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 |
| 4 | trouble falling asleep | Sometimes a funny taste in my mouth, nothing horrible. | It is wonderful!! Unfortunately, my insurance doesn't cover it, so it is really expensive! | F | 31 | | 9/5/2007 | 2 | insomnia | violent nightmares, bitter taste for 48 hours, lack of appetite for at least 24 hours, nausea, sinus headache | F | 55 | 2 weeks | 9/1/2007 | 1 | insomnia post- shoulder surgery | ear pain and ringing, the terrible taste until about noon the next day, dizziness (especially with exertion), tired all day, EXTREME agitation, hostility, and hopelessness | It did help me sleep, BUT...First thought it was PMS, but the hostility and aggression just keep on and I'm snapping at my family like a crazy person! I have had suicidal flashes and I am not on any other psych meds or under care for psych problems. It just feels like I'd rather die than be so utterly miserable and so agitated. Also, just got a blue tooth headset and was about to return it until reading on this site that Lunesta may be causing my sudden ear pain!! SLEEP IS NOT WORTH THESE SIDE EFFECTS. | F | 42 | 3 weeks | 8/29/2007 | 1 | insomnia | I took this for 1 year about 3 per week to help me sleep. I progressively become more and more angry as well as listless and very very groggy with no ambition. I suffered huge mood swings. The bad tatse was not to bad. I eventually figured out it was the lunesta, I stopped on Saturday for good. I already feel much much better and like the old me! | F | 45 | 365 days | 8/27/2007 | 4 | insomnia | good sleep 6-7 hours. some lethargy and absentmindedness the next morning | Lunesta (2mg) seemed like a godsend when I was first taking it. I had been on Ambien. Ambien put me to sleep ok but I'd wake up 3 or 4 hours later and not be able to go back to sleep and generally felt "drugged." With Lunesta, I started sleeping longer and was able to get back to sleep pretty quickly even after the typical 4am urination call. No problem at all with the taste (swallow whole with water). I do, however, feel a little "out of it" often in the mornings and am prone to absentminded events (i.e. starting the coffeemaker and forgetting to put the carafe underneath, forgetting to zip up after using the bathroom and the like). Made me worry a bit about early onset alheimers but I think it's the lunesta. The length and quality of sleep is great but it does have side effects. I had weird dreams at first but they quickly went away. | M | 52 | 8 months | 8/26/2007 | 1 | short fuse-more tired during the day--and i nly took it a week--never again--bad drug | F | 50 | 7 days | 8/26/2007 | 4 | Because of hip pain and when travel | None that I know of until I got up one morning and realized I had sleepwalked. There was a plate and spoon on my nightstand. The spoon had peanut butter on it. On the kitchen counter was the jar of peanut butter and the pantry was open. I had absolutely NO recollection of doing that. I threw the Lunesta away, it scared me to think I could get up and walk out the of the house or worse yet, get into a car. Too weird! | Used it when I traveled and occassionally at home. | F | 58 | 2 years | 8/23/2007 | 4 | sleep aid | Nightmares, bad taste | Works for me. | F | 30 | 4 months | 8/21/2007 | 2 | Trouble staying asleep | Vivid dreams, awakened hourly. | For years I would never sleep for more than a few hours before waking up but my sleep was worse on this drug than off. All I did was dream and wake up, doze off, dream, wakeup. Switched to Ambien CR, better results. | F | 48 | 7 days | 8/20/2007 | 4 | Bipolar, to insure sleep. | None. | I take the 3 mg. dosage and weigh 267#. Perhaps this is why I tolerate the drug well. Lower dosages might be better for those weighing less. A high fat supper or too much caffiene during the day will cause me to wake up anywhere between 1 - 4:30 AM. I have to take Melatonin and an antihistamine to get back to sleep. Also, I have found that Lunesta works where AmbienCR 12.5 mg. does not. | M | 61 | 123 days | 8/16/2007 | 4 | chronic insomnia & frequent waking | None | Most sleeping meds cause me to hallucinate, feel nauseous,etc. I have NOT experienced any side effects from Lunesta. No bad taste, etc. Dreams are vivid but I am always aware it is a dream. I can get up in middle of night and not feel at all dizzy. I only wish I could sleep longer. 