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 |
| 5 | insomnia from valium withdrawal | Just a very slight bitter taste in morning, no worse than the taste of coffee. | This drug kept me from going off my rocker during my withdrawal from 10 mg of Valium a day. About 5 days after my last milligram of Valium, my sleep had deteriorated to shallow, broken stretches with anxiety and frightening images. My doctor prescribed 3 mg Lunesta prn for sleep. It knocked me out instantly, blanking out the anxiety and creepy images from the Valium withdrawal. I slept from 11:30 pm to 4 am, then from 4 to 6 am, and got up rested. This is a miracle for me. I have never slept well, and this is as good as it gets. Normal dreams, nothing at all like being knocked out by Valium itself. This is after only 1 dose, so I may come back in 2 weeks with other side effects to report. But this can help you get off Valium, Ambien and other addictive drugs. | F | 52 | 1 days | 5/22/2007 | 3 | Insomnia | Lunesta gave me a very bad taste. It was especially noticable if I took a drink of water. If I took a Lunesta at 11:00 pm, I would still have the taste in my mouth at noon the next day. Lunesta made me feel mentally slow all morning long. | I think Lunesta helped me sleep, but Ambien was more effective in helping me fall asleep. I prefer regular Ambien compared with the extended release kind because it wears off faster (even if I wake up too early) because Ambien and Lunesta both make me mentally slow. | M | 41 | 30 days | 5/21/2007 | 1 | insomnia | Bad taste is brutal. I went on Ambien and it did not keep me asleep for the whole night. I upgraded to Ambien CR (the difference in paying cash between Ambien CR and generic Ambien is very small surprisingly). BIG difference between the old Ambien and Ambien CR. Slept through the night and woke up fresh in the AM. Lunesta also made me feels very slow in the morning. | Made me feel very slow | F | 45 | | 5/19/2007 | 1 | chronic insomnia | I felt like I slept with a mouth full of pennies in my mouth. I tried milk, listerine, yogurt etc. Nothing made it go away. I also felt very groggy the next day but I tried it for 5 nights just to make sure it wasn't a freakish thing. I EXPERIENCED THESE ISSUES EVERY NIGHT!!! I researched it and found that 34% of people will get the bad taste and that sleeping pills should not stay in your system as long as LUNESTA does. I switched to AMBIEN CR and it has made a HUGE difference- GREAT MED!!!! | Would not take myself as a 35 year old active man knowing the side effects (bad taste, groggy in the AM). What would this drug to an older person? | M | 35 | | 5/19/2007 | 1 | 89 yr mother on Lunesta for insomni | she had all the side effects usually mentioned, except the bad taste | We never thought my Mother's symptoms were connected to this drug. After reading the comments here, I now see that they all could be. She woke at 4am this morning, thought it was time to get up, was groggy, fell in the kitchen. EMS called. No damage done, aside from bruises. DO NOT LET ELDERLY PEOPLE TAKE THIS MEDICATION! | F | 89 | 6 months | 5/17/2007 | 4 | was sleeping, but not deeply enough | Obviously the taste, took dose with teaspoon of peanut butter, yogurt, applesauce (whatever). The sooner i got it down the less it bothered me. Also lots of yawning during the day! I really need this sleep, and Lunesta is definitely the way to go. | F | 43 | 4 days | 5/15/2007 | 2 | insomnis | nasty taste in my mouth and making food have almost no or a toxic taste even my water taste like it has a chemical in it | it makes me fall asleep for 2 hours every nite since i started it when i wake up it takes forever to go back to sleep and when i do i again wake up in 2 more hours that is what im doing now up in the middle of the night | F | 36 | 4 days | 5/14/2007 | 1 | Sleeping Disorder | Ambien works a lot better, ambien is also available in generic making it a cheapier med. I find that Ambien CR is not any differant then regular Ambien or GENERIC AMBIEN | SAVE MONEY WITH GENERIC AMBIEN | M | 31 | 14 years | 5/14/2007 | 3 | Insomnia | Extremely bad taste in the morning and loss of cordination in the morning along with the fact that I couldn't really control myself. I was on auto pilot and felt like I was just watching myself... | It takes about an hour to to start working and then all it does is make me feel like I weight 100 pounds more till I just fall asleep from exaustion. | F | 16 | 4 days | 5/13/2007 | 1 | insomnia | Horrible taste,headache when i woke up.Paranoia,anxiety, and hallucinations. | After i took it my mind started racing..I looked around the room and saw stuff.I kept hearing people talking and people trying to grab me and this weird head