Drug Ratings for AMBIENAverage Rating: 3.2 (1308 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | Insomnia | Some "hangover" the next day (drowsiness, etc.) | It has less day-after hangover than any other medicine I've tried, and I've tried the lot. | M | 42 | 2 years | 8/13/2001 | 5 | Insomnia | Halucinations if I did not head to bed immeadiately. | Ambien has a very short metabolic life. There were no "Hang Over" effects in the morning. No dependency was noticed. | M | 25 | 1.5 years | 1/9/2002 | 4 | INSOMNIA | M | | 3/15/2002 | 5 | CAN'T SLEEP | F | 44 | 12 months | 4/15/2002 | 5 | Trouble falling asleep , took hours | None, felt great next day! | Worked well getting me to asleep FAST, go to bed ASAP after you take it. Only kept me asleep 4-5 hours. It was quality sleep though! | F | 34 | 1.5 years | 4/27/2002 | 5 | inssomia | none | I do not abuse this drug. I take it occasionally. | F | 73 | | 5/11/2002 | 4 | can not sleep | none, it leaves not drosy feeling the next day and puts you to sleep fast. very satisfied | very good drug | F | 56 | 4 months | 6/13/2002 | 5 | Insomnia | not whatsoever..put me right to sleep fast | woke up refresh and alert the next morning with no hang over effect..very good medication | M | 30 | 3 months | 6/22/2002 | 5 | insomnia | None. Woke up feeling refreshed for a change...ready for the day. | This medicene works really good and really fast....take it and get to bed as soon as you can. I would take it about 1/2 hr. before bedtime. Took it off and on for about 3 months. Only problem is Dr. will give me no more....very habit forming. | F | 43 | 3 months | 7/10/2002 | 2 | could not stay asleep | No side effects, but woke up at 3am and ate. Trying to stay sleeping so I don't eat myself into a pig | F | 56 | 3 days | 7/23/2002 | 5 | | 8/7/2002 | 5 | trouble sleeping | No side effects. However, I recognize the fact that I am dependent upon this drug. I do not abuse it and after four years still take only 1 tablet. When I do not take Ambien, I have horrific nightmares. I take it regularly every night. | I do know why they advise taking Ambien for a short time because it is difficult if not impossible to come off of it. But it continues to help me to sleep and to feel rested. Actually, I do not know if I will ever be able to stop taking this drug. | F | 67 | 4 years | 8/19/2002 | 5 | insomnia | Take as needed, usually 1/2 tablet of 5MG. | F | 72 | | 8/28/2002 | 5 | anxiety | lack of coordination, trouble focusing. | M | 24 | 1 days | 8/30/2002 | 5 | after whipple surgery | F | 51 | | 10/8/2002 | 2 | insomnia | HORRIBLE nightmares when combined w/ zoloft, (i.e. woke up crying every night) daytime drowsiness, | Not recommended, doesnt make you hallucinate like some people claim. | M | 15 | 1 weeks | 10/9/2002 | 5 | I could not fall sleep. | I felt like the room was spinning, and I felt myself literally being pulled down | I loved it! I woke up refreshed. | F | 22 | 4 days | 10/11/2002 | 4 | Depressed - cancer came back | None - if I get at least 7 hours of sleep | I usually take it at least 5 nights in a week. | F | 49 | 9 months | 10/22/2002 | 5 | insomnia | none | I've been taking it for over five years. Only a slight reduction in effeciency over time. | M | 59 | 5 years | 11/15/2002 | 3 | anxiety and insomnia | "Jumpy" feeling in the morning. | Slept well, but concerned about becoming addicted | F | 54 | 1 days | 11/21/2002 | 5 | NIGHTTIME LEG CRAMPING UNABLE TO SL | ALWAYS STICK TO RECOMMENDED DOSE | F | 53 | | 12/2/2002 | 5 | To sleep-taking hi-dose steroids | None that I noticed. Quite amazing. | Most effective and problem-free sleeping pill I've ever used. | M | 59 | 7 days | 12/2/2002 | 5 | couldn't fall asleep or stay asleep | Memory loss if tried to stay awake after taking it. Some drowsiness the following morning, but minimal. | F | 23 | 4 months | 12/23/2002 | 4 | post surgical sleep problems | not much to mention | It was a godsend..after heart surgery..I was able to get a full nights sleep without feeling drowsy in the morning and have now been able to sleep without medication..I also did not experience any side effects as I gradually withdrew taking it | F | 48 | 5 months | 1/5/2003 | 4 | inability to fall asleep | F | 52 | 2 years | 1/6/2003 | 5 | chronic insomnia | none | best on the market but expensive and some insurance companies won't approve | F | 46 | 8 years | 2/5/2003 | 4 | can't fall asleep or stay asleep | 1. night binge eating that I sometimes