I know this topic has been beaten to death (and yes, I've used the search engine -EXTENSIVELY, but have not found an answer realistic to me).
I have pretty bad insomnia, which was untreated for about 4 years until I got a 5 mg/day ambien script.
That worked (barely/kinda) for a year.
Then I got it upped to 10 mg/day, as well as being prescribed a daytime benzo for anxiety.
Now I find that I have to take 20 mg of ambien to even have a chance of falling asleep.
That obviously leaves 15 days a month where I'm left without it (which I space out evenly).
However, I typically have to spend money on opiates and/or alcohol to fall asleep on these days.
I simply cannot keep up with coming up with the money for this, as I'm a college student with a heavy course load.
Has anyone else gotten out of this mess?
Should I attempt to up my dose to 20 mg/day? I don't want to do this bc I feel like the cycle will get better for a month and then drastically decline again, leaving me with an even higher z-drug/benzo tolerance.
Any help is appreciated.
I have pretty bad insomnia, which was untreated for about 4 years until I got a 5 mg/day ambien script.
That worked (barely/kinda) for a year.
Then I got it upped to 10 mg/day, as well as being prescribed a daytime benzo for anxiety.
Now I find that I have to take 20 mg of ambien to even have a chance of falling asleep.
That obviously leaves 15 days a month where I'm left without it (which I space out evenly).
However, I typically have to spend money on opiates and/or alcohol to fall asleep on these days.
I simply cannot keep up with coming up with the money for this, as I'm a college student with a heavy course load.
Has anyone else gotten out of this mess?
Should I attempt to up my dose to 20 mg/day? I don't want to do this bc I feel like the cycle will get better for a month and then drastically decline again, leaving me with an even higher z-drug/benzo tolerance.
Any help is appreciated.