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 | I've taken it for a few days, knock on wood, nothing in the way of side effects to this point. No weird taste. | I'm taking an Anti-depressive (Wellbutrin) and since taking that, sleep has been hard to come by. Throw in some personal relationship issues and I was lying awake for 3 hours, waking up hourly. Some nights I slept as little as 90 - 120 minutes. Anyway, i've taken Lunesta 3 nights. Each time I fell asleep right after turning out my reading lamp. And didn't wake up until 6 or 6.5 hours later. I was even able to fall back asleep for a few hours. I never felt knocked out and I've been able wake up to the sound of my kids. | M | 37 | 6 days | 7/12/2006 | 3 | Insomnia, sleep disturbance | Sleep. More sleep then I have gotten in years. Taste for me is like burnt toast. Headachces, muscel pain (mostly legs and feet, another sleep disruption),with constant ringing in ears. Increase in anxiety, irritability, vivid and odd dreams, nightmares with sweats, heart palpatations, hyper ventilating. Confusion, decreased ability to problem solve, difficulty with putting thoughts to words, quick to anger. Developed a phobia about glass and fear of getting cut, unusual thought processes, which I feel is unatural or "not me." Don't like drinking water any more, have to force it. Constipation. Bad breath. Food tastes funny. Holding on to weight. Bloated feelings in legs. Still wake up several times, but able to get back to sleep fairly quickly. Sometimes I will still be awake after several hours. But for the most part. I sleep better then I have in years. I no longer have the emotional issues that were once a part of the sleep diorder, but I am recovering from the affects of | I am concerned with the phycological affects becoming dangerous to myself or others. Lunesta is new and not considered to have any "real side effects." I snap at people and am very impatient. I don't even care that I hurt someone's feelings. Or care too much if they are my friends. THIS not caring is of major concern as well. It isn't normal NOT to care about others. I have foggy brain and some times it is difficult to carry on a conversation. Lunesta for sleep, it's been great over all. It is the side effects that are of concern. Lunesta and it's side effects need to be monitored. I suggest a journal, being very aware of your body and what is happening, reading up on Lunesta(and any other drug or herb) and coming to these boards to read other people's expereinces. In the doctor's office, or even pharmacists will down play the side effects. I think this is a dangerous drug. I will be discussing this with my doctor, however, Lunesta was the last medication that was a | F | 55 | 5 months | 7/10/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Lunesta has caused me to become extremely depressed, I can actually FEEL the chemical imbalance I now struggle with because of taking this drug. I have lost the joy of living. I have spent most of this week weeping in my room (literally all day long) with the curtains drawn, unable to go out, not wanting to see anyone. I am at the lowest point I've ever been - Lunesta has ruined my life right now. I just quit my job because I am so mentally sick and so fatigued that I can't possibly get myself to do anything during the day. I'm 23 and getting married in a month, and this should be the happiest time of my life right now, but I am absolutely miserable. I am not myself at ALL. I haven't done anthing social in weeks, all my friends are worried about me - I'm worried about me too. I have had violent tendencies, too, which are not like me in the least - I actually bit myself on the hand, scratched myself repeatedly until I bled, and almost kicked a hole in the wall of my bedroom. I was scre | F | 23 | 3 months | 6/28/2006 | 1 | insomnia | Initially, it worked well. After two months, I tried to reduce my usage by not taking it on weekends. I ended up with 3 days of flu symptoms. The same thing happened when I tried again about a month later. It did help but I couldn't seem to reduce the dose. | It did give me about 4 hours of sleep then I would awaken and fall back to sleep for 2 hours. However, after 5 months, I ended up with two weeks of headache, sinus pain, nausea and overall feeling unwell. This lasted for another week after I stopped. I think it accumulates in your system. I will not take it again! | F | 58 | 5 months | 6/26/2006 | 1 | insomnia | At first I thought it was the best thing ever.After about 2 months I had a nervous breakdown.Panic attacks, can't think,uncoridinated.I'm afraid to drive,go out in public ect. I have never experienced anything like this in my life! | It's been 3 weeks since my last Lunesta and I can still hardly function.I've been given Prozac for depression and I have to be examined by a Neurologist this week. Does anyone know how long it takes to get this out of your system? Can I do anything to detox ? Will I ever feel normal again? | F | 48 | 2 months | 6/25/2006 | 3 | can't sleep from nerve pain in arms | Non really, just a bit groggy in the am if I take it too late at night. | Half the night I take it I can go to sleep, but never stay asleep for long. Other nights I take it and still can't get to sleep for several hours. | F | 55 | 6 months | 6/24/2006 | 3 | Insomnia | A very bad taste in my mouth. I tried drinking water and it made it worse. I brushed my teeth again, still bad. So do I dare admit I was eating chocolate to cover the taste. I have to find something else to cover that taste up. | I did wake up at 3:30 am but was able to fall back to sleep in a short amount of time. I also did get about 8 hours minus the little wake up. I was a little groggy when I woke up and if I do not take a sleeping pill I am never goggy. | F | 38 | 1 days | 6/23/2006 | 2 | Insomnia | No metallic taste at all. I have been taking it for about 3 months, and have gotten progressively more anxious and depressed. My mood swings are incredibly bad and wash over me like a tidal wave. I am beginning to have violent reactions to irritations in my life. I pretty much hate everybody, and think everyone hates me. This is not my normal way of being. It did help me sleep, however, but I would wake up feeling somewhat hungover and always a bit depressed. And I was only taking 1 mg--I cut the 2mg tablet in half because I am so sensitive to medications. I am stopping taking this medication today. | I am so grateful to people posting here about their emotional/mental reactions when taking this medication. I