O/T Cant sleep. Ambien doesnt work

[GoneForever]

Hopefully I can post this. So, every saturday morning I have to get up extremely early for school which really throws off my sched. Im used to bed at 3am and wakeup at noon. Now I have to be up at 5am every saturday. Got a script for 10mg ambien but they dont work. About 2years ago I was 220lbs and took a 10mg and passed out hardcore. Now im 260lbs and a 10mg didnt do anything. I havent used one in 2years and it didnt do anything. It almost keeps me up more at night. Is the dose too low for my weight? Whats a good dose? Thanks

 

[cryptasm]

I use 20mgs when I need it...It werks for me.. 10mg doesn't

 

[km2000]

by body seems to build up a resistace to ambien really quickly, i have read research that suggests that it happens to more then just a few... i would try lunesta, my doc gave me some it it works great! also it is non habit forming... i also tried the ambien cr, it worked much better then the regular stuff.. i tried the rozerom also and didnt really like it...

ask the doc to call in a script for lunesta and give it a try, it is kind of expensive since there arnt any generics out.....

 

[hngrygrl]

have you tried taking unasom? all it is is 50mg of benadryl. you can even buy generic. I didnt like lunesta. gave me a really sick taste in the back of my mouth (great if you're on a diet). Even air tasted bad. every med works for everyone so different. ask your doc if he has any samples or trial coupons.

 

[GoneForever]

My little bro gave me trazadone once. That shit was aweful. I took 2 big silver dollar sized white pills. It actually knocked me out for an hour or so but then I woke up with bleeding lips and the worst dry mouth of my life. Couldnt sleep. For some reason sleep meds act like energy pills for me. Thanks KM for the lunesta tip but dr was already hesitant on giving me amb's. Maybe i'll try 20mg one night. See if that works. I only plan on using them 1x per week.

 

[ironfreak83]

well if you didnt have to be anywhere friday you could just sleep all day long, stay up until your school is done on saturday then crash. of course this would be a last option but i occasionally have to do this. i work night shift till 3 am and i dont like to get up before noon ever. really hard to adjust when you hafta get up for somethin in the am. throws you off a little.