril =temasapam at nite. ambien would be safer or lunesta or sonota. temasapam is straight benzo while the others are near benzos. with that much klonopin it should be easy to sleep but extreme anxiety can be hard to deal with. remeron or mirtazapine is VERY sedating and is almost shure to put you to sleep and is safe to mix with benzos. doxepin is another good sleep aid rx only. was very effective for me. worked as well as temazapam and much safer.

1.5 clonazapam basically does nothing for me. I started with 0.5 but was still getting extreme anxiety attacks that would wake me up, and get minimal sleep. So over 2 yr got up to 1.5 and could sleep ok until a couple months ago.

I tried mirtizapam it actually doesnt work for me. Did not help me sleep. Seroquel didnt either. I'm confused bc these drugs knock people out but not me.Ambien only works for 3-4 hrs and i take it like 2-3x a week to avoid tolerance. I really didnt want to take another benzo.

Haven tried doxepin yet. Does it help you sleep all night??? I'll suggest to my pdoc!!!

He put me on abilify right now, he days I get thoughts about being scared to sleep all day that build up through out the day and inhibit sleep/ give the sleeping anxiety attacks. But idk if this drug is right for me. Its not helping. When taken at night, doesnt let me sleep, when taken in morning, makes me out of it. But its only been 4 days on it so maybe will adjust.

Also he may stay me on Paxil. Any experience?

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I have bouts of sleep anxiety so I know the feeling well......where you start thinking about not sleeping and magnify the effects. It's the fear of not sleeping that keeps you awake and stimulated. For me Klonopin and trazadone work to some degree. I am on week 3 of Zoloft now, and have had a few days recently where I really felt good. Yesterday for some reason, and this morning, have more anxiety. Basically just thinking about anxiety starts the ball rolling, so need to redirect the thoughts. But, I am also prescribed 1 mg of klonopin to take daily as needed to cover things until the zoloft kicks in (will increase the dose from 12.5 to 25 this weekend). I usually take .5 of the K and .25 of trazadone at night to help with sleep. Doesn't always do the trick, but more often it does get me 6 hours of sleep with a slight hangover the next morning. If I take just trazadone at the level needed to sleep I am in a heavy fog the next day for hours which is as bad as not sleeping.

So, in sum, you may try a combination of klonopin and trazadone. Try taking a bit of klonopin a couple hours before going to bed to start calming things down. Then the rest of the dose as you get in bed.

super20dan said...
doxepine didn't keep me asleep all nite but neither did anything else including temazapam. trazadone did nothing even at 3x the prescribed dose. just left me dying of thirst. I usually got 4-5 hrs from doxipine with very little hangover. I knew I could not take temazapam long term so I was put on doxepine and it worked just good enough for me to get by. sounds like you are in same boat. I took melatonin and valerian at around 11 or 12 pm-would sleep till around 2or 3 am -then take doxepin and sleep till 7 am or so. this went on for several months till I found a ssri that I could tolerate. things then returned to normal and I sleep ok now and can take pm naps!. I hope you find a combo that works enough for you to get by also. taking klonipin for sleep is a prescription for diaster

Yes we're both in the same boat seems like. I was just taken off abilify (made everything way worse). Now I'm on paxil, just started so we'll see. Hopefully I can sleep normally after a couple weeks. Thanks for sharing your experience!

I'm also gonna try and see if I can somehow find an amount of hydroxyzine that won't cause a hangover (its pretty bad for me, the headaches and brain fog would be less if i just didn't sleep). But it helps so gonna try and take at like the smallest amount possible( believe it or not 6mg is too much, im gonna try 3mg. Have no clue why when the lowest does is like 25 for anxiety) at 6pm and maybe won't get the hangover for the rest of the next day.

Post Edited (Not Around, Through) : 5/11/2018 12:30:24 PM (GMT-6)

sharing our experiences here makes us all wiser and stronger. its what this form is for. even tho I am fine now I want to help others in need now as I know how truly awefull it can be. yes minnasota is right-when the anxiety is addressed -sleep will return to normal. but for rightnow he must use all the tricks to get tru for with out sleep-you cant make any headway. you do what you have to do to survive and weather this. I know I took way to much meds and mixed benzos etc but I felt I had too. just be cautious and smart about what you mix to come up with what cocktail of meds it takes to do the job

I just want us say you guys are awesome and I mean it. Having a support system on this forum is valuable to me and definitely helps! Thanks for the guidance and shared experiences guys! 😊

Been on paxil (10mg) for a week and a day. Feeling nervous about starting a long term pill, but know I have no choice bc I have tried everything else and I cant take the short term fixes forever, due to tolerance. And I know I need sleep!

I don't think I feel any different, which i guess is a good thing cause no adjustment symptoms. I do feel tired but cant differentiate if its how I always feel or from the drug. I hope it makes the anxiety at night go away and I can finally sleep normally. I guess it's a waiting game.

My pdoc wanted to go up to 20 mg yesterday but I told him to keep it at 10, since i've been really sensitive to meds of this type and he agreed. I like that he allows me to do it slowly, cause i get anxiety with starting new things. Its a little hard to convince myself this is good for me. I feel like a failure for having to take pills, like I havent worked on the CBT enough that led me to taking paxil and its side effects. Feel like in starting it, I'm leading myself down a deep dark hole. ( I know the withdrawal will suck, im scared) He said he's trained in taking people off paxil though. I feel guilty, but at the same time know ive went through a lot. I hate this combustion of emotions

Post Edited (Not Around, Through) : 5/18/2018 4:36:10 PM (GMT-6)