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Sleep Health | Last Active: Jun 14 12:40pm | Replies (20)
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Doctors should give you an anxiety medication while tapering off Ambien. Ambien is the WORST! It gave me horrible anxiety and only kept me asleep 3 or 4 hours.... and had to take more.... just as addictive as benzos but doctors have no problem giving out Ambien and you have to fight to get a benzo....which are HANDS DOWN THE BEST ANXIETY AND SLEEP MEDS OUT THERE. Good luck to you. I was determined to get off Ambien and I did with the help of Lorazepam I was able to stop Ambien without tapering. Lorazepam is a great medication....helps both anxiety and sleep! But good luck getting it! I just don't get it.....doctors will prescribe anything else that is just as addictive! And most don't work like benzos do.
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With all due respect, please stop saying that benzos are the best meds for anxiety and sleep. They DO NOT work for everyone. They work for you and that’s wonderful! Insomnia and anxiety can be devastating. Obviously the reseeech on benzos is making doctors leery of them. Each of us are different genetically. There is currently a genetic test that can determine which drugs work best for you. Mirtazapine works for me; lorazepam did not and I had to slowly wean off. tried CBT, trazadone, lunesta, medical marijuana. Had side effects or they didn’t work. Finding a good sleep medicine doctor and therapist makes a world of difference.
Best wishes to all of you!!