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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | Insomnia | I take ambien 1-2 times a month when my insomnia is really bad. Knocks me out within 30 minutes of taking it. I've never done anything weird or gotten up in the night. I wake up 7-8 hours later fully rested. | F | 41 | 6 days 5 | 6/10/2013 | 5 | Chronic insomnia | I have had sleeping problems ever since I could remember. Ambien has been a god send. I have had minimal side effects such as vivid dreams and having conversations with people and not remembering it the next day. The trick is to take it 15 minutes before bed and lay down with no electronics on and just close your eyes. Don't try to stay awake. That's where people are having the major side effects. | F | 23 | 3 years 10 mg | 6/10/2013 | 5 | chronic insomnia | Most wonderful drug I have ever taken for my insomnia. It worked when nothing else did. Had slightly dry mouth. Otherwise, slept incredibly well & felt like it gave my life back. Would take it again in a heartbeat if needed. | F | 36 | 6 months 10 mg | 3/11/2013 | 5 | Insomniac | I had double vision in one eye once for one hour after taking Ambien daily for a week. | This drug is a life saver. I cut the pills into fourths and take 1/4 nightly. Then I skip Friday nights and switch to Unisom sleep melts for a night or 2 to break any potential addiction. I take 1/2 tablet only if I really need to catch up on extra sleep. I have an extremely stressful job as a dentist and with any high stress job, you may notice memory loss with or without Ambien, because the brain is only capable of retaining a limited amount of storage. I write everything down and back it up on my computer to save my brain cells. Since I take such a low dose, I have successfully averted all side effects. Ambien works for me and 1 other friend of mine who takes 1/2 tablet...she does notice eating things and not remembering but note she takes more than I . | F | 49 | 2 years 10 1X D | 3/10/2013 | 5 | insomnia | Everyone reacts differently to meds. Ambien is my savior. Its the first and last prescription sleep aid I will ever have. No complaints- no crazy dreams or shopping sprees. Sometimes I even stay up an hour or 2 after taking it and im fine. As soon as I lay down, I fall right asleep. No problems here. Love ambien! | F | 25 | 6 months 5mg | 2/14/2013 | 5 | nightmares and inability to sleep | No side effects, but had to take other meds to control the nightmares. | F | 28 | 4 years 10 | 12/23/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | No side effects. I have been on it long term, although I do stop taking it occasionally. It has been a blessing for me. Always wake up feeling refreshed. | F | 36 | 6 years 10mg | 10/28/2012 | 5 | no rem sleep. rare sleep | Had cereal once that I didn't remember fixing myself but also hadn't eaten supper. This drug is the reason I actually sleep. I feel rested and happy. | F | 48 | 1 years 10 | 9/27/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Hunger in the middle of the night (not sleep-eating, I knew what I was doing) and hallucinations if I didn't go to bed right away | I was having a pretty bad bout of insomnia and finally decided I needed to see the doctor about it. When I heard he was giving me Ambien, I freaked out. I had heard many scary things about it from other users. I was terrified to take it, but I figured not sleeping was worse, so I tried it. I slept so well that night. I didn't even remember drifting off. I felt so rested. I would notice that if I took it and stayed up doing anything, like reading, I would eventually start seeing things. One night the lights in my house looked like they were moving around and floating through the room, like orbs. It never scared me, though, because I knew it was the Ambien doing it and I was the one stupid enough to stay up after taking it when the label said to take it right when going to sleep. I also noticed that if I happened to wake up some nights, I'd get intense urges to eat anything crunchy, like cereals. But the sleep I got was so good. Eventually, the 10 MG I was taking started to poop out on me around the three month mark. My doctor did not want to increase my dosage any higher, so he just discontinued the Ambien altogether and put me on Lunesta, which was way more expensive. I was worried about stopping the Ambien cold turkey after three months and he said it shouldn't be a problem. I have been off the Ambien for going on three days now, and I have not experienced anything unpleasant. | M | 27 | 3 months 10 MG 1X D | 9/13/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Blackouts | If taken correctly you will should go to bed and go to sleep. I know that if I take it and do not go to bed right away then after a certain point I will not remember anything. I have never taken it and drove. Once I am in bed I am