[akvadrako]

That's quite interesting. I take half a Zolpidem once a week or so and I'll try taking it with caffeine.

I've tried Zolpiclone but found it affects my sleep much more. Zolpidem is faster acting and gets out of your system quicker, while Zolpiclone continues working during the night.

So if your issue is getting to sleep and not staying asleep I would recommend you try the original.

[AnthonBerg]

I know and trust that the implicit disclaimers are clear, that this comes with absolutely no guarantees of not being terrible for anyone else :)

—I would indeed prefer the shorter duration of Zolpidem! Zopiclone was the only Z-drug option the doctor was willing to use. Fortunately, the caffeine seems to kind of mitigate the longish duration of Zopiclone. And Zolpidem has somewhat dangerously recreational effects on me :sweat_smile: … and is slightly addictive to me as well.

I’d very much like to be able to try Zaleplon instead. It’s more recent than the two other Z-drugs and the shortest-acting; Not available in my country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaleplon