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I have been an insomniac for over 25 years. I think I’ve tried all the RXs. 10 mg Ambien worked the best for the last 10 years but after some years, I found myself waking up in the middle of the night after 3 hours sleep and couldn’t get back to sleep. I finally took 2 and it worked for awhile. Then I started getting less and less sleep. I would make little cocktails of other drugs that have soporific effects after I’d get my 3 hours of sleep but then that stopped working. My doctor recently put me on 50 mg. Quviviq. I noted when reading the directions that it said it might take time for the full effects to be felt. It has been 3 weeks now and it is definitely not working. I started taking it with some other RXs and I’ll get 3 hours sleep and then be up watching TV for 3 hours and then have to take more of some of the other RXs to knock myself out for another few hours. (I know you’re not supposed to watch TV but if I don’t I just worry about all the things one worries about.). I never had any of the nightmares that some people reported with Quviviq but I’m definitely not getting the 7 hours sleep that I need. I don’t know what to do other than not get a refill for that drug.
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I have been taking Ambien for over 20 years. I am now only taking Ambien about 1 or 2 times weekly or when traveling. I am having good luck with Wylde strawberry CBD gummies. They do have 1 mg of THC but do not make me high. I live in IL and purchase these at Rise dispensary. They take away the anxiety of not being able to sleep. Good luck!
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Hello Lisaschultz327....it sucks not being able to sleep. Have you tried Lunesta...Estazolam...or the extended release Ambien? Or some people say the CBD/THC Gummies work very well. You can get a very low amount if THC if you want to start out mild if you aren't used to THC. I have not tried these yet as I am not a THC user but I think I am gonna try them because I know people who use them that say they work very well and these people are not marijuana smokers. Good Luck....I am trying to get off Ambien because I don't want to take a sleep med every night....but Ambien is very very addictive as I just learned this past week. Had taken it for about a week every night...and the first night I didn't take it....it was a hell of a withdrawal. Extreme Anxiety!! So bad I had to leave work because I felt sick. And doctors are so willing to give out this medication but won't give us something like a benzo drug that really works. I took Flurazepam for over 10 years but only 1 or 2 times a week. Never had to take more than that. Ambien is so addictive that even after 1 or 2 nights of taking it...you have a hard time sleeping the 1st night you don't take it. Flurazepam never did that to me.