| Key to ratings for restoril: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 4 | sleep | M | 83 | 10 years | 6/21/2005 | 1 | Couldn't sleep | Weird dreams very unrestful sleep. Won't take it again. | M | 80 | 1 days | 3/26/2007 | 4 | to go to sleep | F | 77 | 1 days | 1/28/2009 | 5 | to sleep | none | very efective | M | 72 | 5 months | 8/19/2005 | 5 | Get a good night's sleep | None whatsoever. | I don't take other medication so I don't experience interaction with other drugs. Previously I would wake up every three hours. Now I sleep 6 hours straight. I feel energized in the morning. | M | 71 | 5 days | 7/23/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | None | Restored my ability to sleep. I'd had insomnia for about 10 years when I started using Restoril 12 years ago. | F | 66 | 12 years | 11/2/2004 | 1 | insomnia | Took this TOXIC benzo for 3 years. Could not sleep without it and now am trying to taper myself off it. Understand that getting off is a long process and withdrawal can last a year or longer. | Did NOT realize what effect this would have on my body. Besides depression, anxiety, heart palpitations, I have developed anorexia. If you are taking this drug talk to your dr. about tapering off. It should never have been prescribed to me for such an extended period of time. | F | 66 | 3 years | 3/4/2006 | 5 | insomnia | maybe a little sleepy in morning for about an hour. | this drug is like an anti-depressant for me; it gives me a sense of well being and increased confidence; maybe it's because I'm sleeping much better for the first time in 10 yrs; I get up to 7 hrs a nite as compared to maybe 4. I take 15 mg each nite while I'm already in bed reading and within 1/2 hr I'm out like a light; I do wake up a few times but go right back to sleep...this is a big improvement for me; I was waking up every hour and got virtually no deep sleep; now I have lovely dreams...nighttime entertainment! Having said all this, I think every body has unique chemistry and unfortunately you have to experiment to find a drug that works for you...I think I've found mine at last! | F | 63 | 1 months | 2/28/2008 | 5 | insomnia nightmares | Some minor memory loss if taken too early at night. | Switched back to this after trying ambien. I was concerned that this drug may be addictive. I had no problem coming off the drug after using it for a year. I take 15mg if that doesn't work after 1 hr I take a second pill. Never fails. | F | 62 | 6 months | 2/13/2008 | 4 | Restless leg syndrome | None | After tolerating jerking legs and also some times other parts of the body for some six hours while in the hospital chest pain clinic I was given one dose of Restoril. It did allow me to sleep for about 4 hours and when I woke up I had no more problems with the RLS. I do wish it had helped me sleep longer than just 4 hours tho. | F | 61 | 1 times | 11/30/2003 | 4 | Honestly, I can't say I've had any side effects. The drug does the job when I use it. | Over the past years I've taken it more often than others and I would suggest that I can build up a tolerance to it. As to it's being addictive, I don't find that. I do depend on it rather easily, but that's because I've always had a hard time getting to sleep. And that's what the drug has done for me. I can take one or a half a capsule, lay down and read and very soon I've gone to sleep....perfect. | M | 58 | 2/10/2009 | 5 | sleep at night | none | I take it at night time to sleep. I have COPD and I am on Oxygen. Temazepam helps me sleep. I have been on it since 2001. Thats when I found out I had COPD.I take it every night. | F | 57 | 2001 years | 5/2/2005 | 5 | could not sleep due to anxiety | Started with 15 mg over 2 years ago and needed 30 mg to help me sleep all night which i started about two weeks after trying the lower dose. Graduated to 60 mg after 6 more months due to more anxiety. I recently developed some memory loss, i think its more short term memory and my doctor is having me back off of it and taking rozerem. I do have some muscle twitching, not sure if its the other drugs i'm taking for depression. Not sure if its contributing to my depression, as i seem to be on a roller coaster with the depression. | Definitely it helped me sleep, but I would recommend not taking it on a long term basis or talking to your doctor about other meds that would help you sleep that don't have the addictive component. I am backing off slowly and not having any withdrawal symptoms. | F | 56 | 2 years | 2/23/2007 | 1 | sleeplessness while hospitalized | I was gone, luney. Don't remember anything for 24 hours. I was in the ICU after some cardiac problems. This drug made me very agitated, spacey, tried pulling my IV out, ripping my blood pressure cuff off. By the time my Wife came in I looked like I was punch drunk. I also had a massive headache later that night. Just like a hangover. | This