"i&#039;ve been on lunesta for 5 years.  horrible to be an insomniac for this long.  tried belsomra over the last four days and it&#039;s pretty amazing.  you take it an hour before bedtime and you have to be in a mental state of letting go of your fear of not sleeping, in order for this to work.  it gets me to a drowsy, sleepy mode.  the issue is that i keep waking up throughout the night and am waking up super early so while it&#039;s solid on sleep initiation, i don&#039;t know why i can&#039;t stay asleep.  but having said all of this, i&#039;m pretty impressed with how i feel on only 4-5 hours of sleep.  it seems as though even though i&#039;m waking up periodically, i must be getting higher quality sleep than on the other drugs.  overall, i&#039;m quite optimistic."