SONATA Reviews (ZALEPLON)Average Rating: 2.8 (133 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SONATA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SONATA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Middle of the night awakenings | No side effects, which is why like SONATA. I can take it in the middle of the night and not be groggy in the morning. | I only use it 1-3 times week, if I wake up in the middle of the night. Sonata will put me back to sleep, without the typical "grogginess" that occurs that occurs with other sleep meds. | M | 55 | 2 weeks 10mg 2X W | 11/1/2023 | 5 | Severe Insomnia | Drowsiness | This medication along with a small dose of Seroquel which I take for Bipolar 1 and took both at bed is this only med combo that I have tried since I was initially diagnosed with severe insomnia (when I was 10yo an I was 33yo when I was first prescribed) the results were consistently effective I never have had to up my dosage bc I built a tolerance it has always worked well for me | F | 35 | 4 years 10mg 1X day | 8/21/2023 | 5 | Insomnia | No side affects. | About 4 years ago it worked only 2-3 hours for me which sleep doctor told me also. I took when I awakened around 4-5 am. Put me back to sleep and I awakened with no grogginess. I tried to take couple years later and I would awaken with serious depression??? A few days ago I started taking again and it is working well so far. | F | 62 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 8/21/2022 | 5 | Insomnia | At first it made me nervous and scared, felt kind of paralyzed. I could think but could not move. Very scary. But loved the sleep I got . So kept trying. Now I learnt that you have to really be ready for bed. Otherwise you start feeling the effects before your mind I Has had time to wind down . The body rush sends waves thru my body that's when I know it's kicking in, about 15-20 min roughly after taking. If I'm tired and ready to sleep I'm fine. If I'm not ready for sleep I scare myself when my body's so relaxed yet I can't move :/ | F | 35 | 7 days 5mg 1X day | 7/11/2022 | 5 | insomnia | none. IT WONT WORK AT ALL UNLESS ITS ON AN EMPTY STOMACH | Great for sleep onset insomnia. Great for middle of the night awakenings. 0 hangover unlike even ambien. Due to its 1hr half life. But because it is weaker it won't KNOCK you out. It does incinerate anxiety before you sleep. You will have to get in bed and close your eyes and "try" to sleep. The difference is you will. MUST take it on empty stomach or will feel like nthing. It can be addictive if you dont treat it like serious medication. As others said it will be incredible at first. Later on the amount of sleep it guarantees will be far less. That said 10 mg still guarantees me 3 hours of sleep. If i am super worried/wired. I take 2 at bed time Usually i take one at bedtime. Sometimes I take a second in the middle of the night. if I want to sleep longer that night. Not saying you will never sleep more than 3hrs after 10mg. I'm just saying it's just not going to deliver that consistently. It will get you 3hrs or so with 0 hangover. So even if you toss and turn all night, its like out of your system in 3 hrs too. If you are a person that can't even count on 3hrs of sleep when you need it. leaves sleep architecure intact Lunesta is way long acting and feels weird to me. Ambien eventually starts to affect your cognition in the day because it's too effective. Trazadone was too much for me and made me feel weird. CBTi only took me so far. Sonata address the root cause of my insomnia which is a anxiety. and gives you just a nudge of gaba | M | 32 | 6 years 20 2X day | 9/5/2020 | 5 | middle of night insomnia | None. It helps me fall asleep when I wake at 3, 4, or 5am and have to be up in a few hours. | It never leaves me feeling groggy or lethargic. And it usually works within 10 to 15 minutes. I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the only residual is that I HAVE to get 7 to 9 hours sleep a night to function. Zaleplon has been a god-send. I thankfully only have to take it 2 - 3 times a week. I only take it when I waken in the middle of the night. | F | 54 | 4 years 10 mg 1X AN | 4/9/2017 | 5 | insomnia | temporary increased desire for tasting food, temporary lessening of emotions, fluid retention in feet, psychological dependence because of effectiveness | This drug has long been outstanding for me. I don't get a "hangover" from Zaleplon (Sonata) and it only lasts 4 hours so I can take it even when I only have 5-6 hours of sleep time left. It makes me feel warm, pleasant and peaceful before falling asleep. I sometimes suffer from awful headaches at night and this drug lessens or eliminates those symptoms so I can sleep. I'm surprised so many others have negative experiences, as my wife likes it, too. | M | 30 | 5 years 10 MG 1X AN | 1/20/2012 | 5 | not being able to sleep | Only side effect is I'm getting up at anywhere from 4:00AM to 5:00AM, my normal was 7:00 to 8:00AM, this is good for me. I'm getting things done that I need to do, that I couldn't do before. | F | 55 | 20 MG 1X O | 3/11/2011 | 5 | insomnia | Don't stay awake when you take it. If you stay up for too long when taking it, you can have visual hallucinations. Nothing scary, just be in bed ready to go to sleep. No grogginess the next day. Sometimes it doesn't work, usually due to you eating a high fat meal shortly before taking it. | I love it. Its not for people who need help STAYING asleep. I need help GETTING to sleep. Once I'm out, I'm a deep sleeper. | M | 20 | 2 years 20 mg 1X AN | 9/22/2010 | 5 | problem falling asleep | a bit of sleepiness the next day. | I take sonato because I am on another med which makes me wakeful. I have problems falling asleep but will stay asleep once I nod off. This makes sonata perfect for me. | F | 51 | 1 years | 1/16/2008 | 5 | insomnia | No side effects for me, just the best 4 hours of sleep I've had in years! | I love it! I was constantly waking up at 2 or 3 in the morning and not able to go back to sleep until 5 or 6, just before I had to get up and get kids to school! I was unable to exercise because I was so tired all the time, and felt terrible, almost