Can you take ambien with xanax

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Avatar m tn Yes, there are different dosages for Xanax and ambien. Ambien is a once at night medication, Xanax is usually one pill three times a day as needed. I don't have experience with klonopin or Zoloft, your MD will know.
Avatar n tn THen your on Ambien and still up....
Avatar f tn You have the Ambien that will help..maybe just take the Xanax as needed to cut back and give it up soon..Both meds are addicting so please be careful. Good Job on giving up the Trams..I know those w/ds can be just as bad as my Methadone with my 2 other meds..Good Job!!
Avatar f tn Ambien is specifically designed to help you sleep while Xanax can help, it is prescribed for anxiety. Also, remember, that you can build a tolerance up with xanax...If you are still concerned, why not talk with your pharmacist that fills your prescription? They usually have a wealth of knowledge that you can tap into in my opinion. I have used it a couple of times and it worked...just ensure you have a fairly good chunk of time blocked off for sleep. Keep us posted!
Avatar f tn t tough out the sleep until it returns, please try Melatonin over Ambien. Ambien will give you some awesome sleep, but you pay for it with the dependance. You can to this....one day at a time!
Avatar f tn No you didn't blow it and no body can tell you is you did or didn't but you. Be carefull with this drug, it caused me to relapse after detox a few times.
Avatar m tn I am desperate for any help. My situation is as follows: Was prescribed 4.5 mg of Xanax for about the past five years along with 2 12.5 mg Ambien CRs. Soon, the 4.5 mg wasn't enough and I was on anywhere between 10 - 20 mg of xanax a day for about a year. Made a decision to get off everything and since this July, I've cut my Xanax dosage down to 3.5 mg and my Ambien to 1.5 pills of the 12.5 mg Ambien CR.
Avatar f tn Thank you for your reply. I'll ask about Ambien.
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 Check on Google for that information, if there is no serious side effect I believe that if you want and you have will and power you can overcome your addiction quite easy.You mentioned that you were prescribed Xanax for your anxiety, who prescribed it, a psychiatric? They know better than that and such potent, short term lived in your system is no longer recommended by almost none psychiatric cause they have realized FINALLY!!!!
Avatar f tn Would adding magnesium help as well. I take xanax 1.0 and ambien 10 and still nothing. this combo used to let me sleep for about 9 hours. I can't take the no sleep. I've just taken a benedryl but hope it won't dry out my sinus headache that I already have. I am 39 hours clean from the lortab. Just to have hubby's friend get a prescription that he doesn't want. I am holding off on this. Felt like I've come this far. Just don't want the restless legs tonight.
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 f tn As my stress levels have begun to decrease and with the recent media coverage of problems with Xanax addiction, I decided with my physician that it was time to try something different - He prescribed Ambien for sleep with 2.5 mg Xanax during the day for the first week. The first two nights after the switch, I quickly fell into a hard sleep with the Ambien but awakened after 4 hours feeling extremely jittery-not unexpected.
Avatar f tn Did you just take 10 ambien?
Avatar m tn At day 19 I thought I would be completely finished with these xanax wd's but they keep coming and coming. Late last night I watched a commercial about Lunesta and they mentioned that a common side effect was new or worsening depression. That caught my attention so I began to frantically research Ambien and every article I've read lists new or worssening depression as a common side effect. I've been taking Ambien off & on for the past 2 years..usually only 1/2 a tablet.
Avatar f tn If he is right and they will only allow 10 pills ask what you or the Dr needs to do to get the 30 pills you need to sleep. They will tell you what steps to take. Get phone numbers for your Dr's office to call or ask that the ins comp. either direct you to a web site that has all the info about pre auth and forms or fax the form to your Dr and give them the fax number of your Drs; office. If your Dr. still refuses to work with your ins company you need to find a new dr.
Avatar m tn When did you take the last alprazolam? Real concerned about you now...
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 m tn I have been taking Ambien 10 mg per evening for years and in take xanax only sparingly. Recently, i've had rotator cuff surgery. I was prescribed hydrocodone 7.5 mg every four hours. I decided to reduce the ambien to 5 mg due to the interaction. I found it virtually impossible to sleep in a recliner as they have suggested (due to the sling).and then began taking 7.5 mg.
Avatar n tn A taper could be calculated by picking a quit day and the amount of pills u want to do it with...u can do it slowly or fairly quickly with ambien....you can cut down 1/4 pill each week, or 1/4 pill each day... or a half a pill each day or each week...just stick to ur goal quit day...
Avatar m tn try taking a multi vitamin along with your melatonin. do you have a dr you can talk to about your sleep?? if not, youre almost there so hang in there!!
1687929 tn?1319426011 I am also prescribed ambien. 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 m tn i take 12,5 of ambien every night and let me tell you it will only give you 5 hours of sleep max. Melatonin is good but its natural, its like drinking warm milk. Have you tried any anti anxiety med during the day ? clonazepam is the most common one. But i do have to say i agree with churnman you should check whats going on during the day.
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.