any recreational value of ambien?

[Anon54]

I just got preribed 14 10mg pills

I looked up a benzo equivelent chart which included the Z-drugs & it says that 20 mg of Ambian equals 10mg valium

I can barely feel 40mg of valium & last time I took Ambian, I took 70mg. I didnt feel anything. maybe slight drowsiness that could have just been placebo.

If I take all 14 tablets that should equal 70mg of valium right. (I can handle 70mg diaz easy)

I know thats just a tapering guide & the Z drugs have a different feel to benzos

I was wondering how much would be safe for me to take. Im consitering taking all 14 tablets.

Im also wondering how the effects differ from benzos. I'm assuming im going to feel more drowiness & les anxiety releif than benzos with mild visual distortions. (Id assume temazepam would be the benzo which feels most similar the Ambian) But like I said I have no idea because I havnt acheived any kind of effect from it before.

So can anyone give me any unput about this drug before I take it tonight. I want a strong sedating effect but I dont wanna take enough that its going to make me black out.

 

[psychopath]

When was the last time you took the Ambien? What kind of tolerance do you have to benzos?

I was prescribed Ambien for several months. My physician has no issue with me occasionally increasing the dose if necessary (with the understanding I will get no call ins or early scripts if I do this) One night (one of the last I kept taking it), I took 20 mg initially, and over the course of the next 2 hours took another 70 mg. I had distinct pleasurable visual hallucinations for about 3 hours. Strangely, it did not really make me tired.

Also, with Ambien, if you want to go to sleep you need to either be in bed or go to bed within 10 minutes of taking it. It kicks in very quickly and there is a short window of drowsiness in my experience.

 

[Wussmonster]

i've taken it on and off for the last couple years due to working nightshift. from my experiences, it's more of a trippy, forget what you're doing effect / experience. no real rec value imo. usually when you take a dose and dont get in bed you end up doing shit you regret / don't remember. couple weeks ago i dosed with 15mg and proceeded to go outside with my bath robe and sweatshirt on and walked down the street.

another time i was making a friend of mine a nintendo controller garage door opener (retrofitting the opener into the NES pad) and took a dose. i wound up wiring the whole thing in my sleep, even tested it on my neighbors garage....at 2am. not good.

as a sedative for insomnia it's a therapeutic powerhouse. other than that, its too trippy / amnesic. tolerance builds quickly to it and you can have issues falling asleep once you're off.

 

[Anon54]

even though i dont take benzos for long periods of time I can handle any dose ive ever tried.
u wouldnt even be able to tell if id had over 100mg valium. or 150 temazepam.
even when mixed with alcohol benzos dont make me tired.
the weird thing is u can tell if ive had just a few beers.

woosmonster says 15mg... so that would be a good dose. im thinking more like 140mg.
lets put it this way. if 150mg of temazepam would be the perfect dose to make me drowsy but not wanna sleep than how much zolpidem should i take?

 

[Anon54]

must say im a little dissapointed. I took all 14 (140mg Zolpidem) & i dont really feel anything yet. I only took it about 90 mins ago. maybe it takes longer to start working?

1/2 hr later. feel like Ive had 3-4 temazepams but not quite as clean. alot cleaner than my usual antipychotic effect.

from what ive gathered ive taken a large dose and many ppl can pass out at this dose & get halucinations. i dont understand.

not a bad drug but the dose i took seems like it should be the dose that is actually precribed for insomnia & not the rec dose.

although im do have a mild tolerance to benzos.
what is wrong with me. why arnt i all fucked up?
maybe it takes like 3 hrs in some ppl to start working fully or something
im sure i'll sleep well tonight but thats about it.

 

[molly897]

ambien didn't do shit for my husband or i

we snorted it and ate it and just passed out like two hours later.. so lame. given we only took 30mg each

 

[Wussmonster]

weird that 140mg didnt' touch you. 15mg on an empty stomach and i'm seeing shit in like ten minutes.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

Anon54, you've started a lot of threads about hypnotics lately, a simple search would have led you to the answer to this question.

Closed, I edited the title as well, its "Ambien", not "Ambian".

-NT