in bed. If I drink before I take it then my black out periods are more frequent. But you just have to know this is the way it works. Other than staying up when I know I shouldnt and maybe not remembering everything from the night before is the only thing that has happened. But I know this is because of the ambien. Its something I accept. I do not recommend drinking with it though. You do much more crazy stuff. I am sure my partner enjoys the crazy sex he gets from time to time off of it I just wish I could remember some of it. But sometimes I am glad I can't. | F | 42 | 5 years 10mg 1X D | 6/21/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Having conversations with my husband that I have no memory of...but otherwise, this medicine has been a blessing as I have had life long insomnia. I take it only as prescribed and I do not leave my bed after taking it. | F | 39 | 3 years 10 MG | 6/13/2012 | 5 | Sleep aid | None | Has helped me sleep immensely. I have cardiac PVCs/PACs and Ambien helps me get to sleep. | M | 42 | 1.6 years 10 MG 1X D | 6/12/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | I took this a few years ago and did not follow the warnings and had all the side effect that have been mentioned. Now I follow them exactly as prescribed and immediately get into bed. I may watch TV for 20 mins or so but them its off to sleep I go. My sleep has been fantastic !!! I have always had trouble sleeping waking every 90 mins or so, which lad to feeling very tired and out of sorts. Now I wake refreshed and ready to tackle the day! | Ambien is not right for every one, but if the doctor gives it to you, follow his/her guidance. Never take more than prescribed or drink alcohol with it. As soon as you take it go right to bed and relax and let the meds work. If you have a spouse, girlfriend/boyfriend or partner and tell them about the possible side effects so he/she can be there to support you! | F | 49 | 6 weeks 12.5 1X D | 6/12/2012 | 5 | insomnia | increase in sex drive . Hard time concentrating or focusing on anything. Foggy light headed. | Want sax after taking Ambien | F | 41 | 30 days 10 mg 1X D | 5/30/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Take this drug for sleep not to get high and all those other people saying don't take this it ruins lives.… | M | 20 | 4 years 10 | 5/19/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | A little nausea and some wild dreams | Ambien works fantastic as long as you don't take it over 4 days in a row or long-term. It is a short-term quick fix for insomnia. As with all sleep meds you will develop a tolerance if you take it on a regular basis. Go to bed immediately after taking ambien for it to work properly. If you don't, you might sleep eat, drive, call, etc. Improper use is why this medication gets a very bad name. If used correctly, it will work and for all of us true insomniacs, it is a miracle drug. | F | 46 | 4 days 10 MG 1X D | 5/14/2012 | 5 | insomnia | hallucinations, especially when taking while on adderall or other stimulants. doing things i don't remember | Ambien is an extremely good treatment for insomnia, so long as you aren't on stimulants or drinking too much caffiene. if you stay up on it even just a short time, you may hallucinate or do things you don't recall doing at all. However, as a sleep aid, it's wonderful. It may be addicting, though. I kind of just had to stop taking it because my insurance no longer covered a full month's worth, but i don't really need it anymore anyway. | F | 24 | 5 years 10 mg 1X D | 3/27/2012 | 5 | sleep disorder | am 17 started ambien when I was 14 . there wonderful. gotta be carful not to take them til you go to sleep when I first took them I got really dizzy stuff look like I was in a scary movie. they kinda gave me a sicafrangat zone saw things heard things made me feel like I was in a room full of pll wen I wasn't. people told me that it would give real tragic dreams such as bloody scary stuff I always had them so I couldn't tell y'all if they made them worse. there very addicting I can't go with out them or ill be up for days . NEVER take more than 2 . they make you do crazy stuff when yuu wake up your memeber nothing .i woke up with crazy stuff. other than that after awhile you tend to get used to them. most side affects are do to me having to take 2 anxiety pills 2 depresson pills and my ambein. so now I can't sleep with out all 5 or 6 . | F | 17 | 3 years 10 MG | 3/20/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | If I don't go to bed right away I don't remember conversations that I have with family before bed. definitely helps me sleep better and I feel great in the morning even if I don't get a full 8 hrs of sleep. | F | 26 | 1 years 10mg | 3/6/2012 | 5 | insomnia and anxiety | The only side effect I had was it made me feel weird. When the ambien kicked in it felt weird to eat and touch