ROZEREM Reviews (RAMELTEON)Average Rating: 1.9 (254 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ROZEREM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ROZEREM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Insomnia | Severe depression, stayed in bed and slept for three days, crying, suicidal, a complete mess. | I would advise anyone with depression issues to stay far away from this drug. I've never had depression until taking this medication. Awful drug! | F | 39 | 2 days | 1/5/2010 | 3 | insomnia | Very vivid dreams. Nightmares. Very unpleasant. | I only slept for 5 hours. I take this medicine twice per week. | M | 57 | 3 months | 12/30/2009 | 1 | insomnia | Hang over, groggy, dizziness, amnesia. | 8mg would help me sleep but the side effects the next day were not worth it! I felt horrible! | F | 41 | 7 days | 12/29/2009 | 1 | insomnia | very dizzy for 36 hrs after 8 mg. dose. Also woke up several times during the night. | I stopped after one dose. Didn't feel safe driving. With Ambien and Lunesta, I felt groggy the next day; but never dizzy. The Rozerem after-effects were like a buzz - also hand and neck tingling. | F | 62 | 1 days | 12/27/2009 | 1 | insomnia | No sleep at night; extremely drowsy during the day. Work was a nightmare for one week until I realized what the problem was. When i stopped taking it, the daytime drowsiness stopped. | F | 35 | 5 days | 12/17/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | VERY vivid dreams and nightmares. Did not fall asleep that fast. Hungover feeling the next day. | I experienced some of the same things others have experienced here. VERY vivid dreams--some of which were about me being in bed and not being able to sleep or move. Others were nightmares--strange, strange nightmares. I did not fall asleep that fast--maybe after about two hours. The next day I had a slight headache and a bit of a hingover feeling. My doctor says to give it time to work, but I might schedule that for a time when I am on vacation and don't have to work the next day. | M | 44 | 2 days | 12/8/2009 | 4 | couldn't fall asleep | did very well on 1/2 of tiny pill with just SLIGHT hangover in morning... | give it a chance as a whole pill might be too much at first... | F | 75 | 14 days | 11/29/2009 | 5 | insomnia | heavy arms and legs stuck in a half sleep state. Then the rest was history sleeping like a baby! | I personally like this one. Ambien made me tripped out and my behavior was not normal "they gave me Ambien when I went into labor with my son to slip in a deep sleep and I woke up with the bright idea to head to the hospital and leave dad snoozin in bed because he had to work!" I like it feeling like its time to sleep guys I may be on to something! | F | 26 | 3 days | 11/16/2009 | 5 | chronic insomnia | None | I have been on Ambien for 15 years. I have a lot of sleep eating and amnesia the next day. I cannot fall asleep. My doctor advised that Rozerem would not work for two weeks, so I took an Ambien CR with the Rozerem the first two weeks. After two weeks, I tried to go to sleep with just the Rozerem but couldn't. I then tried taking a 5mg. Ambien with the Rozerem and fell asleep right away. I will do this for two weeks and then attempt the Rozerem by itself again. I'm so excited to get off the Ambien so I can remember my actions. I have tried every other sleep aid there is, and have never fallen asleep with them. | F | 54 | 18 days | 11/13/2009 | 1 | long-term insomnia | I finally fell asleep 5 or 6 hours after taking the drug and slept about 3 hours. When I woke up I felt extremely drugged, confused and felt like I existed in a fog. I didn't dare drive my car. Then the depression began. It became worse and worse and suddenly I began having frightening suicidal thoughts. I occasionally have short bouts of mild depression but do not need medication and have never felt depression like this or had suicidal thoughts. I only made it through the day by reminding myself over and over that it was just the drug and it would wear off. By evening I felt quite a bit better. I would never, ever use this drug again. I feel it is an extremely dangerous drug and should be pulled from the market. Where on earth is the FDA? Do they really check anything out? If I hadn't been a strong willed and rational person, I actually believe that I might have killed myself. | F | 66 | 1 days | 10/30/2009 | 1 | insomnia/trouble falling asleep and | OMG! Anxiety, depression, EXTREME sadness, suicidal thoughts, hyper-sensativity, couldn't concentrate, worse insomnia | I would NEVER take this drug again! I realize everyone is different chemically, but for me it was almost suicide. I wasn't sure what was happening to me so I thought about the fact that I had been on Rozerem for 5 to 6 weeks. It actually worked at first for the insomnia. Little by little I started noticing me going down hill and I just didn't know why. I do have clinical depression and as long as I take my antidepressant I'm fine. I recognized the signs and wondered what the heck was going on. The ONLY thing different in my life was Rozerem. I went off of it 5 days ago, felt HORRIBLE for 2 days post, depression started lifting 3 days post, now I am back to normal. If you have ANY type of clinical depression or major depressive disorder I would say STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!!! It almost caused a breakup in my relationship with my partner