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    Default Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    My insomnia is driving me CRAZY. I've tried every drug there is ! Ambien works the best but sometimes I do really crazy things on it and so it scares me but so does not sleeping for days on end. Benzos just make me sluggish . Seroquel and Trazadone make me feel like a crazy person and I don't even waste my time with OTC. Lunesta and Sonata have no effect at all.

    Has anyone found a successful solution for severe insomnia ?? I heard about Rozerem and I plan on asking my doc about it. She told me once that it makes you gain weight. I don't want to gain any ! But I'm tired !!!!!!

    Any sugggestions or meds that have worked for you ? I'm at my wits end !

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    I take Hydroxyzine at night if I can't sleep on my own. It is an antihistamine. You'll have to get your doc to write a script for it. The only side effect I notice is dry mouth. I just keep a glass of water on my nightstand.

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    Have you tried halving your Ambien pills? I find half a dose usually lets me sleep without the hallucinations.

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    I have taken them all. Rozerem is okay, I would have to take 2 or 3 a night for it to work, and I would still not sleep through the night. It cost more then most of the sleep drugs because its still new. Never gained any weight on it. The best one for me was AmbienCR, but I stop taking that when I started doing really crazy things on it. Hydroxyzine just made me feel like I was drunk but was not able to fall asleep. Lunesta only worked for me when I took 2 a night and I still was not able to sleep through the night.

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    How does Seroquel make you feel crazy? I was on it for a while and really like it. I take very tiny doses. Actually I've been thinking of getting back on because it let's me sleep on a regular schedule. Otherwise, I bust my ass all week and can't sleep at night, all manic. Then I lose it and become very sluggish, like this afternoon.

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    Yes I have and that stuff made me crazy..(well all the sleeping pills me me crazy)

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    I take Rozerem every now and then. Like someone up there mentioned, I had to take 2 for it to work. I would sleep through the night but have some crazy assed dreams all night, too. If I only took one I wouldn't get to sleep, and if I took 2 I'd oversleep the next day. I need to figure out how to cut those teeny little things in half or something.

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    Haven't found a sleeping pill that works for me yet, not ambien, lunesta, sonata, ceroquil, trazodone, amphytriptaline, cant recal what others I've tried.

    Kava kava is natural, and supposed to be good for anxiety, melatonin is supposed to be helpful too, and there's always valerian root, though that gave me AWFUL dreams....

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    Quote Originally Posted by PookaShell View Post
    I need to figure out how to cut those teeny little things in half or something.
    In any drugstore, near the pharmacy section they have pill cutters. They have covers on them so you cant lose the halves when they get cut. My pills are pretty small, and I can half them easy with mine

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    The seroquel is weird. It makes me feel like I'm paralyzed but not sleeping. Does that make sense ? And then all day I'm sluggish and depressed...not good since I battle depression anyway. Ambien and Ambien CR are just scary. I once went rollerblading at 4am with my passport and cell phone. Thank God a neighbor found it ! That was really scary because I woke up from a dead sleep, strapped on the skates and went out WHILE SLEEPING. Where did I think I was going , Europe? On skates ? But as anyone with serious insomnia knows, not sleeping can make you do some crazy shit to. Ambien is a gamble. It's like, "Do I sleep well maybe? Or maybe try to sleep skate all night or whatever else ?"

    A frontal lobotomy perhaps ? j/k

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    Quote Originally Posted by twisterinAZ View Post
    My insomnia is driving me CRAZY. I've tried every drug there is ! Ambien works the best but sometimes I do really crazy things on it and so it scares me but so does not sleeping for days on end. Benzos just make me sluggish . Seroquel and Trazadone make me feel like a crazy person and I don't even waste my time with OTC. Lunesta and Sonata have no effect at all.

    Has anyone found a successful solution for severe insomnia ?? I heard about Rozerem and I plan on asking my doc about it. She told me once that it makes you gain weight. I don't want to gain any ! But I'm tired !!!!!!

    Any sugggestions or meds that have worked for you ? I'm at my wits end !
    The benzos make you feel slugish the next day? The right benzo at the right dose should get you to sleep, but some get a benzo hangover, though much of that depends on the benzo and when you take it. There of course potential issues with benzos. Some people do really well taking benadryl, though I personally hate the stuff. Nothing made me sleep better or feel better on waking up than GHB, but that's no longer legal. You can get tryptophan again now, and that works well for some. Lunesta did nothing eh? Try a higher dose perhaps?
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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    Quote Originally Posted by twisterinAZ View Post
    The seroquel is weird. It makes me feel like I'm paralyzed but not sleeping. Does that make sense ? k
    Actually, yes! Once that hits me, I have to lie down, immediately, my body goes numb. Back in rehab, I was trying to open a stick of beef jerky and the Ser kicked in. I couldn't even open the plastic, my hands were so relaxed and floppy. Another girl had to open it for me.

    Trazadone...that stuff is a nightmare!

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    try valerian.

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    I tried Rozerem in addition to all my other sleeping pills when I was having a hard time sleeping over the summer. It didn't do a damn thing to me, which pissed me off because I was *really* tired. I take enough shit to kill somebody(like 300mg of Seroquel during the DAY plus 1200-1500mg at night), but sometimes I have sleep issues, so I feel for you.

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    Default Re: Severe Insomnia..anyone tried Rozerem ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Katrine View Post
    Actually, yes! Once that hits me, I have to lie down, immediately, my body goes numb. Back in rehab, I was trying to open a stick of beef jerky and the Ser kicked in. I couldn't even open the plastic, my hands were so relaxed and floppy. Another girl had to open it for me.

    Trazadone...that stuff is a nightmare!
    Really? I have been using Trazadone for over 2 years and it has worked well for me. The only thing I don't like, is feeling quite hazy in the mornings. My 'quick wit' doesn't start working until noon

    It's like all meds. I guess it just depends on the person and the meds.
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