Positives

• Some patients reported gradual improvement in sleep onset over weeks of consistent nightly use without next-day grogginess WebMD.
  
  
• Patients valued that it is the only prescription sleep aid not classified as Schedule IV, with no rebound insomnia or withdrawal on stopping PMC.
  
  

Negatives

• Many reviewers reported no benefit despite continued use, with a clinical sleep latency reduction of only about 9 minutes PMC.
  
  
• A subset of users described grogginess, dizziness, and nightmares that outweighed the modest sleep benefit WebMD.
  
  

Hurdles & Side Effects

• Patients noted the medication does not improve sleep maintenance or quality, only modestly shortening time to fall asleep PMC.
  
  
• Some users reported initial weeks of perceived ineffectiveness before any sleep-onset improvement appeared WebMD.