zopiclone with alcohol

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....

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Your symptoms are not related to the drug zopiclone.

Could it be a sleeping medication such as zopiclone, I have been tested for vitamin deficiancies and don't have those, I never drink any alcohol but I do take topriamate for seizures and zopiclone for sleep.

No problem. Are you going to try and discontinue the zopiclone? I'm sure your doctor can replace it with something just as effective. Take it slow and easy if you do lower you dose. Good luck and let us know how you do.

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.

ve only used at night for two days and one 50mg this morning, once I get some more Zopiclone (I run out soon so will likely need to combine tramadol with trazodone to standa chance of sleeping without Zopiclone)... Is a few days / one week of fairly light tramadol use enough to present problems? What is the likely cause of my 'comedown' daytime feelings? Zopiclone? Tramadol? The combination? Or just both in general?

It does get me to sleep but am now concerned with the possible addictiveness of it. Am struggling horribly with withdrawal for the 1st time in 46yrs & been on methadone 18 years & used opiates the previous 7 years. Opiates addicts since 17. if anyone can help me I'd be so grateful. Apparently zopiclone should be only used short term & i've been on it 12 days now with another 20 day script. ?safe?

I was involved in a violent relationship, and used alcohol to sort me out, but that didnt do my body good, i so i ended up with the Diphenhydramine, initially one or two a day but i got used to them quick, i really do fear that one day i will not come back from the trip. Im not making excuses as to what started me taking the pills, but i need off, as my mother is in the final stage of copd, and i have to be there for her, but as you can imagine its next to impossible when im off my rocker.

Just been browsing through this site and there seems to be a lot of support going on! My main problem is insomnia, from a young age (10) I've been on various medications to help with this. Up until a year ago I was on a number of anti-depressants which weren't helping, so I decided to take myself off them and try to learn to be more positive. One year on and apart from some dark days that has been great but still the marijuana and zopiclone remain.

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.

I have depression and post traumatic Stress disorder and am currently on Mirtrazipine, Venoflaxine, Quitiepine and Zopiclone I have been treated for this since my mid twenties, last year I had three small focal seizures which no pathology found. I am now about to start on Sodium Valproate increasing dosage initially to 250mg in morning and 500mg at night this is being prescribed primarily as a mood stabiliser but is thought to help stop the seizures.

hi and welcome, i am not that familiar with zopiclone, but i do believe it can be addictive, and that it shouldnt be used with methadone, at least not without expert medical advice, someone with more experience will most likely be able to advise you, are you on a methadone program?

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?

so just quit the actifed and for now keep on taking the zopiclone, you can sort that out later with a dr.

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?

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!

I am taking zopiclone 1/2 of a 7.5 mg tablet. I would like to stop taking this medication. Can I use glycine powder to help me get off of the zopiclone?

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?

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

Started having sleep disturbances a couple years ago. With the stresses of school, have increases my use of zopiclone. Was on 3.75mg, then 7.5mg and up and down when possible to cut back or needed because of stress. Finished my RX Dec 26 and have been without it for about 7 days now. No tapering. Symptoms have included rebound insomnia, intense anxiety that runs through my body and stresses me out when night time approaches. Nausea. No appetite. Depressed. Anxious.

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?

Thanks so much for your input I dont want and will not take zopiclone with me, I feel better just hearing you say the things you have said.I promise I am not taking the ativan for any other reason but Im a bad flyer but believe me if I can get away with not taking it I will.

I have had a sleep problem for the past two years. It started with body temperature discomfort, then progressed to night sweats and hot flashes, although I had been comfortable on ERT for 14 years. Because of a CLL diagnosis I had to go off estrogen. The hot flashes were intense and nearly hourly day and night so I went back on ERT. Of course by then my sleep patterns were much worse. My hot flashes are now looked after by the ERT but the sleep problems aren’t.

Anyone else experience excess sewating on sertraline been on it 10days now 8days at 50mg an 2 days at 100mg I.

I think zopiclone is a CNS depressant used as a sleep aid. I have to agree to with greenlydia here. Quite often, there are many 'symptoms' we can feel and are attuned to, but it is always good to go see your doctor and ask...keep us posted!

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