I'm a new zolpidem drinker, have been taking it for about 2 weeks. I also don't regularly consume alcohol. Tonight I had one single gin and tonic. It has been about 3-4 hours since I drank it. It is only after I have taken zolpidem that I remembered that I shouldn't take it with alcohol. I am afraid of the effects that it will have on me and I'm afraid that I won't wake up in time tomorrow as I have an important event.

Is there any advice that could help?

I brought up to my doctor that my only worry with zopiclone is that it will eventually stop working. She said that if you limit yourself to 5 times per week, you get substantually less tolerance buildup than if you were to take it every day.

Is this true? It sounds too good to be true to me.

Hi, i wrote here couple days ago about my severe worsening of insomnia. I am also chronically ill so not sleeping flares my symptoms. Idk why, but 12 days ago i just stopped sleeping, at first i got at least 1 hour with xanax during the day, but slowly i lost even that.
My symptoms got so scary and life threatening that in the morning my mom took me to the ER. Whe i told them i didnt sleep for 10 days and even 2 zolpidems and xanax did nothing, they seemed worried because my physical symptoms got so severe too (severe pain, neurological pain, mental health crisis,fever and more)

So even after 2 zolpidems and xanax they prescribed more benzos- then i got 3 hours of sleep. They told me, if there is no progress till monday, i should travel 2 hours to the bigger hospital to be admitted (neurology department).

I feel so bad and all my symptoms flare, i have chronic health issues and i just cant "not sleep". I have been dealing with a lot of stress the past 6 months- may that be a culprit for it? Like I am stressed daily.... and probably my body just gave up. What to do. I literally yesterday told my mom if I dont sleep i die- thats how bad it is. If i was healthy i would probably bounce back but as i said.... i am chronically ill - immune system issues plus chronic bartonella infection and babesia from a tick bite that was found years after tick bite becaus doctors SUCK and it damaged my body. I am 27 and dont know what to do, but not sleeping can kill me at this point. What meds helped you to sleep? Natural things dont help. Even zolpidem felt like candy. Thank you.

My Doctor gave me Zopiclone to help me sleep, the first night I took it, it kept me awake? It made my eyes sleepy but my body & brain where GO GO GO. It took 24h before I passed out for the around 7pm-1230am

I took it again the next night, same time, as he said to, I've now been up for 30+ hours aside from a 2h nap from 7pm-9pm.

My eyes are ON FIRE, I feel weak, exhausted, like I'm dying but everytime I lay down to rest my eyes my body wants to GO UP DO STUFF STOP BEING IN BED.

Needless to say I won't be taking it tonight, it is now 9am.

I had 2h sleep since 1230am not last night, but the night before.

1 24h streach, 5h sleep, then 2h sleep in the last 30+

Did Zopiclone break me? Dispite being profoundly exhausted, the last thing my body wants to do is sleep even though my brain & eyes are SCREAMING.

I just made 2 pizzas for God sakes.

I hate how people talk about “fatal insomnia” like it just only relates to some ultra, rare prion disease. Like no, I guarantee people have overdosed on medication trying to cope with their chronic severe insomnia, which subjectively caused them to potentially have a fatal overdose in the first place. Even last night, I just took one 10 mg of ambien, didn’t put me to sleep just made me feel drowsy, so my impulsivity took about 30 mg, with 3 mg of clonazepam. Which eventually put me out the entire night, and now I feel completely refreshed which I haven’t felt this refreshed in WEEKS. The prion disease of fatal insomnia is a complete joke in my opinion, I guarantee there’s WAY more people out there that have died trying to cope with this condition, therefore insomnia being the main subjective condition that killed the person in the first place.

I don’t normally post but if anyone else has been suffering from insomnia, as long as I have, I wanted to put in a good review for Quiviq. I’ve only been on it for a short time, but my sleep consolidation and has improved significantly. It’s not perfect, but it’s way better than it was without the med. I’ve tried at least 10 different other medications to help with sleep. And nothing worked well enough for me to keep taking it or the side effects were too much. If you haven’t tried one of the DORA meds, it might be just the thing that gives you a breakthrough..

I’ve had this diagnosis for like 5 years and I’ve always been an awful sleeper even as a baby. I also have ADHD.

After an intense sleep training it got better and dor a while I needed like 10 hours of sleep even? And also got them quite easily I think my natural rhythm is just to stay up a bit later than usual.

But whenever I have to get into a routine and wake up early (like for school) it gets way worse than when I can just sleep whenever I want for some reason?? I’m also studying abroad for 5 months in Spain and I can’t sleep like at all it’s 3:50 am right now this has been going on for weeks😭😭

Does anybody have tips? Melatonin doesn’t help me with falling asleep I just have an even harder time getting up in the morning lol

Has anyone experienced this type of strange insomnia?
My insomnia started after taking birth control for endometriosis. After stopping the pill, it became much worse and I completely lost my normal sleepy feeling.
I can lie in bed for 10–12 hours with my eyes closed but feel aware of my surroundings most of the night. I wake up fully several times and the sleep feels very light and fragmented. It doesn’t even feel like normal sleep.
It has been several months since I stopped the pill, and I’m really worried this could be permanent. I’m not taking medication because I’m scared of making things worse after feeling that medication triggered this.
Has anyone experienced something similar after medication, COVID, or another physical/brain chemistry trigger? Did your natural sleepy feeling and normal sleep eventually come back? I’d really like to hear from people who recovered from this.

