I was afraid I would get addicted to Lunesta, if I stayed with it, but the side effects were too much for me. I have enough trouble with my stomach, I don't need a med to cause more. Besides, it didn't help. He wanted me to take Ambien CR, but it isn't gluten free, so Lunesta was his 2nd choice. Then we tried Sonata, and it did the same thing to my stomach.

I feel much better with melatonin. Is it addictive? I don't know. I don't feel I need it, I just feel it helps so I stay with it. I have taken 6mg per night for maybe 6 months now, never increased it.

There are many meds they tell you are not addictive, yet you can't go without them...so where does addiction come in????