Ambien or Trazadone ?

[[Mo...]]

I’ve been experiencing horrible insomnia. Only sleeping a few hours every night. I think it is ramping up my daytime anxiety. Has anyone benefited or felt Ambien hindered their healing?

continued prayers for relief  

Edited November 3, 2023 by [Mo...]

[[pi...]]

Hello @[Mo...],

Ambien is very similar to a benzo, in fact dependency can develop just the same as benzos. We’ve had many people here tapering from that drug. One of our administrators, @[Pa...] will tell you that her use of ambien after stopping her benzo did delay her recovery.

[[Mo...]]

@[pi...]thank you for the great info! Would you happen to know anything about Trazadon? 

[[El...]]

@[Mo...], for me, Ambien helped me through the last few months of my taper with sleep, but it stopped working after 3 months. I had to increase my dose at that point and that’s when the drug started having adverse effects. Ambien caused great anxiety, dark thoughts, extreme social anxiety, and inner trembling. The sleep I got with Ambien was not restorative and I was so exhausted. After 6 months, I decided to do a rapid taper off that evil drug. Insomnia came back immediately. No real withdrawal symptoms that lasted long. My sleep slowly improved over the next few weeks, but it’s still a struggle. Ambien is good for short periods only (7-10 days). It’s not intended for long term use.  Best wishes to you and I hope your sleep gets better!

Edited November 3, 2023 by [El...]

[[kl...]]

Trazadone has helped me some with sleep. It got me out of a rough bout of insomnia about a month of zero perceived sleep. I will take it the remainder of my taper but it is now one more med I will need to taper at some point. I guess I will cross that bridge when it comes. 
 

I believe I’ve read some have had success with Benadryl for sleep and other hydroxizine. Best of luck to you!

[[Pa...]]

2 hours ago, [[E...] said:

Ambien caused great anxiety, dark thoughts, extreme social anxiety, and inner trembling. The sleep I got with Ambien was not restorative and I was so exhausted. After 6 months, I decided to do a rapid taper off that evil drug. Insomnia came back immediately. No real withdrawal symptoms that lasted long.

Yep, this was my experience, I hope you’ll avoid taking it @[Mo...].