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Reviewer: 65-74 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more
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I have been using this 30+ years and it works great with no side effects. Just do not take too much. I only need .25mg most of the time and sometimes only .125mg per night. By the way this drug is not intended for daytime use for any reason, it is intended for sleep only.
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Reviewer: Tracy, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I'm a 40 year old female that has had chronic insomnia since age 14. Tried many other meds before this. After less than a week I've had fantastic sleep each night, even being able to fall back asleep after waking for the bathroom, dog walking over me, etc. I've had minor drowsiness in the morning (after6-8 hrs sleep), but definitely not as much as I've had when I'm struggling t
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Reviewer: Cathy, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I have tried everything, and this seems to be the best at helping me sleep. Slept through the night, and was fine the next morning. I have used it off and on for 4 months with no side effects.
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Reviewer: angel2purplelips, 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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My doctor put me on halcion and when I took it felt very weird and next day very drunk still could not stand up and saw double when the drug wore off felt paranoid mental fog didn't know what I was doing crying for no reason and distorted memory confusion suicidal thoughts took for a week and not worth it won't take it again
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Reviewer: jensreese, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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i took my prescribed doseage and was laying in bed watching tv trying to get to sleep and it never happend so 5 min later i turned the tv off and my mind was so awake my body felt dead but my mind was still raceing.
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