drug is dangerous and should be taken off the market. I'm thankful I was hospitalized at the time. I was put on an IV drip to flush the drug from my system faster. | M | 56 | 1 times | 9/22/2007 | 5 | Sleep | Somewhat groggy in morning - just for 30 minutes or so... | This has been an immediate cure for 10 years of being unable to stay asleep- it had gotten to be so bad, recently, that I grabbed an unused bottle of Elavil that had been prescribed (and never taken) in 1992 for post-op pain! I tried one pill and slept 7 hours for the first time in months. I used 10 mg. for one week and slept every night through. Before that, I was lucky to go 4 hours before waking up. Also, I had tried all kinds of sleep meds and nothing worked except Lunesta, that gave me a funny feeling when I woke up. I stopped taking the Elavil for two nights and reverted back to my sleepless pattern. I took it again last night and slept 7 hours again. I am amazed and really thrilled to have discovered this drug! | F | 55 | 9 days | 2/17/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | No side effects whatsoever. | Gradually increased dosage from 7.5mg. to 30 mg. Have now built up tolerance at this dosage and must increase. | M | 55 | 3 years | 7/22/2009 | 4 | insomnia/anxiety | no side effects yet | i have had the 15mg script for past 6 months. use it maybe two times per week. i use Ativan for anxiety, and on most nights i can fall asleep with that alone. no noticable side effects with Restoril 15mg, except i cannot remember any dreams. sleep thru the night, 5-to-6hrs. | M | 54 | 6 months | 1/10/2008 | 4 | sleep/muscle relaxant | None | I was taking Ambien for several years with good results. After developing TMJ, changed to Restoril for sleep and muscle relaxant properties. Started at 30mg and have decreased to 7.5 mg with no problem. | F | 54 | 1 years | 1/1/2006 | 4 | Ambien no longer worked | None. I have chronic insomnia, nothing ever worked prior to Ambien, but it wore off. Now I am on Restoril 60 mg. | To function, we need to sleep. There is no grogginess in the morning. | F | 53 | 2 weeks | 3/18/2009 | 5 | insomia | no side effects | leaves me feeling rested in the AM, with no groggy feeling | F | 52 | 2 years | 5/19/2004 | 4 | insomnia | None. No morning residual. Drug has pretty short half life. | Worked well several months then began waking early morning again. Switched to lorazapam for several months then to clonazepam. Have read numerous references that suggest that persons that need sleep aids on long term basis need to rotate them. I've certainly seen that to be the case with all I've taken, including Ambien. | M | 52 | 3 months | 9/26/2003 | 1 | insomnia | I developed tardive dyskinesia on 250 mg for 1 month. I am trying to wean myself off it without going completely crazy from sleep deprivation. I am twitching all over and blow out my cheeks. I am still taking it but trying to get off if. Getting off it means you vomit and are a total insomniac. Getting off it can kill you. | Never take this. It is addictive and can damage your nervous system | F | 52 | 30 days | 7/23/2006 | 5 | insomnia/panic during PhD program | I have no side effects. | 30mg of Restoril had no effect. It just made me panic more at night because I though I should be sleeping and was not. 60mg of Restoril is perfect. I fall asleep, but I am not “knocked out.” I wake up throughout the night on and off because of noise but I fall back asleep in a few minutes. I am a light sleeper still on the 60mg dose, but at least I can finally sleep for several hours. I think I would have fallen apart under the stress without the help of this medication. My mind was always zooming day and night, I was a wreck. Now I am functioning as well as can be expected for anyone in a PhD program. | F | 51 | 4 months | 5/27/2008 | 4 | used during liver treatment | None | I've been taking restoril for three years. I'm sure that i'm addicted by now, but I sleep great. I'm not aware of any adverse side effects. Maybe I'm lucky or maybe I'm not. | M | 51 | 3 years | 4/17/2007 | 2 | insomnia | wierd dreams, if i get to sleep at all, and nervousness the next day. | M | 51 | 5 days | 4/12/2006 | 4 | insomnia | None. | I have taken 15 mg for the last few years, and although I really have no side effects, I am developing a tolerance for it. I used to have no problem falling asleep, but couldn't stay asleep. Now I'm having problems with both. So I'm taking 15mg to get to sleep, then another 15mg in the middle of the night. On top of that, I've started taking Melatonin with the temazepam, which has worked so that I can fall asleep faster (temazepam could take 20 min to an hour to work for me). I am having tests done for hormonal and neurotransmitter levels. After 16 years of taking different drugs, I need to find the root of the problem, so that I don't just keep putting a