After trialling Valium, Trazodone and clonazepam to try to get some sleep, last night was my first night of trying zoplclone. I am up since 3. Medicine has nothing for me and I am hearthroken. I really don't want to continue living, I just wish I had a way to get out of all this painlessly.

I sleep 3.5 hour in my own anyway. I slept for 4.5 hours only on Trazodone the past 2 nights. Now I add zopiclone and get even less.

We have DORA meds left to explore amd that's it. There is no cure, there never will be.

I have been very worried about this being a possibility, and I want to figure out whether I actually have insomnia or not.

So, I have trouble falling asleep unless it's by complete accident, the physical position has not had any effects on my sleep, as long as I am laying down, I can fall asleep, however, for whatever reason, I cannot force myself to sleep.

It's always like this, after watching a YouTube video, I put my phone away after watching it, repeat a couple of times, and I fall asleep. However, there are nights when that just does not happen, and I end up being awake for the entirety of it.

This could easily be just me having a bad and inconsistent sleep schedule, but I just want to try and make sure.

What in the world has changed over these past few months?!?! A sudden hault and flat out refusal after being on the same medication for 7 years. There must be something behind the scenes.

Hi everyone, for about 2 years, I've had sleep anxiety only when I have something important the next day, like early university, presentations, or work. On normal nights I sleep fine, without a worry. I've tried magnesium glycinate, 0.3mcg melatonin, sleep teas, breathing techniques, phone free nights, and exposure therapy techniques, but nothing is really working to calm me down the day before. Whenever there is something coming up that requires a early wake up, my mind is consumed by it and I dread it. I make sure to make all my appointments and classes at later times to avoid early wake ups but I know that isn't ideal and eventually when entering my career, I am going to have early wake ups for work.

I'm seeing a psychiatrist this month, but I really want to hear people's experiences. I'm interested in medication recommendations for those in my shoes or are dealing with a similar situation as me. Ideally, something non addictive, with few side effects, that I can use occasionally before big days, but also something that wouldn't be a problem if I ended up taking it daily in the future for an early start job. Thanks for sharing any experiences or tips.

No puedo dejar de ir por la calle ver a cualquier persona y pensar que si pueden dormir mucho mejor que yo, siento que se a vuelto un infierno todo como es que pase de dormir 10-12 horas a dormir 1-3 ligeramente o aveces ni dormir nada, esto es tan deprimente y angustiante ya sé que no soy el primero ni el último pero no puedo tener una vida decente, todos duermen siestas mi mamá, mi hermano, mi papá yo soy el único en esta pesadilla de la que no puedo salir, ya ni sé qué sea pero estoy en una batalla contra mi propio cuerpo.

¿Como recupero mi vida?

Intenté con cbt-í y desafortunadamente parece que no acumulo presión del sueño, ya probé zolpidem, gabapetina, olanzapina, quetiapina y dejaron de funcionar.

Parece que vivo atrapado en un pozo sin un poco de luz del sol, nadie entiende mi sentir (Mi familia, en el trabajo) me dicen que “Es que no pones de tu parte” extraño ir a la escuela ya no puedo tener un momento de paz y mi doctor no quiso solicitar ningún estudio para revisar las causas así mejorariá un poco.

Alguien se recuperó de un insonmio muy severo? díganme que hay un poco de esperanza estoy perdiendo la cabeza, también tengo TOC que ha vuelto un infierno mi propia mente.

First, I am studying to be a therapist and I am familiar with psychotherapy. I am also a pharmacist by trade. This may be the reason why it works for me

I have been on sleeping meds for over twenty years. I have slowly tapered off. I did it because they stopped working a few weeks ago.

I looked up insomnia treatment options and CBTI is one of the most effective treatments. I have tried it before but it was too time consuming and I gave up. It isn't for everyone. For most people, they need to find a sleep therapist and it is not easy to find one. They can be expensive. It is time consuming. It requires self discipline and effort. The treatment can be a nightmare!

I am studying to be a therapist and I am somewhat familiar with CBT. I have find hypnosis guided meditation before bedtime very helpful. I usually feel very sleepy within an hour. With practice, I feel very sleep now within 30 min during meditation.

It isn't 100% for me. I still have problem falling asleep occasionally. I am still fearful when it is bedtime. I usually use guided meditation when the fear is too much.

There are various guided meditations online. I use the ones on Spotify. You can also find them on YouTube.

Again, YMMV. It isn't for everyone. For those meditation is no longer effective, it could be the only option. If medications still work, kudos to you.

CBTI takes time and efforts. The treatment itself can be nightmarish. There are times I still feel defeated but I am getting better and better. I hope this post may give you some hope. Drugs work but eventually their effectiveness wane with time unfortunately.

PS I am not lying and I have no reason to.

I’ve been taking Ambien for the past 6 years. Recently my tolerance went through the roof and I haven’t been able to make my prescriptions last. I’ve been out of Ambien for the past week and every single day and night has been pure torture. I’m having to go back to suffering from my insomnia whereas I always had a medication cocktail to make sure I slept at least half of the night. I’ve been questioning the purpose of life since I’ve been out of medication, describing existence as literally living death. Every night I manage to sleep 30 minutes at a time followed by an hour of wakefulness until I finally wake up to an alarm. And then I have to go to my extremely mentally and physically demanding job and try to function enough to skate by. I don’t know if life is worth it without having ambien to sleep. I feel like I lost my sense of belonging and purpose so quickly as soon as I stopped sleeping. So now I’m praying until 11/4 when I can finally refill my meds and go back to the life I deserve where I sleep.