Drug Ratings for DESYRELAverage Rating: 3.1 (258 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DESYREL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | | 5/12/2004 | 5 | | 3/7/2005 | 4 | insomnia | I took Trazadone (Desyrel) for several years, due to long-term insomnia/fibromyalgia. I never completely got over the morning grogginess it caused for the first 1-2 hours each day, but it seemed a price worth paying for the reliable sleep. My main concern was that it was making me more forgetful and confused at times; I eventually tapered off for that reason, but do not sleep as well. (I took half a 50 mg. pill each night.) | Weaning yourself from this drug is difficult. I used acupuncture to help. | M | 54 | | 6/23/2004 | 4 | | 4/30/2004 | 4 | SLEEP | | 1/3/2004 | 4 | insomnia | just that it is hard to wake up in the morning | F | 29 | | 9/23/2004 | 4 | Insomnia | Heavy feeling in head and headachy all day. Fogginess, short term memory loss. Never had short term memory loss when on Ativan or Dalmane. Increased Reynauds syndrome (cold hands). Shakiness. Moodiness. Increased esophageal dismotility (swallowing) -- especially at night. Decreased appetite. Digestion seems slower. Some cramps in legs. Helps me be more relaxed. | I have had difficulty sleeping for over 20 years and have been using Ativan and Dalmane to help me sleep. Recently, I have been taking Trazadone (between 25 and 100MG). Desyrel helped me sleep most nights. Desyrel helped me fall asleep more quickly and more natural. After taking Trazadone, I was able to sleep at least 6-8 hours; sometimes longer (just like when I was a child). Desyrel helps me sleep more deeply. Works best when taken just at bedtime, but needs to be taken with small amount of food to avoid stomach upset especially for individuals with GERD or stomach ulcers. Real stressful days and confrontation sometimes interferes with Trazadone's effectiveness. Also concentrating on television and reading cause my brain to be more wired and therefore Trazadone is less effective on these occasions. Non addictive. Sometimes I can stop taking it for 3-7 days with some minor adjustments. In order to gradually decrease my dependence on Desyrel, I taper the drug off. I do the revers | F | 60 | | 10/19/2006 | 3 | | 10/28/2008 | 3 | delayed sleep phase syndrome | mild heart palpitations morning grogginess | Take 25 mg occasionally. Any more and too much grogginess in the morning. If I'm not asleep within 1/2 hour it doesn't work at all. Sleep seems shallow, waking up briefly every 2 hours at the shallow points of the sleep cycle. | M | 43 | | 4/22/2004 | 3 | Anxiety, Insomnia | Hangover-like feeling, difficulty waking, mind fog | I still have mixed opinions about this one. I was given Traz by my Dr. to help with a bout of injury-related insomnia, and immediately hit this site to see what the feedback was. I was concerned about loss of hair, and did not like the memory loss that people had reported. I've been taking Tramadol for about 3 years to help with an old knee injury, and was a little resilient in taking Traz along with it. Last night I broke about a third of a 50 mg tablet off just to see what it was like. Let's just say this is very strong stuff. I have a high tolerance for medication, and could feel this working quickly. Libido shot up immediately, and within minutes I was falling out. Slept deep for 9 hours for the 1st time in years, at that very low dose, and had a really hard time getting out of bed the next day. I can't even imagine what a full 75 or 150 mg would feel like, or how anyone could take this and go to work. Be careful... | M | 37 | 25 mg 1X D | 3/27/2010 | 4 | insomnia, depression | stuffy sinuses started 1/2 hour after taking it, but when I woke in the morning they were clear. I slept better than I have in months. Woke up groggy and feeling a little disoriented. Blurred vision upon waking that went away after about an hour. Felt sleepy all day like I could go right back to sleep and sleep for hours. | My NP prescribed 100mg. I have only taken it one night, but it really worked to help me sleep so I don't mind the side effects. I may cut the dose in half tonight to see if that helps while decreasing the side effects. I am happy to finally sleep throught the night. | F | 28 | 1 times | 6/3/2008 | 1 | severe insomnia | While on a course of Amoxicillin, my doctor prescribed the trazodone because I had severe insomnia. I took only 50 mg at 9:00 pm. At first, I felt this weird "rush" coming over my body, and it went away. At midnight, I started to feel really out of it, and