Can i take ambien and xanax

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Avatar n tn I would not get your hopes with the Ambien I had Ambien and valium I used both for a week and still lost allot of sleep. Sleep deprivation is part of the ride. With time sleep will come bit by bit. I still wake up earlier than I want but my sleep I get is good sleep. Give your body some time to heal it has been through allot with using. I think by this weekend you will feel much better. After day 4 it only gets better.
Avatar n tn I already take xanax, which is similar to ativan, at night and the first time I took them together I felt very weird and spacey in the morning. I so feel for you.....I've had insomnia since my teens and sometimes will go for months with only a few hours of sleep a night too. I'm sure lack of sleep is a huge contibuter to how bad your feeling.
Avatar m tn I am tapering xanax presently under Dr. supervision. I have read extensively (Actually here) about the necessity of taper of benzos. You are on a low dose...which is good BUT you have been taking for what? 15 years so..again the tingling, numbing sensation is worrisome. I'm no doctor or medical professional..but do call your dr., tell him/her your symptoms..get their advice..maybe a script for .25mg? I really don't know...but please call them.
Avatar m tn It has come to a point where I need to medicate myself with several different medicines in order to fall asleep. I usually take Ambien 10 mg and I take two od those and sometimes Xanax 1 mg. I have noticed that Ambien doesnt really help much anymore. I just feel weird when I take it. Sometimes when I dont take anything to sleep and I manage to fall asleep, I have very vivid dreams and nightmares. Even after taking medicine, I dont usually fall asleep until 4 am and I am up at 8 or 9.
1687929 tn?1319426011 I also take xanax so what I do is take my xanax an hour or so before going to bed and take the ambien when I go and lay down. When I was prescribed ambien I tried taking it while still being up and it didn't help me at all. Taking it right when I go to bed seems to help. I sleep a little longer and heavier. Hope this helps a little bit.
Avatar f tn Will I have horrible withdrawals if I just stop taking it at night? Today I was prescribed ambien and was afraid to take it not knowing if I should wean off the Xanax first. Anyone know if it will be fine to just stop the Xanax all together and start the ambien? Any advice?
Avatar f tn The doctor said I should try ambien and gave me a rx that I have not gotten filled yet. Has anyone tried this and how did they react. Please any input would be helpful.
Avatar m tn I took 5mg on Wed night which helped get me thru the night. Last night was bad with RLS even though I had Xanax and ambien. I hate Xanax and the way it makes me feel so I'll stick to the ambien at night. I would like to take another 5mg tonight but don't want to set back the withdrawal. Do you think I would be setting the withdrawal symptoms back if I did this?
1995824 tn?1330379049 I have two issues going on - one, the treatment side effects and, two, Xanax withdrawal. I think this is the main issue and I am really quite upset that my doctor, whom I began seeing in October, did not have me begin weaning off the drug in November when I was formally accepted for treatment. I was not informed until right before my first shot that I would have to quit Xanax cold turkey - not a good thing to do even for someone not in treatment. I was on 1mg every night for about five years.
Avatar f tn So I've been using them to get off opiates. Norcos. I got past the norco part, but take them everynight now to try to sleep ( which still isn't happening) I wake up every night. Anyhow my Dr. Gave me klonipon ( a lesser benzo) to get off zanex . Also prescribed me wellbutrin . Well the wellbutrin keeps me up even more! So he prescribed ambien. So do I take a knlonopin in place of Xanax? And will ambien be harmful? I want off benzos period! Can I just take 1.?
Avatar f tn to take it to get to sleep, but ambien can actaully cause a real addiction which includes mentally and physically addictive. i took it everynight for almost two years along with xanax or any other benzo i could find, along with my DOC's oxycontin or heroin, but the ambien addiction is real and you catn just shake it off, it is simliar to benzo withdrawal whcih can be deadly, but a little miler, but when i say a little, i really mean a little.