did not know what was wrong with me, and it's clear it's this med. | F | 48 | 3 months | 6/23/2006 | 2 | Insomnia | No metallic taste at all. I have been taking it for about 3 months, and have gotten progressively more anxious and depressed. My mood swings are incredibly bad and wash over me like a tidal wave. I am beginning to have violent reactions to irritations in my life. I pretty much hate everybody, and think everyone hates me. This is not my normal way of being. It did help me sleep, however, but I would wake up feeling somewhat hungover and always a bit depressed. And I was only taking 1 mg--I cut the 2mg tablet in half because I am so sensitive to medications. I am stopping taking this medication today. | I am so grateful to people posting here about their emotional/mental reactions when taking this medication. I did not know what was wrong with me, and it's clear it's this med. | F | 48 | 3 months | 6/23/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Suicidal depression!!!! Anxiety. Nervousness. Confusion. Shaking. Aggressive behavior! I cried non-stop all day for the last 2 weeks I took it. I'm Bipolar. The doctor thought my symptoms were from that, and kept giving me other psych medicines to help with the depression and anxiety. Nothing worked. Finally, a lightbulb went on in my head, and I said, "Could it be the Lunesta?" I got on the Internet and started looking up side effects. I was shocked. Other people have been going through what I've been going through. I have been a complete wreck, contemplating suicide every day. I can't wait to get this drug out of my system and get back to being myself. | M | 53 | 2 months | 6/22/2006 | 5 | insomnia | well it started with hallucinations which lead to me repeatidly stabbing myself. other than that i feel asleep. | M | 19 | 1 days | 6/19/2006 | 2 | insomnia | anxiety, confusion, depression, suicidal thoughts, extreme tiredness after coming down,restlessness.I am on my second month and I want to get off but I know I have a dependency, as I take it to get escape the symptons I describe above. | bad taste, but didn't affect appetitie | F | 62 | 2 months | 6/12/2006 | 1 | Severe Insomnia + Fibromyalgia | Metalic taste so bad lasting 24 hrs a day every day. Then came the headaches and nausea. I noticed my anxiety level was going up. When the chest pains, gas and cramps started I decided that was ENOUGH! | Ambien gave me the "blackouts". When I finally got so tired of not sleeping I begged my Dr. to let me try Lunesta. Worked great the first few nights. Now I'm back to not sleeping at all. I'm only on 2mg but the side effects have gotten so severe its not worth trying to increase the dosage. I'd rather not sleep then be sick all day. | F | 42 | 2 weeks | 6/10/2006 | 2 | Unable to turn brain off to sleep | Water and some food did not taste right. Headaches,mood swings, distant, irritable, and my head and ears felt full of water, memory loss. In the evening it seemed like my body was wanting the drug. | I did great on lunesta the first month, felt good because I slept good. My doctor said it was okay for long term use but after three months it was doing weird things physical and mental to my body and mind. I do not agree with long term use. I fell asleep because it turn my brain off and slept 7 hours and was alert in the morning but do believe it was leading to dependency. Stop taking it after 3 months and had sweating the first night and no sleep. I am doing better after 3 days of being off. Short term use maybe, long term no. | F | 61 | 3 months | 6/8/2006 | 3 | Insomnia | I have completely lost my appetite. The thought of food makes me want to vomit. In the morning after taking Lunesta 2mg the night before, I have nausea for about 3-4 hours. | Lunesta takes a lot longer to get me to sleep, I still wake up a few times at night and it feels as if it is a diuretic as I have to get up 2-3 times a night to urinate. I don't have an after taste, but I have no appetite what so ever. I have been taking it for 5 days and have already lost 5 lbs. I don't understand why this is so expensive. I have no health insurance and it cost me $244.00 for a month supply, I will continue to take the remaining Lunesta, which is about 25 more days, being I paid so much or it. I will consider having my doctor change me to something else if these side effects continue at the end of the month. | F | 56 | 5 days | 6/6/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | I have a really horrible taste in my mouth, and a headache that won't go away. | F | 39 | 5 days | 6/5/2006 | 5 | insomnia | None | It's mild, but it works every night to get me 6-7 hours of sleep. Ambien got me only 4 hours. | M | 63 | 2 weeks | 6/1/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | I have only had the matalic taste. It has only been at night right after I've taken it. Haven't had the taste the next morning. I did notice that milk makes it worse at night after taking it. | I was on Ambien for 7-8 years and it was getting to the point where I couldn't remember anything after I took it. With Lunesta, it hasn't affected my memory at all. The first few nights I was still waking up in the middle of the night, but after a few days, I'm staying asleep more. It has been working great for me. | F | 33 | 9 days | 5/31/2006 | 4 | Insomnia | Bad taste in mouth, foot and lower leg fluid retention, severe muscle cramps in feet and legs | I switched to Lunesta after suffering severe "Ambienesia" recently described in the media. No problems with Lunesta causing me to sleep-eat or write random, un-remembered emails! However, the lower dose of Lunesta, after a year, was no longer keepign me asleep all night. So I bumped up the dose. This increase correlated with horrible fluid retention in my feet and legs during the day, followed by such Charley Horse" muscle cramping that woke me from sound sleep and has had me walking around the house trying to get the cramped toes to relax. I wasn't sure if I was dehydrated or if my potassium was too low or if my magnesium was low, so I tried just about everything from drinking o.j. to popping magnesium supplements and drinkng gallons of water. Needless to say, muscle cramps like that tend to ruin a night's sleep. Today I began to itch, as well. Now that I've researched the side effects of Lunesta on WebMD, I've concluded that these weird symptoms could be the Lunes | F | 45 | 1 years | 5/29/2006 | 3 | insomnia | Left bitter taste in mouth. Especially pronounced when drinking water. | M | 52 | 1 days | 5/26/2006 |