don't remember 2. feeling as though others are with me (not threatening at all) if I stay up after I take it | This medication has been a godsend for me . . .I would like to stay asleep so I wouldn't eat . . .but I am so happy to sleep every night! I suffered with insomnia for years and doctors would always give me a 10-day supply . . finally went to a psychiatrist and now I take it every night with no habituation. | F | 48 | 1 years | 2/19/2003 | 3 | insomnia | Minor hangover in morning, very violent explicit nightmares when I don't take it (Didn't have prior to Ambien) | Concern about addiction, alternating taking NyQuil and Ambien each night, otherwise nightmares occur. | F | 44 | 4 weeks | 4/9/2003 | 4 | sleep | nauseous the day after | F | 38 | 6 months | 4/10/2003 | 5 | cant sleep | a little slugish the next afternoon | M | 2 months | 4/24/2003 | 5 | insomnia | none | great drug, no hangover, not addictive | F | 27 | 6 months | 6/2/2003 | 5 | Couldn't get to sleep or stay aslee | none | I use it 3-4 nights a week | M | 56 | 2 years | 8/3/2003 | 5 | insomnia | M | 49 | 6 months | 9/4/2003 | 4 | Insomnia | F | 48 | | 9/24/2003 | 2 | insomnia - waking at 4am | No side effects. No morning residual. | Fell asleep great with the drug. However, awoke at about 5am. The half life of the drug is too short for people who have trouble staying asleep. Taking Klonopin now. | M | 52 | 2 months | 9/25/2003 | 5 | to get to sleep | dizziness | I know of people who have taken this drug and became completely disorrented fell over and injured themselves. I don't take a full 10 mg. I usualy bite off a quarter pill and I fall right to sleep. No drugged feelinging the morning. I am probably addicted to it because I don't sleep as well as without. I have been on and off of it over the last two years. The only time I have ever taken a full 10mg Tab was prescibed after sugery. 1 Quatrter tab works perfectly and leaves me 4 times the medidation prescribed | M | 56 | 2 years | 10/1/2003 | 5 | sleep problems | groggy in moring | M | 37 | 3 weeks | 10/14/2003 | 5 | | 10/26/2003 | 3 | Insomnia | None | It does help me get to sleep, but the sleep is only good for about 4 hours and I'm awake again. Taking a plain Tylenol along with the Ambien will usually get me an extra hour or two of sleep. 6 hours sleep via the above is about the best I've been able to do since 1994. Every now and then I go into a two hour cycle: sleep two hours, awake two hours, sleep two hours, awake ... that's when I resort to the Ambien and if necessary the Ambien/plain Tylenol combination for a couple of nights. Taking Ambien every night for slightly better than two weeks didn't produce any better results, just the 4 hours, so I only take it on occasion now as mentioned above. | F | 61 | 44 times | 11/30/2003 | 5 | sleep problems | when awakened by loud noises once and got up, I was extremely dizzy, disoriented, laughed almost uncontrollably, and hallucinated (bedspread and rugs appeared to be levitating). | now I take only 1/2, and take it very sporadically, only when absolutely necessary. Never more than 4 nights in a row. | F | 53 | 5 months | 12/12/2003 | 5 | waking in the middle of the night | memory loss right before sleeping, I have to take it right when i go to sleep or i do stuff I can't remember... | i finally sleep threw the night which is nice, i have very vivid dreams | F | 34 | 1 months | 12/13/2003 | 4 | insomnia | Addictive, in that sleeping is even more difficult when the drug is not taken. Vivid, frightening nightmares when medication is stopped. If I don't sleep within 30 minutes after taking Ambien, I (reportedly) function normally, but have no memory of anything I say or do while it's in my system. | M | 51 | 2 years | 2/6/2004 | 5 | insomnia | forgetfulness | M | 40 | 90 days | 3/3/2004 | 4 | SLEEP | F | 33 | | 3/31/2004 | 3 | Sleep Deprevation | Mild hallucinations, nothing else. | About 30 minutes into this while laying in bed I start noticing some odd cloud like formations floating around my room and they seem to be trying to communicate with me. I finally fell asleep after 1 hour and slept 4 hours straight but woke up feeling wide awake and had trouble getting back to sleep. Gonna try 5mg tonight before bed and if I wake up will take another 5mg. Don't take more than 10mg a day so this may solve problem. sorry to post so soon after one night but don't think your going crazy if you see things for awhile in bed ;) | M | 36 | 1 days | 4/9/2004 | 5 | Insomnia due to Wellbutrin | No side effects | It works great. Sometimes I only take half a pill. No grogginess in morning at all. I only use as needed though as I've heard it is habit forming. | M | 36 | 2 months | 4/12/2004 | 5 | delayed sleep-onset insomnia | Next-day nausea, headache, diarrhea if taken too late at night. Hallucinations and paranoia initially, passes after a couple of times of taking it. | FABULOUS for delayed-sleep-onset insomnia. It can put me to sleep no matter how anxious I am. Works great if you have 8 hours to sleep after taking it. Forgiving even if you have a bit of alcohol with it. Initially causes paranoia and hallucinations, so be prepared. That passes after you're used to it. I recommend 5mg rather than 10mg. | F | 35 | 7 years | 5/9/2004 | 5 | initial onset insomnia | Amnesia, only if I hadn't gotten at least 3 hours of sleep in the first hour of waking or so. Also, may not remember activities right before falling asleep, although I seemed to function cognitively fine. NOT a good idea to engage in sexual behaviors after taking Ambien, for obvious reasons. | Works quickly, and usually only take half a 10mg. tablet is sufficient, unless I am really anxious about having to get up early and I am clock watching, ect. It has been a godsend!!! | F | 37 | 10 years | 5/10/2004 | 5 | paxil caused very shallow sleeping | none | ads say should be only taken 7 - 10 days but doctor figures I will need it for as long as I am on Paxil, insurance pays for it and it does the trick | M | 31 | 4 months | 5/11/2004 | 4 | shoulder pain w/ sleeplessness | none while taking it. Bad nightmares and could not sleep at all when I stopped taking it. | Slept really well, no drowsiness the next day. No problem until I stopped taking it. | F | 38 | 10 days | 5/11/2004 | 5 | TO SLEEP | NONE | WORKED WELL | F | 33 | 2 months | 5/12/2004 | 5 | | 5/20/2004 | 5 | insomnia | euphoria, sexual arousal | i am taking this drug for the second time for insomnia. the first time i was given only 5 10mg pills and they worked great. i have zero complaints for this drug. it truly does work like a dream. and the aphrodisiac effect was nice too ;) | F | 22 | 1 days | 5/25/2004 | 2 | Cushings disease caused insomnia | Didn't help me sleep. No longer have Cushings or Addisons and am trying to wean off other sleep meds and having very difficult time. Am trying Ambien again and again it is not having any effect to help me sleep and the withdrawal from other meds causes sleeplessness and jitters. | F | 47 | 3 weeks | 6/2/2004 | 4 | | 6/8/2004 | 1 | longstanding sleep disorder | Took ambien for 4 nights; experienced uncontrollable crying for 3 days, then broke out into a itchy rash; seen for emergency medical treatment. | This is the WORST medication I've ever taken for anything; even though Sonata only works for around 4 hours, I recommend THAT because of no side effects. | F | 58 | 4 days | 7/24/2004 | 4 | Initial Onset/Middle Insomnia | I took an Ambien about 30 minutes ago, so it's starting to kick in, and MAN. Slight vertigo, euphoria, aphrodesia. I find myself personifying everyday objects around me, creating the illusion that there are other people in the room, i.e., the dripping sink becomes a person who sings a dripping song, etc, etc. It feels like a trip. But I know from previous experience that if I get into bed now, I will fall asleep like a log. | Do not use unless you have to if your problem is moderate. I only use Ambien as a safeguard if it's like 2:00 AM and I still can't sleep. Don't spend too much time enjoying the euphoria, or you might find yourself staying up all night. Remember to get back to bed! | M | 23 | 6 days | 7/26/2004 | 3 | to aid sleeping | F | 76 | 2 years | 8/11/2004 | 5 | Insomnia | Noticed some dizziness the first 2-3 days. Works very QUICKLY !! Seems to have a | I have been on Midnight shift in a very stressful job for about 6 years. After 2 years on the shift, I was still not sleeping well. This drug has been a MIRACLE for me. I would often toss and turn, with my mind racing...now I FINALLY REST !! Works best on an empty stomach, food (especially greasy food) seems to interfere with it. | F | 32 | 4 years | 8/12/2004 | 4 | Sleep difficulty | Memory loss, confusion | It works extremely well for me as long as I take it occasionally-- I would not want to depend on it, because it can cause me to exercise poor judgment. I do not use it often. | M | 24 | 3 years | 8/15/2004 |