Lunesta
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Got mine yesterday. Started tapering off the Seroquel, so took 3mg Lunesta and 400mg Seroquel at bedtime. Slept about the same as I had been: Three hours of sound sleep, andother six of one-hour naps. Too soon to tell what Lunesta alone will do, though I’m a bit encouraged because I had previously been unable to sleep on 400mg of Seroquel. Has anyone noticed a bitter tase in the mouth that lasts all night? Every time I got a drink of water, it tasted bitter.
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Richard Evans wrote: > Got mine yesterday. Started tapering off the Seroquel, so took 3mg > Lunesta and 400mg Seroquel at bedtime. Slept about the same as I had > been: Three hours of sound sleep, andother six of one-hour naps. Too > soon to tell what Lunesta alone will do, though I’m a bit encouraged > because I had previously been unable to sleep on 400mg of Seroquel. > Has anyone noticed a bitter tase in the mouth that lasts all night? > Every time I got a drink of water, it tasted bitter.
Richard, I noticed the bitter taster as well. Jill
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Richard Evans wrote: > Got mine yesterday. Started tapering off the Seroquel, so took 3mg > Lunesta and 400mg Seroquel at bedtime. Slept about the same as I had > been: Three hours of sound sleep, andother six of one-hour naps. Too > soon to tell what Lunesta alone will do, though I’m a bit encouraged > because I had previously been unable to sleep on 400mg of Seroquel. > Has anyone noticed a bitter tase in the mouth that lasts all night? > Every time I got a drink of water, it tasted bitter.
Richard, I noticed the bitter taste as well. Jill
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Richard Evans <info…@mindspring.com> wrote: >Got mine yesterday. Started tapering off the Seroquel, so took 3mg >Lunesta and 400mg Seroquel at bedtime.
Night two: I wish I had better news to report. I cut the Seroquel to 300 mg and took 3mg Lunesta. Spent the next three hours staring at the inside of my eyelids. Took another 200mg Seroquel and promptly fell asleep One bright spot: Even though my Glucometer has been showing higher readings since starting the Seroquel, my HgA1c is 6.8, down a smidge from the 6.9 where it was when I started the Seroquel. If the Lunesta doesn’t work, I feel better about staying on the Lunesta,
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Richard Evans <info…@mindspring.com> wrote: >One bright spot: Even though my Glucometer has been showing higher >readings since starting the Seroquel, my HgA1c is 6.8, down a smidge >from the 6.9 where it was when I started the Seroquel. If the Lunesta >doesn’t work, I feel better about staying on the Lunesta,
Oops. I meant "staying on the Seroquel"
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Seroquel can give you RLS and PLMD, It is a potent anti-schizophrenia drug developed to combat psychotic symptoms. It should NOT be prescribed as a sleep aid. On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:56:20 GMT, in alt.support.sleep-disorder Richard Evans – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<info…@mindspring.com> wrote: >Richard Evans <info…@mindspring.com> wrote: >>One bright spot: Even though my Glucometer has been showing higher >>readings since starting the Seroquel, my HgA1c is 6.8, down a smidge >>from the 6.9 where it was when I started the Seroquel. If the Lunesta >>doesn’t work, I feel better about staying on the Lunesta, >Oops. I meant "staying on the Seroquel"
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:48:58 -0700, "Doug Reding" <s…@cauce.org> wrote: >"pwhinson" <pwhin…@bellsouth.net> wrote in message >news:1112965663.601288.275170@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com… >> On Lunesta, I began with 1mg at 10PM, another 1mg at 12PM and another >> at 2AM (for a total of the recommended 3mg dose). At 3AM I was still >> awake. I’ll try taking the entire 3mg in one dose on another occasion. >I would expect that it would not be effective taking it 1mg / 1mg / 1mg. >The studies seem pretty clear that a single 3mg dose is nearly universal. >The 2mg dosage seemed effective primarily in the elderly. Just about >everyone else needed the full 3mg. Other than the elderly or very small and >light individuals, I don’t think I would even bother trying lower doses.
Walgreens doesn’t even list the 1 and 2 milligram doses
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On 11 Apr 2005 20:53:32 -0700, jrtrac…@hotmail.com wrote: >Just got my Lunesta today. Took it around 10:30 and it’s now 11:55 pm. > What a crock. Just now took half an ambien. >criminy!! >Jill
I have to take 20mg of that Ambien shit plus a quarter-mg of a `zolam to sliop off into sleep, where I really should be
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:51:09 -0700, "Doug Reding" <s…@cauce.org> wrote: >Everyone who has quit taking Ambien cold turkey expecting Lunesta to work >immediately is bound to be disappointed. Had you stopped taking Ambien 2 >months ago (and used nothing else since) that would tell the true story. I >have been off of Klonopin for two months in anticipation of Lunesta. I know >without any doubt that had I quit taking Klonopin yesterday, and begun >taking Lunesta today, I would not sleep. It will likely be the same with >Ambien or ANY drug; you need time for the brain to lose it’s dependence on >the old medication before you can expect the new medication to do it’s >thing.
