ambien vs melatonin

Melatonin doesn't do diddly for me. If Ambien helps then do take it. It's not a narcotic. Sleep is so important.

If ambien is safe... melatonin DEF should be, Its all natural, Ambien is a high grade sleep medicine. Lol i was told melatonin was fine by docs and all my searchings online.

I saw this on ehow...anyone use melatonin to stop ambien? You take 9mg melatonin with the lowest dose of ambien for a week, the next week, 6mg everyday, with lowest dose of ambien every other day...eventually you end up only taking 3mg of melatonin. I guess I'll give it a try... I'll let you know if it works.

If nothing works then talk to your doctor. Ambien is good choice for treatment of insomnia. Ambien is intended for short-term use. Elavil/Endep. has sedative effects and is non-addictive. Also get a sleep test done to know present status. Do take Omeprazole. Keep updating your thoughts. Take care.

t stand the weight gain and sluggishness anymore. Soooo, I saw a sleep doc and he has me on a combo of Ambien and Librium (I asked for Librium because I used to have an issue with Xanax and I heard Librium is the safest benzo), but I gotta tell ya, this stuff does nothing for me. I am on 10 mgs of it at night, along with 10 mgs of Ambien and the Ambien works a little, but the Librium I don't think does anything for me.

Have you ever tried melatonin? If your body doesn't make enough melatonin, you won't sleep well. You can buy melatonin at your vitamin shop, or pharmacy, in strengths ranging from 1 mg to around 5 mg. You might try a low dose to start with and see if that helps. I sometimes have the same issue with sleep; however, mine stems, a lot, from the hours I have to keep. My work schedule requires me to get up at 3:30 am; that means I must go to bed no later than 7:30 pm.

s also a brand that makes a Super Snooze Melatonin that has other natural things in it. I took ambien for about 10 years. In the end, it didn't even really work. I switched over to Melatonin and it helped, but then Vicki mentioned Allteril and I like that much, much better. It has Melatonin in it plus Valerian Root and a couple of other all natural things. It's non-habit forming and it doesn't make you feel groggy in the morning.

( I took melatonin and maybe slept an hour total! I had horrible RLS all night, does anyone else get that when they take melatonin? I felt fine all day and as soon as I took it and laid down, my legs started in BAD!! All morning today I was sooooo tired and drained, now that I finally have s chance to nap, I'm awake!!

my mom just ended up in the hospital for doubling up on her ambien. sroke-like symptoms.there is melatonin, valerian root-lots of things for sleep. look in the amino acid and thomas recipe pages. For me, lavendar essential oil in the tub and in my lotion after the tub works. Ask at the health food store too- there are plenty of things to try...

It is great and I have used it in place of ambien and Lunesta. and kl42 mentioned, take it 45 minutes to an hour before bed. Give yourself at least a half hour in bed. I usually watch a little tv, read a book, then get sleepy, and fall asleep. It really helped me, and I take it every now and then. It is natural and not habit forming, which I really like.

is there a contraindication between ambien and melatonin?

listen to the peeps about melatonin...works great, no weird side affects and u don't get dependent on it.....use it to taper down off Ambien. U can even start it on a low dose of Ambien and that might help taper....although I wouldn't exceed 1 mg.

Just looking for some suggestions, or personal experiences using Melatonin or Nyquil drug (DCL?) long term. I have also thought about Valerian. If Ambien has worked well for you, tell me about it. If you've had bad side effects, I'd like to know that too. Any advice, personal experience is welcomed. Cheers!

Your ambien should be out of your system by now. My mom was on ambien before and when she stopped it, she was fine after two weeks of stopping it. But you should be fine now.

Take 5mg of what?? Did you mean ambien? Yes...that's okay with me...lol I would take it although I've never taken ambien...but the doctor thinks it's fine and the other ingredients are safe.

Hi there :) Melatonin worked great for me. A few months ago, I remember melatonin was a hot topic in the news. Dr Oz did a whole episode on it. I was intrigued bc at the time, I was taking it (a fairly high dose at that). I was surprised to learn that melatonin is the only hormone that the FDA has approved to sell OTC in the US (all other hormones require a script). In other words, if you go to Europe, you cannot by Melatonin OTC.

I am on Ambien for insomnia but I still wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning and can't get back to sleep - so often I will take 3 mg of sublingual Melatonin. It puts me back to sleep, but I have vivid dreams, and it almost feels like I am even more exhausted when I wake up from them. Does melatonin give you all three stages of REM or is it mostly to help with the most superficial phase, the dream phase?

You could be opening a huge can of worms w/ ambien. Will 2 hurt you? No. If you like ambien, you could be at risk trading one addiction for the other. Yes, if you haven't tried melatonin, do it. I take it. Seems to work. But, the biggest thing is that sleep will come back. It's just takes a while. By, 25 days you should be getting SOME sleep, 4 hours a night I would think. Make sure you are drinking no caffeine at all during this!

So, i have a short script for ambien, to help with my sleeping problems and anxiety. Anyways, i was wondering, when i run out will i have to go through the withdraws again??? Anyone who knows more about this, please do share!!!!

It appears to be similar in efficacy and like Ambien is meant for short term use only. Unless you've tried it Rozerem is one alternative that unlike Ambien or the medication you mentioned or Lunesta does not have a potential for a person to build up a tolerance to it and is an FDA approved medication that works like melatonin to adjust the sleep cycle. You could ask your psychiatrist about that.

Ended up taking Ambien both nights. It seems like the melatonin is helping me stay asleep - got 6 hours of sleep each of the past two nights. Any suggestions as to how much melatonin to take? Should it help me fall asleep? He's trying to get me off of Ambien but so far, it hasn't worked - not able to fall asleep and am having daytime hangover effects.

75 days clean.....and now i have to stop taking the Ambien. It really got me thru tough times. How will it be ? Anyone know ?

yes I am hypothyroid and i've had problems sleeping...for a while PURE melatonin (with no B6) worked, then I had to add 5HTP..but now I take Ambien. I am trying to go back to just melatonin and 5HTP because a.) I don't want to be dependent on the Ambien and b.) bc my insurance doesn't cover it . However I've had GREAT results with Ambien. It helps me fall asleep within 30 minutes of laying down and I've NEVER ever been able to do that! Best of luck!

t said if he is taking Ambien or Ambien CR. The Ambien CR helped me MUCH more than the regular Ambien. Of course I never slept the whole night through but a few hours then I'd wake up about 2 but I was able to go back to sleep usually even if it was several times a night. Good luck, I've never been much of a good sleeper but if it gets that bad I would seek out a sleep clinic doctor place - he could have sleep apnea or something that is compounding the situation.

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