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[mikeh1998]

Good luck. I know we're on a drug forum, and I take eszopiclone regularly for a medical reason that's too boring to go into, but cognitive behavioral therapy has the best documented outcomes. I do wish you the best of luck though... it works really well for some people.

If you have a partner who can keep an eye on you, it's a good idea to let them know things might get odd.

And if you can tolerate one more bit of advice... whatever your nighttime ritual is... shower, watch 30 minutes of TV, beat off, then lights out... take the Ambien as the very last thing you do. You will not have the same cognition when it kicks in you won't realize you're doing fucked up stuff until later.

I have only taken eszopiclone 2mg for about 20 nights so far and I can confirm that while it is super helpful at increasing willingness to fall asleep and reducing time taken to fall asleep it doesn't "knock you out" like the harder drugs do.

By that I mean if you fuck around on your phone/laptop watching True Crime brainrot and reading thread after thread you will still absolutely still be awake at 2 AM. But once you "decide" to fall asleep, put your phone away, roll over, get your body into the right position you won't be tossing and turning and getting stuck in thought loops.

I plan to continue using Lunesta 3mg for the foreseeable future, and probably even after I finally "fix" my sleep. I don't have any on hand right now and am waiting for shipments so I'm coping with some generic ZZZquil (diphenhydramine) in the mean time.

I have heard that parasomnias are a risk with eszopiclone, but the most extreme anecdotes I have read are along the lines of "I started cooking a meal" and "I sent out embarrassing messages on LinkedIn" rather than becoming a complete lunatic.

Found a page with a good short overview of CBT-I: Procedures

I have not tried CBT-I yet. The sleep restriction protocol is interesting.

 

[BigSmoke]

Probly if they are made by the same company it would make sense...

Well when ita 100s of "different" companies it's a little odd to say the least

 

[Dirthand]

Well when ita 100s of "different" companies it's a little odd to say the least

Probly some kind of conspiracy.. let me.knkw what you find out dawg!!!