bandaid on it. I want to get off these sedatives, feel better, and get my clear thinking back. | F | 50 | 3 years | 11/4/2008 | 1 | ambien wasn't keeping me asleep | at 10 pm, I took my 30 mg, settled into bed and waited to fall asleep -- i waited and waited and waited --- by 4 am, i took 4 ativan and got a few hours -- next night, same scenario | reading this page is helpful -- i see some people tolerate 45 mg to 60 mg as perfectly ok doses -- upping the mg seems it'll be making restoril the helpful sleep-inducing medication i need it to be | M | 50 | 2 days | 9/11/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | No side effects while taking for insomnia. Sleep good through the night and no groggy feeling when waking up. I usually take 30mg, sometimes only 15mg and then 15mg half way through the night. | I recently stopped taking it cold turkey...didn't know any better. NO NOT do this!! Horrible side effects and can be very dangerous. Must slowly tapper off of it. After 3 days I realized you couldn't stop cold turkey and researched it on the internet. I took it again and now plan on SLOWLY weaning myself off or lowering the dose. | F | 47 | 2 years | 1/19/2009 | 5 | insomnia | none | I have been taking this drug for years when I need to, not every night. I even take it if I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep. It has been a lifesaver for me. | F | 47 | 20 years | 9/12/2008 | 5 | Insomnia, restless leg syndrome | No side effects at all | I had severe insomnia and was only getting a couple of hours sleep, at best, and no sleep at all, at worst. After trying several other sleep medications, I was finally given Restoril, which worked. I take 15mg which is good enough for me. Since I have been taking this long term, my doctor has me alternating Restoril with other sleep meds. I was alternating with Dalmane every few weeks, but now I am alternating with generic Ambien. | M | 46 | 9 years | 10/14/2009 | 2 | insomnia | seemed to work for a few weeks. Now nothing. | F | 45 | 1 months | 12/19/2007 | 5 | Insomnia and Anxiety | Was prescribed 30 capsules of 30mg. After taking the 30mg before bedtime, I would still be awake for hours, so I would have to take another 30mg about 3 hours later but would still wake up every 90 minutes, however this time I would actually fall back asleep easily. No euphoria, just slight dizziness and very minor memory loss. In the morning no adverse effects at all. I am very much UN-concerned about addiction and though benzo withdrawl is unpleasant, try to keep a reserve stash for emergencies, or taper down in dosage before running out before refill time. This sort of discipline goes a long way. | I have tried everything from herbs to beer to Ambien. Nothing worked. I find Restoril a mild anxiolytic compared to say Xanax. For insomnia there is no equal. I think there is a stigma against benzos and narcotic-type painrelievers for that matter. Fact is though, you have to do something or you may just lose your mind. I was a nighttime manic and daytime zombie before I had enough and just came out and plainly asked for Restoril. I'm glad I did. | M | 44 | 2 months | 9/20/2007 | 5 | insomnia | none | take 2 22.5 mg each night with no side effects and sleep great for first time in years. Have tried many other meds including Lunesta, Ambien, Ambien Cr. Was not even concerned very much about the side effects until I read this page.I will ask at next appt. Although after years of sleep problems the rest may be worth it. | F | 44 | 9 months | 11/9/2008 | 1 | INSOMNIA | SEVERE ANXIETY / DEPRESSION | F | 44 | 4 weeks | 10/13/2004 | 5 | Insomnia | Stimulation of appetite. | I first experienced using Restoril when it first came out in 1981, and have been back to it for the past couple of years. It is the benzodiazepine I have used the most (second most was clonazepam). I prefer temazepam over all other benzos for sleep because of its ideal lenghth of effect and relatively low addiction potential. There is one particular note of importance regarding this medication: To avoid tolerance, use the stimulant Provigil. Somehow, Provigil used in the morning obliviates tolerance problems that temazepam tends to do otherwise. As recent as yesterday, I let my psychiatrist know that little tid-bit. I recommend that anyone using Restoril notify their doctor of that recommendation. | M | 43 | 14 years | 9/13/2005 | 5 | Sleep problems. | Some blackouts if taken too early before bed. Taste changes with food. Rebound insomina after two or more weeks of nightly use. Some | M | 43 | 10 years | 11/19/2004 | 1 | Insomnia | Agitated,angry,anxiety above and beyond what I was experiencing prior to taking the temazepam. | Prescribed 10mg for sleep. After and hour and a half I took another 10mg. Two hours later still awake and agitated and anxious. Finally took 15mg Zopiclone (lunesta) and fell into a