Posted by sm2010 on October 20, 2005, at 12:09:54
In reply to jrbecker » Tom Twilight, posted by ed_uk on October 8, 2005, at 11:25:44
OK, I tried the Rozerem but only for 5 days.The best way I can describe my experience is something like low-dose benadryl...makes me mildly drowsy, but not enough to fall asleep significantly earlier than usual (I did fall asleep maybe at 2-2:30 am as opposed to 3 or 4--not enough to really help me) and yet still left me with a significant next-day hangover.
The strange thing I noticed is that it seemed to make me VERY tired around 8-10 full hours after taking it...strange. Granted my trial was very brief, but I consistently experienced this every time.
Again, this is only my very brief experience, but I've decided it's not for me. I still think it may have potential for some though.
Also, as an aside I was scared about taking the first dose after reading reports of increased heart rate and the like because I had horrible cardiovascular effects with the stimulants. Rozerem did not cause any such problems for me though. In fact, it was really difficult to tell I'd taken it until nearly half a day later as mentioned above.
Oh yeah, I took the 8 mg dose... My doc said I could double up to 16 mg but I'm not going to try that.
Hope others have better luck (and insurance!)
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