mad. Then, at 1:00 am I was stark raving mad; an absolute lunatic who wanted to commit suicide. I DID sleep, but the next day all day, I was very exhausted, and I was a zombie. | Well, I think that it looks like Tom Cruise is right on this one. Don't f with head meds. Too high of a price. | F | 41 | 1 times 50 1X D | 9/5/2010 | 1 | insomnia | Horrible experience. Nightmares, cold shakes etc... | F | 36 | 1 times 30mg 1X O | 11/10/2010 | 2 | insomnia | Terrific headache. Really, really painful. | F | 43 | 4 times 50 1X D | 1/18/2011 | 5 | Sedation During Crisis | Makes me incredibly sleepy, which is what I took it for. Took it during my divorce when I was so upset all the time, and it helped me sleep and relax. | F | 27 | 10 times | 5/25/2004 | 4 | Couldn't sleep. | Mental confusion in the morning and mild distonia. | AAnnhh worked, but didn't like the way I felt in the morning. | M | 23 | 1 days | 11/11/2004 | 2 | depression, insomnia | heart racing, insomnia, fear of dying and doing selfharm, anxiety, depression | This medicine didn't work for me. In a half an hour after taking it, I was in hell on earth for 2 hours before I took Xanax. I'm going back to Remeron. | F | 21 | 1 days | 3/8/2007 | 2 | to help me fall asleep | I had an horrible night of hyper insomnia,punctuated but "naps" which were filled with some of the worst anxiety dreams. I also had extreme night sweats. The ONLY good thing that happened was I had an orgasm in my sleep and I am a 53 yr old post menopausal woman. | I am super sensitive to meds, so i intentionally took 1/2 of the prescibed dose which was 50. My doc is saying if you felt thi sbad on 25, do not take 50. I am not going to try it again. Other than my pleasant sexual side effect, it was one of the longest nights of my life. i should have thrownin the towel and gotten up, as it was clear a good nights sleep was out of reach. | F | 53 | 1 days 25/50 mg 1X D | 4/19/2010 | 2 | insomnia caused by SSRI | insomnia; horrible face pain; unwanted & uncomfortable erection; horrible hang-over like headache in the morning | Not only did it offer absolutely no relief from my insomnia, it actually kept me awake all night with this horrible, odd pain underneath my cheeks. I've never been hit in the face with a sledgehammer, but I imagine it feels a lot like this. To top it all off, I had an 8 hour erection... not fun. I took this one time and it was the last. | M | 31 | 1 days | 12/2/2009 | 2 | insomnia | TOTALLY OUT OF IT, SICK TO MY STOMACH | I don't understand why it didn't help me sleep, it did work fast, but I felt like I wasn't even in my own body! After one night, I quit it. Just made me feel horrible | F | 34 | 1 days | 4/23/2005 | 2 | insomnia | TOTALLY OUT OF IT, SICK TO MY STOMACH | I don't understand why it didn't help me sleep, it did work fast, but I felt like I wasn't even in my own body! After one night, I quit it. Just made me feel horrible | F | 34 | 1 days | 4/23/2005 | 2 | sleeplessness, depression, anxiety | Extreme stuffy nose that didnt respond to nasal spray, hallucinations, tongue protrusion, I repeated the same word over and over for an hour, I felt as if I could only have 1 thought for hours at a time and I had no control over that thought. I took 50mg at 10pm, was awake at midnight and took another 50mg, I didnt fall asleep until 7am and my dreams were so disturbing I couldn't sleep despite how much I wanted to. Flashing colors when I closed my eyes, tingling of neck and head, restless legs all night, slowness of thought, jaw pain & headache. | Doc wants me to take 2 more nights and see if this was a fluke. I've never experienced symptoms like this before! | F | 32 | 1 days | 3/13/2008 | 1 | insomnia | Felt wierd like I was tired mentally but not physically. Stuffy nose, severe dry mouth. Wierd restless dreams all night. Couldn't get in deep sleep. Made me loopy next day. | F | 44 | 1 days 50 mg 1X AN | 5/27/2010 | 1 | depression linked insomnia | head felt like it weighed 500 lbs, felt drugged, vomited, did not help me sleep AT ALL, could hardly walk when tried to get up to go to the bathroom, anxiety | HORRIBLE! I took this for the first time lastnight and I will not take it again. It did not help me sleep, at all, literally. I just felt drugged and extremely drousy, yet still could not sleep. This also made my anxiety worse. I didn't start to feel sick until I got up to go to the bathroom. Then I couldn't even stand up anymore and ended up vomiting. Felt better after this and tried to go to sleep but still didnt work. | F | 18 | 1 days 1X D | 3/25/2010 | 1 | bi-polar insomnia | Had