Posted by vivi on April 24, 2005, at 0:46:57
In reply to seroquel to lunesta experience, posted by mugsy on April 24, 2005, at 0:30:58
> I just tried lunesta desperately hoping to find a gentler but effective alternative to the seroquel I've been taking (was taking 300-400 mg seroquel but tapered to less than 50mg for past couple of months).
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> The first night (two nights ago) I took 2mg of lunesta and about 25 mg of seroquel. Went to sleep easily but woke up early (maybe got 4 hours or so of sleep) and could not get back to sleep after that. Did not seem to have the munchies as much as with seroquel but felt ok except for this really weird taste in my mouth which lasted through half of the next day. The taste is most noticable when I drink water, lingering bitter taste. The second night on Lunesta I took 2mg lunesta and no seroquel, I slept for a bit and woke up, I took another 2mg of Lunesta and went back to bed, slept a few hours and woke up again not really able to get back to sleep.
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> So that is my first two nights on Lunesta. Tonight I feel a little weird. I don't know what to take now... but I know I won't sleep without an effective sedative.
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> I'm bummed that lunesta isn't much better than it seems to me.
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> This chronic insomnia has been killing me for many years and seroquel is not really very gentle for me. None of my doctors will prescribe benzos on a regular basis but they have been effective and by far the gentlest of them all for for me. The benzo tolerance effect is a pain but with careful dosing I found could be manageable for a long time.
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> Seroquel makes me hungry and fat, affects my vision in a bad way, dries out and inflames my throat, irritates my sinuses and does other weird physical and mental stuff... but I either take that or friggin die of insomnia the way it is for me now.
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> I'm disappointed in lunesta. it's hard to believe we can put a man on the moon but can't have a gentle and effective medication for chronic insomnia.
Have you tried Ambien? it works faster than Lunesta, but not as long. I liked ambien, but I needed something stronger. I have read some posts that mention Remeron?
Vivi
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