First time trying Ambien tomorrow night

[Ambienonceortwice]

I have 20mg of Ambien and was wondering what a good dose to start out would be. Tolerances include opiates alcohol and amphetamines however I do not plan to mix anything with it aside from some water. I was considering 7.5mg oral on an empty stomach followed by a 7.5mg bump (I've hear it burns, but I'm willing to risk that) about 15 minutes later. This however seems like a high starting dose after reading other threads, but since I only have 20 I don't want to risk only taking 10mg and having nothing happen (as some people mention) and then having 10mg left. Maybe 12 mg?

 

[T. Calderone]

Moving to Basic Drug Discussion

 

[blueskies565]

You may have already done by now but I would start with 10mg either on an empty stomach or snorted. Ambien is one of the few benzos/non benzos that is water soluble and personally I find the effects much more intense when snorted. 10mg snorted used to be enough to get me feeling peaceful, relaxed and just generally where you would want to be on this drug. These days though I don't use regularly I need a little more (20-25mg). Bump another 5 if it's not intense enough.

 

[blueskies565]

If you are worried about nothing happening 20mg shouldn't destroy you so you could just go all in and you should definitely feel good off that but I would say 10 then bump. And 20 may affect your memory depending on how sensitive you are (once you get to the point where you memory is being affected you tend to start doing weird shit too so try to avoid hitting that level)

 

[geoffreychaucer]

Ambien is a weird drug with fun effects. I don't take it any longer tho because whenever I woke up after a night of taking no more than 20mg I would feel psychologically 'dirty'. It's a very vague feeling of unease and guilt about doing a drug which I feel can't be good for my mental state. But it's worth trying it. It's an interesting experience when you feel like you're having a party with the furniture in your room.

 

[Burnt Offerings]

I'm prescribed it and I can feel the psychoactive effects at as little as five milligrams. For someone who has never taken ambien, ten miligrams is definitely enough to induce a psychoactive effect...anyone who takes this much and "doesn't feel anything" probably just has misplaced expectations for the drug. Just like people who take huge amounts of xanax in a futile attempt to "get high" and end up blacking out.