The scientific study results on this drug look pretty good. The clinical studies were performed by the manufacturer.

As far as the direct effect on insomnia :
"Phase Ⅲ data that demonstrated better sleep onset, maintenance, and self-reported total sleep duration." Nice!

As far as the daytime symptoms from insomnia the studies concluded:
"During the day, patients reported feeling less emotionally and physically weary, less drowsy, and livelier." Also nice!

The downside - watch for these:
"Common adverse effects reported in the studies included headaches, somnolence or fatigue, hypersomnia, lethargy, dizziness, vertigo, labyrinthitis, nausea, vomiting, and procedural nausea."

Based on these studies the drug was approved quickly without controversy early last year by both Europe and the US. More studies are underway in Japan.

For me, the science is way more important than individual anecdotes because of controls, statistical analysis, and the numbers of people involved. I would conclude that this drug is definitely worth a try.

(FYI, I have a PhD in Philosophy and my dissertation was in the field of scientific knowledge).

-Tim