Suggest Treatment For Insomnia

Posted on Fri, 23 May 2014

Question: i need something to get me to sleep at night. I suffer from sever insomnia. do you have anything that would completely relax and mellow me out? I don't need anymore anti-depressants since they never work. Please help me.XXXX

Answered by Dr. Manisha Gopal (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
zolpidem 12.5mg or clonazepam 1-2mg

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

I can understand your situation and at present you want only something to help you with sleep specifically.

You have not written anything regarding drinking or any drug abuse and any stressor in life which may be behind the insomnia. So, assuming that you are a sober person and were never into drugs and there is no fresh stressor in life, I recommend--
1. zolpidem 12.5mg good for giving a 5-7hours sound sleep to the patients. There is no daytime sedtion with it and work is not hampered.
2. If there is little response to above drug, clonazepam 1-2mg at night or chlordiazepoxide 25-50mg will surely help you out.
Please try them and tell if there are any further issues bothering you.

Wish you good luck!

Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD psychiatry

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar