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Potentiating Temazepam (Restoril) to sleep tonight!!!!!!

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Pink06

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If anyone could give me any info ASAP I would really appreciate it. I have TERRIBLE insomnia and all I have tonight is 2 30mg temazepams...I know that taking this alone WONT work so if you have any suggestions on how to increase its effects I would really aprreciate it (Im taking them tonight)!! I dont have access to much ....Promethezene, Tagament, Benadryl, Unisom, Meletonin, alcohol (not a big drinker).. None of this stuff alone in large amts knocks me out..Any suggestions will help, Im willing to try anything.

(My doc is supposed to try me on something new tomorrow but I have NO idea what..I have already tried Ambien and Lunesta) THANKS SO MUCH!
 
Any of those drugs you listed, in combination with the temazepam, will help you fall asleep. Try taking an anti-histamine (promethazine, benadryl, and unisom). You could also take some Melatonin. Do not take alcohol. That could be dangerous.

Drink some 100% white grapefruit juice a half hour before taking the temazepam. That will definitely help potentiate it. Its really the only true "potentiator." All those others will just synergize with it.
 
take 2 benadryl along with your temezepam . if you really have a hard time sleeping, you can chase that down with a shot or 2. but it depends on you, that could end up energizing you more than putting you to sleep. it mostly just comes down to you experimenting and learning how your own body works and its limits.
 
i thought grapefruit didnt potentiate benzos, or maybe that was just xanax. i know it works great with oxy.

anyway i usually drink a couple beers to activate benzos. temazepam can be pretty bad with alcohol in terms of memory loss and coordination. But a couple beers and those two and you should be out.


otherwise take benydril like was said before. you can get those over the counter sleep meds. same as benydril for the most part.
 
St. John's Wort induces the enzyme that breaks down Temazepam. But as far as I know it's metabolized at about 96%. So it might not make much difference.
Booze, weed, lots of Valerian, Codeine and Nytol is what helps me sleep atm.
 
Passion flower (10-20 capsules) or skullcap (start with 1-2 teaspoons powder) might help. I prefer skullcap (over PF).
 
If you're taking 15mg restoril, then just take two caps equalling 30mg.

Unfortunately, the OP (Original Poster) has a skyhigh tolerance to benzos. Take a Seroquel with it, that'll potentiate anything.
 
dang, 2-30mg temazepam wont knock u out? maybe u should just relax take those and an antihistamine as mentioned above and try not to freak urself out about not sleeping and just let it happen.
 
temazepam is some badass shit! it don't need not potentiation, it fucks u up anyway.
 
No luck with Restoril, so Doc gave me something else...

Thanks so much for everyone's info! I did get about 4 hrs of sleep (at MOST) last night. But I had to take a shit load of pills.. 2 30mg Restoril, Tagament, Phenegren, Benadryl, Unisom... (Sounds like Im some type of addict). Anyway he wrote me a scrip this afternoon for 10 Ativan 1mg...I really hope this works...Every once in while I can get some xanax and take somewhere between 2.5mg(at the very least) and 3.5mg and sleep GREAT!!!!!! Do you think Ativan will do the same?
 
I would say if you got some benzo experience/tolerance, take all 60mg( a big dose for someone with zero tolerance) and maybe 50mg benadryl, and if yo don't drink oftent have say 2-4 beers. But to be on the safe side I would take the ristoril with the benadryl first, and wait for them to take effect, if you still can't sleep start with the drinks. No point in over doing it if you don't have to.
 
I took 60mg temazepam in the daytime after two weeks on Ambien and there was no problem and no one seemed to notice. Driving wouldn't have been a good idea though.
 
Melatonin is the safest option. It mixes well with almost any sleep aid. I often take melatonin + a benzo for a good 8 hours of sleep.
 
^ Do you have any links to studies that back up this claim? I'm just curious, I've never heard of this before.
 
"A recent study of postmenopausal women found that melatonin alleviated both depression and anxiety. Other studies show that people who suffer from major depression or panic disorder have low levels of melatonin. Healthy individuals with mild episodic depression and patients who have Seasonal Affective Disorder, (SAD -- a mild depression that correlates with fall and winter -- periods of light-phase shortening) also have lower than normal melatonin levels. Experimental studies show that melatonin causes a surge in the chemical serotonin, which helps alleviate symptoms of depressive illness, including major and mild depression and SAD. Melatonin should be used with caution in people with depression and should be appropriately timed with light therapy and sleep-phase changes. Disruption of normal circadian rhythm by poorly timed melatonin administration may worsen depression."

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/melatonin-000315.htm


Given that SRIs and 5-HTP make me feel depressed it sounds like melatonin would even if it was not poorly timed.
 
A week later...

Yesterday I had a follow up appt with my doctor who tried me on Restoril 30mg cap. and Ativan 1mg for insomnia. (I have also tried Ambien and Lunesta-once..I have a few Ambien refills from another doc). From the two he gave me I would say the Restoril worked the best (the few times I took it, I mixed in an Ambien). So he just wrote me a Rx for 30 pills a month with 2 refills. So I took it last night, along with meletonin and unisom and I was surprised it didnt work that well. (Im gonna fill my Ambien tomorrow). I took 2 30mg caps around 11:30..after an hour NOTHING so I took one more. By 1:30 I was so frustrated I opend the capsule and just swallowed the powder. Around 2:15 I got in bed cause I had to be up at 6, and fell to sleep about 20 min later...I dont know what it didnt work that well I hadent taken any Restoril for at least a week...and in the past 3-4 days No Sleeping Meds AT ALL!!!
Any suggestions for tonight? I may have 2mg of xanax or ativan around but I was tryin to save it for "emergencys". Any info will help..Thanks again for all your help!
 
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