ROZEREM Reviews (RAMELTEON)Average Rating: 1.9 (254 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ROZEREM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ROZEREM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | why do you think? | This stuff, at 4 mg, made me high as a kite. Yes, I know, it's supposed to be harmless and have no potential for abuse. It gave me a silly buzz and made me feel rather nice...in spite of its not helping me to sleep AT ALL! | What garbage! I took half a dose because one of my brothers, who is chemically similar to me in regard to medicines, said 8 mg kept him up all night. So I take 4 mg, and get this euphoric feeling and some tingling in my nervous system (I don't know how else to put it). It kept me awake. The next day, I am dizzy and drowsy. Thanks a lot, Rozerem. You are an expensive fraud. Lunesta (3mg) works WAY better for me, despite the crap-taste the next day. | F | 55 | 1 days | 6/11/2009 | 1 | insomnia | no sleep! breasts hurt | Rozerem did nothing for me. I might as well have taken nothing. The only affect it had on me was making my breasts very sore. | F | 29 | 5 days | 6/9/2009 | 1 | Acute Insomnia | None | I had high hopes for this medication, but it was completely ineffective. It didn't aid with either sleep initiation, or with sleep maintenance | M | 39 | 10 days | 6/8/2009 | 1 | insomnia | Terrible stomach pain. Felt "hung-over" slept the entire next day with flu like symptoms, including body aches. Woke about 2 hours after taking it with my skin crawling and feelings that I could not breath. Horrible experience! I wonder how long I am going to be tired? Thank goodness I took it on a Friday night and do not have to go to work! | DO NOT take this drug!!! | F | 41 | 1 days | 6/6/2009 | 1 | Bad Insomnia 15 to 20 years | Horrible Nightmares > Snakes were crawling all over me. I never have dreams like this , till I tried 1 Rozerem. | It did not help me sleep at all. I got about 15 minutes or less and for that brief moment I slept. I had huge snkaes crawling all over my legs and feet. Scared the crap out of me. I threw the rest of the samples in the garbage. | F | 52 | 1 days | 5/13/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Vivid dreams, sometimes nightmares; the worst of it is dizziness that didn't start until after I had taken it about a month but has gotten very bad; nausea | I'm afraid to take this now; the dizziness lasts throughout the day, and I'm worried to drive or go anywhere by myself. I stopped taking it two days ago but wonder how long it will take to get out of my system, as the dizziness and nausea have continued. | F | 43 | 4 weeks | 5/8/2009 | 2 | to remain asleep | drowsiness hours after awaking, slightly clouded consciousness | I took the medication hoping it would allow me to sleep more than about 3 to 4 hours, but it seldom did this. My best sleep was 4.5 to 5.5 hours. I usually awoke for a restroom visit. When I attempted to return to sleep, I was only able to attain a shallow sleep and a sensation as if I was struggling to fall asleep, as if I was "burrowing" into sleep. When the alarm rang, I still was not in a deep sleep. (I usually allowed 7 hours for sleep.) I believe I got some relief from fatigue in the first 3 months but there has been no progression in sleep duration. And, I realized I was drowsy and mildly "tipsy" long after awakening. I stopped the drug because of the drowsy after effects. I have not taken Rozerem for 5 nights and my sleep is about the same as with it. I feel "sharper" mentally without the drug. I suggest that if you take Rozerem, you take it for a short period, as I believe it is recommended, not for as long as I did. My physician regarded the drug as a long-term sleep solution and I did not find it to be. | M | 63 | 10 months | 3/29/2009 | 1 | INSOMNIA | NO SLEEP, HUNG OVER THE NEXT MORNING, AND DIZZY ALL DAY. | THIS WAS A JOKE. I HAVE TAKEN EVRY SLEEP AIDE THER IS AND THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE WORST. DID NOTHING, I ENDED UP TAKING AMBIEN AFTER THE ROZAREM AND AM SO LOOPY TODAY. | F | 41 | 1 days | 3/27/2009 | 4 | Problems sleeping & feeling rested | After 7 days of taking it I have not experienced any side effects. | So far it is really helping me - I feel more rested than I have in many, many months. It does not really make me go to sleep any faster but I am sleeping more soundly and feel much better. | F | 53 | 7 days | 3/26/2009 | 1 | insomnia | insomnia | Rubbish. sleeping now worse than before | F | 55 | 20 days | 3/26/2009 | 2 | long term insomnia; no deep sleep | Nauseous & dizzy within an hour first time. It also makes you very hungry. These problems are decreasing problem with use. Varies in speed of effect - sometimes 2 hours - sometimes 5 minutes. A real plus is I can taste my breakfast and wake up within an hour! All that other stuff I was taking dulled all my senses for about 4 hours after waking. I still do stuff without knowing I did it, though, on both ends going into sleep and coming out of it. | Intensifies problems already having - up and down all night after brief, non-restful 2 hours. Horrid nightmares over and over through partial sleep periods - like someone here describes as "having a high fever". It makes you feel like that all the time - day and night; also agitated and intensifies anxiety. Skipped my first period in 38 years and no interest at all in my man. It's getting