After a Quintuple By-pass i could'nt get comfortable for months, thus I started losing sleep and becoming irritable. I've used alternative meds for the last 35 yrs and never had so much as a headache. Started taking the generic version of Restoril(Temazepam)It's working great for me. No hangover the next morning. I usually fall asleep within 30 minutes and sleep a good 7 hrs or so. In addition to that, the Generic is much less expensive,around $4 for a 30day supply at Wall-Mart.

Doug

Great stuff....I am 57 years old and been an insomniac most of my life, was on Halcyon years ago but they took it off the market...don't know why, cause it was fine and clean....anyway...after years of smoking pot to sleep, I finally got a drug plan and take 30 mg. of Restoril every nite, and no more pot, and fall asleep within an hour or so, with no side affects...it is great....and you still get up if needed to go to the washroom in the nite and back to sleep again and you wake up feeling fine...I even checked out, long term usage, on the internet, and studies have shown, inconclusive evidence, that, the benefits of sleeping, are better, than not being able to sleep, as for me, I did not have a good sleep for years and years.....I was begging my Dr. for something to let me sleep, tho, he threatened me, of being addictive, I told him, I would rather be addicted, than not sleep. I started out with l5mg but not enough, only let me sleep 4 hours,then, 30mg, and still not enough...only slept about six hours,.then 45mg for awhile,and slept for over eitht hours, then lost alot of stress problems,and now back down to 30mg per nite and I sleep approx. 8 hours and hopefully will ween myself down to 15mg per nite, in the future. Restoril is very addictive....so be aware, as I tried, but would be up all nite long, without it....I even lost a bit of weight too, as when you do not sleep you are bored and watdh t.v.and munch...especially when I was smoking the pot to help me get tired and relaxed enought to sleep...but as you know...it is illegal and expensive and probably bad for your lungs, long term....and maybe it should be legalized for people to grow their own for medicinal purposes to sleep or enhance appetite for cancer victoms, as used in hospitals....so good luck and sweet dreams, cause that is what it helps me to do also....have very enjoyable dreams....LOL....!!!! Let me know how it is working out for you too....

Oh yah,also, I just read some more of your comments, and yah the damn Drs. with try you on other drugs, telling you that you are depressed and they are all nasty stuff, been there and tried them, they made me ill, I was not so much depressed ....as I was terribly .....'STRESSED'...!!! They push alot of meds on people sometimes, I think, unnecessarily, you know....big billion dollar business....ah...??? Go Restoril....it is clean and like the fellow said, fairly, inexpensive....also I find if I eat something after taking the pill you fall asleep faster......but usually do not like to eat and then go to sleep but it depends on the time I take it and what time I hope to be awake...hope I was helpful.....

A good friend was on Restoril to help with sleep. It did help her sleep however, she was concerned about side effect of weight gain? I don't know if that is a side effect. I do know that she gained weight and had cravings for foods while she was taking the med, eating a lot at night, etc. For that reason she decided to stop taking it. She did not ask her doc for something in it's place she just said she was going off it cold turkey. Her appetite went back to normal, no cravings, no late night snacking. Her weight went back down. However now she does not sleep well at all and in place of the medication she has started smoking "for her nerves" from not sleeping. Not my personal experience and I don't know if it's helpful but that's what I have to share.

I have been on it for years. Is it addictive? I don't know. But if I don't take, I don't crave it, just don't get to sleep very easily. Usually it works within 30 min to a hour. If you have to get up during the night, you wake up, do what you have to do, go back to bed and back to sleep. No residual effect when you wake up.
If you need something to help you sleep, either a very hard days work, and sore muscles that keep you awake, or take the best way: a clean sleeping agent with no ill effects.

I've been on 30mg. for about 10 years. I think There is nothing better ! I am a physical nigktmare to be honestRestoril won,t do muchexcept give you a great nights sleep without that hangover effect that others have. You nane the med and I have probably been on it.

I was prescribed temazepam early last year for insomnia. I was first on 15 mg's and it was wonderful. I thought it was some sort of miracle drug because i was finally getting some good sleep, 7-9 hours. It would make me loose consciouness. I work swing shifts so i get off f at 11:30p but i go to the gym afterwards for an hour, then i come home and shower up and get in bed with my laptop and put on a movie to watch. and took my pill and got ready to feel sleepy. Thing is with this med i never felt myself get sleepy. its like i was laying there watching a movie on my laptop and at some point i blinked and feel asleep. Id wake up 4-5 hours later with the laptop on my stomach and id be thinking when did i fall asleep? when did i even get sleepy? its like i blacked out. after a couple of months its effectiveness wore off and my doctor raised it to 30 mgs and it started to work again... with this higher dosage the only difference is i would be asleep alot longer. up to 10 - 12 hours. but i didnt care as long as i got some sleep. but a few months later its effective ness started to ware off too and i just stopped taking it Jan 6 the day before my knee surgery. This was a good time to quit it , i mean it would work but it would take it like 3 hours for it to put me to sleep...i know that would get worse and worse so i decided just to quit cold turky. Plus i didnt want to mix that med with the pain med i would be on after surgery. ive been having difficulty sleeping which is ofcourse normal cos my body is detoxing off of it. i didnt think it would be this bad because im on vicodine for the knee pain and that isnt even strong enough to put me to sleep. i wonder how long it takes for your body to be completely rid of it i mean how long does it take for the body to complete the withdrawals. When i stopped taking the pain med i will go through those withdrawals which will suck.

Started the generic also in Sept. 09...No bad side effects....ususally drowsy withn 30 minutes or so....I liked ambien much better, but this is more afforadable, even at walgreens its only like 8.00 for a month. I do sleep good on this med, i just waken during the night [thats from the copd] and the ambien kncked me out all night, is the only differences. Restoril helps me sleep well, and im wide awake in the a.m....i like that.

If you are also suffering depression there is a very slight problem that has been reported. Sleep is one of the most important elements in recovering from depression, so don't let what I say discourage you from giving it a try. However, if about 18 hours or so after you take it you notice that you feel an increase in depressive symptoms, like a big spike in symptoms, then you might be part of the small group of people who can't take it. I hope that is not the case, and my best wishes for a wonderful good night's sleep.