Hello. I've been on Zolpidem for years, but new at taking it while having CFS (9 months). In the last nine months, I found that Ambien provides significant symptom relief. While I take 20mg through the night to sleep, 2.5mg taken later in the day (around dinner time) brings the head pain and ringing down while improving malaise.
I am now down to 2 extra 10mg pills, leaving 8 (1/4 tablet) treatments. Am afraid when I run out that life will get difficult, since I have to work half time.
Is it possible that I've built up a CFS related dependence, such as might happen with gabapentin? I don't know the neurochemistry very well, but I understand they are both GABA analogs or agonists, if that's the same thing.
I'm reading in the marvelous work "A Roadmap for Testing and Treatment" that gabapentin reduces pain and oversensitivity to stimuli while enhancing deep sleep. That sounds like the benefits of zolpidem.
I am now down to 2 extra 10mg pills, leaving 8 (1/4 tablet) treatments. Am afraid when I run out that life will get difficult, since I have to work half time.
Is it possible that I've built up a CFS related dependence, such as might happen with gabapentin? I don't know the neurochemistry very well, but I understand they are both GABA analogs or agonists, if that's the same thing.
I'm reading in the marvelous work "A Roadmap for Testing and Treatment" that gabapentin reduces pain and oversensitivity to stimuli while enhancing deep sleep. That sounds like the benefits of zolpidem.