I've had no problems with Lunesta at all. I do often have to take another 1mg around 3am to get in a full night, but when I'm awake from it, I am fully awake and no weird behaviors. My sleep is sound with dreams.

I will say that was a very rapid taper. It took me 9 months to taper off 1-1.5mg of Klonopin and I still had problems with insomnia and anxiety for the next year. Lunesta solved the insomnia problem and I just use yoga, meditation, exercise, nature, puzzles, birding, music and dance for anxiety!

So, just drop half each week… seems easy enough! But I doubt it is. Thank you for that formula. I tried Eszociplone 3mg (generic Lunesta, and I’m not sure how generic medication dosages versus brand are offered) when my Triazolam (generic Halcion) wasn’t letting me sleep longer than four hours. The Lunesta Gave me the most horrible metallic taste in my mouth-like eating a metal can! I can say it put me to sleep within minutes, but it would not keep me asleep longer than three hours. It is difficult for me to sleep, always has been, but I believe Lunesta is not known for helping you sleep through the night but more for ease of falling asleep, so there you have it. Lists of side effects terrify me because I always seem to fall into that one percent that gets those side effects rarely seen. But I did not get any wacky hallucinations or have weird dreams or anything other than the taste. The bonus is, you try it for one night and if it’s weird for you, you don’t take it again. I read a side-by-side analogy of sleep meds, and mine are supposed to help the most as far as getting to sleep and staying asleep. So I went back to Halcion. I have decided 5 1/2 to 6 hours is my future at my age. Good luck, and thanks again for the help!