anything. And everything just seemed to slow down to slow motion. Other then that this drug saves my life. Without it I would still be up for days at a time | F | 21 | 1 days 50 MG | 3/3/2012 | 5 | Knee pain and insomnia | NONE THAT I AM AWARE OF | Usually take 5mg, fall asleep, wake up 4-5 hours later, go right back to sleep, feel refreshed and alert in the mornings. Am a college professor and do my best work in the mornings. When I go off for a few days when I am between prescriptions, I simply go back to the way it was before Ambien ... my mind is too busy to go to sleep and I wake up throughout the night. So, when I begin to get tired after a few days of that, I get another prescription and enjoy being able to go to sleep and return to enjoying an energized life. I do wish there was more animal research and neurological fMRI studies being done on long term use of Ambien because I think it is a great pill. People often ask if I have been tested for sleep apnea and I have not. | M | 67 | 7 years 5-10 mg 1X D | 3/2/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Slight addiction. Tolerence. Funny thoughts. Uncoordination. | I could not help but get up and move when the ambien hit me. I loved the high it gave me. So i stopped taking it before it became a problem. I used to take 4 or 5 just for the feeling of escaping the crazy insomnic thoughts. | M | 16 | 1 days 10 7X W | 2/28/2012 | 5 | insomnia | none really at all. Works great. I like to be in bed before I take it. I also have taken 1/2 a dose. I do not take it daily ever. A "month" prescription lasts me 3-4 months. It is a lifesaver on some days! | F | 50 | 2 years 30 MG 1X D | 2/15/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Feeling of relief from racing thoughts. | Ambien works great for me. I stopped taking it for over a month because of a pharmacy/doc office mix up. I didn't go out of my way to fix the mix up, therefor indicating I am not addicted. During the month of not taking any, I DID have severe insomnia like before starting Ambien. ------------- While taking the drug... sometimes at night I get up, eat, play on the pc for a few... but I remember all of it, just not as clearly as usual. The first week I was on Ambien, my night behavior was remembered a bit like dreaming, but I knew I was awake. ----------------- Its 4 am right now and Im up writing this. Just got 5 hours of straight beautiful sleep. ------------- I found your website because my boyfriend is worried about side effects, so I googled it. Back to bed now... :) | F | 36 | 5-10 mg 1X D | 1/26/2012 | 5 | trouble sleeping | Loss of memory. | I give this a 5 because it worked great for me. Too great. I started taking more than I was supposed to. There are so many horror stories here about getting off Ambien and I wanted to offer some hope. I'm on day 3 off it. The first night I did not sleep at all. The first 2 days I had all the usual withdrawal symptoms. I was ready to go to the ER. I actually slept last night and on day 3, today, I'm feeling almost normal. I expected this to be a long process and it's turning out to be far easier than I thought. | F | 56 | 5 years 12.5mg 1X D | 1/25/2012 | 5 | Sleep and anxiety | Must laydown or go to sleep right after taking the pill. Otherwise, some of those hallucinations may happen. They're not freaky, just sort of makes everything texturally different. I've never known what having a normal day was like until I figured out how to get a great night-ambien was it. Slept like a baby. Woke up with the alarm ready to start the day! | F | 25 | 4 months 10mg | 1/23/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | I drag stuff out trying to organize but just make a mess. Electronic games appear 3D (which is awesome). All is well if I go to bed right away. | F | 43 | 2 years 10 mg | 1/8/2012 | 5 | could not sleep | Sexual activity that I was completely unaware of and thought I was asleep. | I have been taking Ambien for about a year now. For me it has been the first time in my life that I am able to fall asleep within 15 minutes or so and wake up feeling rested. I don't think I ever knew what that meant before, 'feeling rested.' I also have ADD and take Celexa (an SSRI) daily. I tried the over the counter sleep medications but always felt grogy in the morning. With Ambien I don't. But I found half a tablet will do the trick. I have taken a full tablet when I felt I really needed a good solid 8 hours of sleep. Last night I took a full tablet. This morning my husband said I did some things sexually last night that he has never seen me do. So I looked online and found that others have experienced this also. He called it total inhabition. He thought it was pretty amusing. I certainly didn't for I don't remember any of it. In reading other side affects it does become a bit scary. So just wanted to say that it is a possible side effect. | F | 58 | 10mg 1X D | 