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 |
| 3 | couldn't get to sleep - insomnia | It absolutely works to make me sleep. I only take the one mg dose. The next day, and I've tried it ten nights, not in a row, I always feel a little, but significantly, sad or depressed. I can shake that off with a vigorous walk of 30 minutes but it's definitely there. Maybe the medicine is still in my system after 8-10 hours. | M | 59 | 30 days | 12/21/2005 | 2 | depression - can't stay asleep | the bitter taste all day, after a few months nausea (I believe due to the taste and lack of water I used to drink all day) | I sleep about 4 hours. Lunesta worked great for the first month, except for the taste. After a couple of months, I noticed its effects wearing off and I was waking earlier and earlier again. Presently, I am still taking it until I see my dr again next month. However, I am back to 4 hours of sleep each night (anxiety/depression - PTSD)and wake with the terrible taste still, miss the water I used to drink - water makes the taste so much worse, and a feeling of nausea all day and a sharp headache has developed within the last month. I believe I will ask to go back to my Trazadone. At least that was hit or miss and I did get an occasional 6 or 7 hours sleep without these side effects. | F | 42 | 5 months | 12/19/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | Within 20-30 minutes, twitching and nervousness and foul taste in mouth. Laid in bed wide awake (far more so than usual) for 3 hour then fell into a coma like, delirious on and off episode that resembled sleep - only with exceptionally vivid terrifying nightmares. What made it worse, I was quite lucid and aware that I was only dreaming... that the nightmares weren't real yet had no ability to wake myself and make it stop. Morning finally arrived and I was a frazzled wreck! Hazy vision, anxiety, hair trigger temper and somewhat detached from reality. | DANGER!!!! DANGER!!!! I have had sleep issues for years and this was one of the worst nights sleep of my life! | M | 37 | 1 days | 12/19/2005 | 2 | Severe Insomniac for over 5 yrs | VERY Aweful Taste that actually woke me from sleep ! | took the pill at 10:30 P.M. didn't get to bed until after Midnight...Here it is 3:45 A.M. and I am WIDE awake...So once yet again here is ANOTHER medication that does not work for me...They've tried everything to help me sleep and so far None work Not even Ambien or other 'hypnotic' medications | F | 33 | 1 days | 12/16/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | I had heard about some people having an unpleasant taste, but I have not experienced it myself. Otherwise, none. | It has worked extremely well for me. I am taking the 3 mg dose because my doctor stated it worked well for keeping me asleep. I tried Ambien CR, but often would still wake up during the night and not be able to fall back asleep. For me, Lunesta has worked very well to get to sleep and stay asleep. | M | 35 | 2 weeks | 12/15/2005 | 4 | Anxiety | The only one so far is the absolutely HORRID NASTY NASTY taste in my mouth. I noticed it about 20 minutes after taking it. I also noticed that it's worse when I breathe in through my nose. I thought water would help, DON'T DO THAT!!! | This is my first night taking it. I can feel that it is already kicking in and I really need to climb into bed. With Ambien I would get almost motion-sick after I took it. I don't have that with Lunesta. Hope it works! | F | 29 | 1 days | 12/15/2005 | 2 | Difficulty falling/ staying asleep | I took Lunesta for four days after using Ambien for years. I usually break a 10mg Ambien in half which usually works, and I wanted to avoid any tolerance, so my MD recommended I switch. The main side effects I noticed were morning grogginess which lasted throughout most of the day, as well as the foul, bitter taste in my mouth. This taste never went away throughout the course of taking the medication. I could barely drink anything, particularly water, and other tastes were distorted, overall. | I am not able to recommend this medication. It was far less effective than Ambien in putting me to sleep. The worst side effect was the lasting grogginess, and the nmost disturbing was the truly foul taste that wouldn't go away. | M | 36 | 4 days | 12/13/2005 | 1 | Irritable bowel syndrome (IRB) | I was being awakened every two hours every night by abdominal pains caused by gas.My rheumolgist prescribed Lunesta after my