Temazepam Well-documented

Well-documented

Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.

6 corroborating sources

1 ROA with full dose ladder

duration data present

27 combo interactions documented

toxicity data (PsychonautWiki, PubChem)

Aliases: Eggs, Tems, Temaze, Jellies, Mazzies, restoril

Summary dose.wiki Erowid TripSit PsychonautWiki

Temazepam (trade name Restoril) is a short-acting psychoactive substance of the benzodiazepine class which produces anxiolytic, sedative, hypnotic, muscle relaxant, anticonvulsant, and amnesic effects. Temazepam, like other benzodiazepines, binds to specific sites on the GABAA gamma-amino-butyric acid receptor. Temazepam is used for the short term treatment of severe and debilitating insomnia and as a preoperative sedative.

Dose Information dose.wiki PsychonautWiki

ROA	Light	Common	Strong	Heavy
Oral	5-10mg	10-30mg	30-40mg	40mg+

Light Common Strong Heavy

Sources

Oral

Dose ladder — dose.wiki, PsychonautWiki

Benzo Equivalence Calculator

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⚠ These are approximate equivalences for educational and cross-tapering reference. Individual response, tolerance, and half-life differences mean actual equivalence varies. Always consult a healthcare provider for tapering guidance.

Onset, Duration & After-effects dose.wiki TripSit PsychonautWiki

ROA	Onset	Comeup	Peak	Offset	After Effects	Total
Oral	15-60 min	30-60 min	1-3 hrs	3-5 hrs	3.5-18.4 hrs	6-10 hrs

Effect Profile

18 reports

Scores (0–10) curated from multiple sources:

Effect keyword matching from PsychonautWiki catalog
Weighted by importance: core (×3), major (×2), minor (×1)

Full methodology

Benzodiazepine 7.1

Strong+ 7/10

Strong anxiolysis and euphoria with strong cognitive impairment, mild sedation

Anxiolysis ×3

anxiolysis anxiolytic muscle relaxation muscle relaxant emotion suppression

Sedation / Relaxation ×2

sedation muscle relaxation

⚠ Motor / Cognitive Impairment ×1

motor control loss memory suppression amnesia confusion delusions of sobriety double vision

Euphoria / Mood Lift ×1

cognitive euphoria physical euphoria disinhibition

Based on reports from:

Erowid Experience Reports PsychonautWiki Temazepam

Tolerance

Build-up develops over 1–4 weeks of daily use; hypnotic tolerance faster than anxiolytic tolerance

Reset Falls after you stop, at a rate that varies from person to person. If you've been using regularly, cut down gradually with medical help rather than stopping suddenly.

No tolerance chart. Our decay curves for these drugs were estimates, and a curve can make tolerance look longer-lasting than it is, which is the dangerous direction.

How fast tolerance to these drugs fades after a break has not been measured well enough to draw, so don't count on a dose you used to take still being safe: after time off, start with a much smaller amount and don't use alone. Mixing sedatives with each other, with alcohol or with opioids sharply raises the risk of a fatal overdose. If you've been using regularly, don't stop suddenly: withdrawal from benzodiazepines, alcohol or GHB/GBL can cause seizures or delirium, so get medical help to cut down gradually.

Sources: FRANK: benzodiazepines · Alcohol and Drug Foundation: GHB · FDA 2020: benzodiazepine boxed warning · FDA 2019: gabapentinoids and breathing · NHS: alcohol use disorder

Cross-Tolerances

Other benzodiazepines

Barbiturates

Alcohol (partial)

Effects Erowid

Aggregated from 18 single-substance Erowid experience reports; 14 Erowid reports where another drug was taken too are left out

Each bar shows the share of analyzed reports whose text mentions that effect — a mention is not always a first-hand experience (fear of an effect or something witnessed can count). Mentions saying the effect did not happen are left out; that check reads keywords, so it can miss some. The shaded band on a bar, and the small range after its number, is the 95% interval: where the share could plausibly be with other reports of the same kind. Fewer reports, wider band. Tap or hover any number for details. The second value is the Bluelight extractor's per-effect confidence; a dash means the row is Erowid-derived, which has no confidence measurement.

Too few reports for bars: these effects come from 18 single-substance Erowid reports, and a bar is drawn only from 20 reports or more. With fewer, a percentage cannot tell a common effect from a rare one. Counts are shown instead. Why 20?

Positive Effects 3

6 of 18 –

5 of 18 –

4 of 18 –

Adverse Effects 2

4 of 18 –

3 of 18 –

Also reported in combinations. In the 14 Temazepam reports where another drug was taken too, 3 mention hospital, emergency services or an overdose, 1 a seizure and 1 psychosis (too few reports for percentages). In the 18 single-substance reports: 1, 0 and 0. These are not in the figures above: they cannot be put down to Temazepam alone, and a mention is not always something that happened to the writer.

Combinations TripSit

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Community Trip Reports

Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, Bluelight, and Dose.wiki. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance. Tags summarise each author's own verdict — how reports are classified.

Erowid 8 reports 2 positive 3 neutral 3 cautionary visit

Probably Not Recreational neutral exp #64563

I'm writing this because there doesn't seem to be much anecdotal information on Temazepam online , and I would like to contribute some to the effort. Before I start on Restoril, I should give some background on how I happened upon this drug. I've had chronic insomnia since I was an adolescent.

Can Be Different neutral exp #112402

My first encounter with Temazepam was back in 2009. A friendly doc wrote me a script for me to deal with jetlag. I never used it for that but found it very useful to get my sleep/wake cycle back on track once in a while.

Experience With Pheds positive exp #81524

Not too long ago I obtained a 10mg tab of Temazepam, it should be known before I continue this report that I am generally a light-weight when it comes to drugs (Excluding alcohol). My first experience with a single 10mg tablet was generally enjoyable.

Intense and Pleasurable - Now My Favorite positive exp #50140

[Erowid Note: The dose described in this report is very high, potentially beyond Erowid's 'heavy' range, and could pose serious health risks or result in unwanted, extreme effects.

Relaxing but Blackout-Prone neutral exp #108471

I was recently prescribed a decent dose of steroids to take everyday to combat a chronic disease, and my doctor also gave me a prescription for temazepam in order to help me sleep, as the steroid could cause insomnia.

Nowhere but Sickness and Bad Dreams cautionary exp #101187

I got hold of some Temazepam 30mg (little white caps) from a friend who said they were giving him hangovers as a sleep aid. He was ready to flush them but I offered to take them off his hands since I get some pretty bad bouts of insomnia from time to time and just because I love to experiment a bit when possible.

An Answer for My Anxiety cautionary exp #92257

My friend recently found out that I have unmedicated anxiety and I was looking for something that would allow me to relax when I am at home. I live with my parents and smoking weed to sleep is definitely a lot more difficult to do. So my friend tossed me a few yellow Mylan capsules.

Total Blackout cautionary exp #93367

First off I would just like to say pardon any spelling or grammatical mistakes I might have while writing this as I am currently under the influence and also as much as I love pharmacuitiacals and drugs I don't know the proper spellings of all of them.

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Import into PsychonautWiki Journal

The PsychonautWiki Journal app includes Temazepam, but its built-in data can be thinner than ours. Importing this file adds a separate "Temazepam (Substance Search)" custom substance with our dose ranges and durations, so you can log against whichever you prefer. It leaves tolerance out on purpose, for the reason given under Tolerance above.

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Temazepam Well-documented Well-documented Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects. 6 corroborating sources 1 ROA with full dose ladder duration data present 27 combo interactions documented toxicity data (PsychonautWiki, PubChem)