zopiclone for sleep

Hi I have been taking zopiclone for 6 years to relieve sleep problems at first and then started to take them in the day to calm me..I am now up to about 10 7.% mg a day off the internet...I want this to stop now, I am also alcoholic but no longer drink, Im scared if I stop the zopiclone too quickly I will have seizures as I did with alcohol withdrawl....

Might I suggest adding as treatments for sleeplessness such as Amitriptyline and Zopiclone as well as some of the other prescription sleep aides that some people may take. I want to keep track of how often I require these aids to help me sleep so that I can report it to my physician. Thank you!

Hi all, I have had sleep problems for the last 6 years. I started on zopiclone about 18 months ago which are great most of the time for getting me off to sleep, however I still wake up to 3 times during the night and wake in the morning feeling like i've had no sleep. I take 3.75mg as my normal dose, sometimes I take 7.5 and sometimes when i'm hyper (i'm bipolar) i take the max dose of 10.75mg. The thing is, as I'm still not getting a restful sleep very often, what do I do.

t want to live my life taking zopiclone to help me sleep for a few hours especially when I have a baby on the way...

It is used for the short-term and symptomatic relief of sleep disturbances. Zopiclone can help with difficulty falling asleep, frequent awakenings during the night, or early morning awakenings. Zopiclone should usually not be taken for more than 7 to 10 consecutive days. It should be used only by people for whom disturbed sleep results in functioning problems during the day.

However, this is disputed by one study of low dose zopiclone taken for only 7 nights. It found that discontinuation of zopiclone caused significant rebound insomnia. Furthermore when midazolam taken for 7 nights was discontinued no rebound insomnia occurred suggesting that zopiclone may have even more significant problems of tolerance and dependence than the benzodiazepines. After 3 weeks of use mild to moderate rebound withdrawal symptoms appear upon discontinuation of zopiclone.

Hi i suffer with sleep apnea also i am on sleeping tablets ( Zopiclone) is it ok to be on both as i have been on tabs for a long time and would not like it if i come off (Zopiclone) HELP thankyou

Just saw my doctor and she gave me an RX for Zoloft (was on Trazadone but that stopped working). Also, back on zopiclone. 1x 7.5 MV tab for one month, then I will taper. Is this the right thing to do? Or should I tough it out for another 7 days and hope I sleep again? I have no drowsy feeling or sleepiness. That never comes to me. Or hasn't come to me since stopping zopiclone. Will this ever come back? Help!

I was taking 100mgs oxycodone a day for chronic back and knee pain, 900mgs gabapentin also for chronic pain, also 3(7.5mg) zopiclone at night to sleep and 1.5(7.5mg) during the day to sleep. I have stopped the oxycodone cold turkey with bad withdrawals, now at 13 days. My question is can I safely stop the zopiclone cold turkey or do I need to slowly taper off it?

How effective is Zopiclone as a sleeping aid?Is it effective?.

I've been taking zopiclone to help me sleep which I think it works but only getting about 3-4 hours sleep from them... I came of zopiclone tablets yesterday and found it really hard to get any sort of sleep but I don't want to live my life through taking them...

My hot flashes are now looked after by the ERT but the sleep problems aren’t. I have been on Zopiclone for the past 7 months; am now taking 5 mg at bedtime and 5 more mg in the middle of the night. I still wake up 6-8 times in between, never getting more than 2-3 hours at a stretch, am exhausted and moody. In January my PCP started me on Effexor XR and he wants to double it to 150mg help boost norepinephrine. I had a hard time with nausea when I started it and hesitate.

Zopiclone can be habit forming when taken regularly. It is usually only prescribed short-term and for more severe cases of insomnia. Withdrwal from this med should not be done too quickly. Some of the withdrawal symptoms are the same as quitting alcohol or benzos. Even though it is classified as a hypnotic it is still difficult to stop.

I have been prescribed zopiclone 7.5mg for 4 weeks by my doctor. It was supposed to be 1 at night but i find 1/2 a tablet helps me get 6-7 good hrs which i am happy with. my question is will i get withdrawal from taking 1/2 tablet nightly for 4 weeks if i stop or will i need to taper? Also is it realistic to expect my liver to repair itself given time....i have no symptoms of liver damage....i'm asking just in case?

ve been taking zopiclone to help me sleep which I think it works but only getting about 3-4 hours sleep from them...

If these two drugs are cross tollerant will your physical addiction will just swap over and you'll go into withdrawl once you stop taking the zopiclone, even though zopiclone is not a benzo?

Hello, I have had sleeping problems for the last 15 years but I do not have sleep apnea. Rather, I have trouble attaining deep sleep. I wake numerous times in the night and have trouble getting back to sleep. I take occasional Zopiclone and also over-the-counter magnesium based sleeping pills. Without this medication I only sleep adequately 50% of the time at best. I have a very low stress job so have been able to cope. However I am now changing roles and really want to get this sorted.

but i have been useing zopiclone for a while on and off.... are they addictive?? do they effect my methadone?? are there any other alternatives?? rather than zopiclone?? thanks.

t doing anything got the side effects off 100mg shakes feeling sick head aches faster Heat beat excess sweating and the worst night time falling asleep anxiety ever I have to resort to zopiclone to get me asleep just hoping in the next week or two I can get back to normal sleep I take 100mg am and can feel sleepy a few hours after but then I pick up again until bed time where it scares me I'm gunna get no sleep without having to take the zopiclone really wondering wether to swap to taking it

http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/bzsched.htm I understand you wanting to cling to the zopiclone but it was not designed for & has never been tested as safe for such long term use. Ring around & find an understanding doctor & you can taper off in a controlled way & stop worrying.

I'm currently taking zopiclone for sleep been taking them for ten days. Can I just stop taking these? I've been diagnosed with depression and anxiety I'm also currently taking propranolol and fluoxetine.

I said in my other post that I take Zopiclone as only the Z drugs calm my central nervous system. None of the Benzos work for me. Now my doctor has told me no more Zopiclone! I don't know how I'm going to function. Well, put simply, I won't be able to function. How does one get to the root of the problem when nobody wants to help? I don't know where to go from here - a sleep specialist? What sort of sleep specialist? A neurologist? GPs are useless in my opinion.

My doctor prescribed me trazodone hydrochloride for anxiety, sumatriptan succinate for migraines, zopiclone for sleep, I've been told I can take the trazodone with zopiclone, but I have the new sumatriptan tablets, it says in the medical pamphlet that it is an MAO-A inhibitor and can't be taken with antidepressants/anxiety tablets. Would it be ok to take both the trazodone hydrochloride and the sumatriptin succinate together?

I've done this the past few days in various doses. I am prescribed Zopiclone to sleep, although the other night I required 3 x 7.5mg before I slept, which was on top of 2 (100mg) of the Sedating anti depressant Trazodone as well as having taken two Tramadol to help bring on some drowsyness and wind down that night.

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