Dayvigo and Dizziness: What Users Say

• MLo...
• February 7, 2021

For Insomnia "I would not give this drug to my worst enemy. I have struggled with insomnia since I was prescribed Lexapro 3 years ago. I have tried many sleeping pills - all just do not sit well with me, eventually becoming ineffective. My psychiatrist gave me a sample of Dayvigo and I took it for the first time last night - 5mg. Needless to say, I literally thought it was the end of me. I took it around 10 pm, 30 minutes later, I felt very dizzy and could hardly move. My heart was racing, and I consistently felt out of breath. I had to consciously tell my body to move, it took several minutes to just lift a finger. I was so scared to sleep because I thought I was going to die. I was up until 4 am, just praying I would make it through the night. If I had taken 10mg, I don’t know if I would be here. Please be cautious. I would rather never sleep again than to take this pill again. I’m still shaken up today."

• DSa...
• December 16, 2020

For Insomnia "BEWARE. DO NOT USE DAYVIGO. I've been taking Ambien 10mg for approximately 1.5 years and had no issues. My doctor suggested Dayvigo as an alternative. I gave it a go. Took the 10mg version 1 time and had the worst sleep of my life. The onset feeling was dizziness and very heavy eyes. I was lying down in bed and attempted to sleep. Within minutes, I experienced tremendous amounts of anxiety, feeling of racing heart, heart palpitations, difficulty breathing, headache, restlessness, and agitation. It felt as if I was on an upper and a downer at the same time. I tossed and turned. It was a miserable experience. After about 1.5 hours of taking it, I forced myself to throw up in an attempt to rid my body of this toxin. This accomplished nothing as the drug had already been absorbed into my bloodstream. I drank a lot of water and ate food to try and minimize the drug's effects. The half-life for Dayvigo 10mg is 19 hours! So I'll have to be patient while my body metabolizes this awful substance."

• Tok...
• June 27, 2021

For Insomnia "Got this from a new doctor, one I had to ask to put on a mask when I entered her office. That should have been warning enough to not trust her. I took the 5 mg pill around 11:30 p.m. By midnight, still not feeling sleepy, feeling fuzzy and slightly dizzy. Went to bed and settled in. That is when the nightmares began. These dreams were intense and more vivid than I thought possible. Like immersive 3D real-world technicolor high-end sound. Woke up at 4 a.m. feeling like my entire body was vibrating. Got back to bed at 4:30 a.m. attempting to sleep. Instantly, the insane dreams started up again. Felt like a state somewhere between being awake and asleep. Woke up at 8 a.m. sweaty and shaking a bit. Got up and spent the next hour trying to feel okay. Now, two hours later, I finally feel sleepy. Probably just tired from being in the middle of some kind of cinematic hell all night. I do not recommend this. I would not wish it on someone I deeply despise. I would rather just not sleep."

• Pat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 23, 2021

For Insomnia "HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE BEWARE!!! Do not take this medication at all costs, side effects are atrocious and frightening, this drug should be pulled off the market. I was prescribed this medication for my difficulty staying asleep. I have been taking Ambien for a few years. I took Dayvigo last night and I am still shaken and traumatized by the experience. The drug starts working pretty quickly, I had difficulty staying awake, I felt myself drifting but in a vertigo-style sensation and then straight into a vivid nightmare where I was underwater and could not breathe, all this within minutes. I struggled to wake up and come to my senses, panicked and shocked. I calmed down and slowly felt the same spinning sensation and entered into another nightmare, unable to breathe. I forced myself awake, had to turn on all the lights and open all the windows in the condo. I paced for hours to stay awake to avoid experiencing the feeling of dying. Struggled whether to call 911, paced nonstop until 4 AM."

• Geo...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 26, 2021

For Insomnia "Helps with sleep, but after the first couple of weeks, I found that it lasts only about 3 hours. Therefore, I take half on falling asleep, and the other half late in the night. Coincident with starting the Dayvigo, I've had severe nausea and vertigo on and off during the day. I don't know if it's related to the Dayvigo, or due to something else. Has anyone else experienced nausea and/or vertigo during the day? Unfortunately, I've become dependent on Dayvigo, and so stopping it to check will be difficult."

• KRo...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 12, 2024

For Insomnia "I have suffered with insomnia for many years. I can fall asleep, but I cannot stay asleep during the night. Dayvigo is the only medication that I have found that doesn’t give me negative side effects (headaches, dizziness, fatigue the next day). I am alert the next day after taking Dayvigo."

• Fra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 27, 2021

For Insomnia "Last night, took this drug hoping I can finally sleep. I cut it in half just in case since it was a new drug, so I took one piece, and I didn’t feel anything at all. So I took the other half. As soon as I did, everything was spinning out of control. I lost my balance, and I felt like I had drunk beer in my younger days, everything spinning around me. I panicked, so I called the ambulance, and they took me to the hospital where they were able to flush it out of my system and gave me Ambien and I fell asleep for 4 hours in the ER. This is a sleeping pill, it’s HORRIBLE."

• Fra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 27, 2021

For Insomnia "Last night, took this drug hoping I can finally sleep. I cut it in half just in case since it was a new drug, so I took one piece, and I didn’t feel anything at all. So I took the other half. As soon as I did, everything was spinning out of control. I lost my balance, and I felt like I had drunk beer in my younger days, everything spinning around me. I panicked, so I called the ambulance, and they took me to the hospital where they were able to flush it out of my system and gave me Ambien and I fell asleep for 4 hours in the ER. This is a sleeping pill, it’s HORRIBLE."

• Dan...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 12, 2021

For Insomnia "A complete nightmare. I felt like I was going to die. Heavy eyes, dizzy, confused, scared. I felt like I was going to have a panic attack and couldn’t fall asleep at all."