very restless sleep for 4 hours - Major hangover this morning. Temazepam is not the drug for me as it seems to do nothing at all. Have been Taking Lunesta for 3 years but it had stopped being effective so switched to a Benzo instead - mistake. | F | 43 | 1 days | 6/4/2009 | 4 | Insomnia | Blackouts, but only if I take it too early and don't get right to bed. The blackouts are worsened if I have an alcoholic drink or two (which is completely discouraged on the warning label). If I take it too early, my husband tells me I ramble, get on the computer, and want to call friends or my mom (and often do, spending an hour or more on the phone, only to not recall ANY of the conversation!). | Despite the blackouts, this is the only thing that really helps me sleep well. I do worry about taking it long-term and think I'm probably addicted. Have been taking it most nights for the past several months. Took it for a few months 8 or 9 yrs ago, and it stopped helping me fall asleep. | F | 42 | 6 months | 11/30/2007 | 3 | Difficulty Falling Asleep | Seviere depression. | I don't know if it was the drug that triggered the depression, but it started after I started taking Restoril. I have never felt this way before. But the drug did help me sleep. Wasn't taking it every night, just when I needed it. | M | 42 | 60 days | 12/10/2008 | 2 | insomnia | I typically fall asleep but wake up within 3 hours and can't go back to sleep.Resoril has done nothing for me other than let me doze back off after I wake up 7 times each night.I'm only trying the 15 mg, and it only seems to let me sleep lightly - I'm still waking up and getting up and down all night. Frustrating.I see where other patients in this column are taking much larger doses than I am; maybe 15 mg is much too little to give me the night's sleep I'm craving. Honestly at this point I don't care to even take another Restoril tonight. Ineffective for me at this dosage.Will get back with my doctor today to get his opinion. Have had insomnia for 4 months now. I just want to truly sleep and rest while sleeping.Just one night of real rest would be bliss. | F | 42 | 7 days | 10/13/2008 | 4 | sleep aid | memory loss | M | 41 | 14 days | 2/15/2008 | 2 | Insomnia due to Effexor | Nightmares | I started out taking 15mg and that did nothing at all for me. My doctor increased the dosage to 30mg and that helped for about a week or two, now it's like taking nothing at all. I sleep less than three hours a night. I have asked my doc to put me back on Ambien CR, that worked well but made me groggy the next morning which is why I switched to Restoril. I would rather be groggy the next morning and get some sleep than be up all night and unable to function at work the next day. | F | 41 | 2 months | 3/5/2009 | 1 | insomnia, rage | Sobbing tears for hours after each dose, with feelings of complete emotional exhaustion, tremors, extreme daytime agitation, dramatic mood swings | rage/irritability was reduced to managable levels butI could not tolerate the agitation, slept well | F | 41 | 3 days | 2/7/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Diarrhea (watery stools) | Took Restoril 15 mg for two nights in a row. Slept great. Didn't even wake up to urinate. No dreams. If it's too good to be true.... On the morning after the second night, I had a very strong diarrhea: at least 5 bowel movements in 3 hours. Couldn't go to work. Stayed home near the toilet. Watery stool continued until early afternoon when I had no water in me left. I threw away the rest of the pills. | M | 41 | 2 days | 3/24/2007 | 1 | insomnia, rage | Sobbing tears for hours after each dose, with feelings of complete emotional exhaustion, tremors, extreme daytime agitation, dramatic mood swings | rage/irritability was reduced to managable levels butI could not tolerate the agitation, slept well | F | 41 | 3 days | 2/7/2007 | 5 | insomnia | none really just sometimes i will have strange dreams | taking wellbutrin xl which gives energy and keeps me awake sometimes.on 15mg restoril sometimes take 30mg about 45 minutes to 1 hour before bed.it works good dont wake up until alarm goes off.no drugged feeling in morning.ambien made me groggy next day. | M | 40 | 5 weeks | 3/26/2007 | 5 | insomnia | No side effects | Took 7.5 mg dose, fell asleep peacefully, seemed to make me quit worrying. Woke up with alarm clock at 5 a.m. and felt great! | F | 40 | 3 weeks | 5/9/2004 | 1 | Insomnia | Night terrors and incredible sweating. Only slept for 1.5 hours before waking. | I only took a 15mg tab once a few nights ago(the generic version, temazepam) I fell asleep and woke up about 1.5 hours later after a terrifying dream, drenched in sweat. It scared the hell out of me! I wanted to try this because the Ambien CR I have been taking is so expensive. I'm going to try the temazepam one more time. If I have the same results, I'm throwing it