"i&#039;ve suffered from insomnia for years and found temazapam highly effective.  however, i&#039;ve read that it can be habit forming, and anecdotally, increase likelihood of dementia in older people, which i am.  i asked my doctor to prescribe belsomna when it was approved by the tga in australia, as from online research i had done, it looked like it could be a viable alternative.  started off promising - i&#039;d purposely not drunk any alcohol or coffee, went to bed normal time, within half an hour, started to feel drowsy, but didn&#039;t fall asleep. within 1 hour, i was wide awake and didn&#039;t sleep till after 3am.  worst ever dry mouth next day;  hardly any saliva, which persists several days later; sooo unpleasant.  won&#039;t take belsomna again."