4 hours on the button is about it. Still, better than not sleeping at all or waking up multiple times a night! Closest thing I get to natural sleep! | F | 58 | 5 months | 8/16/2007 | 3 | insomnia | none | doesn't work too well - takes about 4-5mg and a few hours to fall asleep, lasts maybe 2-4 hours - but at least it doesn't make my brain fuzzy like ambien did! | F | 57 | 30 times | 8/15/2007 | 2 | INsomnia | Bad taste, sour stomach, violent dreams, not mentally sharp throughout the day | I took it for 4 days it helped me sleep but the side effects are not worth it. The violent dream images were way to realistic, I generally felt lathargic and not sharp at all. | M | 39 | 4 days | 8/15/2007 | 5 | Chronic insomnia | None | Great drug, no side effects, great sleep. No groggy feeling in the morning | F | 41 | 6 days | 8/13/2007 | 1 | Not sleeping through the night | bad taste in mouth, headaches, nausea, wild dreams | I only took 2mg for three nights. I never had trouble falling asleep, and still woke up after 4 hours and not able to go back to sleep for an hour or more, which is why I was prescribed it. Had wild dreams involving violence. Had a headache and felt nauseated all day long. Was extremely forgetful during the day. I'm just glad I had physician samples and didn't pay for this! | F | 56 | 3 days | 8/12/2007 | 2 | Insomnia | Memory loss, low blood sugar, aggressiveness | I finally had to stop taking this last week. The bad taste was, to me, a minor irritation and not really a big deal. But I started to notice side effects that weren't really wearing off during the day, even though the sleepiness effect had worn off. For one thing, it gave a me a REALLY short fuse. I would snap at my kids before I even knew I was angry, and this is definitely out of character for me. As soon as I skipped a dose this went away. It also wrecked my memory to the point where I seriously wondered if I was getting early-onset Alzhiemer's or something. I literally could not remember one simple thing from one minute to the next. Lastly, and this was definitely the most strange side effect of all--it seemed to make my hypoglycemia go totally out of control. Possibly this contributed to the "short fuse" thing also, I don't know. The good news is all of this went away as soon as I stopped...and I am sleeping just fine! I use Sonata occasionally if I wake up too early (3 | F | 32 | 1 years | 8/11/2007 | 1 | insomnia | The only side effect is the feeling of being hungover if unable to get six or more hours sleep | Have been taking Lunest for four days! Slept six hours the first night, and now I am back to the usual four or less! | M | 48 | 4 days | 8/10/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Funny taste, but not HORRIBLE | Works great, never had any nightmares or the like. IIf I don't get everything finished and into bed after taking it, I get a little loopy, but I always sleep roughly eight hours and always feel great the next day. The best part: after taking it for about the first a month, I actually get tired on my own at the same time everyday. Now I just take it as needed, if I'm on a schedule etc. | M | 26 | 12 months | 8/8/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | I have not had any side effects from Lunesta. I did not get the nasty taste or anything. I do not wake up feeling druggy or anything like that. It seems to be out of my system before I wake. | I have suffered with insomnia for years. Lunesta has been wonderful for me. Ambien made me crazy and other drugs left me feeling numb and cloudy the next day. Lunesta does not make me crazy and it does not wipe my memory. I take it before bed and am able to lay down and start drifting to sleep. It helps to slow my thoughts down so I can get some rest. It is just as effective today as when I first took it. I am surprised more people are not getting the help from it that I am. | M | 27 | 1.5 years | 8/7/2007 | 4 | insomnia | some sleepiness the next day, metallic taste in mouth | It works pretty well with my insomnia. I would keep taking it if my insurance company would cooperate. | F | 35 | 4 months | 7/29/2007 |