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I had been reading a story of a recovered addicts on another site and they stated that this OTC drug helped them with the insomnia caused by withdrawal. I guess it's what's is the US's Unisom. Up here in Canada though Unisom used  diphenhydramine which has been completely useless for me and actually makes me more wired. So if I were to try this stuff I'd have to order it off Amazon.

 

I'm just wondering if any of you have tried it and how effective it was for you perhaps when tapering and once down to 0.

 

I've read that it's best not to take it every night and to be quite honest I don't think I'd want to take it every night anyways I've already befome accustomed to sleeping every 3 nights anyways at times sometimes longer and also you would think eventually the brain must learn how to sleep without sedation but was thinking this might be useful during tough times while tapering and while in acute.

 

Please give me your thoughts

 

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Doxy worked better for me than diphen.  Neither worked very well during withdrawal, but it was better than nothing.  Early on, a doxy would only buy me around 3-4 hours.  fwiw - I popped a doxy last weekend for the first time in almost two years and slept over 8 hours, so it's potent stuff - just not as potent as benzos. 

 

Doxy leaves me feeling very groggy in the morning.  Diphen much less so.  But the groggy feeling is mostly gone by mid-morning.

 

I totally agree that these meds should not be taken nightly.

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Doxy worked better for me than diphen.  Neither worked very well during withdrawal, but it was better than nothing.  Early on, a doxy would only buy me around 3-4 hours.  fwiw - I popped a doxy last weekend for the first time in almost two years and slept over 8 hours, so it's potent stuff - just not as potent as benzos. 

 

Doxy leaves me feeling very groggy in the morning.  Diphen much less so.  But the groggy feeling is mostly gone by mid-morning.

 

I totally agree that these meds should not be taken nightly.

 

Hey I'll take that 3-4 hours seeing as how I have many nights of 0 while tapering.

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Doxy worked better for me than diphen.  Neither worked very well during withdrawal, but it was better than nothing.  Early on, a doxy would only buy me around 3-4 hours.  fwiw - I popped a doxy last weekend for the first time in almost two years and slept over 8 hours, so it's potent stuff - just not as potent as benzos. 

 

Doxy leaves me feeling very groggy in the morning.  Diphen much less so.  But the groggy feeling is mostly gone by mid-morning.

 

I totally agree that these meds should not be taken nightly.

 

Just the opposite for me. Doxy lets me wake right up diphen gives me a hangover. Both help with sleep if used only occasionally.

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I used Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and Unisom (doxylamine) during my taper and early withdrawal. My problem was the more I took them, the less effective they were. So, I tried not to use them every day.
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I actually took them every night for 8 years.  Then it stopped working.  I know I shouldn't rely on it, but anyway I won't take it now.  It still makes me drowsy, but not enough to fall asleep.  I think it's worth a try if you just need to be a bit sleepier. 
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I have found Doxy to be much very potent for me. I live in Canada so I ordered it from Amazon. It does make me much more drowsy the next day, much more than Benadryl did.

I only need to take a 1/4 of a tab.

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None of the otc (here in the US) ever worked for me and always made me wired. Hydroxyzine on the other hand worked pretty well. I also would loose potency quickly.
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