Ambien CR and lunesta

I took ambien CR for about 5 months every night. The lower dose didn't have much effect but I was sleeping well with the 12.5 dose. I did not have any of the bizarre sleep behaviors that many have described. I did however realize that it was producing severe anxiety. I stress this is not my normal level of life anxiety. I began to realize that I was in a constant state of "edginess" and it was getting worse and worse. If could not relax at all and felt like I was going to jump out of my skin. Within a day of stopping it the anxiety was gone but of course I had severe "rebound insomnia" going whole nights with 30-90 minutes of sleep. Tried lower doses but with daily use the anxiety came back. Trying lunesta now and hoping for normal sleep some day

Ambien CR is the only prescription that will allow me to sleep in a hotel, but it is a double edged sword. After about 2 days of using I get migraine headaches. Last week we took our family vacation and I took it for 7 nights in a row. Our timing of our vacation was bad because the day after we got back my husband went out of town (another thing that causes me not to sleep). For the last 4 nights I have taken 1mg of Lunesta. The headaches presisit but I see a light at the end of the tunnel. Tonight I am back to what works best for me Melatonin

For me extended use of Ambien CR causes Migraines. It has time and time again. I know it will happen and in extreme cases (vacation, death in the family) I will choose getting sleep over having the migraine.

Occasional 1 time use of Ambien CR does not cause me to have a migraine the following day.