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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SONATA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Severe Insomnia | Extreme and scary hallucinations. Other than the Sonata I was completely sober. | It really only helps me sleep for a few hours but not through the night | F | 21 | 4 days 10 1X day | 2/9/2023 | 3 | Severe insomnia | 2 hallucinations that really scared me!!! | F | 52 | 1 days 10mgs 1X day | 6/25/2022 | 3 | Trouble falling asleep | Hallucinations | I made the mistake of staying up on Sonata in order to spend time with my significant other and I had the strangest yet most wonderful hallucinations. I actually quite enjoyed it, it felt like the universe opened up and shined its light upon me, I felt as if I had taken a bite of the forbidden fruit and gained the knowledge of all. I then proceeded to have wonderful sex with my partner and it was quite lovely. I felt as if we were in the midst of a forest on a fall evening and I heard the whisperings of magical creatures of the woods all around us. After that and after he fell asleep, i created some absolutely wicked art pieces. It didn't put me out but I gained even greater sex and my long since dead and dried out creativity. That's a fine trade. | F | 23 | 1 days | 7/14/2015 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | insomnia | worse insomnia, hallucinations, agitation, panic attack | I was completely wired and agitated and had a panic attack because the dream-like hallucination I had was so creepy. I was scared to go back to sleep, which was alright I guess considering I couldn't anyway. Thank god it only lasts 4ish hours. | F | 20 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 6/4/2010 | 1 | insomnia | I tossed and turned all night, fully waking up at least every hour. I had a horribly, terrifying hallucination or dream-- it was hard to tell whether or not I was awake or asleep, but I woke up screaming, crying, and too scared to sleep for another hour. At least I did not feel a hangover effect the next day. | F | 23 | 1 days 1X AN | 5/1/2010 | 3 | insomnia | hallucinations, dry mouth, inconsistancy of effects | I am a chronic insomiac, for 10 years. Lunesta works well for me, but my insurance will not pay for it. Ambien and Ambien CR both did nothing for me. I was on Seroquel for a year, and boy does it put you to sleep. A deep, long, sleep. I can easily sleep a solid 12+ hours when I take it. I also gained 40lbs taking it. Next! My doctor gave me Sonata (the only other one my insurance will pay for). It's erratic. Somenights I fall right to sleep, and wake up 8 hours later just fine. Other nights, it's like I did not take anything and end up awake the entire night. THE HALLUCINATIONS: Boy am I glad I found this board and see it happens to other people too! I thought I was losing it. They are not scary, just funny and interesting. Graphics and texts on my computer will wave like a flag, or look 3D, or melt. Sometimes I will be reading something, and the voice in my head that is reading it changes from my regular voice to almost a cartoon voice. Weird stuff man. I'll take it, it's better than nothing. | F | 32 | 2 months | 12/8/2009 | 3 | Insomnia due to manic episodes | Fast acting, but hallucinations if not laying down within 15 minutes. Hinders sleep; causes paranoia from hallucinations. | F | 30 | 2 months | 10/7/2009 | 3 | To hep with insomnia | Minor Hallucination | When I took this I had just finished eating and hopped on the computer for a while. After one thirty minutes I got up to go to sleep and when I turned around to get into bed, my bed seemed to be moving, almost as though it was breathing or had a pulse. (One ten gram pill) Besides that it was good. When I did lay down I fell asleep within thirty minutes. | M | 18 | 30 days | 10/4/2008 | 3 | could not stay asleep all night | I suffered from hourly wakeups. Needed something to sleep all night and did not want anything leaving me grogged out next day. Doctor said 1 Sonata good for 4 hours(dropped to 3) 2 for 8 hrs( dropped to total of 4 to 5 hours) Made the EXTREMELY STUPID mistake of drinking alcohol even 2 or 3 hours before taking medication, resulting in a side of me I and my wife have never seen before. Hallucinations, suicidal thoughts, drastic depression(possibly lasting up to 6 weeks so far). Drug gives me "BAD KARMA" | BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHEN TAKING THIS MEDICATION ITS EFFECTS CAN BE UNSETTLING(EVEN MADE ME STOP DRINKING) | M | 55 | 8 months | 1/14/2008 | 3 | Anxiety/Depression-Related Insomnia | Minor hallucinations on more than one occasion, dizziness, and paresthesia. | This medication did make me feel drowsy and shortened the time it takes me to fall asleep. However, I had minor hallucinations each and every night I took it, as if I was dreaming while I was still awake. Along with the other side effects, this convinced me to stop after just three nights. | F | 19 | 3 days | 9/3/2007 | 3 | insomnia, waking too early | One minor hallucination | Much less problems than Lunesta and if it doesn't work, it's largely out of your system in 2 or 3 hours. It works best on an empty stomach and a relaxed mind-set that doesn't try to fight it. If you fight it and stay awake you *may* experience the hallucinations many have mentioned here. This only happened to me once and it was not a horrible experience for me (semi-amusing, actually). Stops working if I take a lot of it (every night or more than one day, like one for night and one the next day for a nap). | F | 32 | 1 years | 8/11/2007 | 2 | insomnia | Hallucinations | I am an RN and took this drug for sleep. I started having hallucinations about an hour after taking it. The valance on my windows started turning into faces and other odd experiences. I even burst into tears out of fear. Very frightening and would not take it again | F | 40 | 1 days | 3/14/2007 | 2 | Had a hard time falling asleep | very vivid hallucination | The first time I took this i fell asleep in about 20 mintues. The second time (last night) I couldn't fall asleep.. I experienced a little bit of unessecary anger while I was on the phone with a friend and I told her "This stuff isn't working I'm not even tired" It was dark in my room and I ended up staring into my phone's screen which lit up the room.. I stared and began to see the screen form into a cube.. I was thinking "Ok, neat a optical illusion" then I looked up and my lamp had turned into 3 eucalyptus trees. I looked down at my phone to see that It was a different kind of phone then I had 10 seconds earlier. I then tried to dial my friend's number again and my phone appeared to be a bar of soap. She called back and I managed to answer with great confusion. She told me to go get my mom and I convinced her I was fine but apparently I started rambling and what I was saying made no sense.. I fell out of bed and thought I had fallen from a building into a dark al | F | 19 | 5 days | 11/13/2006 | 2 | couldn't fall asleep | hallucination | CONTINUED... My mother asked how many pills I took, I told her one. (10mg) which was true. I managed to call my psychiatrist around 12:25am and I asked her what was wrong and she said that it's a side affect of Sonata that only one of her patients besides myself have experienced. She told me to not take that pill again. She said in a few hours I should be fine, and I was.. I felt sick to my stomach and I had a headache. Everything I saw in the light was very colorful but warped. It's hard to beleive that only 10mg could make me experience such a detailed hallucination. It was very frightening for me. | F | 19 | 5 days | 11/13/2006 |
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)