Hi L have been taking Zopedeclone regularly for years.Now l don't knowant how to come of the pills Also l have trouble with my bowels is this due due to taking these pills.
Hi just replying to your postYes like your friend l have been not to well since taking Zopedeclone.My bowels give me trouble but they can't find any thing wrong with me.At my wits end.Carole
How are you doing cushendun2? I'm in the same boat as you! Mentally addicted currently taking 2 x 7.5mg
Vivien, how are you doing? I've been following your comments for a few years now, are you still on zopiclone? I'm using 15mg now 
How are you Lilian, are you still using zopiclone? I've been on it 10 years, 7.5mg but had to go up to 15mg and now need to get back down to 7.5
Salut dhmc.
Oui, je prends toujours du Zopiclone. Et je continuerai à en prendre aussi longtemps que je pourrai me les faire prescrire.
Je ne prends toujours que 7,5 mg et je complète avec une demi-comprimé de Phenergan antihistaminique 25 mg. Ils sont censés vous rendre somnolent.
Ils ne sont pas donnés, mais un paquet me dure longtemps.
Si j'ai une mauvaise nuit, je prends parfois un demi-comprimé supplémentaire de Zopiclone, mais je trouve généralement que ça va. Neuf fois sur dix, je m'endors bien aussi.
Le seul inconvénient du Zopiclone est qu'ils ont une durée de vie courte, donc je ne parviens à rester endormi que pendant environ cinq heures. Ce n'est jamais assez, mais c'est mieux que rien.
Comment vas-tu ? Tu dors assez ?
Hi trish I am 85 to late for me to try and get off these pills but never knew you could get a higher dose, its more than 30 years when I started taking them never had any bad effects from them, they only let me sleep maybe 5 hours which is ok better than lying in bed just trying to get to sleep.
Bonjour Lillian.
Je les prends aussi depuis trente ans environ et je ne peux pas dormir sans eux.
C'est dommage qu'ils ne durent pas longtemps, car moi aussi je me réveille après cinq heures. Je me demande souvent pourquoi ils les ont faits pour ne durer qu'un court moment. Mais au moins, nous arrivons à dormir, habituellement.
I've been fine for years, but last weekend I didn't sleep for 3 days and the zopiclone wasn't doing a thing, scraped bits of sleep over the last few days and last night I was awake until 7am and over the course of the night I took 6 7.5mg and still didn't sleep
Hi Trish like wise don't think l will come of the Zopiiclone as l need to sleep.I am retiring next year and l won't need to worry so much abount sleep as l won't beven working and up and out no time to relax.Carole
Pensez-vous que les médecins généralistes continueront à prescrire du Zopiclone.
Comme il est maintenant un médicament de classe C, ils essaient de nous sevrer.
Chaque mois, lorsque je fais ma prescription renouvelée, je m'attends à ce qu'elle soit retirée. C'est très inquiétant.
quelqu'un d'autre a-t-il été interrogé sur sa prescription
J'en prends aussi depuis de nombreuses années maintenant.
Un ancien médecin généraliste a essayé de me sevrer, mais je n'ai pas pu le faire, c'était infernal.
Alors j'ai changé de cabinet médical et jusqu'à présent, tout va bien. Cela fait quelques années maintenant.
Mais comme je l'ai dit précédemment, c'est toujours
Chaton mortel.
Êtes-vous au Royaume-Uni ?
Hi Vivian l just need to sleep and l get them on the web.My surgery dosent give sleeping pills.So l have no choice.As l said to much stress in my life.I will retire nexto year and l won't be able to afford these pills.And hopefully l won't be so stressed.Carole.
I have been on and off of Zoplicone for about 7 years. The past year I have taken them pretty much everynight. I get them from friends so i can take higher dosages, since i cannot fall asleep on just one 7.5.
I usually take from 3-5 a night, and let me tell you IT IS HARD TO TAKE THIS MANY FOR TOO LONG.
Some but not all of side affects for me are:
Side effects - Pain under armpits lungs (zopiclone in high doses is hard on your respiratory system) especially smokers. I had Pneumonia and took zopiclone, i was sick for months..
Side effects - feel like i'm going to have a brain seizure or stroke at times. shakiness. rushing to bathroom cause i have to pee constantly thinking i'm about to have a stroke while trying to pee. peeing somehow relieves the pain in my head???
Side effects - Some stomach and digestive issue's, mostly come's when i first start the pills after a while. I don't experience this much anymore.
These are some VERY STRANGE PILLS, but I love them. MIND YOU I DO take myself off of them for a few days at least when the side effects are too much. This is about once every 2 months of taking 2-4 a night. These few days are hell, bad nightmares, no sleep. It's not hard to come off them just be prepared for a hellish few days up all night.
I have started taking them with drinking, last couple times i took 1 zopiclone after 12 beers, I feel my heartbeat pulsating through my whole body (down to my leg, up my neck). This is very scary, i'm not doing this anymore. THESE PILLS ARE WEIRD, BE CAREFUL.
Zopiclone for me changed my bowel movement times.. I always went #2 in the morning when i wake up, now with zopiclone i rarely do in the morning but always do at night right after i take the pill. Or sometimes i start getting shakey then an hour later I go #2 and the shakes go away, STRANGE EH!? then i realize I hadn't pooped in a while and it was probably a build-up in the system.
Carole i don't know what bowel problems you have but i do know Zopiclone is not recommended for people with Thyroid problems. Maybe related? I had bloodwork done to make sure my thyroid was working properly.
Coming off of them, be prepared for the first few days to be hell. It's worth it when you realize how much of a zombie these pills make you and how emotionless they make your life. Just breathing fresh air after coming off these pills always makes me see their deep twisted somehow "undercover" downside
Hi read your post and do agree they mess up your bowels a bit.But l am on medetiction and l have been told that my medetiction upsets my bowels.I have type 2 Diabetes and been on pills for 8 years.Had loads of bowel tested They told me it was my meds.Gone knows if it is those Zophie. but l need to sleep.Gave up cigarettes and that was very hard.Now l have a bad habbits.Zopedeclone.Carole
I have been on zopiclone for 10 years and I think it is in a person’s own mind that they have to take more and more of the drug to get the effects. I take half a pill 3.2mg each night and if I have a tuffer night I take one whole pill. I have been off of them cold turkey with no issues for weeks at a time. When I don’t have much stress in my life I dont need them. When I have anxiety, which is normally the case, I need only half a pill it relaxes me and I can sleep. I have absolutely no side effects. They have given me a quality of life because without them I would have succumbed to illness many times from lack of sleep.
Hi no side effects just concerned that l might be dependent on then as l panic if l dont take one every night.Don't want to tell any one as l am a very private person.I have read very bad side effects coming ofrom this drug.Carole
Ive been shocked to read how many pills people take. I only take 1/2 a pill and go off when I have minimal stress. I think many people need help administering medication. statistically many people have disorders these days. leaving this drug in the hands of people that have other disorders increases the danger.
Yeah zopiclone has wrecked my loo habits constipation beyond bad’ but i cannot sleep with out them ‘ my life is like living in Hell ! This meds need to be banned!