a major mental and physical freak out | very soon after taking just 1 50mg pill I had major cardio vascular issues. Felt like I was choking, suffocating, I had to purposely watch my breathing, kept feeling on the verge of fainting. Could not walk straight, was very weak and my body temperature dropped - I was shivering. I took some benadryl to counteract and calm down. Trazodone is a horrible "medication". My wonderful condescending doctor told me this was such a mild and safe option that would definitely help me sleep. Definitely the opposite. I think after trying so many meds I will pick up jogging everyday instead and do it right. | F | 40 | 1 days 50mg 1X D | 1/9/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe sinus congestion and did not help insomnia. | F | 44 | 1 days 50mg | 1/28/2012 | 1 | Insomnia/frequent waking | I had a SEVERELY horrible reaction. 30 mins after taking I began to feel dissociative and oddly impulsive. Despite this being a sleep med, I became extremely restless and decided to go for a drive (bad idea). I was so removed that my driving was very erratic. I made it back to my house, and began to feel more and more crazy, like I wasn't in my body. I heard voices telling me to kill myself. I was sweating profusely and shaking. Didn't sleep at ALL. These effects lasted at least five or six hours. | Never taking this again. I know of some people who have loved this med, but for some reason it made me go crazy! | F | 22 | 1 days 50 mg 1X D | 10/19/2012 | 1 | sleep aid, anxiety | extreme hangover, extreme throbbing headache, extreme nausea, extreme fatigue | I used to take this pill a few months ago and stopped taking it because it didn't seem to help me much...then last night I decided to take it again (150 mg). I was expecting the dizziness and drunk feeling upon falling asleep, but I felt shortness of breath and mild nausea. I didn't wake up till 14 hours later with severe pain. I can't even describe how bad I felt. I couldn't even get out of bed. I threw up a lot, then fell asleep for another 4 hours and wake up with severe pain and nausea again. The pain didn't go away till another 3 hours later and I just regained some energy. I was even dreaming that I had a fever and was throwing up in my dream..that's how bad the pain was..I was dreaming how I really felt in real life. | F | 18 | 1 days | 9/12/2006 | 1 | Insomnia caused by other medication | wierd dreams, tossed and turned all night and did not feel rested at all. extremely groggy the next day, felt like i was half asleep and out of it. horrible taste in mouth, awful headache, swollen glands. | I personally did not respond well to this medication. Sounds like others did but I prefer a lighter sleeping pill like Ambien or Lunesta...they make you feel refreshed in the morning. This was awful and made me awful all day. | F | 26 | 1 days | 3/12/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Terrible throbbing headaches, thick-headedness, memory loss, dizziness, dry mouth, weirdly amplified hearing (eating cereal was difficult, to say the least) | I took 50mg of Desyrel 36 hours ago and I'm still not feeling right. I feel like I have the alien mother of all hangovers and nothing helps. I'd rather have insomnia than feel the way I do right now. | F | 35 | 1 days | 9/27/2006 | 1 | insomnia, depression | This drug actually kept me awake rather than helping me sleep. Even though I was mildly sedated, my brain buzzed like a hive of bees. Couldn't sleep till after 3:30 AM and when I did, had very frightening nightmares. Sensation of skin crawling. | My experience with this was so bad that I would under no circumstances EVER try it again. Called my MD and insisted he try something else. Flushed the rest of the prescription down the toilet where it belonged. | F | 54 | 1 days | 1/12/2006 | 1 | insomnia, | TERRIBLE side effects: I was told my my doctor to take one to three 100 mg per night. The first night I took 1 pill and several hours later I was still wide awake so I took a second one (I did eat before and after I took it). I woke up extremely dizzy, migraine-like headache, and nearly 10 hours after taking the second pill I had extreme nausea and vomited 4 times. Have been dizzy, unsteady on my feet, had headache, extremely fatigued, poor vision, heart palpitations, dry mouth, hangover feelings though I have never been drunk so I don't experientially know what an alcohol-induced hangover is like. | My Psychiatric NP wants me to cut back to 50mg for 3 nights and then gradually increase the dosage, but I will speak to her again, because I don't