LUNESTA Reviews (ESZOPICLONE)Average Rating: 2.7 (851 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LUNESTA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LUNESTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | insomnia | metal taste in mouth..YUCK, made food taste bad, even water tasted bad. Had horrible nightmares, the kind that make you wake up screaming and in a cold sweat. | I tried Lunesta because I do weird things on Ambien. The weird things I did on Ambien are worth it, compared to lunesta. | F | 40 | 1 months | 10/7/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Light on\off sleep till morning with the heavest sleep after 5-7 hours. Could have stayed in bed and did some days because in the morning it seemed to work its best. Incredibly crazy dreams. Muscle weekness with sluggishness still after 48 hours off this sleep aid. Urinated twice as much during the next day and at least once during the night. No bitter taste in my mouth while taking. | Doctor gave me the free 7 day trial. Something really not right with this medication. | M | 40 | 7 days | 10/6/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpatations, unable to relax and take naps. | Lunesta worked wonterfully for me for about 30 days. My Dr. prescribed it for insomnia which was the major contributor to high BP. 30 days after I started Lunesta and the BP meds I had a panic attack and assumed it was related to the BP meds and my Dr. concurred. He gave me an antianxiety drug to take if it happened again. It didn't for about another month at which time I started having heart palpitations and fairly regular panic attacks. Again thinking it was related to the BP meds he added another BP med and the problems continued. Anxiety reached the point I began to have IBS which caused me to loose about 36 pounds. My doctor had me see a cardiologist and a GI doctor. None of them ever suspected the Lunesta as the root cause. It was only because I started searching the internet and found all the incidents of anxiety related to Lunesta use that I tied it together. I stopped taking Lunesta and within 6 months I had no IBS probelms, no anxiety problems and gained 20 lbs back. That was the only medicaion change. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Anxiety is a very serious side effect of Lunesta taken for more than a few weeks. | M | 54 | 3 months | 10/5/2009 | 2 | insomnia | depression got worst | did help with sleep for 2 weeks but stopped i think its over rated | M | 47 | 30 days | 9/9/2009 | 1 | Chronic insomnia | severe anxiety,depression | At first I thought it was a great drug for insomnia. No side effects, slept enough and no hangover or drugged feeling. After a month of taking 2-3 times a week, the troubles started and I am still dealing with them. I would rather take Ambien and deal with the addiction. | M | 52 | 1 months | 9/7/2009 | 2 | Got off strong narcotics | It is hard to differentiate between what the Lunesta is doing, as far as side effects are concerned, because a month after getting off the narcotics, I am still in withdrawal. I will have much to write about the horrors of narcotic meds later. | It is hard to tell whether it is really doing anything at all. | F | 53 | 2 weeks | 9/3/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | I took Lunesta for the first time on a Friday night. My sleep was fitful and interrupted every 2 hours. I went from bed to couch to easy chair to bed - it was horrible! Even worse, I was aggitated and hostile. I said things to my fiance without thought or care that were insensitive at best and mean at worst. If a noise or motion woke me, I was angry and mean. I slept off and on for the entire weekend, only coming out of it by Sunday evening. I was remorseful for my behavior, and chose not to have the prescription filled. Unfortunately, my behavior was apparently so despicable, my fiance (of 3 years) packed up and moved out without warning on Monday. | I can definitely say, LUNESTA has ruined my life! | F | 52 | 2 days | 9/1/2009 | 1 | insomnia | 30 minutes after taking medication, terrible metallic taste that lasted nearly 24 hours. | The taste was a complete dealbreaker, I will never take another Lunesta pill again. Switched to Ambien. | F | 46 | 1 days | 8/29/2009 | 3 | Insomnia | feelings of depression and crying spells that were not present before taking Lunesta. My thinking is kind of foggy. | I was afraid to take this at first because of the reviews here but I got desperate for sleep and Lunesta does help me sleep without any odd side effects that I have read about. Mainly it just helps and I get 4-6hours sleep on it. Not great, but enough for me to function. If my anxiety is high, I take it with a small dose of Xanax per my doctor's instructions. However, I have been concerned because I am noticing that increasingly I have been waking up and having crying spells and feelings of depression. Since nothing else is different, I suspect the Lunesta. I am going to talk to my doctor about tapering off to see. | F | 37 | 30 days | 8/25/2009 | 2 | insomnia | F | 47 | 5 days | 8/20/2009 | 5 | insomnia | Chiefly a rotten taste in the mouth..bitter, that lasts all of the next day. | To the female who posted about taking Ambien 5 years and then had terrible side effects with Lunesta: it's possible that your side effects are from Ambien withdrawal. I'm not pushing Lunesta but 3mg does the best job of getting ME to sleep with minimal side effects. BUT: if I take it more than 3 nights in a row, the first night off I will have panic attacks on trying to fall asleep. The next night is fine. Don't know if it's Lunesta withdrawal but it could be. Clearly the benefits have to outweigh the risks to you and sometimes having good sleep is worth a little risk. | F | 55 | 2 years | 8/18/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Sleep