and last but not least, ruined my sex drive. I wouldn't take this drug again if I was paid to take it. I am convinced that it was doing something to my hormone levels, somehow, some way. I AM in the medical field but can't figure this one out. I really thought it was just an innocent, natural sleep aid, and apparently so did my doc. Just one more detail, I am also a recovering alcoholic and haven't touched alcohol for years. I was EXTREMELY close to drinking to get rid of the HORRIBLE depression, sadness, and anxiety. | F | 55 | 6 weeks | 10/26/2009 | 2 | insomnia | Feeling only half asleep - increase in fasting glucose. | I had very high hopes for this drug since my doctor told me that it is safe to take every night (I have had chronic insomnia for most of my life). First of all, I want to agree with those who mention a hung over feeling the next day. I would feel drowsy and drained (not much different from when I didn't sleep at all). I WOULD sleep with Rozerem but it was a creepy, half-asleep feeling - almost as if part of me was sleeping while the other part was wide awake and watching myself sleep. This has never happened with any other sleep aid. I have impaired fasting glucose and I monitor every morning to be sure I have it controlled (diet and exercise work for me). So, it is a HUGE issue for me that every night that I took Rozerem, my fasting glucose level would be extremely high in the morning. No Rozerum: normal glucose. I think this could be quite a dangerous drug - I went back to Ambien! | M | 57 | 20 days | 10/10/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Anger, having realized that this is nothing more than Melatonin. | Let me start by stating that I'm a clinical nutritionist and know exactly what I'm talking about. I have moreover researched this subject extensively. Rozerem is nothing more than an over-glorified, highly-concentrated melatonin, do NOT waste your time or money on this. Just go to a reputable health food store, and purchase a reputable 3 mg Melatonin formula. Look for one that included B6 for absorption. Start with 3 tablets nightly (9 mg) the first week, decrease to 2 the 2nd week (6 mg), and finally to one by week three. Your day/light cycle will be significantly restored and you will have saved a ton of cash in the process. | M | 36 | | 10/4/2009 | 1 | insomnia | Feeling drowsy but not falling asleep and staying asleep. Wake up 5 to 7 times a night. Often experience "restless body syndrome" shortly after going to bed; arms and legs flailing out of control. This experience is frightening. Only way to stop it is to get out of bed. | This drug is about as helpful to me as OTC Melatonin. Worked a few times and that was it. I find it hard to believe that in it's testing phases it helped a significant majority of people to sleep. | M | 49 | 10 days | 9/5/2009 | 5 | early waking | very few side effects. A little sleepy during the day. | In the beginning I did have some side effects: melancholy, weird sleep, some dizzyness and nausea. But I think I had better advice from my doctor: Give it time, let it work. Now I sleep 7 - 8 hours most nights instead of 4 like the last 30 years. I still have one or two nights a week when I sleep less but still more than 4. I'll take a little sleepiness during the day in exchange. I find if I nap for 10 - 20 minutes even that goes away. Napping is also a blessing; I could never sleep during the day before. Plus I love the vivid dreams. Very entertaining. My advice is unless you are having dangerous side effects then give it a month. | F | 47 | 6 months | 9/1/2009 | 1 | sleeplessness | kept me up most of the night, the next day was awful, felt groggy and hungover | F | 54 | 1 days | 7/26/2009 | 1 | Help getting to sleep | Numbness and tingling in extremities. No sleep at all. Started to panic because I felt like I was on drugs. I was afraid to try to go to sleep because the symptoms were all I could focus on. | I will never take this "sleep aid" again. I wasted over $120 on this prescription. I would rather have regular insomnia than all the extra side effects this drug gave me. | F | 37 | 1 days | 7/22/2009 | 3 | menopausal insomnia "adrenal stress | Bit druggy in a.m., but I can't say this came entirely from the Rozerem. It cleared up quickly. | It works sometimes. That's why I gave it a "3" -- Somewhat Satisfied. Not sure what the key is. Perhaps sleep quality was also governed by how I generally felt that day. | F | 53 | 20 times | 7/8/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | It helped me fall asleep but then I would wake up every hour, fall back asleep, then another hour or two passes and I wake up, this would go on all night after I take this drug. I also felt groggy the next day. | I had high hopes for this drug. I have tried Ambien, Lunesta, Trazadone, Remeron. Ambien worked the best for me. My psych dr gave me samples of Rozerem, thank God I didn't pay for it. What a lowsy sleep aid. You fall asleep only to wake up every couple hours, there for not getting a full nights sleep and feeling crappy the next day. | F | 25 | 2 months | 6/27/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | I felt totally wasted the following day. Definitely not a benign drug or an improvement over anything else out there. That's too bad, I had really high hopes for this drug. | I thought this one would be different.. when will i ever learn. | M | 24 | 2 days | 6/15/2009 |