Anyone tried Lunesta? My doc prescribed that today. I've taken Ambien in the past.
I have an adverse reaction to Benadryl and NyQuil (and most of the other antihistamine products on the market), so that's out for me.

No, but I quit taking ambien. Have you ever taken it and not went to sleep. You start tripping. :rolleyes:

And do you take it every night?

I don't get how I'm so tired and then I have trouble falling asleep too. It's mung.

-Rudey

Yeah, the Ambien trip is very weird!! That's happened to me several times. I cannot STAND not being able to fall asleep when I know I'm tired and I know I have to get up early.

My doctor prescribed that for me last month. I had the WORST taste (literally) left in my mouth, and it didn't help me sleep at all. Needless to say, I couldn't get rid of the sour taste and ended up stopping it all together.

I had been on Ambien for an extended amount of time. I had the problem of staying awake and talking (what about I don't know). My brother (who I used to live with) just got into the habit of telling me to go to bed whenever I tried to talk to him.

I had isomnia last night. The worst part of it was that I had the song that never ends stuck in my head while I was trying to fall asleep!

Did the Lunesta work for you? I hope so. Are you having the bad taste in your mouth?

I miss my ambien. I took it for quite awhile, but then it just stopped working. SUCKS! Now I take xanax and Nyquil for sleep. As you can tell, they are not working again tonight....

But I have been thinking of everyone who has posted on here about their insomnia!



I just would tlk and talk after I took it. Drove my friends and family NUTS! But if I didn't get the eight hours you are supposed to get of sleep, I have the worst Ambien hangovers where your head feels stuffed with cotton. It is a hypnotic that works very fast. Bad thing is that it doesn't prevent you from making drugged phone calls to my mother for hours on end every night.

I second the eating bit--some of the other meds I take say to take them before bed and not to eat before I take them, so I'm missing my midnight snacks and that sucks because I know I should already be getting back to a normal schedule (as normal as I can two time zones away from school, LOL), but I know good and well that I'm probably going to be staring at the ceiling or talking to Fluffy Bunny 'til 4 in the morning (6 TX time--so not trying to think about how Welcome Week's a couple weeks off, aughh!!!).

But yes, when I could, or when I feel like fudging with the prescription stuff ("the big bads are dairy products...I'll just pretend this is fake cheese in the tacos!")...eat something, that always knocks me out. I'm not a turkey fan, but microwaveable Mexican stuff (tacos, taquitos, enchiladas, take-out, you name it, the cheesier, the better) always used to do the trick.

Any suggestions for getting back into a normal routine? I don't really like the idea of meds messing with my sleep (I know it's a whole 'nother banana, but the one time I tried No-Doz, I went into a freaking panic attack the night before two finals, aughh!), so is there something else I should be doing that I'm not?

I blame my room...rent houses in WA state typically don't have air conditioning. It's sticky, it's humid, I'm on the top floor, and the aforementioned Fluffy Bunny is gonna stick to my face in the morning. Blecch.

So, I feel the insomnia coming on...grr, arrgh. I like sleep, really, I do...

No shit, I did the same thing. I called a friend of mine up at 5am on a tuesday morning and asked him if it was 5:00 in the morning or 5:00 in the evening. And I didnt even remember it the next day. Not to mention I'd be trippin balls sometimes. I had to drop it.

yea, I'd always hide my phone and turn it off after I'd take my med so that I wouldnt make drugged phone calls in the wee hours of the morning in case i didnt fall asleep after taking it.

Well, I've taken the Lunesta twice. It's really different from Ambien. Ya know (as we've all apparently experienced) how the Ambien makes you actually "feel" something? The Lunesta seems to make you more tired without the drunk feeling. I do stay asleep for a full 8 hours with it, which is very nice, with no hangover effect. So far I haven't experienced the bad taste in my mouth. Hopefully I won't get that!! I have been having headaches the last couple of days. I don't know if that's a side effect or just my sinuses.

Don't be so quick to rely on medicine. Your body can get used to it, and then when you try to sleep normally, you won't.

(I'm currently taking sleeping pills to treat insomnia, and trying to wean myself from them has been difficult).

A few things my doctor told me to do:

* Set a bedtime every night and stick to it. Try increasing that bedtime by 15 minutes every night if you want, but the object is to go to bed earlier, not later.

* No naps during the day

* No spicy or heavy foods at least 2-3 hours before bedtime

* No strenuous exercise at least 2-3 hours before bedtime

* Exercise in the morning - by the end of the day your body will be exhausted and will need recharging

* Make your sleeping environment as comfortable as possible

* Reserve the bedroom for sleeping or sex only. Get rid of any TVs, computers, phones, or other distractions

* Take yoga!

Hope this helps. Good luck - I've been battling insomnia for over a year, and it's only just starting to get better.

Sounds like you've got my routine down.

Ambien works great for me but I feel so hungover the next day. My Dr. prescribed Lunesta but I have not filled the prescription yet. I have been taking Tylenol PM for the last 2 weeks-it works ok. I have NO problems sleeping during the day since I work at night but on my 4 days off I try to switch back to being a day person which I find to be a very difficult task. BTW, how expensive was the Lunesta? I do have insurance, but I have to pay for it up front and then get reimbursed. I know ambien was $$$.

Well, I just pay a flat fee with my current insurance which is $25 since it isn't generic. I looked up the prices though and it looks like the 2mg Lunesta runs about $10-12 more expensive than 10mg Ambien. Hope that helps!