want to ever take it again. I have been taking seroquel 100mg for sleeping (I also am treated for major depression with Wellbutrin 450mg a day, 20 mg Lexapro). Because of extreme financial stress, my NP was suggesting me quit Seroquel and start trazodone to save monty. I have already had so many other health challenges in the past three years that I don't want to mess around with this any more. I have been unable to do anything at all today--having to stay in bed all day. I hate trazodone with a passion!!!! | F | 49 | 1 days | 7/7/2007 | 1 | depression induced insomnia | this drug WIRED me, I couldn't sleep my heart raced and my blood pressure shot up really high. this was awful | F | 51 | 1 days | 7/3/2004 | 5 | insomnia | The only side effect I can possibly say is sometimes I get off and on tiredness during the day. But that problem started a few months before I took Trazadone (but maybe I had it then because I wasn't getting enough sleep!). Or my tiredness during the day could be because of anxiety. So I don't know if Trazadone is to blame for that or not. It is still worth it because I need to sleep! | I really don't know what I would have done without this medicine. I take 50 mgs at night (sometimes 75mg if I'm really anxious or something is bothering me that night). I was having panic attacks before this medicine because I would get so anxious before bedtime cause I could never sleep. Now that I can sleep I don't have pannic attacks anymore. It hasn't gotten rid of my anxiety but because I sleep I'm a less anxious person. I am not saying this medicine is perfect but it is much better than alot of sleep aids because it doesn't have that addictive side effect that alot of them have..and it doesn't loose it's effect over time. I am still taking the same dosage I started with. | F | 23 | 2 days | 2/9/2006 | 5 | restless leg syndrome | none! | It worked the very first night. My legs use to twitch every night and would stay awake till 3 am. I won't stop using it. | F | 61 | 2 days | 6/9/2005 | 5 | Insomnia, Anxiety | Very hard to get out of bed in the morning, but once I force myself to get up, I don't have any lasting grogginess. It just feels so good to be at rest. | After just two days of taking this drug, I feel like a new person. I have just gone through two weeks of severe insomnia following a lifetime of generally poor quality sleep. Today I feel like I finally know what it is like to get a good night sleep. I'm also feel more upbeat and relaxed than I have in years. I know it's to soon for the antidepressant effects to have kicked in, so I attribute this to finally being able to sleep. | M | 38 | 2 days | 10/21/2009 | 4 | Depression Alcoholism | BE CAREFUL! This KNOCKED me out! I took one on the way home from work having no idea how powerful it is. I pulled in the garage and nearly passed out in my car. It hits you FAST within 10 minutes. The next night I took a half. Still hit me really fast. | I've been feeling fine in the mornings. Haven't had any real noticable side effects. I hope not to experience bloating or weight gain as others mentioned. | F | 34 | 2 days | 12/1/2007 | 4 | insomnia & muscle stiffness | dizziness, light sensitivity | i've had insomnia for awhile, probably made worse by ankylosing spondylitis which causes pain and stiffness during sleep. am taking meds now for the AS and been trying to find a sleep med that will work for my insomnia. so far nothing has kept me asleep - have tried OTC meds, changes in bedtime routine, lunesta 3mg (put me to sleep well, but still wake frequently and can't always get back to sleep), Temazepam (still felt lethargic/needing nap during the day). now trying desyrel with the hopes that it will help me sleep and relax my muscles so i don't get so uncomfortable at night. Love the way it helps my muscles - so much more relaxed! Jury is still out on whether it will help more than the other meds for insomnia - first night woke up every hour. Last night woke less and able to get back to sleep quickly. Don't feel like I need a nap during the day, but don't like the dizzy feeling - hoping that will subside and I can keep taking it. | F | 39 | 2 days 50mg 1X D | 2/26/2010 | 2 | sever depression, anxiety, insomnia | In a half of hour, after taking the medicine : fear of dying, heart palpitation, insomnia, anxiety and depression. Dizziness and mild headache in the morning. | I'm going back to Remeron. | F | 21 | 2 days | 2/22/2007 | 1 | Depression and Insomnia | The second night taking this drug I ended up fainting twice after getting up to use the bathroom. It was one