1/8/2012 | 5 | Couldnt get a full nights sleep, & | Cant remember , but not all thetime. | F | 67 | 2 years 10 mg | 11/23/2011 | 5 | insomnia | M | 53 | 3 years 30mg 1X D | 10/29/2011 | 5 | shift work | mild hallucinations | First of all, I can't stop reading all the stories some of you people post about this drug, I am having a ball, very entertaining while I sit here bored at work! Hilarious! My work schedule rotates from days/evenings/nights, so ambien is a life saver for me! I take this at night and when I wake up in the morning I feel so refreshed, not tired at all and ready for my 12 hour day shift! I have never experienced anything other than mild hallucinations on this drug, but I don't mind it one bit because it only means it's working and it's also my clue to hit the sack. I can see how one would become mentally addicted to this but not physically! I have never experienced any kind of withdrawals and I have taken this for weeks on and off. It sounds like to me that some people are abusing it though, obviously that is going to cause you to have some issues. You can also build a tolerance to it fairly quickly so it is important to not take it every single day. I just can't believe some of the stories people post on here, it really cracks me up (as long as no one gets hurt of course)! | F | 32 | 6 years 10 mg 1X AN | 8/27/2011 | 5 | shift work | None | This sleeper works a treat i do night shift 7 out of 28 days. i use it occasionally for a brain reset also. i even find it has an antidepresant action, gets rid of brain fog | M | 49 | 7 years 5 mg 1X AN | 8/18/2011 | 5 | Trouble falling & staying asleep | amnesia, decreased inhibitions | My issue with sleep before Ambien was "my mind wouldn't shut off." I would review the day over and over. I would get up to write reminders down several times a night. I also needed to have a movie playing in order to fall asleep. Nights without Ambien, I’d stay up until 3am. Recently, I was diagnosed with ADD and am now taking Adderall as well as Ambien. THAT has made a significant difference because it calms my mind throughout the day, and it stays calm until bedtime. I still need Ambien most nights because I don’t feel tired enough at bedtime, but the nights without it are not nearly as severe. I think the effects depend on the person – it really affects me much the same as alcohol would, and I don’t mind it. I don’t remember the sexual activity until my husband brings it up the next morning, then it’s a little hazy, but while it’s happening, I don’t have any problems with it and remember just feeling very impulsive and turned on. BECAUSE I’m very happily married, I think the effects are not a bad thing for me. I highly recommend this medication IF you have a responsible partner/roommate that you can depend on to prevent you from making bad decisions while on it and would NOT take it if you tend to react negatively to being intoxicated. The Ambien does its job very well for me – I tend to fall asleep within 15 minutes of lying down and have not had to have a movie playing or gotten up to write | F | 37 | 3 years 10 mg 1X D | 7/27/2011 | 5 | Insomnia | No side effects, works beautifully, no scare stories like I've read about. | Must take it because beta blocker Metoprolol prescribed for Atrial Fibrillation causes insomnia!! | F | 74 | 2 years 2.5 mg 1X D | 7/22/2011 | 5 | Insomnia | F | 51 | 10 1X D | 6/6/2011 History | 5 | hard falling & staying asleep | I had one episode of sleep phone calling to my 93 yo mom @ 3 in the morning & 1 episode sleep cooking of raw eggs PLUS the eggshells & episodes of sleep eating, which stopped eventually. | I was on Ambien generic 10 mg for 6 years & about 1 year ago I had to increase my dosage by 5 mg until I reached 20 mg nightly--then it stopped working altogether. When I ran out, I took Trazodone 100 mg plus Elavil 40 mg at bedtime. I have not experienced ANY withdrawal from stopping the Ambien cold turkey. When I receive my 3 month supply from a mail order pharmacy I will stop the other 2 meds & go back on the Ambien 10 mg at bedtime. Substituting the Elavil & Trazodone for the Ambien has provided very good sleeping---you may even be able to get by with just the Elavil or just the Trazodone alone. I am a retired pharmacist. I plan on going off the Ambien periodically, for a week or so (substituting with the Elavil & Trazodone, so I do not build up a tolerance to the Ambien. Good sleeping to all !!! | M | 60 | 6 years 10 mg 1X D | 3/28/2011 | 5 | Insomnia | None | I LOVE this sleep aid. I tried the CR and couldn't wake up in the morning, but I just take half (a full one if I'm really restless) and fall asleep within 15 minutes of taking it, and I wake up feeling well rested. If I do wake up in the middle of the night it is easy to get back to sleep, and it is the only one I have tried, including natural supplements, that does not give me