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I'll be getting ambien today , purely for sleep. How long until addiction becomes a risk
I'll be getting ambien today , purely for sleep. How long until addiction becomes a risk
Ought to be better than zopiclone tho atleast15 minutes. its mo is literally frying your brain, lmao. doubt i have more than 3-4 years before dementia defeats me
Ought to be better than zopiclone tho atleast
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Frontiers | Eszopiclone and Zolpidem Produce Opposite Effects on Hippocampal Ripple Density
Clinical populations have memory deficits linked to sleep oscillations that can potentially treated with sleep medications. Eszopiclone and zolpidem (two non...www.frontiersin.org
Iirc seems to enhance memory consolidation in normal populations too( by increasing NREM) although that's a different paper. US fighter pilots are known to take it the night before flight, known as " no go" pills in those circles.but this is only about sleep deprivation induced memory issues, if i m reading it right
i'm more referring to the med's long term effects on the brain, because its mo is literally forcibly disabling regions of your brain
Iirc seems to enhance memory consolidation in normal populations too( by increasing NREM) although that's a different paper. US fighter pilots are known to take it the night before flight, known as " no go" pills in those circles.
I think tolerance is the biggest issue since it has a very specific target ( gaba alpha 1 and alpha 3) as compared to benzodiazipenes and even other z drugs , so theoretically should be much cleaner. I've tried oreixin antagonists and theyre horrible even though they're touted as a breakthrough, ambien is the cleanest stuff I've used but obviously everyday use wouldn't be advisable.
5 mg seems to be the safest dose if tolerance doesn't exist
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Effects of zolpidem and zaleplon on cognitive performance after emergent morning awakenings at Tmax: a randomized placebo-controlled trial - PubMed
Optimize Astronaut Sleep Medication Efficacy and Individual Effects (clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT03526575).pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Another study on trekkers
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Zaleplon and zolpidem objectively alleviate sleep disturbances in mountaineers at a 3,613 meter altitude - PubMed
Both zolpidem and zaleplon have positive effects on sleep at altitude without adversely affecting respiration, attention, alertness, or mood. Hence, they may be safely used by climbers.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I still think it would be much better than alcohol for example since alcohol has a very broad way of activating gaba a subunits, while zolpidem is selective for the hypnotic subunits (gaba a alpha 1 and alpha 3), it might not be perfect but I think its miles ahead of anything we have right now. antipsychotics, antihistamines, tca, trazadone, benzos , oreixin antagonists even other z drugs. I think once it makes you sleep earlier , then it would be easier to taper off since sleeping at night is much easier than sleeping at say 4 am and having to deal with light, noise issues etc.but the problem is binding to gabaa receptors equals overtraining in the gym.
I still think it would be much better than alcohol for example since alcohol has a very broad way of activating gaba a subunits, while zolpidem is selective for the hypnotic subunits (gaba a alpha 1 and alpha 3), it might not be perfect but I think its miles ahead of anything we have right now. antipsychotics, antihistamines, tca, trazadone, benzos , oreixin antagonists even other z drugs. I think once it makes you sleep earlier , then it would be easier to taper off since sleeping at night is much easier than sleeping at say 4 am and having to deal with light, noise issues etc.