falling asleep while driving in the afternoons before starting this! It has made me feel human again! | F | 46 | 2 months | 12/7/2007 | 5 | Insomnia (trouble falling asleep) | None. | I was prescribed Ambien, but Ambien knocks me out for 7 hours. I only take it on nights I have insomnia, and some nights, I don't realize I need extra drugs to fall asleep until I only have 4 or 5 hours left. This is why I like Sonata better. It gets me to sleep almost as well as Ambien does, and then I can wake up 4 hours later. I don't feel like it's quite as strong as Ambien-- I had both at one point and used Ambien on the nights I had adderall in my system and seriously needed to sleep. Sonata, however, is perfect for that unexpected insomnia. | F | 23 | 3 weeks | 12/5/2007 | 5 | mild insomnia | No side effects of any kind except for slight forgetfulness. | I have been taking Sonata for 4 years. At first just occasionally but for the past 2 or 3 years almost every night. I fall asleep easily but wake up every night at 3 or 4am and then take 10 mg. I fall back to sleep and usually get at least 8 hours every night. Although it is still working fine for me, it is expensive and I am thinking seriously about weaning myself off of it. | F | 55 | 3 years | 7/28/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | I take 10mg before bed, works well, very mild. I try not to take it for more than 3 nights, then take a night or two off, so that it doesn't lose its effectiveness, and to limit my withdrawal symptoms. Sometimes it's hard to get to sleep on those off-nights, but Sonata is habit-forming and I don't want the symptoms to get severe. | M | 58 | 5 years | 2/21/2007 | 5 | Early Morning Awakenings | Nothing I would consider undesirable. You go into the ozone about 10-15 minutes after taking and you remember nothing while you are sleeping. In fact you could swear you never slept at all... but it is several hours later. | After several months of continuous use, 10mg only equates to 1.5 or 2 hrs sleep. I still use it for my early morning awakenings at 3, 4 or 5 a.m., but sometimes I have to take another to get me to the desired wake-up times. I may try taking 20mg (2 pills) and see if that gets me 4 hours like it used to. I like the way I get back to sleep with Sonata. Even though I've grown tolerant to its full effect, it will always get me to sleep for at least awhile. I always feel good when I wake up too. No ill effects | F | 51 | 9 months | 1/24/2007 | 5 | insomia | Have to take on a empty stomach for it to work quicker. sleepiness and dizziness. | have to take 20mg for it to work for me. it does help me get to sleep where other sleep meds failed. | F | 38 | 2 months | 11/1/2006 | 5 | none | This medication works great. Gets you just sleepy enough to drift off and doesn't last more than 4 hrs, but by that time you well asleep and wake up feeling bright and chipper. From what I understand, it's the only RX sleep aid that is approved by the FAA | F | 56 | 3 years | 9/19/2006 | 5 | insomnia; waking up too soon | fatigue for about 8 hours after waking up, although decreasing as that 8 hours wears on; aggravation, irratability and depession during that 8 hours | I have taken this medication on an as-needed basis for 4 years. I have tried all the others on the market as well. Sonata is not meant to be a put you to sleep for 8 hours; it has a 4-hour half-life, so it's more useful for put you BACK to sleep than to put you to sleep at the inception of your sleep cycle. Nevertheless, when you can't fall asleep to begin with, i.e., insomnia, it is capable of putting you to sleep (with some exceptions), hopefully for the rest of the night, or only for about 4 hours, after which its effect begins to wear off. So is best taken on those (hopefully) rare nights when you wake up between 2-4am, and need to get back to sleep. Beware that if you take it consistently, your brain receptors adjust to having it as part of their regular diet, at which point they are hooked, and you can experience withdrawal symptoms if you try to quit, this being those brain receptors way of letting you know that they are that they feeling deprived. Exceptions when Sonata m | M | 56 | 4 years | 9/17/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | I used to watch TV in bed after taking rather than going right to sleep. The medicine put me in a highly suggestable state and I was convinced that I wanted to buy the stuff on the infomercials. Once, I actually did. | Usually I'm alseep in 30 minutes after taking a 20mg dose -- 10 mg did absolutely nothing. Meds work better on an empty stomach. I've taken right after dinner a couple of times and they don't work at all then. In one situation (tonight, which is why I'm writing this), I fell asleep on my own at 9pm. Woke up at 12:00. Took 20 mg sonata at 12:30. At 3am, still awake. took another 20 mg. Not sure what to do now. I shouldn't take anything else so late at night or I won't wake up. Still its better than Ambien. Ambien made me sleepwalk down to the kitchen to eat any fattening thing that I had the willpower to avoid otherwise. Gained about 20 pounds. | F | 42 | 2 years | 6/12/2006 | 5 | insomnia | It's hard to remember what I said to my wife during the time between taking the drug and falling asleep. Also, better lay down right after taking it; I was sending e-mails and it was a little challenging getting from the computer to the bed. | This stuff knocked me out in about 30 minutes, while Lunesta is not so dramatic -- one night I was not able to sleep right away even with the Lunesta. Sonata definitely seems like the stronger drug. I have not tried Ambien. After I got back on a normal sleep schedule, it was easy to quit the Sonata. | M | 34 | 1 months | 4/13/2006 |
SONATA (ZALEPLON): This medication is used for a short time to treat people who have trouble falling asleep. If you have other sleep problems such as not being able to sleep through the night, this medication may not be right for you. Zaleplon is known as a hypnotic. It works on certain centers in the brain to relax you and help you fall asleep faster. FDA Approval Date: 1999-08-13 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)