"i&#039;ve taken ambien more than 10yrs ago had a scary reaction,  i&#039;ve also taken otc sleep aids including benadryl is a complete waste sometimes with benadryl i&#039;d end up waking up in middle of night having to take more &amp; so on!  lunesta is the only thing that ever worked for me. i&#039;d take it 30 mins before bed but my husband would literally have to pick me up off couch and put me in bed because it worked faster than 30 mins i&#039;d wake up feeling fabulous...i also can tell you when i was pregnant in my last trimester they gave me 5mg of ambien bc they didn&#039;t know much about lunestas effects during pregnancy...so i took half of 5mg didn&#039;t work took entire 5mg didn&#039;t work!  love lunesta!"