of the scariest things that I have ever felt. My heart started racing very fast, then I started having really cold sweats, then I just blacked out. A few seconds later I remember coming to with my husband over me and I was severely confused and disoriented. Thank God my he was there... | F | 25 | 2 days 50mg 1X D | 7/15/2010 | 1 | needed help sleeping | I did this before thought it was me now I know why I stopped, its really bad, dry mouth, awfall taste, did not help, hurt all over, nausea, so many problems, I have tryed others Ambien and Lunesta, never like this, I feel terrible, and sick. | M | 51 | 2 days | 8/30/2007 | 1 | migraines, insomnia | hallucinations all night, couldn't sleep, vivid creepy dreams when i did, spaced out for the next half day, couldn't focus or communicate effectively, total short term memory loss. by halfway through the next day this changed to dizziness, shakiness, heart palpitations, hyperactivity, nausea. wouldn't go near this drug again | F | 37 | 2 days | 10/20/2009 | 3 | insomnia | Sleepy most of the day after taking it. Feel like I have a hangover. | It does keep me asleep through the night. Just can't take feeling sleepy the next day. | F | 44 | 3 days | 4/30/2008 | 3 | mild depression, anxiety, insomnia | I slept well the first night on 50 mg. As soon as I took it, it hit me like a ton of bricks. The next day and the following two nights I have been "wired" and unable to sleep. Also, the second night I had vivid dreams - hallucinations? The same musical lyrics and tune keep repeating nonstop in my head day and night. I have noticed a lifting of my mood and less worry at night though. | I'm not sure what to do. I have never been on an anti-depressant or anxiety medications before. My GI doc prescribed it because of persistent GI symptoms, but he wants my primary doc to follow this. I'll try a couple more days before calling. | F | 62 | 3 days | 12/3/2009 | 2 | sleep | My nasal cavity closes up every time I take this and then I can't sleep because I'm unable to breathe! Also makes me absolutely nautious when I wake up. | M | 30 | 3 days | 10/15/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Made me very dizzy and drunk feeling. Even the following day! | This drug did help me to sleep and sleep well but the side effects were not worth it at all. I felt very dizzy and drunk about 30 mins after taking and entire next day. Give me Ambien anyday. | F | 35 | 3 days 100 1X D | 3/19/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | The first time I took it about 15 minutes later I had an overwhelming fear that I was not going to wake up. I even called my husband at work and told him to come home and check on me on his break. I went to sleep quickly and had horrible nightmares and kept waking up gasping for air but I couldn't hold my eyes open. I finally somehow forced myself to get up and go get in a cool shower trying to calm down and I had a full blown panic attack and for some reason kept thinking I was going to suffocate (when I was breathing just fine). My husband did come home and said I was wild eyed. I called the doc and he said I had to take it for a week and I would adjust to the medication slowly. I took his word for it and regretted it. The symptoms stayed generally the same but the last night I took it I was unable to sleep even though I was so drunk and sleepy I could barely hold my head up. I was too paranoid and was sure I was going to stop breathing. I was hallucinating while awake and h | I think there are better options for insomnia and would not recommend this medication to anyone. I've heard only bad things about it as well and I've made sure to tell anyone that would listen not to take this. I even made my doctor mad when I refused to take it anymore. He wouldn't prescribe anything else for me for insomnia! | F | 31 | 3 days ? 1X D | 9/17/2010 | 1 | Made me a zoombie. awful nightmares. constipation. | will stop taking immediately. ambien was better than this! | F | 63 | 3 days 50mg 1X D | 4/8/2011 | 1 | insomnia from benzo withdrawal | Very unpleasant drug. Made me very irritable the next day. Hung over, tired achey the next day as well. didn't really help me at the dosage I took (half a 150 tab.) One really weird side effect - erections all night long ( this can actually become dangerous, so increased my anxiety!) | Not helpful for me; perhaps for people with bi polar or depression. i just wanted a good sleep aid. | M | 56 | 3 days | 3/21/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Extreme anxiety, dry-mouth, headache, dizzyness. | After a very short