Belsomra

[novatom]

Has anyone here tried Belsomra, the new sleeping aid? I have a free trial for it. I tried it once last week but it didn't do much. But since I tried it after arriving from a flight back from Europe, I attribute the lack of effect to jet lag. Since then I have read numerous posts online that says it can cause vivid nightmares and related problems. I didn't take well to Ambien when i first tried it so the Dr. put me on Tamazepam which I has worked for me (when I use it, which is sparingly). Just curious.

[49er]

Has anyone here tried Belsomra, the new sleeping aid? I have a free trial for it. I tried it once last week but it didn't do much. But since I tried it after arriving from a flight back from Europe, I attribute the lack of effect to jet lag. Since then I have read numerous posts online that says it can cause vivid nightmares and related problems. I didn't take well to Ambien when i first tried it so the Dr. put me on Tamazepam which I has worked for me (when I use it, which is sparingly). Just curious.

A former sleep doctor prescribed it but I felt it wasn't appropriate for my situation after reading the drug insert about contraindications. RobySue, a forum member who hasn't been on for awhile, seemed to have good luck with it. But I don't recall many other positive online stories about the med.

49er

[bryansong]

I've tried it.

I was given both the 10mg and 20mg sample by my doctor. I took them starting with the 10mg on a Friday night
and did get to sleep but was awaken by a disturbing dream. It wasn't a nightmare per se but it was unsettling.
The next night it happened again but I was able to sleep and wasn't too concerned about the dream.
Sunday night I took the last of the 10mg doses but didn't have much luck with getting to sleep.
Monday, I switched to the 20mg and was unable to get to sleep and being that I was testing these on a week night
and have to work I didn't take the other two 20mg tablets. I won't be taking them any more as I don't believe the
work consistently enough for me though nothing really works these days. Also, I bet this medicine will be expensive
since it's new.

Bryan

[Sir NoddinOff]

Disclaimer: I haven't tried it, nor do I plan to. It's all been discussed before... search this site in the search window in the upper left side for the word 'belsomra'.

For a more comprehensive search try this in your preferred internet browser's search engine, for instance, Google or Duckduckgo:

site:cpaptalk.com belsomra

No matter what you read, insurance or not, it's probably going to be very expensive. From what I can tell it's received very mixed results on this forum.