Klonopin makes me fat…
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On 12 Apr 2005 06:38:20 -0700, jrtrac…@hotmail.com wrote: >That makes a lot of sense. Maybe I’ll wait until the weekend to try it >again. >Thanks, >Jill
if I even try to taper-off .5mg of triazolam, doorskins get ripped when I get paranoid delusions that JamesyAmanda looked at me funny, so I got that to repair, plus the doorframe is shattered plus there is earthquake shift compression damage and the whole fucking thing has had other maniacs on crank fuck it the bottom of the door got peeled by some messy dog, too this whole sleep thing has ruined my life. itz a fuck…
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:29:34 GMT, Richard Evans <info…@mindspring.com> wrote: >Got mine yesterday. Started tapering off the Seroquel, so took 3mg >Lunesta and 400mg Seroquel at bedtime. Slept about the same as I had >been: Three hours of sound sleep, andother six of one-hour naps. Too >soon to tell what Lunesta alone will do, though I’m a bit encouraged >because I had previously been unable to sleep on 400mg of Seroquel. >Has anyone noticed a bitter tase in the mouth that lasts all night? >Every time I got a drink of water, it tasted bitter.
it’s the same as zopiclone (Imovane) if you want to sleep just deal with it or go on generic Halcion. I did that it’s cheaper than generic Stilnox …Zolpidem. Ambien. phuaaahuaah! snake oil…
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:57:59 -0700, nos…@nospam.org wrote: >Seroquel can give you RLS and PLMD, It is a potent anti-schizophrenia drug >developed to combat psychotic symptoms. It should NOT be prescribed as a sleep >aid.
no shit… one Las Vegas shrink prescribed triazolam and Depakote …Depakote during the daytime I’m out in the middle of a fucking desert and have KP duty Depakote, barren deserts, and KP = death in a very short time no triazolam can lead to death, too. not mine, tho…
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Just got my Lunesta today. Took it around 10:30 and it’s now 11:55 pm. What a crock. Just now took half an ambien. criminy!! Jill
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Everyone who has quit taking Ambien cold turkey expecting Lunesta to work immediately is bound to be disappointed. Had you stopped taking Ambien 2 months ago (and used nothing else since) that would tell the true story. I have been off of Klonopin for two months in anticipation of Lunesta. I know without any doubt that had I quit taking Klonopin yesterday, and begun taking Lunesta today, I would not sleep. It will likely be the same with Ambien or ANY drug; you need time for the brain to lose it’s dependence on the old medication before you can expect the new medication to do it’s thing. <jrtrac…@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1113278012.427699.27890@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Just got my Lunesta today. Took it around 10:30 and it’s now 11:55 pm. > What a crock. Just now took half an ambien. > criminy!! > Jill
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Doug Reding wrote: > Everyone who has quit taking Ambien cold turkey expecting Lunesta to work > immediately is bound to be disappointed. Had you stopped taking Ambien 2 > months ago (and used nothing else since) that would tell the true story. I > have been off of Klonopin for two months in anticipation of Lunesta. I know > without any doubt that had I quit taking Klonopin yesterday, and begun > taking Lunesta today, I would not sleep. It will likely be the same with > Ambien or ANY drug; you need time for the brain to lose it’s dependence on > the old medication before you can expect the new medication to do it’s > thing. > <jrtrac…@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1113278012.427699.27890@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com… > > Just got my Lunesta today. Took it around 10:30 and it’s now 11:55 pm. > > What a crock. Just now took half an ambien. > > criminy!!
That makes a lot of sense. Maybe I’ll wait until the weekend to try it again. Thanks, Jill
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On 8 Apr 2005 06:07:43 -0700, "pwhinson" <pwhin…@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Lunesta is widely available now. I took it for the first time last >night but had an initial poor experience with it. I’ve been taking >Ambien long-term for chronic insomnia (5+ years) but Ambien’s efficacy >has diminished over the past few years. I now get 4-5 hours out of 10 >mg of Ambien, and then take a half of a 10mg dose (for a total of 15 mg >nightly) and get an additional 2-3 hours.