out and staying on the Ambien! The Ambien works pretty well for me so I will continue to pay $40 a month if I have to. | F | 39 | 1 days | 5/25/2007 | 5 | insomnia | none - other than gradually losing its effectiveness due to tolerance. | I take 30 mg and it works beautifully with no apparent side effects other than you build tolerance after a couple of weeks. I'm starting to wake up too early, which was the main problem to begin with. I take it only 5 nights a week. On weekends, I substitute Remeron (7.5mg ) to try and minimize tolerance to temazepam. | M | 37 | 60 days | 4/30/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Euphoric if taken too soon, i.e. before getting in bed | Restoril has been a wonder drug for me. It is the only way I can get 6-7 solid hours of sleep. I suffer from chronic insomnia and tried all of the other sleeping pills on the market and had horrible side effects. I take the 22.5 mg pill. On REALLY bad nights I take 2 of these but generally one does the trick. If I do wake up I go right back to sleep. I do not have any strange dreams and I wake up feeling rested and ready to go, no hang-over effect. | F | 37 | 1 years | 5/29/2008 | 2 | insomnia re anxiety | fall asleep ok but then wake about 4 hours later and cant get back to sleep | have noticed i am quiet anxious and jittery with cold blood the next morning and am wondering if this is a side effect of the drug wearing off. gonna try not using it for a while. | F | 37 | 8 days | 4/12/2008 | 2 | imsomnia | wake up whith an eary ear ring,, and hallusitation.. | i wake up in the middle of the knight with night mares,,, for example i am dreaming of someone running after me , and then i wake up and there is the person standing next to me but i cant move.. its like my body is paralized,, but im awake.. scary s@#$t,, | M | 37 | 1 years | 1/6/2009 | 1 | insomnia | This drug is a joke, its a waste of time. Limits your sleep to 5 maybe 6 hours, I would take that over nothing, but then a quick tolorance for it built up in a couple of weeks, putting me back at square one. Worked just long enough to make me mad, and then it quit on me. Its a huge waste of your time, skip it. | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 5/30/2006 | 4 | insomnia | Relaxation, sleepiness | I like it. | M | 36 | 7 days | 6/26/2007 | 4 | severe, lifelong insomnia, anxiety | morning wooze, forgetfulness | I was taking ambien and they switchhed me. Ambien had stopped working but I will probably switch back to it in a few weeks when this one stops working. It's the first time I've been prescribed a benzo. It definitely makes me sleepy. Also confused. I take it in bed about half an hour or so before I want to fall asleep. I feel groggy the next morning, though, but ambien did the same. I take the 15mg dose at night. In the daytime if I am feeling strong anxiety I take a half dose. Sometimes it helps, and other times it just makes me tired. It takes too long to kick in to really do any good for that anyway. it's all right. It puts me to sleep well enough for now but I hear too much about withdrawal to want to continue taking it for very long. | F | 36 | 7 days | 10/3/2008 | 5 | Insomnia following 18 w miscarriage | leaning towards none, feel somewhat groggy next day, tho with significant sleep debt | No problems falling asleep, wake up often/for hours. Ambien allowed me to sleep for 3-4 hrs then wide awake with little memory, 15mg Restoril woke up ~5 times per night but could fall back to sleep, Lunesta worked just like the Restoril, Ambien CR excluded from my insurance, 30mg Restoril - finally 7-8 hrs of continuous sleep :) Worried about tolerance &/or rebound after stopping | F | 35 | 4 days | 11/8/2009 | 5 | innability to fall asleep | None--I love restoril 15 mg. | Helps me fall asleep within 30 minutes, and I wake up 6- 7 hrs later well rested with no groggy feeling like I experienced on Ambien. | F | 35 | 30 days | 8/15/2007 | 5 | insomnia | Dry mouth upon awakening | If you have occasional insomnia, this is a pretty great drug. I take a 30mg capsule. In about 30 minutes, I hit the sack. I don't feel "drugged" per se, but I sleep and I stay asleep. I never take more than 2 a week, so my usage is infrequent. As such, I have zero dependency issues. Highly recommended for occasional use as needed. | M | 35 | 12/16/2006 | 3 | Insomnia | This is strange stuff. I'm on the 22.5mg dose and my reactions are not predictable. Some nights it totally knocks me out - which is what I want. Other nights it turns me into a zombie state and I will roam around and cook/eat meals and have conversations, none of which I recall the next day. I also tend to wake up about 2 hours earlier than when I go to sleep without it. Horrific dreams some nights. | Works better for me/keeps me to sleep longer than Ambien, and there is no hang-over effect in the morning. I also take