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Posted by twinch42085 on February 12, 2008, at 21:53:50
I have read that restoril can create some very intense euphoric effects when taken at 30mg or higher. My pdoc pescribed it to me for sleep. I am currently on 30mg and decided to take another 30mg because I could feel nothing from the first dose which was about 3 hours ago.Is it all going to hit me at once or does the med just not work. I am starting to feel a little drunk. Anywho. Has anyone had experience with this medication?
Regards : )
twinch
Posted by Phoenix1 on February 13, 2008, at 7:39:19
In reply to ReSToRiL, posted by twinch42085 on February 12, 2008, at 21:53:50
> I have read that restoril can create some very intense euphoric effects when taken at 30mg or higher. My pdoc pescribed it to me for sleep. I am currently on 30mg and decided to take another 30mg because I could feel nothing from the first dose which was about 3 hours ago.Is it all going to hit me at once or does the med just not work. I am starting to feel a little drunk. Anywho. Has anyone had experience with this medication?
>
> Regards : )
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> twinchWhy did you take more than the prescribed dose? Just a warning, I went down that road with a different benzo med once, and landed myself in a lot of trouble. These can be addictive, and you can grow tolerant requiring more and more pills for the same effect. Please be careful!
Phoenix1
Posted by twinch42085 on February 13, 2008, at 11:00:00
In reply to Re: ReSToRiL » twinch42085, posted by Phoenix1 on February 13, 2008, at 7:39:19
i am just feeling very relaxed because my pdoc is taking me off my seroquel....i know i know...bad decision on my part
> > I have read that restoril can create some very intense euphoric effects when taken at 30mg or higher. My pdoc pescribed it to me for sleep. I am currently on 30mg and decided to take another 30mg because I could feel nothing from the first dose which was about 3 hours ago.Is it all going to hit me at once or does the med just not work. I am starting to feel a little drunk. Anywho. Has anyone had experience with this medication?
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> > Regards : )
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> > twinch
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> Why did you take more than the prescribed dose? Just a warning, I went down that road with a different benzo med once, and landed myself in a lot of trouble. These can be addictive, and you can grow tolerant requiring more and more pills for the same effect. Please be careful!
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> Phoenix1
Posted by Phoenix1 on February 13, 2008, at 12:21:02
In reply to Re: ReSToRiL, posted by twinch42085 on February 13, 2008, at 11:00:00
> i am just feeling very relaxed because my pdoc is taking me off my seroquel....i know i know...bad decision on my part
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> > > I have read that restoril can create some very intense euphoric effects when taken at 30mg or higher. My pdoc pescribed it to me for sleep. I am currently on 30mg and decided to take another 30mg because I could feel nothing from the first dose which was about 3 hours ago.Is it all going to hit me at once or does the med just not work. I am starting to feel a little drunk. Anywho. Has anyone had experience with this medication?
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> > > Regards : )
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> > > twinch
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> > Why did you take more than the prescribed dose? Just a warning, I went down that road with a different benzo med once, and landed myself in a lot of trouble. These can be addictive, and you can grow tolerant requiring more and more pills for the same effect. Please be careful!
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> > Phoenix1
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>Actually, 60mg is the MAXIMUM temzepam dose that is considered safe, so you didn't do anything too dangerous. I always just worry about tolerance and the need for increasing doses with benzos. It's best to talk to your pdoc if the 30mg Temazepam is insufficient.
