resending this post, since it is Saturday and maybe someone will see it. I really have to find something that works for me. Thanks

Hi Sometime,

I have not taken Rozarem before, but from what I understand it is different from other sleep meds that fall in the classes of Benzodiazipines, Hypnotics, or meds that effect the CNS. If I remember, Roazarem is not habit forming and it is not a controlled substance like most other sleeping meds.

Don't quote me on this as I am writing from memory but I believe it somehow stimulates the Melatonin receptors in the brain, making them more active, or produce more melatonin, or somehow by stimulating the melatonin receptors, healthy refreshing sleep is induced because of the increase or stimulation of the melatonin.

You'll have to look up the Why's and How's there, but I am 99% sure this med dose promote sleep by stimulating the melatonin receptors in the brain..

Hope this helps, and would love to hear your experience with this if you choose to take it.

Best, LuLu

Hi sometime, Yes i have heard of it - its a hypnotic for sleep some people call it the Super Melatonin. Its very safe and dont feel hung over in the morning. No reports of overdose or addition. Side effects are just headache and tiredness. What does are you taking guess starting does is 8 mgs. Let me no how you do on it.

Thanks for the information. From what I'm hearing, it sounds like a safe drug and gives good results. I don't understand why it is not more popular. Going to my doctor in about two weeks and will see what he thinks. Anyone tried this? Would love to hear from you.

ST, I am on it. It has been the best working sleep med for me so far. I tried Ambien (it stopped working after 2 weeks and gave me a terrible hangover), Sonata & Lunesta---didn't work,

It does work for getting to sleep (I get insomnia), and also getting a full night's sleep. The only thing is, I do seem to sleep longer and feel sleepy the next day. So when I need to take it, I take half a dose now. It is, like the girls said, have something to do with having melatonin or making melatonin. My doc said that we have less melatonin as we age.
Hope that helps. JP

Hi Sometime,

I got a little curious, as so many sleep meds are short acting so I did a little reading on Rozarem.

Rozarem is in a drug class called Melatonin Receptor Agonist which is not a Benzo, Hypnotic, or Med that effects the CNS.

It is supposed to help you fall asleep and stay asleep all night, so make sure you give yourself a good 8 hours set aside for sleep...since it is long acting that may be why JP feels sleepy the next day.

Here is a link to the Rozarem website...it may give you a little more info. It sounds like a good alternative to some of the more habit forming meds, and I look forward to hearing your experience :)

http://www.rozerem.com/en/?

Best, LuLu

Thx Lulu. I just read that you're not supposed to split! I won't be doing that anymore. I wanted to add that I only use it from time to time when I have bad insomnia.

Hey JP

The cool thing about this sleep med, is that since it is not habit forming, you could use it for 2 weeks straight, then not use it one night, with now withdrawals or tapering...
Because of the class this drug belongs to, it gives the freedom of stopping, starting, and using whenever you need it without physical dependency which is a definite plus.

As opposed to my sleep med, I can take between 1 and 3 tabs every night depending on how I feel, but I can't not take any without tapering off..so Rozarem offers a lot of freedom in this respect :)

I'm interested to see all the responses as I'd like to find a better alternative to Ambien.

LuLu Thanks for the information. It seems to me that when its taken with another sleep medication such as ambian, trazadone, or valium it seems to work. Am going to try and find some more information on the internet.

There has been a lot of new findings with Ambien. Once thought to be a fairly short acting sleep med, the standard dose was 10mg.
Over the years, several reports from Dr's to the FDA, have shown that Ambien appears to have a longer half life and a significant amount of people are experiencing hyper somnia while on Ambien.
Based on this new info, the new standard dose of Ambien has been reduced from 10mg to 5mg.

Sometime, I of course am not a Dr, but Roazarem seems to be a long acting med, so if you need something to augment it, out of the three meds you mentioned, Trazadone and Ambien are also have long half lives, so you may experience the 'Hang Over' effect JPTexas has described, Valium on the other hand has a very short half life and may be just enough to give you that extra push into a good night's sleep and be able to wake up alert vs groggy.

Again, I am no medical professional, so these things should be discussed with your MD.

All the best, and please keep us posted on your experiences with this med...it seems many here, myself as well, are interested, in this no habit forming sleep aid :)

LuLu

Glad you looked it up and it does sound very safe i would like to try it to. I have tryed all those sleeping pills and they make you feel yucky.

Yep, I agree with everything Lulu says about how they work. From my own experience, I can tell you that I used to take valium during the day for muscle aches after 2 back to back accidents. My Pain Doc/Anesthesiologist said it was the strongest med for muscle pain that wouldn't totally knock me out so I could work. I can tell you it worked awesome! After a while though, I was on so many sleepy meds, my internal medicine doc took me off. So, my point is, it may be really good for something to get you to sleep. The downside is that Valium does require tapering if you are on it on a regular basis. It is a serious drug and can be dangerous to go off of. I dealt with that and it wasn't fun (I was taking 3/day for just over a year).

One other thing about ambien. When I took it, it really knocked me out so it was awesome for bad insomnia. But, the type of hangover was like, what, where am I? when I woke up. The effect did fade but it felt like a true hangover for me. The Rozerem had the effect of making me sleepy unless I got a good 10, maybe even 11 hours of sleep, but not the yukky hangover effect like the Ambien.

OK, if I didn't just beat the heck out of that dead horse, I don't know who else can :-0