"took 50 mg last night to help me with my nighttime awakenings. i did not have any side effects and slept for over 8 hours! best night of sleep in a long time. my plan is just to use this for a short period of time to get me through some stressful life events and then taper off. i am a pharmacist and looked at all the possible side effects before taking this medication. i must say, nothing adversely affected me and i happy for this. sleep is so important to me and this helped so much."