The Stages of Insomnia

Re:The Stages of Insomnia by ineedasername on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:25AM (#24784924)

It actually is literally Ambien, or at least the identical active ingredient, just at a lower dose. Also taking it sublingually gives it a more rapid onset of action.

Ambien never did much for me, but I'd be curious if the sublingual delivery worked better.

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Re:The Stages of Insomnia by raducu on Thursday October 15, 2020 @05:20AM (#24786560)

I love zolpidem too much, that's why I don't use it.

The best functional case for zolpidem/ambien that I've found is to first fall asleep with melatonin, and if I waked up before 4 AM, I'd take 5mg of zolpidem and be back to sleep in 30 minutes.

However, if I take 10mg of zolpidem and don't immediately go to sleep, I start hallucinating and I quite like it: first colors go away and the fonts seem to lose texture/wash out, then the sweetest audio hallucinations start that narrate what I'm reading, embellish the story or just thin, otherworldly voices that talk to themselves.

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Re:The Stages of Insomnia by radu_floricica on Thursday October 15, 2020 @11:30AM (#24789633)

Same here, I just never go to the 10 mg dose. I ration zolpidem as much as I can - only got to tolerance (for the 5 mg dose) after over 2 years of sparing use.

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