There are just so many things today that leave us feeling stressed and tired. However, not everyone can do well from a proper nights sleep and for a lot of people they turn to all sorts of pills to help them sleep.

Although there are lots of sleeping pills available through your doctor, a large majority of them are not without side effects, some of which could be really very risky to your health.

The variance of side effects can include such things as drowsiness, fatigue and dizziness. To the hardcore effects where depression can be triggered.

There is another sleeping pill by the name of Zolpidem. It is also known as Ambien and the Ambien side effects can lead to any one of the following:

* Anterograde amnesia

* Hallucinations , through all physical senses, of varying intensity

* Delusions

* Altered thought patterns

* Ataxia or poor motor coordination , difficulty maintaining balance

* Euphoria and/or dysphoria

* Increased appetite

* Increased libido

* Amnesia

* Impaired judgment and reasoning

* Increased impulsivity

* When stopped, rebound insomnia may occur

* Headaches, in some people

For example the Rozerem side effects in 2% of cases can lead to depression. People need to be careful if they already suffer from depression then sleeping pills like Rozerem should be avoided.

Other pills such as Lunesta, known as Eszopiclone, can lead to things like unpleasant bitter or metallic taste, headaches, chest pain, cold-like symptoms, body pains, dry mouth, daytime drowsiness, lightheadedness, dizziness

It’s obvious with just a small amount of perscription pills covered in this post it’s obvious that some of the estanlished pills can lead to lots of undesirable side effects.

So what types of sleeping pills should you be careful with and what are the alternatives.

There are more natural options to perscription pills and although in some cases they are not as good as as perscription pills, at least you’ll know there are no nasty effects waiting for you around the corner.