My partner has just gone to bed feeling very depressed and I have just found a packet of Zopiclones he took: he took 3 x 7.5 = 22.5 mg.
I don't think it is a lot as he used to take a hell of a lot more, but I wonder if I should worry? How many zopiclones does one need to take in order to start worrying about having taken an overdose?
Thanks for any advice.
I do think he should get checked out & it could be a sign he needs help
Hi - I agree, taking the Z doesn't solve anything much. Certainly won't help with depression. Neither will alcohol , which if taken with this med will make him very sick. The 3 will make him comatose - make sure no more are taken and no drinking and no driving. It will take a full 24 hours to wear right off. Maybe more. Z quickly loses it's desired effect after a few weeks / high doses and you are just left with the toxicity. Yuk. He needs to have the low mood seen to, not eat sleeping pills. I have been down all these roads and now speak from a happy place. Best wishes. David.
I am glad you have managed to come back from that dark world. My partner is still there, and I am trying to very gently convince him to go to Narcotics Anonymous. He does already have some help: his GP, a psychiatrist he sees every month and a half (the best the NHS can afford!), a private psychotherapist (every week), and his eldest daughter as well as me, being supportive without trying to tell him what to do as we are aware it won't work. It is the insomnia combined with depression that is the problem.
How did you succeed? How long did it take you? I am interested in anything you can say that helped you find a way out and stay out.
Thank you.
For everyone depression/anxiety/stress experiences are different.For me mine started from a new job,bullying from boss & colleagues & a very stressful job.Two years on im still anxious still angry inside & also very low. I went through ten sessions counselling nhs fund only 10.I then got assessed & managed see to a Psychologist- for me this has been a diseaster as my meds were reduced & I haven't bonded with the professional.Last year I had glimpses of the light due to joining a book club,a long family holiday & focusing on sons wedding.
Depression gives you highs & lows you can be quite content & then bingo the black cloak enverlopes you & you are sucked into the tunnel.A good support network & friends helping can break that cloak .Im still trying to loosen my cloaks hold by acknowledge I need meds & I will try & weather the side effects.
Your partner has started help already & he will have his own oace & ways of finding his sunshine.Maybe he could join this forum first & chat to others.
Hi Artabelle ,
In my case I found an experienced psychiatrist and he has got me on the right meds which allowed me to get my head above water and then I did the NHS Talking Therapies CBT sessions. Without the meds I would have been a screaming wreck. I tried to get help from NHS but that was going nowhere fast and so I found my own psych and it was money well spent in my case. While I'm being un-PC, one of the depression meds I would recommend for him would be Mirtazapine. This helped me a lot with the sleeplessness. There is a classic link between insomnia and depression. In my case I was hyper aware, always on guard for some imagined attack, something I had picked up from work and so had not slept in a bed for a year. Not that hard for Mr Psych to work out in the end 
David.
overdose on zopliclone all epends on bodyweight and what iut was taken with if he has taken 3 i would say NO he just wants to sleep ask him if hes ok and make sure he is! but you would need in my eyes over 50mg
over 50-100mg and a bottle of alcohol would
i'm there now in that dark place inches away from who know what. Otherwise I wouldnt be researching if Zoplicone would do the job
Hey maria u can get thru this xxx font give up xx
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Me too Maria! My psychiatrist told me they weren't addictive...ive been on a number of different tablets and the ones I'm on are making me so anxious are depressed...i thinking the same as you 
Ditto ...
Hi AimeeMarie so sorry I didn't see your messages earlier but they went to my Spam. Are you Ok?
I'm sorry to hear that Nadia. Somehow I manage to get past it, t seems to be off and on, I can be ok and then I'm down again. I hate the medications the doctor gives me I don't end up taking them, I get the shakes I get anxious and really uncomfortable. So I tend to just pull myself out of the dark place eventually by getting busy. I work so that helps. I am looking after my grandchildren, 3 of them at the moment as my daughter needed a break. But I'm afraid because I don't know when the next time might be and I might not be able to pull myself out next time.
Thank you Amanda Somehow I manage to get past it, t seems to be off and on, I can be ok and then I'm down again. I hate the medications the doctor gives me I don't end up taking them, I get the shakes I get anxious and really uncomfortable. So I tend to just pull myself out of the dark place eventually by getting busy. I work so that helps. I am looking after my grandchildren, 3 of them at the moment as my daughter needed a break. But I'm afraid because I don't know when the next time might be and I might not be able to pull myself out next time. Thanks though
Does anyone actually know what a lethal dose Is? I have just taken 5 x 7.5mg Zopiclone.
I'm there with you. I've taken 5 x 7.5mg Zopiclone. I just feel worthless and can't go on with my life. I live in pain, mentally and physically.
Hi im going through a lot and have been over the last year in a custody battle . I an worried about my own health after a roofing accident. my daughters wellbeing is always on my mind . Its stressed me out that now im ready for work i cant get funding for my business in derby. This is a massive thing to me that im injured but willing to work to get better and get off these tabs to better mine and my kids lives.
I have taken my daily 100mg sertraline and taken 4 zopiclone 7s aswell. Have i taken to much ?
3 is already too many. signs of a high tolerance. zopiclone is extremely addictive. two should do the trick!