SONATA Reviews (ZALEPLON)Average Rating: 2.8 (133 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SONATA with similar:
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| 4 | insomnia, not staying asleep at night | sleepwalking, memory lapses, difficulty concentrating | The reason I gave this a high rating is because it does actually make me sleep. Not quality sleep by any means, but before sonata i got maybe 4 hours of sleep a week, if I was lucky. That being said, waking up in front of the coffeemaker at 4am drinking old coffee from the pot is a little disconcerting. My biggest problem with sonata is that my adhd medication negates its effects, and recently I have been getting no sleep at all because my other meds keep me up. TL;DR it might not work with your other meds and it might make you do weird stuff. | M | 16 | 2 months 1X day | 6/20/2015 | 1 | Insomnia, Anxiety | Hallucinations, energy | I took it at 1 this morning, and I'm now writing this at 6 am. Tired? No no no. But man, have I been tripping balls! It started with my phone feeling weird, like the case was crumpled cheap tin foil. Texting became a challenge. First the buttons became hard to press and would stick. I have an iPhone. Then the words on the screen decided to show off them moves like jagger and formed a conga line. Then I was transported to the titanic as it was sinking, because my spring matress turned into a waterbed. Sensations WERENT the only form of hallucinations either. I'm assuming math hates me as much as I hated it, because geometric shapes flew at me, hovered around me, and just stares at me. I got a special guest apparance hailing all the way from gnomes lair in south park, Colorado, the underwear gnomes! They've seem to have refined their tastes though, as they tried to pull the blanket off of the bed and take it. Once they saw themselves out, the Wild Wild west decided to swing on by unannounced. Tiny toy horses everywhere. Now don't get me wrong, sonata isn't all bad, it's slightly magical. It has the magical ability to make all technology 3D. My iPhone, kindle, Macbook, even my ancient tubular TV that was all the rage back in the 90s. Apple may have invented retnia display, but Steve Jobs MUST be rolling over in his grave because of king pharmaceuticals stroke of genius. 3D AND YOU DONT NEED GLASSES?! It's 2015, it's about time. TL;DR- I would rather stay up all night and | F | 21 | 1 days 20MG | 5/10/2015 | 1 | Insomnia | Headache, stomach upset, dizziness, hangover, depression, brain fog | F | 41 | 3 days 5 mgs | 3/2/2015 | 3 | Insomnia due to severe anxiety | My therapist told me to be near a bed when I decided to take the medicine. So for the first night I did as I was told but it took forever to fall asleep. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th night I would fall asleep within in hour of taking the meds. So I'd say the medicine improved for me. However, on the fifth night I started hallucinating. I saw colors that flew in the air when you waved a flash light. I could barely stay on my feet and I was so dizzy. So I can understand why you should stay near your bed when taking this medicine. | F | 18 | 1 weeks 5mg | 10/9/2014 | 4 | Hard to get to sleep | Hallucinations right before sleep things feeling like they are moving around the room and twisting and twirling. Takes a whole to get to bed but when you sleep it's really good quality sleep and not a lot of drowsiness in morning | F | 25 | 1 months 10mg | 5/8/2014 | 1 | Sleep aid for a sleep study | I was stuck in a half awake state. I had really vivid, disturbing dreams. I didn't feel rested at all in the morning and the following day I had no appetite and was extremely depressed. I would never take this again. | F | 43 | 1 days 10mg | 3/16/2014 | 1 | Insomnia | Experienced confusion, anger and depressed thoughts, unable to function. I would avoid this like the plague | M | 53 | 5 days 10 1X day | 2/19/2014 | 1 | Insomnia | I sleep for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs max - have tried taking 2nd dose and wake up another 2hrs later with awful migraine. Hallucinations. I sleep better/longer with Benadryl based sleeping aids - disappointed. | F | 56 | 6 days 10 - 20mg | 10/10/2013 | 1 | Difficulty falling asleep | Madness. Hallucinations. Could not sleep. In fact the accident opposite. Heard voices in my head. Severe headache and what felt like menstrual cramps. Awful experience. | F | 34 | 1 times 10mg | 5/31/2013 | 2 | Insomnia | Definitely helps me sleep BUT have been suffering from increased depression. I take 20 mg Prozac daily and it has worked well for me until now. I'm hoping this is a result of Sonata but time will tell. Wish I had made the correlation earlier! | F | 58 | 3 months 10 mg | 7/29/2012 | 2 | Insomnia | I became extremely moody on the fourth day-I didn't want to be around people because everyone irritated me and I felt like hitting someone. I also started to feel bloated | M | 54 | 4 weeks 10 1X day | 7/22/2012 | 2 | Insomnia/frequent waking | Muscle twitches. Also, a weird tingly feeling in my hands and feet if I deliberately attempted to control the twitching, like electricity was building up in my limbs. So weird! Also, dizziness. | This medicine did not work at all for me. Not only did it still take forever for me to fall asleep, but I still woke up every hour all night. | F | 21 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 3/29/2012 | 2 | Insomnia | Sleep walking! But I would remember it, unlike on Ambien when I wouldn't remember. Severe dry mouth, then it completely didn't work at all some nights. Wasn't helpful at all. | F | 23 | 3 days 20mg | 3/18/2012 | 4 | insomnia | weird, vivid dreams (sometimes)... otherwise, i dont experience any side effects | i take sonata as a prn when i have trouble sleeping due to anxiety. my insomnia changes- sometimes ill have trouble falling asleep and sometimes ill wake up in the middle of the night... i like sonata for its short half life- i can take it at 2am and not have the "hangover" effect the next day. i like this because i dont need to take it before i try to fall asleep- it makes me less dependent on the drug and i like knowing i can take it in the middle of the night. | F | 19 | 6 months 10-20 mg 1X day | 2/24/2012 | 2 | Insomnia | Still wide awake. Took it an hour ago and nothing | F | 34 | 1 days 5-10 | 2/13/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Doesn't work at all for me. Took 20mg 2 hours ago and I'm still wide awake! Ambien works the best. | F | 50 | 2 weeks 20 1X day | 1/23/2012 | 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 | 1 | jet lag, sleep on long flights | I have to travel for work. I can never sleep on long flights, and have terrible jet lag once arriving overseas. Doctor prescribed Sonata to take on plane, and to sleep at right time once overseas. It had the OPPOSITE effect on me - terrible insomnia, revved up feeling. | I need something that acts quickly to help me sleep on planes and to fight jet lag, but it's NOT Sonata! I tried it 3 times, just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. Twice on flights and once while jet-lagged - same thing - wired me, made my mind race. | F | 49 | 3 days 10 1X AN | 1/1/2012 | 2 | Insomnia | Hallucinations!! | Took lunesta for 3 years and all of a sudden developed an allergic reaction. Doctor switched me to 30mg of Sonata and it did nothing for me. I also take ADD medication during the day so the doctor assumed that it was also causing insomnia. He increased dosage to 60 mg. Had 2 nights of horrible hallucinations and so I will not be taking it again! Seriously seeing bouncing purple fuzzy cieling fan about to fall on me and hearing people talking. I will never take this again!! I miss Lunesta! | F | 35 | 60 days 60 MG 1X day | 12/30/2011 | 2 | Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome | incoordination with physical movements | Like taking nothing. It's a good thing I have Trazodone on hand. | M | 23 | 2 days 10mg 1X day | 10/5/2011 |