thing moving from side to side...i hate lunesta. | F | 18 | 1 days | 5/12/2007 | 4 | insomnia | I think the taste is disgusting but nothing compared to the years of sleeplessness I have experienced. I have also seen a severe decrease in my appetite. | Also wondering if anyone has experienced sun sensitivity due to Lunesta? I am not sure if it is because of a winter spent in the library as a law student or Lunesta... | F | 27 | 1 months | 5/8/2007 | 2 | insomnia due to bipolar disorder | metalic taste in mouth, nausea, vomiting | I KNOW the man who goes to bed smiling and wakes up smiling is definately not taking LUNESTA. The taste is horrendous. I took the first dose (3mg) on Friday evening and have not been able to eat since. When I do eat, I get nauseaus and then wind up losing anything I put in my stomach. I have resorted to saltine crackers. If I wanted to experience morning sickness, I would have gotten pregant. I will ask for another sleep aid when this rx runs out (if I can make it that long). Way too expensive to have to experience the metalic taste all day long. | F | 45 | 3 days | 5/7/2007 | 3 | transient insomnia | the only side effect was the metallic taste; however, i researched the drug and anticipated it. i used plenty of water 25-35 minutes after dosing and pure cranberry juice in the morning. i only experienced the metallic taste 4 times | it seems to be a good drug; it's failed me a few times; but, usually works. i alternate it 1 night on 1 night off | M | 51 | 4 months | 5/4/2007 | 1 | problems sleeping | AWFUL bitter taste in my mouth and throat. Has made me horribly nauseas. Dry mouth. Pale looking. Very groggy. Everything tastes horrible. Side effects have continued throughout the day with out improvement. | Lunesta kicked in within 15 minutes. I started to feel very dizzy/drunk and the most horrible taste came to my throat along with the dizziness. I fell asleep almost immediately but DID NOT wake up rested. I woke up feeling extremely ill with the most horrible taste in my throat and extremely nauseas. I am at work feeling like crap and have thrown up a couple of times already. Worst of all is that this horrible taste in my throat and mouth does not go away! I haven't been able to eat because the times I have attempted to, I end up throwing up. | F | 31 | 1 days | 5/4/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | HORRIBLE taste in mouth immediately after taking medication. Lasted the entire following day, headache, nausea, horrible dreams, as well as waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to return to sleep. | I am very disappointed; I will not recommend this medication to anyone and will never take it again myself. | F | 31 | | 5/4/2007 | 5 | insomnia | it didn't knock me off my feet. I slept for 4 hours straight, woke up... rolled over and dreamed for about 3 hours. Got up feeling like I had slept twice. | Perhaps dosage / body weight is important since I am about 280lbs the effective dosage was perhaps less than for most. My biggest problem is that now I can't sleep at all the first night without it. | M | 42 | 10 days | 5/2/2007 | 2 | insomnia | I didn't have any bad taste when I took the drug last night but everything today tastes bitter!! | I won't continue using this as I woke up twice in the night!!! I use to take Ambien but could never sleep for 2 nights after I stopped but I slept much better on Ambien, NEVER woke up and no bad taste! I think I'll go back to Ambien. | F | 39 | 1 days | 5/2/2007 | 3 | Lifelong Insomnia | I get a horrible taste in my mouth within minutes of taking it, to the point I can almost smell it. The taste makes me almost naseaus to the point I have once thrown the medicatin up. The taste and nausea last most of the next day also. hours of ongue brushing | I take Lunesta off and on with Ambiern CR because long time therapy is not good. I lost 22 lbs when I firrsted started using lunestra | F | 42 | 9 months | 5/1/2007 | 1 | insomnia, anxiety | SEVERE anxiety, anxiety attack, extreme fear of losing control, the next day I had a headache and felt awful! | F | 29 | 1 days | 5/1/2007 | 3 | As sleep aid | After taking lunesta for several nights, developed severe sinus problem, sore throat, some dizziness- it took me three weeks to make the connection when the problem would not clear up. This was horrible. Did not notice bad taste, dreams were ok. Did not sleep all night, and woke up easlily. | The uppper respitory infection became a nightmare. I became a walking zombie feeling like I was going to die. I think occasional, one night use now and then might be ok. Had taken lunesta off and on, but once I took it regularly, I really got sick with viral infection and URI. | M | 66 | 21 days | 4/30/2007 |