Both my regular doctor and the pharmacist agreed that if it didn’t work on 50 mg, it wouldn’t. Sleep doctor never returned my call.
After being off Ambien for a month, I tried 5 mg last night and only got 4.5 hours of sleep. Will take 2.5 mg tonight and then be done with it. My doctor had suggested the half dose & no dose & full dose again, maybe no point in going back to full dose? I see him on Tuesday. I’d been on it for 15 years, but on lorazepam for the last month - 1mg or .5mg. The last 2 nights .5mg
Nothing seems to work for me anymore. Hydroxyzine made me an anxious. Lorazepam was very erratic.
I don’t want to keep trying new things.
One of my friends is having trouble with his sleep meds too. In fact, many people I know don’t sleep well with them. And many people I know don’t sleep well without them.