walking, eating, cooking, bizarre email writing and sending. Had to have husband hide the car keys and lock me out of the computer. Wasn't worth the side effects in the long run. | M | 40 | 6 months | 8/10/2009 | 1 | Severe Insomnia | Woke 2 hours in with a horrible cluster headache, vertigo. | Horribly hot, clammy and just generally made me feel sick, was extremely sleepy - could have slept if it were not for the horrible head pain right between my eyes. even just the slightest eye movement made me nauseous. I switched from Ambien CR after taking it for 5 years I started having problems with concentration during the day, and lost "hours" not knowing how I got to bed etc. Don't know what I will do now. I still feel vertigo and it has been 12 hours since I ingested the Lunesta. The taste in the mouth is nothing compared to the horrendous night I had trying to sleep from the pain and vertigo | F | 41 | 1 days | 8/6/2009 | 2 | Trouble staying asleep | Headaches, stomach pain, grogginess, tingling in left hand at night, upper back pain, anxiety, depression, weight loss | First time I took it, I thought it was a miracle drug. I had never had such a good night's sleep. Kept taking it daily (admittedly against my MD's advice), built up a tolerance until I was taking 6 mg per day on a daily basis. Felt generally worse over time physically but was at least able to get to sleep and stay that way. Became very depressed and anxious, lost 20 pounds in two months. Have had to wean myself off of this drug because I'm worried about the long-term effects on my sanity, and it's not fun. | F | 31 | 8 months | 8/5/2009 | 4 | Chronic insomnia | Like most others, I had the bad taste, but it's easily tolerated. My wife told me I have seizures while sleeping when I take it. Other than scaring my wife and children, the seizures don't seem to be a problem except for some soreness the next morning. First morning after taking it I was EXTREMELY groggy. I could barely walk or even see straight. This went away after about 15 minutes. | No I didn't take the medication with alcohol or any other medications. Lunesta did what the doctor said it would do...knock me out and let me sleep. | M | 34 | 3 days | 7/23/2009 | 4 | trouble falling asleep | depression, anxiety and feelings of anger | I have been very happy with Lunesta and never have had a problem with depression, anger or much anxiety but the last week it has been overwhelming to the point of being scary. I used to think when I read about meds causing depression that the people had to have something deep seated in their psyche for this to happen. Well, I have changed my mind. I have been taking it every night for about 6 months so think that I will try and take only when I have something important planned for the next day and see if this depression lifts. I have nothing to feel depressed about so I have to believe it is the med and the anger thing is just not me. Not sure what I will use for the other nights but will try Neurontin or a light Xanax. I go to a sleep neurologist and Lunesta has been the only thing that works most. Maybe will have to lower to 2mg next time and see if that avoids the side effects. | F | 72 | 6 months | 7/22/2009 | 3 | chronic insomnia | Horrible, metallic taste in mouth, similar to the chemo drugs I took. Which is what I think makes it so horrible for me! | Worked well for my sleeping. Although, when dh tried to wake me in the morning I just "ignored" him. | F | 41 | 4 days | 7/21/2009 | 3 | intermittent insomnia | A horrible bitter taste | I have only taken this drug once, 2mg. I slept the whole night through, which is rare for me. I'm usually up 4 or 5 times a night, so this was a treat. However, the bitter taste started the morning after and lasted about 36 hours. The intensity of the bad taste diminished over the 36 hours. Drinking water caused the worst taste, most food disguised the taste somewhat. Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi was the only thing I could drink that tasted right. I will take this again only if I am having extreme difficulties falling asleep. The bad taste was intense and almost a show stopper. | M | 58 | 1 days | 7/20/2009 | 1 | Trouble sleeping more than few hour | I got up and cooked, ate and unlocked the front door. I do not remember if I went anywhere???? I do not remember doing any of this. I live alone and found the evidence the next day. SCary!! | It helped me sleep but I need to hide the car keys and turn off the breaker to the stove. Not funny if you live alone. | F | 50 | 3 days | 7/17/2009 | 5 | waking up not getting a good REM | Yes, it sometimes leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, but paaaalease, get over it -- just brush your teeth and/or use Listerine -- isn't that a mighty small price to pay for a good night's sleep. I wouldn't normally mention such a small side effect such as this, but so many people here are whining about it, I just had to say this to put it into perspective... | All I can say is, "Better living through chemistry" folks... When I first started taking it, I would wake up in the middle of the night and then couldn't get back to sleep, then I found the answer! For me the catalyst that makes this little luna moth pill work for me is to chug it with a beer. Yes, that's right, I pop it with a 12oz bottle of lite beer (or a glass or two of wine) and sleep through the night, and if I should happen to wake up, I can get back to sleep within 15 minutes. Don't be afraid to take this little blue with alcohol -- you're going to bed aren't you? Or are you planning on operating machinery? Come on, grow up and try it with a glass of wine, beer, liquor, your choice... I'm now splitting them in half and they still work great (as long as I use a chaser!) Try it! I think the little luna moth is great! | M | 49 | 2 years | 7/15/2009 |