Ambien or Lunesta, which is better, your experience please.?!
Question: Ambien or Lunesta, which is better, your experience please. I have beeen having trouble getting good sleep. My doctor prescribed Ambien CR. I'm able to fall asleep but not stay asleep. Have you tried either of these, what is your experience like. Is Lunesta better. Are there any other medicines which will help me stay asleep. I'm falling asleep well naturally but staying asleep is the hard one for me. This is causing sever migraines. Thank you.
Answers: Ambien or Lunesta, which is better, your experience please. I have beeen having trouble getting good sleep. My doctor prescribed Ambien CR. I'm able to fall asleep but not stay asleep. Have you tried either of these, what is your experience like. Is Lunesta better. Are there any other medicines which will help me stay asleep. I'm falling asleep well naturally but staying asleep is the hard one for me. This is causing sever migraines. Thank you.
Ambien & Lunesta are good for short-term sleeping, meaning liek you need to sleep that night b/c you have a big day tomorrow, but if you need help sleeping every night, Rozerem is a better choicec. Talk to your Dr. Discuss the pros & cons of each med with him. Ambien & Lunesta are also more likely to create dependency.
RN & Rozerem user
Never tried Ambien but did try Lunesta. Worked great! Downside was that it left a bitter taste in my mouth the entire following day. Couldn't handle that. Now I use a combination of exercise (5 days/wk) and benadryl. Sure, sometimes I wake up but now I can go right back to sleep.
Try Melatonin. It works for me. Melatonin is actually a hormone that your body produces, but the reason you can't sleep is because the hormone is either getting traped somewhere in your body, or your body just isn't producing enough. Melatonin is a pill and it is just a natural suppliment to help boost the hormone in your body, so it's completely harmless. Lunesta works, but if you dont go to sleep within 10 mins. it trips you out so much! You know how they have that little green fairy as the logo thing or whatever... yeah you halucinate like crazy. You slurr and your eyelids get really heavy. haha it was funny.