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Posted by Mandy on September 23, 2006, at 19:27:55
I feel asleepquickly on ambien but did not stay asleep.. I have tried two or three doses of ambien CR and not only don't I fal asleep, I seem to awaken a lot. Any one else like that??
Posted by saturn on September 23, 2006, at 20:05:48
In reply to Is ambien CR and good?, posted by Mandy on September 23, 2006, at 19:27:55
> I feel asleepquickly on ambien but did not stay asleep.. I have tried two or three doses of ambien CR and not only don't I fal asleep, I seem to awaken a lot. Any one else like that??
I find CR to work almost identically to regular ambien for me: it helps me fall asleep but I'm wide awake a few hours later, which is probably a rebound effect.
If I'm not mistaken CR 12.5 mg simply releases 10 mg immediately likely regular ambien, and then 2.5 mg about 4 hours later---which isn't much at all. Regards...Saturn.
Posted by Phillipa on September 23, 2006, at 20:36:40
In reply to Re: Is ambien CR and good? » Mandy, posted by saturn on September 23, 2006, at 20:05:48
Same thing for me. Love Phillipa
Posted by yxibow on September 23, 2006, at 23:11:38
In reply to Re: Is ambien CR and good? » Mandy, posted by saturn on September 23, 2006, at 20:05:48
> > I feel asleepquickly on ambien but did not stay asleep.. I have tried two or three doses of ambien CR and not only don't I fal asleep, I seem to awaken a lot. Any one else like that??
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> I find CR to work almost identically to regular ambien for me: it helps me fall asleep but I'm wide awake a few hours later, which is probably a rebound effect.
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> If I'm not mistaken CR 12.5 mg simply releases 10 mg immediately likely regular ambien, and then 2.5 mg about 4 hours later---which isn't much at all. Regards...Saturn.
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>Haven't tried it but I consider it mostly a patent extender. 2.5mg of Ambien of any sort doesn't really do a lot, except to people who have never taken any sort of benzodiazepine ever (imidazopyridines and their kin cross-pollinate)
Personally my doctor writes it for 10mg Ambien, with 10 to take if it doesn't work. I basically take 20mg. But I'm not benzodiazepine naive.
Beyond about 25mg it doesn't have any therapeutic value and in fact can be nauseating (recreational use thereof, from what I have heard -- not obviously that I'm suggesting such.)
Ambien regular becomes generic in October.
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