Inderal for migraines and not sure how much of the waking up early and vivid dreams might be related to that. | F | 35 | 21 days | 11/14/2006 | 1 | NOT SURE | MY FATHER WAS GIVEN THIS AT THE HOSPITAL. NO ONE TOLD US WHY.24 HOURS LATER HE WAS DEAD, GUESS THE DR DID NOT READ THE WARNING ABOUT HEALTH HAZARDS, COPD, RENAL DISEASE. | SHOULD BE REMOVED BEFORE MORE PEOPLE DIE! | F | 35 | 1 days | 1/7/2008 | 5 | Ambien | None | 7.5mg is enough, and leaves me without hang-overs in the morning. | F | 34 | 90 days | 7/14/2003 | 4 | insomnia/racing mind at bedtime | 30 mg-drowsiness, less anxiety, relaxed | i was able to sleep a full night, actually woke up laughing from dream the next am, but then had a horrible nightmare two nights later...woke up in intense fear and sweating. skipped a night when drinking. nervous about dependence, though, esp. after reading others' comments-dr. only gave 30 day supply | F | 34 | 10 days | 7/30/2007 | 2 | Insomnia | The first week I was on it my mind just raced all night long, and while my body was not moving, my mind was wide awake. I actually think this is for your sleeping partner, so that they will think you are asleep because your body is not moving, hence you dont disturb them, but your mind is going a hundred miles an hour. Then it started to keep me asleep until exactly 4;30am every night and then i would be up and could not go back to sleep. I started out on 7.5mg nightly and increased it to 30mg after reading comments on this site. It seemed to work at 30mg nightly. | Restoril also gave me strange nightmares and/or hallucinations. I would be in a semi-lucid form of sleep, where I would be paralyzed and could not move my body, and it felt as if something really heavy was holding down the left side of my body, but my mind was awake...pretty scary... | F | 34 | 2 weeks | 12/23/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | None | I get 7-8 hours of sleep with 7.5mg | F | 33 | 6 months | 7/14/2003 | 4 | couldnt get to sleep | sometimes memory loss while drug is active in body | M | 33 | 6/19/2002 | 4 | Chronic Insomnia | Very rarely when I didn't eat dinner I get an exagerated effect that kind of wipes me out - slurred words, stumbly. Have some loss of memory a couple of times a month - not remembering a conversation or TV show before bed. | Getting on medication for my sleeping problems was a huge turning point for me when I entered college. I have what could be called "sleep anxiety" - panic going to bed, panic while I am sleeping, nightmares and difficulty staying asleep in general. Since i was about 8. I cycle this on-off with lunesta. I take 30-45 mg temazepam about 20 nights a month. Was on 60mg 25-30 days per month for about 6 years. Never had any real issues except concern of addiction which is why I mix it up now. I take a break from all sleep meds when an opportunity persents itself, and I get rebound insomnia - which for me means i don't sleep at all for a night or so and then I just get crappy sleep for a couple of days and start my meds again... | M | 33 | 12 years | 3/18/2006 | 4 | Chronic Slppeing Disorder | Fomer 2 1/2 mg of Xanax per day, also 5 - 10mg of Valium Daily. I would alternate between the two once one stopped taking effect. Used to take 4mg of Roche Rofinol (aka Ruffies) Daily. sometimes up to 8mg. Been diagnosed over 12 years. Starting taking 30mg of Restoril, then immediately uppped to 60mg. Now I can take 80mg and still function like normal, as if I drank a couple of glasses of wine. Makes me feel good, and I sleep like a baby. | Cannot take Restoril for more than 2 weeks. It's not the high doses I take, but its the acid reflux after I take them. Only there's no acid, on the Restoril med comming back up in a burp. Tastes nasty and leaves a little heart burn. But when you're feeling good, its okay for a small side effect. I wake up feeling like I had a weeks long sleep. The following next 12 hours after I wake up are awesome! Drink some coffee and it feels like the world is yours, no matter how bad things really are. Downside, it's only temp. After 14 days you need to get onto something else because of the reverse chemical reaction. No Sleep, slight mental convulsions (nerves spazzing). But transfer to something soon like a ambemien to tapper off. Not another benzo. That will only prolong the withdraw symptoms. I'm 240 lbs, a well fit body builder, no steroids. Just life stress, i need sleeping meds to get me by. | M | 33 | 14 days | 4/19/2009 | 3 | sleep | good drowsiness | M | 33 | 11 days | 2/5/2005 | 1 | insomnia | This initially worked well for insomnia, but after three weeks of 15mg, my body started to build a tolerance for it, and it stopped working. I skipped a night, and learned that I'm both tolerant and have a dependency on it, as is common with benzodiazepines. I can't sleep with it and I can't sleep without it--after only