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 |
| 1 | Insomnia | headaches, neck and muscle pain, extreme lethargy lasting throughout the day. | I typically sleep 4-5 hours a night and occasionally have to take Ambien, but I am very high functioning and do great on a little sleep... the doctor suggested this medication (her experience is that fewer patients report side effects as compared to ambien). She also told me I needed to take it for two weeks for it to work but I can't take it any more, I can't stay awake. I am sleeping about 18 hours a day and have had to take several days off work because I am so drowsy. | F | 34 | 10 days | 2/7/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Felt a little sleepy and relaxed at first and then stayed awake all night. My body was numb, itchy and I had some dizziness when I tried to move about and I could not fall asleep. The following day was the worst. On top of being tired, I had an upset stomach, dizziness, and what felt like panic attacks throughout the day. Accelerated heart rate was hardest to deal with. | Worst experience ever with a sleep medication. Do not try this!!!!! | M | 36 | 1 days | 2/5/2009 | 2 | Not sleeping well | No side effects. | I only tried Rozerem for the first time last night. It made me fall asleep faster, but I woke up several times during the night, and had a hard time falling back to sleep. That was my issue in the first place, so I guess this drug didn't really work for me. | F | 26 | 1 days | 2/4/2009 | 4 | Severe Insomnia | Felt somewhat lethargic for the first 30 minutes after waking, but also felt refreshed and clear-minded. | The first night I took Rozerem, I experienced the best night of sleep in 13 years. I slept like a baby for nearly 11 hours and woke up feeling completely rejuvenated. It was the first time that I can recall sleeping through the night without disturbance in more than a decade. I've tried a host of other medications and alternative methods, but this is by far the best yet and I will continue to take Rozerem on an evaluation basis for the next few weeks. | M | 34 | 2 days | 1/31/2009 | 1 | To stay asleep all night | I took the drug half hour before going to bed and I did not have any problems throughout the night. It was the next day that things started to happen. I woke up fine, somewhat droggy, but as the day went along I got droggier and developed sinus headache symptoms. As the day went along I lost all attention span and ability to think or analyze properly. Very depressed type fellings. Just terrible overall feeling. I normally do not take naps during the day but I had become so tired that I had to. During the two hours I was asleep I experienced some of the worst nightmares and hallucinations I have ever experienced and found it very hard to wake up from it. It was like watching myself thrashing about in my bed and not being able to do anything about it. | The first time I took the drug I took it for two days with all the negative symptoms on both days, so I waited a week and took it again with all the same symptoms all over again. It has scared the hell out of me, since I felt I was out of control and dangerous to myself while I was on it. I will not use this drug again and will be talking to my doctor about an alternative medicine to keep me asleep throughout the night. | M | 48 | 3 days | 1/30/2009 | 5 | insomnia related to bipolar | Take 1/2 of pill to eliminate side effects | Works well taking 1/2 of pill at bedtime or on first wakeup. My sleep is deeper and I do better the next day. Goes well with small dose of risperidone if I need it. | M | 64 | 7 months | 1/11/2009 | 1 | Insomnia related to bipolar | up every hour, dreams so vivid did not know if I was asleep or awake. HORRIBLE drug and experience kind of like trying to sleep with a really high fever. Exhausted next day very drousy slep like a baby afternoon nap next day. I really think I have become hypersensitive to caffeine. Lets hope. never realized how much I have been consuming with coffee at the local Diner, and then diet soda during day. | skip it......ALWAYS save your money and maybe your life or sanity by checking this site before trying or buying. I have never known this site to be inaccurate. | M | 48 | 1 days | 12/31/2008 | 1 | Insomia | all side effects listed by the drug company, especially nausea, severe roaring of the ears, confusion, dizziness, feeling as if i am dying; | this is a horrid horrid horrid drug and i cannot figure out how it is still on the market; i truly felt as if i were dying during the night and for a full 24 hours felt the worst i think i have ever felt; it intensified my already severe clinical depression; i like the analogy of sawing off my leg with a butter knife that someone else wrote, because yes, that's what i would have rather done than have taken this medication; i almost had my husband take me to the emergency room; ambien works for me and lunesta although lunesta tends to linger around in my body a lot longer; i am a nurse and know a lot about medications, and this one is BAD; i have taken it maybe 10 times because i wanted to actually make sure it was the drug and YES IT WAS; no question in my mind that this is a dangerous drug especially if you are suffering from any type of depression or mental illness, DO NOT TAKE IT! take it very very cautiously if you insist on actually trying it, otherwise leave it alone; it's very | F | 41 | 10 days | 12/22/2008 | 2 | long term insomnia | Wanting to get off Xanax and Lunesta which had become ineffective. MD suggested Clonazepam to get me to sleep, and Rozerem to stay in a deeper sleep state. The combo worked, but I was hung-over the entire next day and very weak. | I have other health