Originally posted by AdditionMan:
I have yet to try ambien, but i have tried diphenhydramine. Im just wondering what's so different about them. (i know the obvious difference) but it seems like the trip and effects are the same. So is there a general difference between a diphenhydramine and an ambien trip? I saw both drugs should be praised or bashed to pieces. Cause ambien is gettin all this praise while almost everyone hates diphenhydramine.
I think that it is because even if the general visual effects are similar, there are a lot less negative effects to ambien...and when you get tired of the trip, you just go to sleep. With diphen, et al, I tend to get an overall "uncomfortable" feeling, can't sleep, and have to take a piss literally every 5-10 min. I never intentionally trip or overdo it on diphen, it just happens as a result of trying to get to sleep. I refer to this state as "anticholinergenic hell" (sp?)
[ 19 March 2002: Message edited by: Grand Master of Somniferon ]