nightmares. Highly recommend! | F | 32 | 6 months 10 mg 1X D | 3/18/2011 | 5 | sleep problems following surgery | NONE | I am highly sensitive to most medications and so I resisted the suggestion that I take help to re-regulate my sleep following surgery. I was worried about possible side effects but have found this medication to be amazingly helpful. Not groggy, not drowsy, no sleep eating - just an easy sleep and fully awake after about 6-7 hours. I am very impressed. | F | 68 | 14 days 1X D | 3/15/2011 | 5 | insomnia due to anxiety | the only side effects i have EVER experienced was if i stayed up too long after taking it and it becomes like a mild hallucinogenic and you wont remember much if anything after about 10-15 minutes after you took it. BUT it is not for recreation so take it correctly and go to bed and it is the BEST drug ever if you cannot get to sleep!!! | GREAT!!! Don't listen to the hype and just follow the directions! | M | 38 | 6 years 10mg 1X D | 3/4/2011 | 5 | insomnia | only once-typed (email to daughter , made no sense.) no other side effect. | this drug is a life saver. Just stay in bed, don't get up and use pc.I was a care-giver for many years,using ambien to help me sleep made my days so much easier.... | F | 76 | 10 years 10mg. 1X D | 2/12/2011 | 5 | insomnia | Eating in my sleep | I love this medication, I have been plagued with insomnia my whole life and now I can get 8 hours of quality sleep and feel GREAT in the morning | F | 49 | 8 years 10 mg 1X D | 1/6/2011 | 5 | anxiety at night/insomnia | none | I love it...not only do I sleep like a baby but I get so relaxed and horny...it's like weed without the munchies and the anxiety highs. I do not sleepwalk or drive the wrong way down the freeway, but I feel SO RELAXED and if I take it during the day, calm anxiety-free, I will drink some coffee, and it gives me a chilled out wakeful energy! 30 mg is even better than 15...the horny factor particularly...anyway gotta go and pop and ambien yo WORD | M | 23 | 2 years 15 mg 2X AN | 12/30/2010 | 5 | Sleep Terror Disorder | Outward visual hallucinations that become less as tolerance builds, seems to set up the dreaming part of brain and if still awake rarely causes grandoise hallucinations. | I have been taking ambien for awhile, and use it to keep excessive nightmares featuring the thoughts of everday allday schizo voices that have not managed to hack the visual cranial nerves or photo recepetors of the retina and have mainly stayed auditory. This drug works well to put "vocies" to sleep and become lethargic also in my own motion. Any attempts to sleep without it are mostly random, and the dumber part of the brain, or the brain used while sleeping can't seem to figure out that it is the same voices that bother the me all day, unless, and usually once weekly if no sleeping pills are taken it will just override the hacking attempts of voices during sleep cycle to regenerate and even cause a reverse effect where schizo is in a nightmare that I create for them. Still playing games with the bigboys in the larger scale dimension between organized bacteria and individual bacteria or cellular sized organisms of lazy atoms. Taking the ambien, which is a fine drug, does a fantastic job and does not seem to cause any reliance without it, besides the desire to sleep without nightmares, which was a preexisting condition to taking ambien, at least for myself. If they could make some zoli ambien that can be taken during the day, I would take it as I have noticed if I stay awake, schizo voices, seem to become lethargic and less chatty, and seem as though drunk and much less organized in their attacks on me. | M | 26 | 8 months 10mg 1X D | 12/27/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | Makes me feel drunkish, slightly euphoric and tired (thank God). | First off I just want to say some of the stories you guys post here about your Ambien-induced shenanigans crack me up! Always makes for a good laugh. That said, people who say things like "This medication needs to be taken off the market" need to seriously check yourselves. Ambien is a GODSEND to people who suffer from chronic insomnia like I do. It really is. I've never done any sleep-driving or sleep-eating or any of these other alleged activities while taking it, and I've used Ambien for a decade now. If you're doing crazy stuff like that, perhaps you need to reduce your dosage! I cut my 10mg pills in quarters and it still works like a charm. Please don't ruin it for the rest of us who do just fine on this medication! | M | 31 | 10 years 5mg 2X D | 12/22/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | The only side effect I've experienced is a little bit of nausea and vomiting the next day. | For me, Ambien has been a dream. So far anyways. I have a plethora of health problems, and insomnia kind of goes along with it all. I've tried everything. Klonipin