issues: bone/muscle pain and weakness from side effects of Arimidex (for breast cancer)which I also had to stop taking. The Rozerum seemed to make these things much worse, especially the weakness, and my brain was so groggy I could barely drive, had to leave work since I couldn't focus and also had amnesia. I have taken just the Clonazepam the past few nights and the side effects are less, but I have to get off these meds!!There are NO good ones out there!! Maybe hypnosis is the answer?? | F | 67 | 10 days | 12/19/2008 | 4 | Sleep issues | Occassional vivid dreams; a few unpleasent. | Haven't been on it on a regular basis but their is some inconsistancies in how well it works. However, no hang over or other noticable side effects. Have taken everything from Abmien to valium to whatever and prefer this as it is not habit forming. My Doctor is a psycologist and specializes in addition and medication. He claims it works only with certain people ( if melationin) works for you this should). | M | 60 | | 12/18/2008 | 4 | insomnia related to bipolar | Possibly some very mild side effects but difficult to determine. | To avoid side effects, usually take less than whole pill, about one half (4 mg.) Sometimes take a tiny amount of melatonin with it (just of small chip of 3 mg. pill). Definitely helps me sleep much sounder and helps stabilize my emotions. Goes well with very small amount of risperdal, if needed. | M | 64 | 180 days | 12/14/2008 | 5 | Considered taking it | Found out that this drug is the same as over the counter Melatonin (8 mg Px vs. 3 mg OTC). No sense in obtaining a Rx since generic melatonin is far cheaper. | Same as over the counter Melatonin (8 mg Px vs. 3 mg OTC) | M | 66 | 0 days | 12/11/2008 | 1 | insomnia possibly due to bipolar me | rapid heartbeat, paranoia, worse insomnia, waking up every hour, headache | tried this a few days, doctor said it would take time. Sawing off my leg with a butter knife would take time too and I would rather do that than take this drug. I was having all of the side effects listed here. Regular sleep aids like ambien or sonata tended not to work or make me wired. Now I just take two or three sonata instead of one and it knocks me out instead of making me wired. Judging by comments posted and my own experience I think this stuff is crap, gonna share this website with my doc. | M | 31 | 5 days | 12/6/2008 | 1 | insominia | moderate to severe headaches 20-30 after ingestion. have been taking few times a week for a year. worked ok for first six months, now headaches and worsened insominia when i take. | M | 60 | 1 years | 12/3/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Headache, mild skin rash and the most horrible experience with depression that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. First two nights I slept well and then I was back to my normal routine. | If you try this drug please write down how you feel before you take it. I didn't realize right away that it was the medication making me feel so depressed. | F | 41 | 10 days | 12/3/2008 | 1 | chronic insomnia | A physiological state worse than insomnia. | Taken on a few occasions, each time thinking the results would be different. I never liked the way OTC Melatonin made me feel, and this stuff is the same. Undoubtedly makes things worse. Feels like being wide awake while having nightmares all night. Very weird | M | 27 | 2 days | 12/2/2008 | 1 | Trouble falling asleep | Didn't fall asleep right away, woke up frequently, totally drugged the next day with slight dizziness, nausea, bad headache, could not wake up all day | I have trouble FALLING asleep. Once I do, though, I rarely have problems with waking up in the night. With this drug, I woke up every couple of hours. I took it when I didn't have to do anything the next day -- and I DIDN'T do anything today. Could not wake up! Maybe could have if I truly had to, but every time I'd wake up a little, I thought, ughh, gotta get up... then somehow I'd fall asleep for 2 more hours. I still have a headache at 7:15 pm the next day and I never really woke up all day. I feel like I'm in a fog. I will try a couple more times just to see if I get better with it, but THIS is not worth it. | F | 31 | 1 days | 12/1/2008 | 1 | Insomnia, fibromyalgia | vivid dreams | I tried this once, months ago and it didn't work but I was told by my doctor that I had to let it build up in my system, it works kind of like melatonin. So I waited until the long Thanksgiving weekend to try it again. I took one the night before last, read a boring book for half an hour and went right to sleep. Had a very vivid dream, woke up 90 minutes later. Went back to sleep, woke up 60 minutes later. So it went all night. Vivid dreams (no nightmares though) and wake up... after about 8 hours of being in bed, got up, put on a movie & slept solidly for two hours. Woke feeling groggy and hungry. Second night, exactly like the first. I woke up every hour to 90 minutes all night long, feel incredibly groggy today. No way could I drive, let alone work today. I'll try it again tonight to see if I can sleep through the night--if it doesn't work tonight, into the garbage it goes!! | F | 51 | 2 days | 11/28/2008 | 1 | insomnia | it doesn't work on me, stayed awake for hours then fell into sleep briefly, then woke up again. | it's my first time taking rozerem... should have checked this website first.. | F | 31 | 3 days | 11/16/2008 | 1 | insomnia | While taking Rozerem I was able to FALL asleep fast....however, I was awake at 1am and UNABLE to fall back to sleep!! | I've given it two nights following all "sleep-hygiene" procedures.....and with four small children I can't afford to try for a third night!!!! | F | 30 | 2 days | 11/13/2008 |