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Reviewer: Tired now, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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The medication itself work great. It's the dependency of it that makes a huge difference. I went through serious withdrawals coming off of it. Works great but not for long term.
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Reviewer: nono, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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it works the first few times u take it then it turns to crap
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Reviewer: Lynn, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I sleep for 3 hrs then I'm wide awake!! I take Melatonin with it, then when I wake up taking 2 more Melatonin to go back to sleep. I'm gonna try taking half when I go to sleep then when I wake up take the other half, I read where someone is doing that. I really need 2 Zolpidem a night. But Dr says no.
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Reviewer: Terry, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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When I get this from one doctor I go to they aren't any good. My other doctor I have used, work great. They are both 10mgs. He must get some really cheap ones I guess?
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Reviewer: none, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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It only works for about 4 hours, 10mg, so I sometimes break it in half, but I must warn, when I used to hear people did weird things on it, I thought, "no way", but I have been told I once, after I was sleeping had been heard talking loudly on the phone, as if in conversation with someone for about 10 minutes. I do not recall this AT ALL! I also think I once drove somewhere while on it,
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