Avatar n tn alazopram, phentermine(3day), and when i fill a script for ambien i will take up to 7 late afternoon. i will also take the ambien and klonopin throughout the day if i am out of pain meds. i dont know were to start, i have hit rock bottom. i try to stop taking one then start abusing another.
Avatar m tn this is just my experience, and I'm not on tx yet...I can't take Lunesta and ambien, ambien makes me feel nutzo the next morning, but many people are fine with it...I take ativan if I have had a lot of sleepless nights in a row, and at a very low dose...I find tranquilizers lull me into sleep, which I prefer...best of luck...
Avatar f tn He was unable to sleep, so thats when he started to take the xanax at night and to help him rest. I asked him to see if he could go without them, and he did, but with NOOOO SLEEP for three days! I finally told him to just take them...i didnt notice any kind of wd symptoms, he just went back to being unable to sleep. His dr. does know this. I guess im just freaking out a little because I became addicted to painkillers after a leg injury. I never thought I would ever be in a situtation like that!
Avatar f tn tablet of Xanax, in order to get another few hours of sleep, put me in jeopardy of relying on the Xanax, or would this occasional use be OK? I would never take more than this one tablet in the morning. I would rather avoid Xanax. Do you have any suggestions for stopping the early morning episodes?
Avatar f tn I went to a pain management clinic for over 15 years but I cannot find a new clinic that will accept me because I take Xanax AND I CANNOT COME OFF THEM I have tried several times. My psychiatrist has even written a letter to some clinics stating I cannot come off of the Xanax but they still refuse to take me and want to put me on Suboxone and I do not know what to do. I CANNOT TAKE THE PAIN ANYMORE.
Avatar f tn I just got a script of Ambien 10mg and take 3 2mg Xanax a day for six years.
Avatar m tn hey sharon - welcome. I'm 45 days off hydros and I'm almost two weeks into being off both xanax and ambien - both of which I took as prescribed and didn't abuse them. I tried to come off everything at once which was really awful so I stayed on the xanax and ambien until recently.
Avatar f tn Dr today prescribed Ambien 10 mg to help with staying asleep at night and skip the last dose of xanax before bed and take the Ambien. I take the xanax for Anxiety attacks and i'm first scared to stop the last dose before bed and second, don't know how the Ambien is going to effect me. The xanax at night only puts me to sleep for about 2 hours then i wake up. What should I do?
Avatar m tn I was precribed ambien for my sleeping problems and then larter prescribed xanax. So my question is just this.is it a good idea to take an AMBIENCR and a XANAX in the same night before bed?
Avatar m tn which is not too much a problem if I I stay in my room and actually go to bed. I crashed my car once when I decided to take it as I left work, desperate for it to be in effect by the time I got home. I do not remember anything about the drive and do not remember hitting the guardrail. I drove to a friends house in the middle of the night, an hour away, after taking two ambien and drinking an entire bottle of time.
Avatar f tn Does anyone know a capable doctor in Florida who can help someone taper off of Ambien and Xanax - Tampa area?
Avatar f tn I know before the wd from opiates never let me sleep so I would take about 30mg of ambien and when that runsout I switch to my xanex. I sleep well but now I want to be off everything is my body gonna freak out. I take about 2mg of xanex right now. I have been reading about some of the wd from ambien and it scared me. I would of course run out of my ambien because I took triple what I was supposed to in order to sleep. When I ran out I just would not sleep for a few days.
Avatar f tn Hi akitagurl12. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question.. It made me feel like I wasn't going crazy. My doctor prescribed Trazedone to replace the Ambien but it made everything even worse. Then I asked him to write a prescription for a few Xanax so I could get caught up on my sleep but he refused. He then switched me to Amytriptyline.
Avatar f tn t know much about klonopin, but I was prescribed Xanax and ambien for sleep, after suffering from anxiety/emotional turmoil. I was specifically told by my GP that you can take Xanax and ambien at the same time. One is a benzo and the other is a hypnotic.
Avatar n tn i am on lunesta, i take a break every now and then, but the doc said it was ok.