Why is Zopiclone so awful
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Will somebody tell me the reason for the hysterical comments, and hate
campaign against this sleeping tablet . Please don't tell me to read
yards of stuff on different forums and sites, What is so bad about it. .
I get sleep, and nothing else, (thankfully ).
It can't be so bad ,some people have used it for years,so they say,
So, no yelling or shouting, or soap box attitudes, just tell me, nicely,
what it's all about ..
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bren75862 jacqueline01135
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carol84640 jacqueline01135
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craig137 carol84640
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I would google nhs health advocacy. With your situation as clearly disrupted as it is as your age and childrens conditions, they will have no problem helping you out
jacqueline01135 carol84640
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the Zopiclone attack, Probably a fear of the unknown,and the constant
bad press ,which never seems to include the good Zop does for a
large number of people. Bit like the Statin onslaught, which
was pushed by the Health dept, that the whole nation should
take them, just in case a heart attack is on the cards.
Sleep Deprevation is not listed as a medical condition. but it can
cause major health problems. There may be alternatives to
inducing sleep. but the taking of a tablet, is proven, and works.
Stress ,as far as I am concerned ,a bit like a soul, is invisible ,but
there. and doctors seem to think it something that can be cured
by exercise and diet. If you have a G'P who will treat the person. and understands your need for sleep ,you are lucky, if you have one that won't listen, or understand, and is determined to have his way, do what I did, change surgeries .
I don't think that taking Zop is terminal, rather the opposite.
Time for you to attack Carol .If I can do it. so can you, after all, it
is a personal issue, and you don't have to follow the masses
You and your life is the most important issue
Changing surgeries is quite simple.
Take care,x,
daniel19975 jacqueline01135
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I do have rashes all over my body, pains in body, brain fog, can't focus or concentrate on anything but I'd rather that than not sleep.
lynda49845 jacqueline01135
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Nothing wrong with Zopiclone if it works for you.
It is commonly prescribed and wouldn't be if it was so bad.
I had it for a while but felt it made me depressed, changed to Zolpidem which does not work as well (ie only two hours sleep), but no depression.
Sometimes reading stuff on the 'net is not helpful I'd keep taking the Zopiclone if it is effective.
jacqueline01135 lynda49845
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scaramonga jacqueline01135
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Zopiclone is meant for 'short term' use, and prolonged usage is bad, no matter the dose. It has little effect after long term usage, but worse, it's withdrawal, even on minor addiction (7.5mg), can be utter devastating, and counteractive to whatever else one is taking, i.e, myself, Venlafaxine (220mg), which is not a good cocktail. Believe me, I take 1 (ONE) 7.5mg tablet per night, and have done for the past 6 years, and if I miss (forget) to take it, then all hell breaks loose. Awful feeling, and the only reason I take them now, as they do not aid what they were meant to do no more, but I am dependant on them now, yes, just that single tablet that used to get me off to sleep, but that I now take because I don't want to ever go through missing one again.
jacqueline01135 scaramonga
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I haven't been taking Zop for as long as you, and probably for a different reason ,I take two 3.75's and if I drop down to one, my sleep pattern is stop ,start,which makes the night ,very long, I do find that strangely enough, I am not tired the next day when this happens. .The problems that sleep deprivation causes ,and,is not to be endured, at any cost.
mac58 jacqueline01135
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Cue visit to GP who (usually) stops the prescription immediately.
Cue EXTREME WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. GP will not help. You will be in hell.
That is why zopiclone is hated so much. I hope you reconsider your use of it.
If you find this hard to believe, try going without them for seven nights. By night three you will understand.
lynda49845 jacqueline01135
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That's quite scary Jacqueline, I had no idea it was such an addictive drug or there were such horrible associated withdrawal symptoms. Just didn't happen to me! I took it for a few months and, as I said previously, it felt it was making me depressed so I just stopped taking with no ill effects.
You're quite right to say it is for short term use only (I probably took it longer than I should, it was a few months, but I was lucky).
That must surely be true for all hypnotics.
mac58 lynda49845
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Hi Lynda,
Yes, it is true that all benzos and z drugs are highly addictive.
I have heard many doctors say that it is harder to come off them than it is to come off heroin.
I watched my partner go through hell, trying to come off zopiclone. A recent Canadian study has found that there is a high rate of dependence and addiction associated with the z drugs. These particular drugs were considered safe and non-addictive when they were first marketed, but it wasn't true.
jacqueline01135 lynda49845
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hi lynda, think you have sent your mail to me instead of mac I'm quite happy with my Zop---- I sleep ,so that is the most important thing for me. As I did say ,if you are expecting howling side effects, it's because yo u have been told you will, so your brain tunes in, ready for the supposed attack .Millions of people are using drugs which are allegedly habit forming, but G.p's prescribe them . I get depressed, but not because of the tabs, it's just situations,,, life throws us some real back hander's, and they have to be dealt with.On the whole I am quite happy. xx
mac58 jacqueline01135
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Of course GPs prescribe addictive drugs! They haven't got time to listen to all their patients' problems, have they?
It was GPs who got millions of people addicted to diazepam (valium) in the 1960s. And doctors also prescribed thalidomide to pregnant women for morning sickness - and we know what happened there...........
jacqueline01135 mac58
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mac58 jacqueline01135
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Ain't it the truth?
jacqueline01135 mac58
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