three weeks. Be careful! You can get dependent in only three weeks. I am now on a taper-schedule. | F | 33 | 25 days | 4/19/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | Rage - argued with my mate for almost 5 hours, 4.5 hours of which I don't remember. When I finally fell asleep he woke me to move me off the floor, I did sexual things I don't remember. | Have tried Ambien, Lunesta and other meds. Would rather take almost any other medication. | F | 33 | 1 days | 3/4/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Total black out | I woke up with a guy's dick in my ass! Never again! | M | 32 | 2 days | 1/5/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | None | This drug didn't work for me at all at 15mg. I took 4 at a time and got 30 hours of sleep. I personally wouldn't reccomend it for sleep. | F | 32 | 7 days | 2/5/2008 | 5 | Insomnia from stress | none | started with 7.5mg, and now take 1-4 capsules per night, so I have the flexibility to take 7.5mg, or 15mg, or 22.5mg or 30mg, depending upon how stressed, restless and NOT sleepy I am | M | 31 | 90 days | 7/13/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Amnesia if someone call me during my deep sleep. It's seems that it's acting liek a thruth serum for me.Big dependance. | I tried many stuff like remerond, desyrel, immovane, valium etc.. It's the only stuff who work for me. I have 8 great hours of sleep and when i wake up. I'm pumped-up to do my day fresh and complrtly on the top. Best stuff out there for me. Saved my life | M | 30 | 2 years | 5/27/2008 | 1 | insomnia | I felt like nothing happened, no sleepiness or drowsiness | F | 30 | 1 days | 9/12/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | Hangover | This medication did nothing other than make me feel dizzy and | M | 29 | 4 times | 1/25/2005 | 2 | Insomnia | Hangover | This medication did nothing other than make me feel dizzy and | M | 29 | 4 times | 1/25/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | None. | Restoril does not work for me. I cannot feel it taking effect (unlike Ambien CR, though that does not keep me asleep) and do not fall asleep or stay asleep when I take Restoril. I have better results with Tylenol PM and the same results taking nothing. | F | 29 | 12 times | 5/7/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Confusion, increased appetite...makes me really hungry and I feel like I can't get enough to eat. | Helps me sleep all night which I usually can't do. No hangover feeling in the morning and I wake rested and refreshed. | M | 28 | 2 days | 3/17/2005 | 2 | insomnia | didnt experience a damn thing at 20mg | Having experience with several other benzos, this had no effects what-so-ever (intended or otherwise). | M | 28 | 2 weeks | 5/27/2008 | 1 | insomnia | Rx did not work at all for me, plus I am pretty sure it was contributing to crying spells (I already suffer from depression) | I was prescribed 15mg, and I didnt even get groggy. The next nite I double it, and I still felt nothing. I have tried it a couple more times just to give it a shot and nothing. I am going back to Ambien. | F | 28 | 2 weeks | 3/24/2007 | 5 | insomnia | I have no side effects other than a bit sweaty | After coming down off antipsychotics I had realy bad insomnia, I had this before I was ever ill since childhood(insomnia). I take 10mg before bed and I sleep like anormal person lol. No hangover atall. And the quality of the sleep is better I feel refreshed on waking. I would recomend this to insomniacsm I had no sideffects infact I feel so much better for finding something to help me sleep I no longer feel worried that I wont sleep and that has helped me too very good so far | F | 27 | 3 days | 10/11/2009 | 3 | insomnia | No real side effects. | Benzo's are great for insomnia(true insomnia). Use them for 3 weeks, taper, use a different benzo. Seroquel is great but you will gain some weight and it interacts with a lot of other meds. Overall, I like ambien and dalmane the best. Restoril is on my top 5 as well. Everything that helps an insomniac is addictive so use them for 2 to 4 weeks at most and switch. A good doctor will know this method. | M | 27 | 10 days | 8/31/2006 | 2 | insomnia | No side effects w/ 30mg dose - no effects period. Didn't help me sleep - didn't do ANYTHING! | F | 27 | 1 days | 12/6/2005 | 1 | insomnia due to dilantin | no side effects this medicine did absolutely nothing for me 15mg | F | 27 | 14 days | 1/24/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Made me light-headed. Basically I felt drunk, but I was unable to fall asleep. | M | 27 | 5 times | 1/21/2005 | 1 | insomnia | none | went to sleep at 1am and was up at 3 am with feeling that i didnt sleep and after i woke i could not sleep, this one isnt very good | M | 27 | 12/28/2007 | 3 | insomnia | watery stool in the morning. I was on Ambien and Trazodone to sleep. Now take 7.5 mg Restoril and 5 mg Ambien. Restoril doesn't knock me out by itself. | The first night I took the Ambien and Restoril and slept for 10 hours. second night 11 hours. 