time on this med, 50mg, I experienced dreadful side effects. Caused terrible nightmares along with extreme anxiety and panic. Although most people benefit from this drug, please be wary of potential effects. | M | 45 | 3 days | 1/18/2005 | 5 | Depression, Fibromyalgia | Dizziness, Increased libido with strong orgasms and Upset stomach. | I have been dizzy at times to the point where I thought I was going to pass out. I've lost about 7 pounds as it causes some nausea in the afternoon. Strangely, I have stronger orgasms and get more easily aroused. Sometimes the arousal is very frequent and persistant. My sleep has been great as I no longer wake up at night. The depression it better, but not as strong as I wish, but can't increase dose as I proably would pass out. | F | 39 | 4 days | 1/8/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | I am almost manic.... but I was when I was younger and this feels better than the alternative, which for me was depression and anxiety. | I think I have taken about all there is to take for anxiety and depression. Either it made me sleepy or it freaked me out. I was prescribed 75mg of Effexor and 100mg of Provigil. I felt ok for about a day and then I felt like my skin was crawling. I am still taking the Effexor, which seems to help the anxiety and am taking 100mg of Desyrel at bedtime. I have to admit, I am not sleeping that great yet, but I am soooo productive at work and the days pass sooo quickly. I work w/computers and have always battled sleepiness during the day. Not now! I love this med! | M | 44 | 5 days | 1/13/2005 | 4 | Anxiety/Insomnia | Nocturnal Erections | This stuff made me feel great and in a very short amount of time. Every time I woke, if I did wake, during the night I had an erection. Every morning I had an erection. It would go away using the traditional methods or after getting up in the morning. Doctor told me to stop using it because of priaprism risk. If I could use it agian, I would. | M | 47 | 5 days 50 MG 1X D | 10/1/2011 | 1 | Sleep | Did not work, plain and simple, believe it was the Pliva generic in particular and not trazodone per say | PLIVA trazodone did not work for sleep. Other generics worked fine for sleep in the past. This one does not or did not. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem? What generic works for sleep? | F | 31 | 5 days 25 1X D | 1/13/2012 | 1 | anxiety insomnia | restless sleep severe nasel congestion with bloody mucus | Terrible medication | M | 39 | 5 days | 11/2/2009 | 3 | chronic insomnia | severe muscle pain, mild nausea, weigh loss, headaches | I have been taking this for about a week and am in pretty severe pain still. I don't know what is causing the muscle pain, but my back, legs, and jaw are throbbing and have been since I began taking trazodone. However, I would much rather have muscle pain than not be able to sleep, so I am staying on it unless my doctor tells me i cannot. | F | 27 | 6 days | 12/5/2008 | 3 | Sleep Aid | First night dry mouth, but actually went to sleep after 2.5 hrs. Horrible sick feeling for the first 5 days, minimal appetite, normal foods lost their appeal, bad hang-over feeling, had headache all day long. Very sick to stomach. Felt like a zombie. ( I think my dosage was too high ) | For me on 100 mg a night it still takes me 2-3 hrs to fall asleep-which is frustrating because I think the dosage is a little too high for me. I take it 3 hrs before I want to fall asleep too negate the morning drowsiness- because it is tough- you can't get going- and I don't feel like eating anything or drinking coffee. I do sleep pretty well though, but if I have more side effects such as weight gain-or the headaches not going away- I will go off this medicine | F | 27 | 6 days 100 mg 1X D | 6/9/2010 | 1 | insomnia | extreme sluggishness in morning. orgasms went from always to never. It did help with sleep but the side-effects aren't worth it. and this was only about 10mg | F | 56 | 6 days | 8/26/2007 | 5 | insomnia | Over time, it became increasingly more difficult to have an orgasm. I'm suffering from short term memory loss as well. since I've always had a weight problem, I can't attribute weight gain to my side effects. Mostly its the sexual side effects that I have a problem with. I've been on it for 7 years, as a replacement for Ambien. But it does nmake me sleep like a baby. | F | 46 | 7 days | 12/9/2008 | 2 | insomnia | I was given this drug as a sleep aid and it had the opposite effect on me. I felt very wired and in the morning I felt tired and like I had a hang over. | F | 40 | 7 days | 6/7/2002 |