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 due to menopause | major ringing in the ears, deep depression, anxiety -- totally miserable -- also slight facial swelling, slightly swelled lips that dry out instantly and sting around the edge, over emotional and a feeling of aggression which is totally not in character | I seemed fine for the first few weeks on Lunesta. Was also prescribed effexor for hot flashes about a month before and had the dosage had just recently been upped by a small amount. was constantly breaking out in hives and had an awful taste in my mouth. Stopped the effexor and the hives gradually calmed down. Then these other symptoms kicked in. Went on line only to find the symptoms as Lunesta side effects. Just awful. Withdrawal is I'm sure will be better than this. | F | 54 | 4 weeks | 12/27/2006 | 4 | trouble sleeping | Very bad taste in my mouth, very metallic and it made everything I ate taste even worse for the whole entire day after! | Other than the taste, it put me to sleep right away and didn't wake up groggy the next morning. | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 12/26/2006 | 5 | Green hand syndrome | First time I took it, my head fell off. I had trouble finding it the next morning because my eyes were in my head and my head was gone. Eventually, I found it under the bed. Second time I took it, my refrigerator turned into a big waffle and threatened me with racial violence. I love this medication! | Best medicine ever. Even for gay people like me. | M | 94 | 144 years | 12/21/2006 | 1 | Insomnia due to wearing a cast | VERY bad depression, anxiety, panic attacks, uncontrollable weeping, heartburn and GI issues. Ended up in the emergency room three times with heart attack symptoms (turned out to be psychological reactions to this drug) | Never knew what depression was until I took Lunesta. The symptoms mostly went away within a few days of cessation. It's been 3 months and I am still battling with the GI problems, though. I never had any psychological or medical problems before taking Lunesta. | M | 42 | 2 months | 12/17/2006 | 5 | insomnia | completely horrid bitter taste that STAYED all day after taking it. also, psychosis that i did not experience with any other sleeping medication -- i became suicidal and even made a suicidal attempt. | i talked to my doctor after the lunesta "experience" and he said that he went to a conference recently where up to 50% of people get that weird taste -- but apparently in europe there's a version that is compounded differently and the taste issue has disappeared...so...why don't they fix it if they know what it is? besides the taste issue...i suppose the suicidal ideation and attempt was also a bad sign. other than that, i only was able to sleep about 3-4 hours on it. | F | 35 | 14 days | 12/16/2006 | 1 | insomnia | Just a bad taste in my mouth | After 4 days, it stopped working completely. I was up for two hours. I finally had to take a xanax and THEN I fell asleep. I now take Dalmane and I SLEEP!!!! | F | 59 | 1 times | 12/16/2006 | 4 | Insomnia for many years. | Metallic taste in mouth went away after a week or two, no big deal. Increased anxiety over several weeks, personality changes, and ear pain. | I love Lunesta, it works much better than Ambien CR. I work at a doctor's office so I can try these new drugs easily. Lunesta is by far the best, despite possibly causing anxiety and some increased depression. Thought neither drug rep wants to hear any negative side effects of their drug. They simply deny it. | F | 39 | 2 months | 12/14/2006 | 3 | Insomnia | Dull headache, slight hangover effect, tinnitus (ringing in the ears) | I started off taking half of a 3mg pill 3 times a week for insomnia. As time went on, I couldn't sleep without it. I now take half a pill nightly, but I rarely sleep for longer than 4 - 5 hours before waking (and sometimes have trouble getting back to sleep). So I alternate with a full pill every few days to guarantee 6 - 7 hours of sleep. The addiction is troublesome (and expensive). But the worst part is the dull headache right behind my eyes throughout the day. And recently I've developed a ringing in my ears (tinnitus) which feels like it's related to the headache. Lunesta is technically not an ototoxic drug (toxic to your hearing), but I feel that it's responsible for the tinnitus. | M | 29 | 1 years | 12/14/2006 | 1 | insomnia | Serious depression, apathy, crying jags and mood swings. | Serious depression that went away 2 days after I stopped taking it. I felt very, very down for no reason, and did not feel like myself. I'd been taking Lunesta for about a month, and I noticed that I was feeling extremely depressed. Once I stopped taking it, the depression stopped. I will never take it again. Interestingly, I did take Ambien before, for a limited time period, and it did not make me feel depressed at all. Rather, my doctor suggested switching to Lunesta because of some recent reports about Ambien. However, given my experience, I wouldn't try it! | F | 33 | 30 days | 12/14/2006 | 2 | Insomnia | Bad taste which lasted well in to the next day, horrible sore throat and vivid nightmares. | I have been on a 3mg dose at bedtime for about three weeks. It put me to sleep slowly, you won't remember going to sleep on this stuff. Problem is every night