zopiclone sleeping tablets

[loopyc]

after what feels like weeks without sleep i went to the docs he gave me some zopiclone which worked well the first night, but but since have been giving me some off the worst nightmares i have ever had, im even more worn out in the morning now. has anyone else had similar experiences with this tablet?

[aka pixi]

hi loopy i havent taken them personally but used to live with a guy who took them. He took amitriptiline and i think temazepam for a disorder he had but couldnt sleep so the doc gave him zopiclone and told him to take them in the middle of the night when he woke up. As soon as he started taking them he began to have unbelievable mood swings and rages. He was confused a lot and they made the mental illness he had much worse.

[imajenarry]

i've had this when i've taken one of the older sleeping medications.wasn't good. zopiclone is one of the newer medications but if you talk to your gp there are plenty of others that he can prescribe for you instead.

[mandimoo]

yes, i have a current prescription for these. horrible aint it? what happens to me is that i still think im awake and then someone comes in the room (even though im in the house alone). my bf has got into bed with me (even though he was 10 miles away), i kinda wake up, shake my head, but the second im back on my pillow the hallucination starts again. its got so that i can only take half at a time, and never when alone. also, i cant take them before i get into bed, or i start seeing what i describe as 'spare cats' all over the place. in other words, i will see a cat dart about in the corner of my eye, i turn, there is nothing there, but then a cat darts in the corner of my other eye, i spin round, nothing. and so forth. i have also, on more than one occasion suffered from what i can only describe as a fit, from taking them. laying on my side in bed, my uppermost leg and arm went into a juddering spasm. the doc told me she had never heard of that particular side effect before. go back, tell them they are making you worse as you are now scared to go to sleep - and get tomazipam. they probably wont give you many cos they are more addictive, but if its only to break a cycle this shouldnt be a problem.

[loopyc]

thanks everyone for your answers i have had temazepan in the past and i ended up being violent in my sleep towards my partner so i had to stop as i have children and would never forgive myself if i hurt one of them.

[daisy48]

loopyc, Zopiclone are akin to SSRI's when it comes to nightmares. All of these meds are notorious for their side effects. Seeing things that are'nt there is another side effect. Zoplicone can be very addictive just like SSRI's so dont stop them abruptly.

[Hellion]

loopy - I've been sleeping badly for months now too I've found best cure is warm milk, large spoon of honey and a huge dollop of whiskey. It's comforting and although I wake in the night I do drop of to sleep again.
I refuse to take sleeping tablets however bad it gets - the main trick is to try and break the cycle sometimes even sleeping in another room can make all the difference, Good Luck.

[loopyc]

i will be trying that tonight hellion sounds much nicer than sleeping tablets xx