better as time goes on though, and it's last chance so I hope it works. Have tried everything mentioned here plus herbals for months each because I've had insomnia so many years - trazedone, trypto something, valerians, lunesta, ambien & generics ambienCR, and two other the Dr's said were for "anxiety stressed war veterans". All of those either knocked me out for 3 days like anesthetic, or didn't do a darn thing but fog my mind. Actually, low dosage of Benadryl and Advil combined works as well as this stuff (see your Dr.) Ambien had worked great for awhile & then stopped totally. This drug seems a lot like Lunesta, & isn't much different than my own bad sleep pattern - and behavioral modification doesn't work w/some medical conditions. This could work in time, but I'd rather be knocked out; prefer switching back and forth from Ambien to Lunesta. It seems the effectiveness of this or anything else depends on the source of the problem - like if you have apnea vs. nerve damage vs. hormonal imbalances, etc. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 3/22/2009 | 2 | insomnia | taken for 8 nights,total hangover,weakness,paranoid,stressed worsten with no energy to deal with it,my dr said it would stimulate nateral meletonin, so I trusted it would help heal my imbalence.I also felt very hungery and constipated. | this stuff is going in the garbage,life is to short to live in alterd states.I felt just like I had out of surgery for 8 days,general anasthisia,a bummer trip! | F | 49 | 8 days | 3/15/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Took it only twice. I work for a psychiatrist who recommended it over Ambien CR. I was concerned about the addictive properties of Ambien CR, which actually works very well for me. Two nights on Rozerem produced flu-like symptoms, muscle ache, chills and dizziness. I have felt miserable for 3 days. NO MORE ROZEREM for me. I am not willing to "let it get into my system" - I can't wait until it's OUT of my system for good. Would NEVER recommend this drug to anyone. | 53 | 2 days | 3/13/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Insomnia, flu-like symptoms, depression, exhaustion, anxiety. | Like many other people said.... I slept much more lightly than I do on my Trazodone. I woke up constantly, and felt like I was tossing and turning all night. I had anxiety-related nightmares all night, too. The next day I had cold-like symptoms, felt like I had a fever and was constantly exhausted. I've found myself more depressed than usual, and subject to the abstract thoughts and anxiety that usually only come when I'm not on my medication. All this after only two days, so I'm not going to risk continuing and getting even worse. Back to Trazodone for me. | F | 23 | 2 days | 3/13/2009 | 1 | Trouble falling asleep | Odd sensation of half being asleep, not a sounds sleep during the night. Next day dizziness,trouble focusing, felt like I had a fever later in the day, some nausea. | I have tried this twice, my sleep problems aren't severe enough that I have ever taken another prescription drug. This was just a bizarre experience though. The first time I tried it, I was in and out of sleep during the night, I slept worse than usual - normally I am a sound sleeper once I am actually asleep. The next day I was tired, dizzy, nauseous and had major trouble focusing on anything. Later in the day I thought I was getting the flu, it felt like I was getting a fever. The following day after that I woke up and was perfectly fine, I had NOT taken Rozerem the night before. After a few days I decided to try again, same experience - this drug is going out of my arnsenal, and judging from what I see here I am not the only one. | F | 34 | 2 days | 3/9/2009 | 1 | Difficulty staying asleep | I took it for the first time and felt very relaxed but did not sleep a wink it seemed like. I thought that one night could not judge the effectiveness of this drug so I took it again. I had the same effect. I have been off of this pill for about a week now and I am convinced that I am not getting more than an hour of sleep a night where I was getting about 3-4 hours before starting this medication. Does anyone know how long it takes to clear out of your system? I am not sure how I am going to continue to function with such little sleep. I highly do not recommend this medication. | F | 32 | 2 days | 2/24/2009 | 5 | sleeplessness | No side effects at all. | Without Rozarem I wake up 11-13 times a night. When I take it, I go to sleep within twenty minutes or so; I wake up around 4:30-5, but I can go back to sleep. I feel rested when I get up at 6:15. On two nights, a week apart, when I didn't take it, I woke up excessively again. I am very happy with it for now. | M | 48 | 30 days | 2/21/2009 | 2 | insomnia | My Dr.started me on lunesta with rozerem. Told me to take both for a week then just go to rozerem. Last night I went to just the rozerem and did not sleep well at all. Was awake off and on all night. I finally took a sonata at around 3:00 am and dozed some. I don't know if I should continue or not. Kind of back to where I was before taking it. | M | 59 | 1 weeks | 2/19/2009 | 2 | couldn't stay asleep | drowsy next day | F | 60 | 1 years | 2/13/2009 | 1 | insomnia | Excessive sleeping; drowsiness all day | I've been on and off Ambien/Ambien CR for 4 years with no side-effects, but this Rozerem knocked me out! | F | 32 | 14 days | 2/11/2009 |