on this med I have snapped awake after an average of 3-5 hours and have difficulty going back to sleep. I don't think it is worth it, other options available (Ambien, Restoril) work better with little or now side effects. | M | 28 | 3 weeks | 12/13/2006 | 1 | sleep | Immediately my nose and throat became engulfed with this metallic/alcohol/lighter fluid taste. I almost went to the E.R. because I thought I was going to die. I felt like flames were going to shoot from my mouth at any moment. I had to hold a cloth over my mouth to mask the air from hitting the back of my throat it was so horrific. This kept me awake all night, and the next morning the taste is still there. | The most HORRIFIC drug ever! Should not be on the market...period!!! | F | 33 | 1 days | 12/6/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Bad taste. Water and milk have a very metalic taste. Tea seems the mask the metalic taste. | Insomnia brought on by depression, GAD, and post traumatic stress. Works very well. The quality of sleep seems better than Ambien or Ambien CR. When I started taking sleep medication I was getting 4.5 hours of sleep and it did not matter what I took. That was better than the 1 or 2 hours I was getting without medication. I am taking Lexapro and that seems to increase the effectiveness of the sleep medication. After 3 months on Lexapro, I can get 7.5 hours of sleep with Lunesta. Take Lunesta and go to bed. Otherwise, you get very dizzy. I can wake up after a couple of hours and go back to sleep. | M | 59 | 3 months | 12/5/2006 | 2 | Couldn't Sleep | Like many other people, the taste was awful. For me, it lasted all throughout the night and even stayed for a while after I had brushed my teeth. I was just prescribed it last week and have only taken it once because I had weird/creepy dreams that I believed to be real until I really looked back on them, and a some-what halluncination when I first woke up from the weird dreams. Haven't taken it since because I'm away at school and am afraid to take it and have halluncination type reaction again w/out my boyfriend being with me. :S | F | 18 | 1 days | 12/4/2006 | 5 | Night Terrors/Insomnia | Just dizziness if I try stay up after I have taken it. | While it hasn't completely stopped my night terrors, it definitely has helped a great deal. I sleep really well most nights and I do not have any hangover effects during the day. | F | 36 | 18 months | 12/2/2006 | 1 | recurrent insomnia | awful metal taste in mouth that lasted days-even worse when drinking milk! woke up after only 4 hours - and this was on 3 mg! hardly dreamed - not a restful sleep | give me good old fashioned xanax! | F | 43 | 3 days | 11/30/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | A constant headache in area of right eye and sinus area. | Started taking Lunesta 3mg. the 1st week of November. Worked well and slept 5-6 hrs. a night. About 1 week into taking Lunesta the headaches and vision problems started. I figured I had a sinus infection and went to the ENT. He found no problem. I then went for an eye exam and no problems were found there. I stopped taking the Lunesta and in 2 nights my problem went away. Even in taking this GARBAGE for 3 weeks the WITHDRAWEL is not pleasant. Please think good and hard before taking Lunesta .... | M | 56 | 21 days | 11/30/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | I've experienced quite a few of the same symptoms listed. I have the metallic taste in my mouth but I also develop a sore throat or my voice changes | I've also taken Ambien 10mg - which I love but makes me feel a little disoriented yet I fall asleep like lightning. Lunesta 3mg relaxes me and I gradually drift off but notice that I've been waking up after approx. 3-4 hours of sleep. | F | 35 | 3 months | 11/23/2006 | 5 | insomnia | none | It changed my life for the better. I get 7 hours sleep on it. I used to get 4 and wake up too early in the a.m. | M | 57 | 7 months | 11/23/2006 | 4 | insomnia | Well, it started off as me dreaming of killer bunnies. Is that normal? Next, my jizz range was amazing. I shot my TV man! Whooo at least I got some sleep. | it makes you pluck ball hairs | M | 16 | | 11/21/2006 | 3 | severe insomnia | anxiety, bad taste, ringing in the ears, mood swings, lethargic hangovers, anxiety attack, head aches, dry mouth that doesnt go away | The bad metal taste is almost unbearable. Also, I suffer from "Lunesta Hangover" whenever I start taking it again. At this moment I can barely function. I feel lethargic and I have an intense ringing in my ears. I also have a headache. I see/saw taking Lunesta 3 nights a week and then try to take a Lunesta break the other 4. What happens is that I have difficulty getting to sleep the first 2 nights then it gets better. The metalic taste goes away. One thing I have noticed is that you shouldn't take this after bingeing. If I eat a lot then take Lunesta it doesn't work right. The directions tell you to avoid eating fatty foods so I guess is part of it. I don't like this drug, I have had severe mood swings even a panic attack and when I start taking it again I feel like I am asleep all day...after a couple of days the hangover lessons...I don't want to take this all the time but maybe if I did the side effects wouldnt start over anew each week | M | 40 | 3 weeks | 11/20/2006 |