pisspotnrock
Bluelighter
^ In my experiences a lot of doctors are much more likely to prescribe stilnox than a benzodiazepine if you have no history of benzodiazepine use. Generally I find if I have a history of benzo use with that doctor then they will instantly opt for a hypnotic benzodiazepine, except in some cases where they are also prescribing an anxiolytic benzodiazepine, for whatever reason they seem to think it is safer to take a benzo and a z drug than 2 benzo's, not sure if it actually is any safer though.
I was first prescribed stilnox atleast 4 years ago now and I don't recall it ever being covered by PBS, less than 20 of the things (pretty sure it was 14 as lefty suggested) cost me more than a box of 50 valium would. I also found the fact temazepam is PBS covered a rather convenient excuse to switch.
Everytime I get fucked on stilnox I do heaps of stupid shit and generally ramble fucking nonsense. I can't say I enjoy stilnox but I will still take it if some doc pawns it off on me instead of a benzo. I wouldn't describe it as more reckless as when I blackout on benzos as I tend to be so incoherent and incapacitated its difficult for me to do much harm to myself or anybody else. Benzo blackouts tend to bring out a nasty side of me that stilnox does not.
I don't have any particularly amusing stories of benzo blackouts other than rambling absolute nonsense on msn (more than likely atleast some of which are members of this site lol). One time though I was at my mates house playing video games and his mum was using his computer, she takes stilnox occassionally to help her sleep and had taken one or two not long before this. Anyway, one of us warned the other of a sniper hiding in the game, and his mum overheard and freaked out thinking there was a sniper in the house or some shit, it was pretty fucking funny.
that fuckn sucks....
i swear the more stories i read about this shit, the more it puts me off even using it medicinally..
i mean, what kind of sleeping aid makes you hallucinate and talk to people that arnt really there? then all of a sudden, you wake up naked on the floor the next morning, with no recollection of what happened and an empty box of stilnox after you only took 2..