worked the best, but it made me very groggy and act "drunk." Also the withdrawals were unbearable at times. I've just started taking the Ambien, and so far it has been amazing. I get sleepy within a half hour of taking it, and go to bed, and sleep for 8 hours. No getting up and doing strange things, I'm alert the next day, and feel refreshed. The only side effect I've had so far is a little bit of nausea and vomting and twice I had a slight anxiety in the morning. Other than that... it really helps me. | F | 27 | 7 days 10 MG 1X D | 11/6/2010 | 5 | insomnia | grogginess upon awakening. | I cut the pill into quarters, I take one quarter, wait 20 minutes then take the other quarter. Then I go to sleep. If I wake up after 3 hours I will take another quarter then hopefully I will go back to sleep. Haven't had any weird side affects except if I fall asleep without taking it I will have some weird dreams. I don't usually remember my dreams while taking ambien. It is hard to sleep without it though. I do recommend cutting the pill in order to try it out. Don't take the whole dose the first time you take it. Some people have a bad reaction. I haven't had one though. | F | 50 | 5 years 10 mg 1X D | 10/23/2010 | 5 | to sleep | slow typing skills, lots or error, blurred vision, craved candy, sugar, and pretty horny agterwards | F | 25 | 30 days 10 mg 1X D | 10/14/2010 | 5 | chronic insomnia | My Sisters husband used to accuse me of making noise in the kitchen an leaving a 'mess' I would get odd cravings tho- like frying just a slice of American cheese till it gets semi burnt. Eatng a hanful of uncooked pastina or orzo, an spilling some | Best sleep med I ever had, and I think Ive tried them all- Id pop one pink ambian, and one blue Xanax, and I was asleep solid in 5 minutes or less, until daylight No side FX- no getting argumentative, slurry or pugnacious, no trying to drive the car, or open a beer- just lay down, close eyes, and then Im waking up 'cause its morning- Best sleep aid ever made. | M | 63 | 4 years 50mg 1X AN | 10/6/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | the only side effect is that it lose effectiveness with a coupple of weeks, so you have to look an alternative until ambien get out of your system and then back again on ambien | Perfect! It makes what is suppose to do, put you in sleep.. I'm 6'1, so i need to take 20 mg (i don't know why the manufacturerers don't consider to make the 20mng pill.. anywa, take it with empty stomache (at least 3-4 hours without meal before bed), put your headphones and lay down onece you take in bed, and it works, no side effect, I dont know why people give bad rates of ambien, is the best sleep medication avaliable, is not a benzodiazepine, so addiction is very low compare to ANY benzo.... | M | 32 | 2 years 10-20 1X D | 10/5/2010 History | 5 | trouble sleeping | NONE!! | The only pill that makes me fall asleep at night. Should only take it at hour of sleep. If you have addictive personality, do not take it. The best sleep aid ever. I take it 3 or 4 times a week. Should not pull from the market just because it doesn't work for certain people. Only take it while you are with your family or someone you trust just to be on the safe side. Duh!!! it's a sleep-aid. It's supposed to knock you out. | F | 29 | 10 months 10mg 3X W | 8/30/2010 | 5 | can t fall asleep | NO REAL SIDE EFFECTS IN MY CASE | AMBIEN IS A WONDER DRUG.......I STAY UP TIL MIDNITE, TAKE MY AMBIEN AND SLEEP A SOLID 7 HOURS. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THE STRANGE SIDE EFFCTS MENTIONED BY OTHER USERS..........JUST GREAT SLEEP............ | M | 56 | 1 years 10 mg 1X D | 8/19/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | Have woken up hungry in middle of night a couple of times only. | I did not sleep for more than 2 - 4 hours per night for the last 10 years. I tried all the o.t.c. meds and they only made me more restless-none of them worked at all. I could not fall asleep quickly and I could not stay asleep. I never asked my doctor for anything because I thought nothing would work. Finally I asked my doctor and he prescribed me Ambien 10 m.g. It is The Miracle Pill. Ambien works great. I fall asleep instantly as I only take it just before going to bed. I sleep all night and get a good/great night's sleep. I feel great in the morning with no side effects. I'm sorry to hear about the horrible side effects some people are having because I do not experience any of them. Maybe it's because I'm using the drug properly and as prescribed. I don't know. But it has been a life saver for me. I can finally go to sleep fast and sleep all night. Thank you Ambien! | M | 44 | 8 months 10 MG 1X D | 8/6/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | Night eating at times but this condition first appeared when I was in college. Don't talk on the phone or get on your computer after you