gastroenterologist would not prescribe any sleeping medication. Took Lunesta for 11 weeks and slept much better, Had usual metallic taste in mouthe every day, but it ususally subsided in the afternoon. At the eighth week started taking Lactolase, a laxative, IRB. Had violent reaction -- diahrhea, and went to 1/2 dose. After a week was nauseous and lost appetite. Also stopped Lunesta, but couldn't sleep, so went back on it after a day. Still had persistent nausea after dinner for two weeks, Then stopped Lunesta last night. Had no trouble falling asleep, but was awakened by gas pains after 3 hours, and and went back to sleep, but was awakend again after and hour,at 6:30 AM. t is now 9:30 and have been up since then with no gas pains, but nausea continues. This probabably is a withdrawal symptom caused by going off Luneasta, Will report in two days about my conditio | I saw my gastroenterolist on two days ago and reported the nausea. He attributed it to the Lactolase, but was unaware that Lunesta can also cause nausea | M | 77 days | 12/11/2005 | 4 | narcolepsy/fibromyalgia | the dreaded "bad taste" | The bad taste does go away, although some days I still get it randomly. This drug is great, it works in a similar way to ambien except it keeps me asleep all night. I was taking 10 mg of ambien every night and waking up, now I sleep through the night with no problems. | F | 21 | 3 months | 12/10/2005 | 5 | insomnia | bad taste in mouth | I've only been on Lunesta 2 weeks but have been satisfied so far. The only side effect has been the bad taste in my mouth prior to falling asleep and when waking up. The dr gave me a tip to help eliminate the bad taste, which has worked extrememly well for me; drink orange juice first thing in the morning before eating or drinking anything else. I've done that every morning and the bad taste goes away within a few minutes. | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 12/7/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Metallic taste | Lunesta manufactures different does because everyone has different tolerances. I had been taking 10mg of ambien every night for 10 years. My doctor worked with me to find the correct dosing-the most important part of taking this med is that when you are ready to go to bed, take it and immediately get into your favorite sleeping position. If you are not in dreamland within 15 minutes tops, then remember to lay off any caffeine or other stimulants a few hours before bedtime. It really does work-the negative reviews may be due to some people fighting the med and trying to stay awake, but everyone is different so experiment between 1 and 3 mg to find your correct dose. As for the horrible taste, it goes away with in a few days provided you stick with it! Good luck to all. | M | 40 | 3 months | 12/2/2005 | 3 | Chronic Insomnia | The Horrid unbelievable nasty taste in my mouth that lasts all day, doesn't go away until a day later. I also experienced really odd and strange dreams before i woke up. | it sorta helped me sleep, it's kinda hit or miss. It worked the first night, but not the second, but then the third, but not the fourth or fifth... it's really random. I also have thought my milk went bad due to the bad taste. Water, Coke, and milk all taste so horrible i can not drink them. I heard a side effect was a bad taste, but i had no idea how incredibly bad it is. I tried Ambien before, and it helped at first but it always made me really tired when i took it. When i take lunesta, i can stay up for hours and not feel sleepy at all. I also tend to wake up to early. the bad taste is what keeps me from taking it again. I reccomend that if you like to eat food that doesn't taste like it's been laced with poison, don't take lunesta. | F | 21 | 7 days | 12/1/2005 | 1 | sleep deprivation | itching, inability to fall asleep, slow acting, once Lunesta took effect, drifting off to slip was horrifying and i quickly awoke. woke several times during the night and woke up exhausted. tried Lunesta the next night to catch up on lost sleep with the same results. during the day was tired but at night could not fall asleep and stay asleep with Lunesta. bad taste in mouth, severe headache which lasted 4-5 days, trouble breathing, anxiety and an overall BAD EXPERIENCE. | POISON. ALMOST WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. | F | 51 | 2 days | 11/29/2005 | 3 | severe insomnia | Terrible, terrible taste - at night and morning, I've also lost my sense