Posted by jerrympls on April 21, 2005, at 1:25:28
In reply to 2nd night of Lunestra, posted by fachad on April 21, 2005, at 1:11:18
> My pdoc only had two of the 3mg and two of the 2mg samples left so that's what I got.
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> I took a 2mg last night and I went to bed 90min later and fell asleep with no trouble. I did not wake up, but I did have lots of dreams.
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> Tonight I took a 3mg tablet.
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> I'm interested to see what people find as far as:
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> - time to onset (Ambien was REALLY FAST)When Ambien worked really well for me - it got me to sleep very fast whereas Lunesta 3mg takes an hour or so
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> - duration of action (Ambien wore off in 4 hrs and left me awake at 2 AM)Duration is MUCH longer = better than Ambien.
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> - subjective quality (Ambien just put me out, lorazapam made me fell dull and sullen)Ambien gave me a more relaxed "falling asleep" whereas Lunesta seems to just make me somewhat "normally" tired (yawn, etc). I don't feel knocked out - but it seems to put me in a deeper sleep than Ambien.
Also - I have NONE of the amnesia effects that Ambien has been known to cause.
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> - sleep qualityStill deciding on the sleep quality. I generally think it's very good overall - but I may have sleep apnea (I have a sleep study later this month) so that may be interfering.
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> - other weird side effects (bad taste, headaches, itchiness, or ??)No bad taste as some others have reported. I did have a headache for the first 3 days of taking it - nothing really bad - but annoying. No other side effects.
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> Hope others post their experiences with this promising new sleep med.
Great post! I hope others respond as well.Jerry
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