Elavil non addictive and boy do you sleep

[albellha]

Why do I not see anything about Elavil on these post. It is great for giving you a good nights rest, all night.

[Guest]

Its quite true that Elavil, Trazadone and Remeron can all be quite successful and much safer than Ambien, Lunesta or the true Benzos for insomnia. Once someone has become tollerant to one of the sleeping pills ( Ambien, Lunesta or Benzos), the Elavil, Trazadone and Remeron are not so effective due to the rebound and withdrawal after extended use. If Elavil, Trazadone or Remeron were tried first or before significant tollerance to Ambien, Lunesta or Benzos had developed, a lot more people would find a good path to dealing with insomnia and anxiety without the dependence problem and side effects of the sleeping pills that work via GABA-A.

[Guest]

I have found Trazadone, Remeron, and Elavil to all be very ineffective at treating my insomnia. They don't really make me that tired and when I take them I have a real hard time waking up the next morning. Trazadone is definitely the strongest out of all of them. I have tried Lunesta and found it to be even less potent than Trazadone is. I take Klonopins for social anxiety and they are somewhat effective at helping me fall asleep. They don't really make me tired they just stop the racing thoughts and inability to keep still while trying to fall asleep. They also leave me a little drowsy the next morning. I think I need something really potent with a half-life of about 2 hours. Once I fall asleep I am out. I have never had the problem of waking back up a few hours later.

[Guest]

by these medicines and they are lucky, because I'm sure they really are better for you than the benzos. I've tried Elavil and Trazadone, and for me the next day hang-over was unacceptable. My doctor insisted the effects would diminish, and I was a good girl and managed too scrape through the day until the two week mark.

At that point the grogginess was no worse than in the beginning and I went off of them. As bad as not sleeping was....this was worse. Eventually I found sme relief in klonopin, as it seemed to switch some "off-switch" in my brain and allow a few hours unconsciousness. With the prior meds. (elavil, etc), I never really felt asleep..just stuck in some drowzy half-zone.

I'm currently (as of a few days) trying Xyrem. This feels like the first true sleep. Unfortunately, I feel a bit out-of-it for a little longer than I would have expected the next day, but am hoping (praying), it will pass. I've had insomnia for over 40 years and spent over 30 of it unmedicated. Now, I want to spend some of my life sleeping.

[Guest]

Go real easy on the Klonopin. Its the strongest benzo, with a 24hour long half life, affects the seizure GABA control and has the least feeling of groginess making less aware of its strength. Because of all this, it and Xanax have caused the most problems of all the benzos. If you use it occasionally and sparilingly it is quite safe but even modest doses every night will lead to a nasty dependence. It is only approved for seizure control in many places due to this. Mixing it with Xyrem will only accelerate the risk. Take the Xyrem without any other benzo as it will knock you out by itself.

Read the experience of Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac and what impact Klonopin had on her. Please be careful as many of us have fallen for this problem including myself.


http://www.benzo.org.uk/nicks.htm

[Guest]

Klonopin is not the strongest benzo. First off Stevie Nicks had a addictive personality. You don't see me going around snorting coke. I only take Klonopins 3 days a week so I don't see how there would be much a problem for me.

[JJs]

knew anything about brain chemistry, you would know that constant exposure of your GABA-A receptors to a strong Benzo like Klonopin WILL modify the number of receptors, change the mix of subunits on the receptors and alter the sensitivity to the chloride channel control. These changes are real and will result in physical addiction whether you have or have not an "addictive personality". If you take Klonopin daily in even at a few miligrams for a year, you cannot quit without experiencing severe withdrawal that may cause seizures, will cause insomnia and anxiety and can last for months. This is so bad that many people cannot quit, go into rehab for fast tapering or have a doctor implement a long taper.

[sleepless-in-SA]

Hi

There is another thread called 'elavil for insomnia' which you should read. I have not personally ever tried elavil, but from what i read there, i would be wary about taking it!

T

[sleepless-in-SA]

[Guest]