I get 4 hours tops on 20mg. generic Ambien and .25mg triazolam …all taken in one dose when the half-life expires, any disturbance wakes me up another .25 mg triazolam and I’m gone for the duration… so sleep is a multistaged thing controlled by drugs I hate it. and I’ve been in it for ten fucking years niow, and nobody will give or get a diagnosis of why I am this way >On Lunesta, I began with 1mg at 10PM, another 1mg at 12PM and another >at 2AM (for a total of the recommended 3mg dose). At 3AM I was still >awake. I’ll try taking the entire 3mg in one dose on another occasion.
the bolus approach seems to work best and wastes less druggage do it on an empty stomach, too, and take in some high-protein food this triggers the stomach to assimilate whatever is in it…
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"pwhinson" <pwhin…@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:1112965663.601288.275170@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com… > On Lunesta, I began with 1mg at 10PM, another 1mg at 12PM and another > at 2AM (for a total of the recommended 3mg dose). At 3AM I was still > awake. I’ll try taking the entire 3mg in one dose on another occasion.
I would expect that it would not be effective taking it 1mg / 1mg / 1mg. The studies seem pretty clear that a single 3mg dose is nearly universal. The 2mg dosage seemed effective primarily in the elderly. Just about everyone else needed the full 3mg. Other than the elderly or very small and light individuals, I don’t think I would even bother trying lower doses.
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Lunesta is widely available now. I took it for the first time last night but had an initial poor experience with it. I’ve been taking Ambien long-term for chronic insomnia (5+ years) but Ambien’s efficacy has diminished over the past few years. I now get 4-5 hours out of 10 mg of Ambien, and then take a half of a 10mg dose (for a total of 15 mg nightly) and get an additional 2-3 hours. On Lunesta, I began with 1mg at 10PM, another 1mg at 12PM and another at 2AM (for a total of the recommended 3mg dose). At 3AM I was still awake. I’ll try taking the entire 3mg in one dose on another occasion.
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pixi wrote: > Hope I can butt in here. I can usually fall asleep with no problem. But > then, two or three hours later I awaken and cannot get back to sleep. > I take a sleeping pill when that happens, usually.. I try not take them > every night as I don’t want to become adicted. > Read about Lunesta. It was supposed be released last month. I have had a > persciption at the pharmacy for over a month and they cannot get Lunestra. > Anyone know why?
Lunesta should be available the first week of April
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:39:12 -0500, Tim J. wrote: >On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:22:57 -0500, "pixi" wrote: >>Read about Lunesta. It was supposed be released last month. I have had a >>persciption at the pharmacy for over a month and they cannot get Lunestra. >My PDoc said it was scheduled for release today.
I would think Sepracor would be letting the whole world know if they were shipping, especially given that this is the first product they haven’t outlicensed. I went to both the Lunesta and Sepracor Web sites. Neither of them mention they’re shipping product.
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:22:57 -0500, "pixi" <p…@hardynet.com> wrote: >Hope I can butt in here. I can usually fall asleep with no problem. But >then, two or three hours later I awaken and cannot get back to sleep. >I take a sleeping pill when that happens, usually.. I try not take them >every night as I don’t want to become adicted. >Read about Lunesta. It was supposed be released last month. I have had a >persciption at the pharmacy for over a month and they cannot get Lunestra. >Anyone know why?
My PDoc said it was scheduled for release today.
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:22:57 -0500, pixi wrote: >Read about Lunesta. It was supposed be released last month. >Anyone know why?
Because the Lunesta Web site says "Lunesta is expected to be available in pharmacies by the end of March, 2005." Given the vagaries of ramping up pharma production, especially when your company usually outlicenses what they invent, I wouldn’t hold my breath.
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Never hold my breath. Except under water. thank you for the reply.. "Charlie Perrin" <c.l.perrin@SPAMBOTS_DIEatt.net> wrote in message
news:5h9841l26afbbgk46cukou46qo7vtola5g@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:22:57 -0500, pixi wrote: > >Read about Lunesta. It was supposed be released last month. > >Anyone know why? > Because the Lunesta Web site says "Lunesta is expected to be available > in pharmacies by the end of March, 2005." > Given the vagaries of ramping up pharma production, especially when > your company usually outlicenses what they invent, I wouldn’t hold my > breath.
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Hope I can butt in here. I can usually fall asleep with no problem. But then, two or three hours later I awaken and cannot get back to sleep. I take a sleeping pill when that happens, usually.. I try not take them every night as I don’t want to become adicted. Read about Lunesta. It was supposed be released last month. I have had a persciption at the pharmacy for over a month and they cannot get Lunestra. Anyone know why?