take it. | F | 52 | 2 days 10 mg 1X D | 7/12/2010 | 5 | Not sleeping well | I did not know there were side effects until I visited this website. I am one of the lucky ones. I can break it into quarters and it works like a charm. I am a 240 lb. male who at 48 years old went from the best sleeper I know, to the worst in about six months. Talked to my Dr. and he recommended Ambien, which was ok, but I would wake up after about three hours and was right back to where I started, but now it was 2:00 am and did not dare to take another. The Ambien CR was the trick and it changed my life back to normal. | M | 48 | 12.5 2X W | 7/10/2010 | 5 | insomnia | nothing but sleep | There are a lot of negative comments here. And a lot of demands to pull this drug from the market, etc. But my experience has been so positive, I almost feel like this has saved my sanity. My insomnia became so bad that I was almost being pushed over the edge--horrible toughts at 4am, like "what's so wrong with me that I can't just sleep?!" I started down a path of heavy drinking to try to knock myself out, it was getting ugly. And my family doctor was reluctant to prescibe this drug. Finally found a doc who would, now I take one, go to bed and sleep. Life is good again!! Everyone's story is different, but used properly, this can be a lifesaver! | F | 32 | 5 years 10 mgs 1X D | 6/30/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | None. | I've had insomnia for about 10 years. Ambien is the only medicine that I've taken for sleep that doesn't have side-effects such as morning drowsiness. It is a reliable medicine that never lets me down. | F | 37 | 4 years 10 MG 1X D | 6/25/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | Memory issues. | I am honest enough to admit that this drug scares me. But it's also the only thing that has helped me to sleep. One of my earliest memories was laying awake not sleeping and as I entered my 40's it started to take it's toll. The memory issues occur when I take the pill and do something before going to bed. I know I should not do that but since it takes a while to work, it's hard to not "use" that time. The key is that after I see what I did after taking the pill (like seeing that I'd gone in and cleaned up in the kitchen) then I remember doing it. So the memory is not totally lost, just masked by the drug. At this time I have made a decision to accept this since it has been so helpful in keeping my life together. I need sleep. This is my chosen way. | F | 53 | 3 years 10 mg. 1X D | 6/24/2010 | 5 | insomnia/depression | Absolutely none. | I am presently taking 10 mg of Ambien and have not experienced any weird side effects at all. My physician was very firm in her instructions to not take the pill until physically getting into bed. I do and sleep great and finally wake up feeling rested (and at an early hour). I have had chronic depression/panic disorder for almost 15 years and this drug along with my other meds have given me my life back in a way better way. Ambien is a sleeping pill people. Unless you sleep standing up, don't take it and walk around, etc. If used correctly (like any other drug) it is a perfectly safe drug. Please don't pass up taking Ambien because of these crazy postings, just use common sense when taking your meds. | F | 51 | 6 months 10 mg 1X D | 6/21/2010 | 5 | occasional insomnia | mild aphasia - difficulty finding the proper word | I take zolpidem (generic ambien) a couple of times a week. My primary difficulty is waking during the night with hot flashes then being unable to fall back to sleep for an hour or more, being wakened again an hour or two later - as many as 3 times in an 8 hour period, being awake 1-2 hours each time. Since it is usually too late in the night to take a zolpidem, I typically take one the next night to avoid building up a sleep deficit. On the days after I have taken a zolpidem I have noticed more difficulty in finding the right words. | F | 53 | 3 months 5 mg 1X AN | 6/19/2010 | 5 | Severe life long insomnia | Don't remember conversations prior to falling asleep | I had heard all the experiences, I had taken Lunesta, Rozerem, Trazadone, etc. When you haven't slept 8 hours since you were under the age of 13, you are willing to take the risk. The first weeks were great. I fell asleep within 15 minutes. Since then, there are nights I take it and it doesn't work. I usually only get 4-5 hours of sleep out of it, but for me, any hours that are consecutive, are worth it. I recently had surgery and was on pain medication, so I went two months without my Ambien and I didn't crave it. I have no fear of addiction. And those conversations I don't remember are usually with the spouse and he's used to it. This drug has hurt a lot of people, I know, but it has helped those of us who can't live another day without a few hours of quality sleep. | F | 42 | 2 years 10 1X D | 6/17/2010 |