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 sleep b/c of a back injury | Was taking Ambien and it lost its effects on me. Now taking the Lunesta. I've been sleeping better, but I think the pharmacy must have mixed the blue pills up with another blue pill. I checked with the pharmacy and I have Lunesta, but ever since I've had erections that tend to stay for a while. Needless to say I don't have to worry about rolling off the bed at night anymore. I guess I may need to contact the doctor if it lasts more than 4 hours. Well my wife ain't complaining so we better enjoy it. Since its a good side effect Ill keep taking my "Lunesta". | M | 27 | 1 weeks 3 mg | 3/27/2014 | 4 | insomnia | Groggy in the morning (mild), tired all day despite good sleep | I cut a 3mg tablet in half and it gives me a restful 8 hours, which is great. I still feel a bit tired all day, but that beats the moodiness and physical symptoms of not sleeping for days. | F | 29 | 2 weeks 1.5mg 1X day | 2/26/2014 | 2 | insomnia | None | F | 23 | 1 days 2mg | 1/30/2014 | 2 | insomnia | ITCHING! and more itching. | worked for sleeping, but after 3 days had to stop due to hives and itching! | F | 33 | 3 days 2 mg 1X day | 11/22/2013 | 1 | REM sleep Behavior Disorder | Caused me to involuntary fall asleep after getting up for the day. This was a minor annoyance until the morning I fell asleep while walking back to my bedroom and fell down stairs. My minor injuries could have been serious. | It was an effective sleep aid for me. It did help with RBD. In 2 years I did not become addicted. It only took two nights with moderate insomnia to stop the drug. | M | 73 | 2 years 1.5 MG 1X day | 11/7/2013 | 1 | insomnia | The taste seems to errupt out of nowhere. I made me feel the way I did when going under right before surgery, regarding the taste. It took over 1 hr to work. Going back to Ambient 12.5 | F | 50 | 1 days 3 | 10/27/2013 | 4 | Chronic insomnia | bitter taste, acute credit card debt | It was very effective. Good while I could still (barely) afford it. I loved the way it kicked in while I was reading before bed...the words were floating up off of the pages, it was really cool...then, my eyes got heavy, so I'd have to throw down whatever I was reading, stagger off to the toilet, and then stagger off to bed, and then - out like a light! It worked so fast. Instead of before (and since), where I'd just lie in bed with racing thoughts, for hours and hours. That's why this medicine was so effective for me - it stopped all the racing thoughts! | F | 42 | 1 years 3 1X day | 10/25/2013 | 3 | severe insomnia | Metallic aftertaste eventually goes away after extended use. I experience respiratory issues when taking a higher dosage (4 mg) and constant post-nasal drip. | Works much better than Ambien CR but still not perfect. I have definitely developed a resistance to it. Used to take 1 1/2 mg. but now have to take 3 - 4 mg. and don't sleep as well as I initially did. At most, I get 5 hours of sleep. Extremely important to take on an nearly empty stomach or it doesn't work at all. | F | 52 | 7 years 3 mg 1X day | 9/28/2013 | 4 | insomnia | metalic taste. Uncontrollable hunger shortly after taking it. | This helps me sleep, but the way I feel 20 minutes later is awful. Out of nowhere I feel like I am starving, and head to the kitchen and eat and eat. Every night I say I am NOT going to do that, but every night I do. Makes me mad to be taking in so many calories and not being able to control it. But it truely makes me very hungry. I can't believe no one else has this side effect :( | F | 53 | 4 years 3mg 1X day | 8/24/2013 | 2 | Chronic Insomnia/ Chemo Side Effect | Not falling asleep or staying alseep | I switched to Lunesta because Ambien would not keep me asleep - I'd rather have any sleep right now so will switch back to Ambien because that did work at least for a couple hours. I really haven't noticed the metalic taste but I've also been going through chemo and that is so much worse than Lunesta. | F | 48 | 1 weeks 20 1X day | 7/8/2013 | 1 | Insomnia | It didn't put me to sleep, nor did I stay asleep. The next day, it gave me the most god awful taste in my mouth which lasted 1/2 the day | F | 42 | 1 months | 7/5/2013 | 2 | Insomnia | Terrible metallic taste and waking up after 2 hours or less. | F | 36 | 1 months 3 MG 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 1 | Poor sleep quality | Excruciating sinus headache, ringing in my ears, tired all the time | When I first took this drug, it was great. I slept really well and the side effects were minor. After a couple of months, I was tired all the time and the headaches and ear ringing were horrible. When I tried to reduce the dose, I could not sleep. After quitting, the rebound insomnia was horrible. I did not realize this drug was so addictive. I think the FDA made a terrible mistake approving it for extended use. My Dr. said she has never seen anyone have this problem before. I am going to do a short course of valium with the hope of getting back to normal. YIKES! I would never take a hypnotic again and would recommend that people not use them for extended periods. | F | 47 | 6 months 3 mg 1X day | 4/16/2013 | 5 | shift worker | HAVE to be in bed within 15 min or don't remember going to bed or doing stuff nothing important . some weird dreams but otherwise solid sleep took mine 20 min ago better go before I start composing a manifesto praising this drug.sleep well fellow non sleepers | take 2 times a week when I flip fop my sleep schedule | M | 44 | 3mg 1X day | 4/15/2013 | 5 | perimenapausal insomnia | some mild headaches | love it helps me sleep 95 percent of the time do not eat about 2 hours before highfat dinners will don't absorb the medicine | F | 47 | 12 months 2mg 1X day | 3/17/2013 | 1 | Insomnia | As a stomach sleeper, I started to doze off and felt paralyzed and felt like I was suffocating. I kept trying to make noise to get help but couldn't. This occurred 4xs and lasted about 45 seconds. After changing positions resolved. I am able to sleep but for the better of the day that follows I am fighting rage and aggression. I had to stop. Side effects worse than the insomnia | F | 41 | 1 days | 3/15/2013 | 1 | Onset insomnia and early waking | Also taking Prozac 20 mg. Maybe lunesta helps me fall asleep, but wake up after 1-3 hrs with burning sensation on chest and back. Can not fall back to sleep and feel more anxious next day. This drug definitely does not work for me, but may have something to do with the Prozac. | M | 39 | 2 days 2 mg | 3/10/2013 | 1 | insomnia | Within the first 15 minutes of taking it i got this awful taste in my mouth so I took a drink of water.. immediately spit it out.. can't for the life of me get rid of it .. I started having a panic attack.. I was woozy like a bad trip.... NEVER AGAIN | F | 21 | 1 days 3mg | 1/29/2013 | 5 | Chronic insomnia/waking up early | Started taking this for very severe middle and initial onset insomnia. Ambien made me zone out and the abuse potential was very high for me, and it did not keep me asleep. Lunesta has not lost effectiveness at all. I do have to take it right before bed or I get hungry, otherwise I don't feel it working at all until I hit the pillow. | M | 44 | 4 years 3mg | 12/14/2012 | 2 | PTSD/insomnia | Aside from the horrid taste it leaves in my mouth, I discovered a whole new reason not to take it. I am an avid gym rat, And i sweat however, since i started taking lunesta my sweat smells off, It has this weird odor to it that is almost immediate which deodorant doesnt even help,Not to mention i sweat A LOT more than normal. I was put on lunesta because my ambien were only letting me sleep for 2 horus at a time per day, thus making me feel like i was in the military again. Lunesta works as far as sleep, but i wake up with wet sheets (sweat) and ive kept my window open 35deg outside to try helping...still no luck. | M | 32 | 8 days 2mg 1X day | 11/28/2012 |