Phoenix1
Posted by CareBear04 on February 13, 2008, at 21:47:32
In reply to ReSToRiL, posted by twinch42085 on February 12, 2008, at 21:53:50
my experience with restoril has varied, but in general, i've found that it takes awhile for it to kick in. still, i would say that you should be asleep or sleepy within an hour, and if you're not at hour 3, this probably isn't the drug for you. i've taken 60mg too, along with lots of other sleeping meds, often with dr's permission. but overall, i wouldn't recommend it. my tolerance for benzos and sleeping pills remains really high, and it takes a whole lot to get me to sleep. good luck, cb
Posted by twinch42085 on February 13, 2008, at 23:43:32
In reply to Re: ReSToRiL » twinch42085, posted by CareBear04 on February 13, 2008, at 21:47:32
I just took 90mg of Restoril and drank probanly a 1/64 of liquor..I am feeling SOOO great....Is this a bad thing.....any advice will be appreciated. Do I need help??? I am only 22 years old...Benzos like ativa, xanaax, valium, klonopin don't do anything for me....i something potent...really potent....Any advie as to what could help me..thanks ;)
regards ;)
twinch
Posted by Phoenix1 on February 14, 2008, at 7:47:12
In reply to Re: ReSToRiL, posted by twinch42085 on February 13, 2008, at 23:43:32
> I just took 90mg of Restoril and drank probanly a 1/64 of liquor..I am feeling SOOO great....Is this a bad thing.....any advice will be appreciated. Do I need help??? I am only 22 years old...Benzos like ativa, xanaax, valium, klonopin don't do anything for me....i something potent...really potent....Any advie as to what could help me..thanks ;)
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> regards ;)
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> twinchHi,
Do you want something for sleep and anxiety, or to feel "soooo great"? If it's the latter, I don't think I can offer any help, other than to say that you need some help regarding substance abuse.
I told you testerday that taking 60 was a very high dosage and dangerous to do without your doctors approval. So 90mg plus alcohol is extremely dangerous. You are going down a very bad path, and I hope you can turn things around, because it's not much fun being addicted to benzo's. And the withdrawal later may make you wish you never started taking larger doses. I would really urge you to only take the 30mg you were prescribed, and to talk to your pdoc if that doesn't seem like enough to help you sleep. And combining temazepam with alcohol is a recipe for disaster. Please stop.
Phoenix1
Posted by twinch42085 on February 15, 2008, at 7:47:32
In reply to Re: ReSToRiL » twinch42085, posted by Phoenix1 on February 14, 2008, at 7:47:12
I apologize for my abrupt comments. I am taking 60mg of the temazepam. I went to a nurse practitioner yesterday and she prescribed me a low dose (10mg) of Elavil saying that it should help me sleep. I told her that I did not like the temazepam and I wanted to get off of it before it was too late. My pdoc is also looking into see if I have ADD/ADHD but im so hyperactive and the benzo tolerance that I have isn't helping with the enourmous amounts of energy that I have. anywho
Thank You ; )
twinch
Posted by yxibow on February 20, 2008, at 6:32:22
In reply to ReSToRiL, posted by twinch42085 on February 12, 2008, at 21:53:50
> I have read that restoril can create some very intense euphoric effects when taken at 30mg or higher. My pdoc pescribed it to me for sleep. I am currently on 30mg and decided to take another 30mg because I could feel nothing from the first dose which was about 3 hours ago.Is it all going to hit me at once or does the med just not work. I am starting to feel a little drunk. Anywho. Has anyone had experience with this medication?
>
> Regards : )
>
> twinch
Restoril is ultimately just the somewhat more hypnotic metabolite of Valium. But if you're benzodiazepine naive, one should definately not exceed the recommended dose (not that I am recommending exceeding doses at all.)
Posted by lif101part2 on February 20, 2008, at 17:46:37
In reply to ReSToRiL, posted by twinch42085 on February 12, 2008, at 21:53:50
Restoril is a gaba-ergic drug which means it enhances the Gaba neurotransmitters which make you feel good... I would be careful with it because it is a strong drug and can become very addicting...
Posted by yxibow on February 21, 2008, at 3:41:04
In reply to Re: ReSToRiL, posted by lif101part2 on February 20, 2008, at 17:46:37
> Restoril is a gaba-ergic drug which means it enhances the Gaba neurotransmitters which make you feel good... I would be careful with it because it is a strong drug and can become very addicting...
habituating... well I think we've discussed benzodiazepine differences of addiction and habituation.
I don't know, its more than semantics to me -- for myself, addiction is the purposeless or nonmedical use of substances as a result of recreational or other reasons... its a sticky wicket because the other reasons can include an urge to control an actual psychiatric disorder.
But prescribed and not forged benzodiazepine prescriptions in my mind lead to habituation, not addiction.
That's just coming from an individual who is going through rough roads with some habituation, yet there is reason to keep some of it in place even when I don't feel the effects of the drug, they have secondary evidence based reasons.
Of course there are even more complicated situations where addiction and habituation can occur simultaneously when someone obtains more on the side or uses an agent AMA, or several other reasons I haven't thought of.To ponder.
-- Jay
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