Zopiclone Well-documented

Well-documented

Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.

4 corroborating sources

1 ROA with full dose ladder

duration data present

27 combo interactions documented

toxicity data (PsychonautWiki, PubChem)

Aliases: Imovane, Zimovane

Summary dose.wiki TripSit PsychonautWiki

Zopiclone is a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic intended for short-term insomnia treatment (2-4 weeks maximum). It produces significantly more amnesia and disinhibition than benzodiazepines at comparable doses. A characteristic metallic or bitter taste occurs in many users.

Dose Information PsychonautWiki

ROA	Light	Common	Strong	Heavy
Oral	3.5-5mg	5-7.5mg	7.5-15mg	15mg+

Light Common Strong Heavy

Sources

Oral

Dose ladder — PsychonautWiki

Onset, Duration & After-effects dose.wiki TripSit PsychonautWiki

ROA	Onset	Comeup	Peak	Offset	After Effects	Total
Oral	10-30 min	30-60 min	3-4 hrs	2-4 hrs	1-12 hrs	6-9 hrs

Effect Profile

23 reports

Scores (0–10) curated from multiple sources:

Effect keyword matching from PsychonautWiki catalog
Validated against 23 Erowid trip reports
Weighted by importance: core (×3), major (×2), minor (×1)

Full methodology

Benzodiazepine 8.6

Intense+ 9/10

Strong anxiolysis, sedation, and euphoria with strong cognitive impairment

Anxiolysis ×3

anxiolysis anxiety suppression muscle relaxation emotion suppression

Sedation / Relaxation ×2

sedation lethargy tiredness muscle relaxation

⚠ Motor / Cognitive Impairment ×1

motor control loss amnesia

Euphoria / Mood Lift ×1

euphoria disinhibition

Based on reports from:

Erowid Experience Reports PsychonautWiki Zopiclone The Drug Users Bible Zopiclone

Tolerance

Build-up develops within 1–2 weeks of nightly use; acts on same GABA-A site as benzodiazepines

Reset Falls after you stop, at a rate that varies from person to person. If you've been using regularly, cut down gradually with medical help rather than stopping suddenly.

No tolerance chart. Our decay curves for these drugs were estimates, and a curve can make tolerance look longer-lasting than it is, which is the dangerous direction.

How fast tolerance to these drugs fades after a break has not been measured well enough to draw, so don't count on a dose you used to take still being safe: after time off, start with a much smaller amount and don't use alone. Mixing sedatives with each other, with alcohol or with opioids sharply raises the risk of a fatal overdose. If you've been using regularly, don't stop suddenly: withdrawal from benzodiazepines, alcohol or GHB/GBL can cause seizures or delirium, so get medical help to cut down gradually.

Sources: FRANK: benzodiazepines · Alcohol and Drug Foundation: GHB · FDA 2020: benzodiazepine boxed warning · FDA 2019: gabapentinoids and breathing · NHS: alcohol use disorder

Cross-Tolerances

Benzodiazepines

Other Z‑drugs (zolpidem, zaleplon, eszopiclone)

Effects Erowid

Aggregated from 23 single-substance Erowid experience reports; 21 Erowid reports where another drug was taken too are left out

Each bar shows the share of analyzed reports whose text mentions that effect — a mention is not always a first-hand experience (fear of an effect or something witnessed can count). Mentions saying the effect did not happen are left out; that check reads keywords, so it can miss some. The shaded band on a bar, and the small range after its number, is the 95% interval: where the share could plausibly be with other reports of the same kind. Fewer reports, wider band. Tap or hover any number for details. The second value is the Bluelight extractor's per-effect confidence; a dash means the row is Erowid-derived, which has no confidence measurement.

Positive Effects 4

52.2% –

39.1% –

13.0% –

Adverse Effects 5

34.8% –

30.4% –

17.4% –

13.0% –

Also reported in combinations. In the 21 Zopiclone reports where another drug was taken too, 2 (9.5%) mention hospital, emergency services or an overdose, 0 (0.0%) a seizure and 3 (14.3%) psychosis. In the 23 single-substance reports: 4.3%, 0.0% and 0.0%. These are not in the figures above: they cannot be put down to Zopiclone alone, and a mention is not always something that happened to the writer.

Combinations TripSit

Cross-Check Zopiclone with another substance

Community Trip Reports

Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, Bluelight, and Dose.wiki. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance. Tags summarise each author's own verdict — how reports are classified.

Erowid 8 reports 1 neutral 7 cautionary visit

Wide Variety of Effects cautionary exp #46729

[Apologies for the length. Blame profs and editors more interested in word count than anything else. There is something resembling a summary further down, in [these] square brackets.] I've taken Imovane [aka zopiclone] off and on for about ten years.

Tuberculosis and Date Rape neutral exp #80653

PERSONAL INFO: I am an 18 year old female who weighs 140lbs. My boyfriend is 17 years old and also weighs 140lbs. Neither of us are experienced in taking prescription medication - the only substances we have taken are cannabis and alcohol.

Total Recall cautionary exp #42416

I am a 34yo male, reformed alcoholic/drug user, however have the occasional play around with pills etc. I have not consumed alcohol for 4 years and have been away from street drugs + pot for even longer. I had a rather large cache of these pills (Zopiclone aka Imovane) and experimented over a couple of months.

Alice with Amnesia cautionary exp #108291

I was prescribed this recently to help me sleep, my psychiatrist has me on it for a long-term prescription since weaker sleep aids didn't work for me, although I've heard this shouldn't be prescribed long-term.

Paranormal cautionary exp #116273

I have a history of drug abuse, I had the most trouble with benzos and opiates. I've used everything from weed to heroin to strange RC dissociates that 99% of normal people have never heard of. Before this experience I had a recent 2 years of sobriety.

A Lost Day cautionary exp #49692

I was prescribed the sleeping aid Zopiclone a few weeks ago. I'd been mentioning problems sleeping to my doctor for a few months and while mostly truthful, I must admit I had the intent to try whatever was given to me recreationally.

I Still Do It Once in a While cautionary exp #113911

Creativity on Zopiclone I was prescribed Zopiclone by my psychiatrist to help with my sleep. I have had a number of mental health issues in the past few years, and have been on quite a few drugs (anti psychotics, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds ).

Lost Days cautionary exp #93283

I should be dead. If things happened the way I think they did, I should be dead. But one of the effects of Imovane is loss of memory, so I am piecing together my story after the fact. I am a chronic insomniac. I can never get to sleep without the aid of some medication.

Bluelight 3 threads 2 neutral 1 cautionary visit

Zopiclone 15mg Highly Experienced A Trippy Amnesia cautionary

zopiclone 15mg - highly experienced - trippy hypnosis Taken 20:40-45 T15 effects . anxiety not just gone, it's not even a concept that makes sense to me. Talking manically to my mother about the nature of psychedelics, DMT, aliens after we all saw some weird lights outside our house. Definatley not baseline.

Zopiclone Experienced neutral

So there was no innate decision to trip on this faithful night, in fact, I had just received my 3 month script off zoppys (15mg per night), and after acquiring said tablets ventured home (the short way) to immerse myself in some gaba-loving.

Zopiclone Imovane Inexperienced Trip Report neutral

This summer, i was visiting a good friend whom i've known since we both were 7. While i have been experimenting with various psychoactive substances since i was 17, he had only smoked weed 3 times and not done any other substance besides alcohol.

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Zopiclone Well-documented Well-documented Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects. 4 corroborating sources 1 ROA with full dose ladder duration data present 27 combo interactions documented toxicity data (PsychonautWiki, PubChem)