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Originally Posted by still_crazy
it stopped working for me after a couple months. tapering after 1 year was kinda rough, but i think it made my depression worse. i had been taking it just hoping...something might help...why not keep taking Ambien?
after ambien stopped, i was briefly treated with restoril (temazepam). I needed the big pill, the 30mgs, to get the job done. thankfully, i was only on it for a short time...i hear tapering that can get really ugly. these days, i don't need sleeping pills...at most, i take a little gabapentin at night to unwind, that does the trick. each person is different, of course.
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I take gabapentin for nerve pain. when my pdoc found this out he suggested I take it and alternate it with the ambien. so far I haven't, but I may actually try that. my pdoc is old school and doesn't order benzos, so ambien it is for now. I just don't want to be on it for a very long time and grow dependent on it. my pdoc seems to think it will help me more short term for now. we'll see. I will also try incorporating melatonin as well. thanks for the feedback. much appreciated!
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