of taste on somethings and other's are warped. I've also been feeling nauseous for the last few days. And I'm tired every day. Just too many side effects for me. I'll be stopping. | It worked for a few days, but it doesn't really anymore. The tiredness has occured the entire time. Last night I slept for two hours, then woke up startled and didn't go back to sleep. I've also had more clarity in my dreams | F | 33 | 8 days | 11/23/2005 | 3 | unable to sleep/stay asleep | this will be my 3rd night taking lunesta. I immediately got a very unpleasant taste in my mouth that I could taste only when I inhaled. it seemed to coat even the roof of my mouth. i can only describe it as a "gross i just chewed asprin" taste mixed with "eew i just drank orange juice after brushing my teeth" taste. i still don't stay asleep. the first night i woke up after 7 hours, and that was cool, i guess my body was done sleeping. so i lounged in bed a while, cuz i still felt groggy and i didn't really feel like doing anything. i went to the living room and proceed to take almost a two hour nap while watching tv, and had AWFUL dreams. I usually do, but this time, it involved disgusting smells. Research shows that people do not smell in dreams, but they are WRONG... I was gagging in my dream it smelled so bad. The second night, I woke up after 5 hours, had to use the bathroom (i also take detrol la) then went back to bed for a couple hours... I hav | F | 33 | 3 days | 11/18/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | The only side-effect would be the Metallic taste in the morning to aft. But hey! - keeps me from eating too much ;) | This has really helped me. I've had insomnia - mostly severe night waking - for 32 years. Recently, it had worsened with life-stress and peri-menopuase. I am SO Thankful for Lunesta I can't begin to describe... | F | 51 | 45 days | 11/14/2005 | 4 | help stay asleep | I have not experienced the bad taste that so many others seem to have had. However, I have noticed, as well as my husband, that I have been a lot more irritable/anxious the last couple of days, which is not something that is normal for me... | Overall, it has helped me fall asleep faster and wake up less during the night. I feel fine in the mornings with no bad taste. However, it did not start working until about the third night of taking it. | F | 23 | 6 days | 11/12/2005 | 2 | To stay asleep the whole night | Bad taste in the morning. Nervousness/jitteryness/trembling of my jaw. Effectiveness is hit-or-miss. Never did sleep through the night. Going from 2mg to 3mg only added about 1-hour to my sleep. | As with most folks, the bad taste in the morning was my first side-effect. At first I thought it was a tooth going bad (I was already scheduled for a crown and a filling was leaking) until I saw the commercial. Now I have determined that it causes nervousness/jitteryness/trembling of my jaw .I thought I was having side effect from my HBP meds (on #5). I had stopped all caffene drinks for more then 2-weeks but was still jittery. Then I decided to switch back to Ambien (which is a hit-or-miss on effectiveness). After two days off Lunesta, I realized that my jitteryness was subsiding (my doctor had already prescribed some diazepam to help, since he was running out of ideas on what was causing the jitteryness). I switched back to Lunesta last night and now I am "bouncing off the walls" again, including the trembling jaw. | M | 47 | 4 weeks | 11/12/2005 | 4 | insomnia | I didn't notice the bad taste, but definitely my sense of smell is heightened after taking this medication. I'm feeling very emotional and a bit anxious lately, but that could also be due to the personal issues that led to the insomnia in the first place :-) I've had some odd dreams, which is unusual. | This definitely has helped me sleep through the night. I take it half an hour before going to bed, and while I might wake once to go to the restroom, I'm not waking 2-3 times any more. I can go right back to sleep after waking up at night. | F | 40 | 5 days | 11/10/2005 | 1 | can't sleep | the worst taste in my mouth ever! i too also thought the water was contaminated then it continued to the next day. what a horrible side effect.. i would rather stay up all night than experience the horrible taste that lingered in my mouth. i do not recommend this drug! | waited for two hours and didn't fall asleep. same as usual. do these pills even work... | F | 31 | 1 days | 11/10/2005 |