3rd night 8 hours (Monday morning!) Tonight I'm trying 2.5 mg Ambien and 7.5 mg Restoril. My doctor told me to take these together... | F | 26 | 3 days | 2/10/2009 | 2 | insomnia | none | I had to take a fairly large dose, and then only slept for about an hour. | F | 26 | 1 days | 7/10/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II | Was put on it for insomnia. Built a tolerance in no time and got addicted to it. Couldn't sleep without. I quit, but it was hard. | I don't recommend this crap or benzos altogether for sleep. If you can't sleep, use Seroquel - it works and you don't get a freaking med dependence problem. | M | 26 | 2 months | 2/19/2005 | 1 | insomnia | none | it doesn't work. took 15 mg. felt nothing. not tired. ambien works sooo much better. don't waste your time taking this drug | M | 26 | 3 months | 11/10/2008 | 5 | sleep | none | sometimes wake up too early but i feel that it has been really helpful | F | 25 | 3 years | 11/4/2009 | 4 | insomnia | A couple times I can't remember what happened before I went to bed. Only take it when you are safe at home, best when supervised. | A lot of nights I sleep without moving once. Other nights I sleep well. I fall asleep very fast and rarely wake up throughout the night. Little to no hangover. I am on 30 mg. Great for insomnia. Do not use for recreation! I have woken up not remembering how I got to bed. Thank god I have a fiance that can make sure I don't do anything stupid. He told me I had a 45 minute conversation with him one night which I do not remember. Humerous and scary. One night I took this after drinking 3 cocktails throughout the night and couldn't walk straight. I wouldn't recommend mixing with alcohol. | F | 25 | 2 months | 11/15/2004 | 1 | Insomnia | nothing - didn't make me fall asleep 15mg | My cousin is a nurse at Ceder Sinai in Cancer/Aids floor. She said it's the best out there and doesn't have any weird side effects unlike ambien, etc... didn't notice anything though - didn't make me sleepy. I noticed the people who said the same thing were females around my age... maybe we are immune! HA. | F | 25 | 3 days | 4/3/2008 | 5 | insomnia | A little nauseous the first time I took it but that went away, I felt a little tired in the morning but it wore off pretty fast. | I tried Ambien (I slept 4 hrs then was up all night), Ambien CR (didn't put me to sleep), and Lunesta (the bad taste was horrible) and wasn't satisfied so, since alprazolam helps me sleep, my doctor prescribed this. I'm finally satisfied. I didn't want to take benzodiazapines too much but I don't have rebound insomnia from this drug and when I take it I sleep through the whole night with no waking up. Ambien, even Ambien CR, didn't keep me asleep all night, I'd still wake up a bunch of times, so this is finally a life saver for when I have my insomnia. | F | 24 | 5 months | 8/24/2007 | 2 | severe insomnia | none. it hasn't worked for me at ALL. | I took 15mg tonight at 10:30pm. By 11 I was drowsy so I went to sleep only to wake back up 3 hours later. Here I am at 4am staring at a computer screen and wishing I could sleep, per usual. Ugh!!! | F | 23 | 2 days | 11/21/2007 | 1 | insomnia | dizziness, restlessness, waking up 2-3 hours later unable to fall asleep, drowsiness, nauseous hangover feeling because I still couldn't sleep while on this medication! | This did not help me sleep much. It helped me fall asleep, unless I was especially upset/anxious then it didn't work at all. I got about 2-3 hours a night, which is better than no sleep at all I guess. When I woke up I had difficulty falling back asleep even though I was so tired. I laid there not even knowing if I were alseep or awake for the rest of the night. It also made me throw up in the morning if I could not sleep. Ambien works better. | F | 21 | 1 weeks | 7/25/2006 | 1 | insomnia | none | this drug may as well have been a sugar pill. it did not make me tired at all. i have tried it twice at 30 mg and had an even harder time falling asleep than usual. | M | 21 | 2 days | 1/4/2007 | 5 | insomnia | Very dizzy if I wasn't in bed right away. Habit forming. | Make sure you are in bed no longer than 10 minutes after taking it. I took 30mg doses. I decided I wanted to try getting off so much prescription medicine so I stopped taking it about 3 months ago and I still have trouble falling asleep at night. Seriously considering getting back on it. I fell asleep fast, stayed asleep, and woke up feeling refreshed. No drowsiness or memory loss. It was great. | F | 20 | 9 months | 11/2/2008 | 2 | cant sleep | seizures | it is use as a date rape drug!!!! | F | 20 | 7 days | 11/2/2004 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
