Reviewer: SleeplessinVA, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Ineffective in helping fall asleep and staying asleep. By the time I finally do fall asleep it is 3-4 hours after I have taken it. I am awake again within 90 minutes then have another 2 hours to finally fall back asleep and I credit that with combining it with an OTC sleep aid called Unisom 12.5 Doxylamine Succinate. Skip,this one and just stick with Ambien. You will build a tolerance to Ambien ev ... Show Full Comment

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Ineffective in helping fall asleep and staying asleep. By the time I finally do fall asleep it is 3-4 hours after I have taken it. I am awake again within 90 minutes then have another 2 hours to finally fall back asleep and I credit that with combining it with an OTC sleep aid called Unisom 12.5 Doxylamine Succinate. Skip,this one and just stick with Ambien. You will build a tolerance to Ambien eventually (which is why I temporarily switched to Sonata 10 mgs and then self adjusted to 20 mgs hoping for an improvement--no such luck). Skip this med.
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Reviewer: kaf, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Have been using for about two weeks. So thats another two weeks without sleep. I am constantly up and down, I can't sleep for longer than a half hour at a time. Didn't work for me

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Have been using for about two weeks. So thats another two weeks without sleep. I am constantly up and down, I can't sleep for longer than a half hour at a time. Didn't work for me
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Reviewer: Tb, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I switched from Ambien CR - which I was taking for about 8 years. The first two nights on Sonata were not good, but then it started working really well. The quality of sleep I get with Sonata is a lot better than the Ambien. I do wake up a little bit in the night on Sonata, however I can fall back to sleep very easily. Also no Ambien hangover which is so refreshing.

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I switched from Ambien CR - which I was taking for about 8 years. The first two nights on Sonata were not good, but then it started working really well. The quality of sleep I get with Sonata is a lot better than the Ambien. I do wake up a little bit in the night on Sonata, however I can fall back to sleep very easily. Also no Ambien hangover which is so refreshing.
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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Has helped me sleep without side effects. Is the only sleep med that I've taken that hasn't caused side effects. Also doesn't leave me with that "hangover" feeling the next day.

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Has helped me sleep without side effects. Is the only sleep med that I've taken that hasn't caused side effects. Also doesn't leave me with that "hangover" feeling the next day.
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Reviewer: Kim04, 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Doesn't work if you truly are an insomniac. Nyquil is more effective and Nyquil only puts me to sleep SOMETIMES and leaves me drowsy all day the next day. Sonata was less effective than Nyquil- made me drowsy, but did nothing to help me sleep. I was up for hours after taking it, and once I got to sleep, I was up every hour following, got 4 hours of sleep, then could not sleep anymore. Ende ... Show Full Comment

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Doesn't work if you truly are an insomniac. Nyquil is more effective and Nyquil only puts me to sleep SOMETIMES and leaves me drowsy all day the next day. Sonata was less effective than Nyquil- made me drowsy, but did nothing to help me sleep. I was up for hours after taking it, and once I got to sleep, I was up every hour following, got 4 hours of sleep, then could not sleep anymore. Ended up exhausted all day.
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