Re: What is the strongest medication for sleep? Thank you
Originally Posted by
SufferingSilent
What is the strongest medication to force yourself to sleep.
I mean a medication that is able to force you to sleep even after few minutes of waking up from your bed in the morning or night.
Why do you want to get back to sleep after waking in the morning?
50mg of Quetiapine works for me but only after staying wake up for 14 hours+.
Which is about what it is supposed to do. Most people are awake for around 16 hours a day.
Please no Benzodiapenes, I'm already taking 1,25mg of Lorazepam and it does nothing because I built tolerance on it
Benzodiazepines are poor sleep meds as tolerance to their sedation builds quickly, often within a couple of weeks. The 'Z' class hypnotics - zaleplon, zolpidem, zopiclone/eszopiclone - are not much better as they target the same GABA-A binding sites.
and I think antipsychotics are my only last hope.
Maybe not. I'm unclear on what you are trying to achieve. It sounds like you want more than to simply overcome insomnia to get a good night's sleep.
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