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 |
| 1 | insomia | like taking nothing nothing. | not worth picking up from the drug store. | F | 38 | 2 days | 9/14/2006 | 4 | insomnia | black out, hallucinate, irritability | If I do anything after taking it, I dont remember the next morning. If Im not tired when I take it, it doesnt make me sleep. It only works if Im tired already. Then its great. It really helps me fall asleep. I've moved to the point where I dont require it to fall asleep. But it really helps. If you need to do anything that requires effort or if you'll need to remember, dont take it. | 19 | 3 months | 9/2/2006 | 3 | to get to sleep for an early shift | I had taken before and never had problems, until this last weekend I took it and stayed up watching tv. (didn't go directly to bed like normal) I was up according to roomates for 2 hours. During that time I sent an email to friends that I would NEVER have normally sent...and bought a Yogurt maker. So I guess I would take it again but be in bed when I did | M | 31 | 2 days | 8/28/2006 | 3 | cant get to sleep -3am,4am awake | few side effects. Next morning felt heavy for first awake hours. Assertive behavior with aggressive tendency. I found I would 'attack' on any given subject and felt persecuted for 24hr after taking SONATA | Want to take in combo with XANAX as catalyst 'accelerant' but cant find side-effects info. Rx says NO XANAX...but dont know why. Need boost since SONATA is good for about 3hr sleep for me. I am 260lb , 56 yr, male. Stressed with business. | M | 56 | 3 months | 8/22/2006 | 4 | early waking insomnia | 10 mg. worked. I took them between 1 and 2 in the a.m. if I couldn't go back to sleep after waking up. Very slight headache and some irritability next morning at 10 mg, but 5 mg were ineffective for sleep (I weigh 115 lbs and am post menopause). | Insurance won't pay, so I am hoping to use no more than a couple nights a month until the early waking is resolved. Taking 100mg 5htp to raise serotonin levels. So far I am less anxious and depressed, but still not dreaming or sleeping through the night. | F | 53 | 2 weeks | 6/22/2006 | 2 | Insomnia | Doesn't work. I took 10 mg 6 hrs ago and nothing. I just took another 20 mg about 1/2 hour ago, nothing still. I'm used to ambien. I went to my doctor today and asked for a different sleep med only because the ambien was wearing off. I was waking up after 4 hours on it, and having to take another dose. But, that's alot better than not sleeping at all on this stuff. | I'm calling my doctor tomorrow to get another prescription for ambien. I've tried everything...from lunesta to trazadone. I was hoping Sonata would be effective, but I haven't even begun to get sleepy yet. | F | 34 | 1 days | 6/20/2006 | 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 | 2 | insomnia | vivid hallucinations | Very good for making me fall asleep -- but one night I woke up and had a series of extremely vivid hallucinations. Have never hallucinated in my life, except on this drug. Having said that, when I realised I was hallucinating, I just laid back down and went to sleep again. I appreciate this is a rare side effect and this drug doesn't affect most people in this way. | F | 25 | 6 months | 5/9/2006 | 2 | insomnia | almost like a shovel to the back of the head. | F | 30 | 4 days | 4/27/2006 | 2 | Insomnia | depression? | Least effective of the new sleep medications. I usually need 20 mg to stay asleep, (even then it may not work). Ambien Cr is much effective. | M | 52 | 3 years | 4/21/2006 | 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 | 5 | Get back to sleep. | None. I average 5 - 7.5 mg per night, almost every night. Dosage depends on when I wake up and how long until alarm set to go off. No drug hangover or other noticeable afteraffect. | I very highly recommend this drug . . . but then I'm from the Dow Chemical/Berkley-in-the-60s "live better through chemicals" generation. | M | 64 | 2 years | 2/8/2006 | 4 | COULD NOT SLEEP | AFTER ABOUT 20 MIN. OF TAKING THE MEDS. I BLACKED OUT AND COULD NOT REMEMBER NOTHING........ | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 2/4/2006 | 4 | insomnia | none | I use this on nights when I don't take Lunesta. If I wake up in the middle of the night, 20 mg of this stuff puts me right back to sleep w/ no groggy side effects in the morning. If 20 mg does not work, adding a Benadry always knocks me out, although it does not feel as restorative as when I just take the Sonata. | M | 31 | 4 months | 1/20/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Occasional mild depression/irritability; Psychological dependency. | Works great for me. Tried anti-anxiety meds first; they did not help. Started with 20 mg. Sonata, then reduced to 10, and have been on just 5. Occasionally have to take a double-dose to get to sleep, especially if I've had caffeine that evening or am particularly stressed about something. Tried to quit a couple of times; had heart palpitations and major insomnia for a few nights. Was able to go without Sonata for 3 weeks once, but insomnia returned so I started taking it again. I wish I'd never started taking it. | 48 | 5 years | 1/14/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Occasional mild depression/irritability; Psychological dependency. | Works great for me. Tried anti-anxiety meds first; they did not help. Started with 20 mg. Sonata, then reduced to 10, and have been on just 5. Occasionally have to take a double-dose to get to sleep, especially if I've had caffeine that evening or am particularly stressed about something. Tried to quit a couple of times; had heart palpitations and major insomnia for a few nights. Was able to go without Sonata for 3 weeks once, but insomnia returned so I started taking it again. I wish I'd never started taking it. | 48 | 5 years | 1/14/2006 | 2 | Sleep | Rarely worked. | M | 58 | 1 years | 9/19/2005 | 5 | sleeping aid | none | help me sleep for over 4 to 8hrs | M | 25 | 1 months | 6/17/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | Made me drowsy, but the drug is not powerful enough to remove any anxiety associated with insomnia. The drowsy effects deminish after an hour or so. The next day, I felt worse than I would if I'd not taken anything and gotten zero sleep. | If your insomnia is caused by anxiety, Sonata is not for you. Take something stronger like Xanax or Ambien. | M | 42 | 1 days | 6/10/2005 | 1 | Trouble falling /staying asleep | None | Took 10 mg twice and 20 mg twice. Never worked and actually seemed to have the reverse effect as my sleep was more restless than usual when I took it. | M | 25 | 1 months | 3/22/2005 |