Well, since my recent trial of seroquel 25mgs has been crap, first 25mg was too strong (hangover, TOO MUCH SLEEP) to going onto 1/2 a tablet of 12.5mg of course until recent going back up to 25mg due to the 12.5mg giving me 2-3 hrs sleep, my GP has given me 100 X 10mg temazepams to "try". That is, if they don't work, come back in 1-2 weeks and let him know. He's also prescribed me 50mg sustained release seroquel to "try" as well, he loves trying any sort of med it seems since he knows I don't pay for it due to being a TAC 'client'.
He is semi new for me to be seeing as a GP, we recently moved down this way earlier this year so I'm "new" to him for being a patient. I guess I can easily come back in 1-2 weeks and let him know (I'd say it will be truthful going on from my past history of trying temazepam) that they worked great early but quickly jumped from 10-20mg needed to 60-80mg+ to get any sleep and that's doing the 1 day on, 3-4 day off routine of trying to stop tolerance from happening (from small to big tolerance). All other meds for sleep such as endep + seroquel have always been a hit + miss miss miss mostly, that is they may work from ok to 'crap',as in I might get 5-7 hours sleep or get 1-2 hrs sleep and waking up from taking the usual b.d/benchmark dose. And the hangover from these have always been CRAP, especially considering the (lack of) sleep that I get from using these meds.
So, benzos have been the only thing to actually work that helps me sleep without a stupid amount of hangover affect. I told my old doctor truthfully that the only thing to _keep working_ was xanax, I built up an awesome repotire with him so I wasn't afraid of being honest with him. Of course the xanax was 'illegally' taken due to not being prescribed to me, he still wouldn't prescribe it as he wanted the "best for me", as in get me sleep but not go the 'heavy end' of meds, since there isn't much else if I use xanax until they were of no use. I really appreciate his care, but well, the current meds for sleep just didn't cut it, oh well, my new GP seems that he will 'try anything'. I'll accept what he gives me, not saying I will USE everything he gives me, especially in a 'constant format', maybe doses here and there, I get sick of not sleeping every now and again, but I also know I don't want to be on a myriad of drugs for my health/pain/sleep routines of life.
On topic, I love benzos for recreational use, I don't do them that often and I never did them before my injury, I was 'new" to opiates and benzos before my injury in 2006, 20 years of other chems (the usual suspects, cocaine, lsd, meth, md etc) was "enough" for me but discovered the pharm side of drugs "big time" since needing opiates for pain relief. I must admit I always enjoyed xanax for fun and the sleep I got, clonazepam as well, just a huge half life was it's downfall but since I'm not a huge user, I didn't mind the occasional "long sleep" from it, didn't really impede in life plus it is/was a great catchup sleep (I know that doesn't happen "for real") due to getting like 0-3 hours of sleep most days due to my pain and stuff.
So, +1 for liking benzos
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