The meds I take right now are Temazepam (Restoril) 15 MG, and Doxepin, 10 MG. It's the only combo that puts me out, but even then it takes me about 3 hours to relax enough to finally fall asleep. So far, nothing else the docs have prescribed have come close to helping me sleep. I also have sleep apnea so I also use a CPAP machine but I can't fall asleep with the mask on, normally, so I usually put it on when I wake up half way into the night (which normally happens about 3:30 AM).
Temazepam can come in dosages up to 30 MG, but that's way too much for me to use. That dosage causes EXTREME drowsiness, like the kind where you can't even walk. I can't take meds like Ambien or Lunesta because they cause me to sleep walk. Since I live alone that's not good. I got a followup with a civilian neurologist in December, but since I'm switching over to VA healthcare that will probably get pushed back to January and a different provider.
‘The meds I take right now are Temazepam (Restoril) 15 MG, and Doxepin, 10 MG.’
you have an open minded prescriber, okaying a combo of a strong benzodiazepine like Temezepam and the SNRI Doxepin, which is an antidepressant that increases serotonin and neoepinephrine; my current provider will prescribe neither a benzo nor an antidepressant, much less as a combo...
my experience with lorazepam was uneventful, though I normally took only small dosages like .5 mg; when I did increase to over 2 or 3mg I saw why people are so likely to abuse these drugs...negative thoughts melted away like ice cream on a hot sidewalk; just wonderful...yeah, I’m pissed at my provider for being such a nanny with the script, but if the buspirone, which is considered non addictive, helps I’m good with it...