I'm pretty sure the half life of Lunesta is shorter than Ambien. Have you tried that instead? I say this because my DH used to take Lunesta when he would wake up in the middle of the night to fall back asleep. The Dr. said you could take that one and still be awake in the morning compared to Ambien.

Has anyone taking lunesta or other sleep aids and found that they go to sleep really well, but wake after 5 or 6 hours?


This has been driving me nuts. I will take the pill and fall asleep but it doesn't help me maintain it 7-8 hours. Most time I awake and I find it more difficult/impossible to fall back asleep than on the nights I don't need it to call asleep.

Any suggestions or feedback a for this hopeless insomniac?