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| 4 | insomnia due to bladder problems | None | After a repeat c-section, I developed terrible insomnia due to bladder spasms (my bladder had been damaged during the surgery). My sister and step-father warned me about side-effects like others on this board have mentioned, but this is the only prescription sleeping pill that is OK during breastfeeding, so I started taking it anyway. The first few weeks it was miraculous. I took it, fell asleep within 15 minutes, slept for 5-6 hours and then went back to sleep easily after dealing with the baby. Now the 5 mg dose no longer overcomes my bladder spasms as effectively and I have been waking 3-4 times/night, but I still fall asleep quickly and generally go back to sleep easily. I'm hoping to be able to stay on the medication until I wean the baby and can take drugs for my bladder, but am concerned that I will eventually require a higher dosage to have the same effectiveness. | F | 38 | 5 weeks | 10/28/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Took 5-10 mg every night or every other night for about 6 months I started getting very mentally weak and anxious the next day feeling like I was in a haze.I stopped about a week ago after getting some xanax from my mom to use until I got weaned from it. Ambien is for very short time use only.It is a good but nasty drug.It does have side effects.I feel MUCH better now,more functional during the day and the anxiety has subsided. I dont want any more of it.use with caution,and watch for mental confusion,anxiety and depression-OH yes depression too-I had some of that and I know it was from the ambien because I never had it before.USE WITH CAUTION only for a short time or every third or forth night if only really needed. | M | 51 | | 10/25/2008 | 5 | DSPS (delayed sleep phase syndrome) | Euphoria for the first month or two. Some "drunk dialing" type conversations with people. No daytime drowsiness noted on 10mg, taken just about every day. | Once I realized just how FAST ambien works, I started taking it in bed and waiting for it to kick in, rather than thinking I could take it, take a shower, and then be ready for bed. No. That's where the craziness comes in. If you use it as directed, it does exactly what it's supposed to do. *AND* if you take it on an empty stomach, it works best. So I purposefully don't eat past 6pm, take it, and go to sleep=lost 15lbs the only difference was taking this drug. Nice side effect :) I have a history of sleep walking, but taking this regularly the sleepwalking actually went away because I was getting a constant amount of sleep from day to day. | F | 25 | 2 years | 10/24/2008 | 5 | insomnia | nighttime cravings, mild hallucinations | I started taking 10mg Ambien with 50mg Seroquel in Feb for anxiety and insomnia. I tried taking the Ambien alone, but I'd wake up standing in front of the refrigerator every night with no idea how I got there. Some mornings I would check the trash and see candy bar wrappers or other evidence of a midnight feast I didn't remember having. I now take the Ambien with 25mg Seroquel and that causes me to sleep very soundly for 6-8hrs and wake refreshed. I have to take them after I'm already in bed, though, because otherwise I have trippy hallucinations, make phone calls I don't remember and send emails full of nonsense to friends. As side effects go, I'd say that one's at least amusing for everyone! | F | 34 | 8 months | 10/23/2008 | 5 | insomnia | a little foggy the next day if I take 10 mg but wears off quickly. No side effects with 5 mg. | I don't take every night - only when I get to the point that I feel really sleep deprived. | F | 49 | 2 years | 10/22/2008 | 4 | insomnia | headache next day | I hear lots of scary stories about this drug, but I feel I have been using it responsibly and successfully for several years: Only once in a while and only the smallest possible dose. It works pretty well for me. | F | 30 | 4 years | 10/21/2008 | 3 | to help getting to sleep due to rls | I take mirapex along with the ambien and wake up after 5 hours exactly never to go back to sleep again because of racing thoughts and elevated heart rate. | F | 54 | 2 years | 10/20/2008 | 4 | insomia | Was always clear headed, but started to wonder why my memory was getting bad, as well not feeling "right". At first it worked great, went to sleep within minutes, and slept 8 hours for the first time in years. I was wondering though why I felt so "unsure" of things. Have to get off this, since it does affect my daily life. I'd rather stay awake for a few hours than feel like a "zomby" all day. | I never need medicine for insomnia, so I gave this a try. I KNOW I have to get off it to stay healthy. | F | 80 | 2 weeks | 10/17/2008 | 1 | insomnia | Depression, memory loss, heavy, foggy-headed feeling in the morning... | Ambien made me sleep for 5 - 6 solid hours, sometimes even more, which was great, but the side effects were not worth it. I took the drug for about a year, as it was the only way I could sleep. I stopped taking it because of the severe memory loss, which started to affect me at work, the serious drug haze I felt upon waking... At times, I literally felt I couldn't function. Take caution when using this drug. Only take it SHORT TERM. | F | 39 | 1 years | 10/16/2008 | 1 | insomnia | Nausea, vomiting, severe dizzines, hallucinations, slurred speech, nightmares | This was the first time I took it..but it was the last. Crazy side effects for me. I don't think I've ever been that sick and disoriented. Switched to Rozerem. | F | 33 | 1 days | 10/16/2008 | 1 | trouble sleeping after surgery | Took Ambien off and on for for a week to get some sleep. Woke up yesterday, Oct 9 '08, dressed as usual and headed to work. Remember driving the 1st mile or so and think the Truck drove a little funny. Woke up wondering why I had a tree on the hood of my truck and two guys were asking me If I was alright. They helped me get the truck out and, for some reason, this seemed normal. I left and continued to drive the very curvy road we live on. Thankfully, one of the men called the police and reported me for driving erratic. I told the police I had No Idea what happened. I'm Very happy he called. My truck can be fixed, The police listened to me and let me get a get assistance. I'll never take this or , probably, any other sleed aid again. Scared me more than anything I've ever had happen to me. | DO NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYONE! | M | 60 | | 10/11/2008 | 5 | insomnia | nothing abnormal | It worked great for me, made me fall asleep fast, no grogginess the next day, woke up feeling rested. Would recommend. | F | 30 | 60 days | 10/9/2008 | 2 | depression and insomnia | AMNESIA! It is the worst feeling to have my boyfriend tell me that I was walking around aimlessly, stumbling, drinking, sitting on the floor in the basement, and saying weird things...and I remember absolutely none of it!! It frightens me to death, especially the drinking because I rarely drink. I usually have no problems, but sometimes I will just get up out of bed and do things that are totally out of character for me and have no memory of it. I've become dependent, but, today, after doing these things again last night, I've sworn to myself that I'll never take it again. I've been lucky that nothing real serious ever happened...only seriously embarrassing. And I feel guilty because I missed work today--I felt way too achy and miserable to go. | Avoid this drug if at all possible--it helps you sleep, but the risks are possibly too great. I also believe more than 1% of people experience these side effects--1% is just what is reported. It's taken me more than 4 years to realize that insomnia is better than amnesia. | F | 44 | 4 years | 10/9/2008 | 4 | 30 days | 10/8/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | I hallucinated the police came and told me my three sons were killed in a car accident. I had recently gotten out of hospital from surgery...I took the entire bottle of ambiem, disolved it in water to drink and kill myself. Reason: no reason to live my sons were dead. Keep in mind, until this date, I NEVER had one psychological problem, NEVER a suicidal thought, was known to co-workers, friends and family as the strongest person they know. A second before drinking all these pills, I called my sons cell phones (oldest first) I wanted to hear their voice before I died. HE ANSWERED! I was completely unconsonsable, my sons came home and immediately took to a hospital and told them what happened. I was freaking out, I did not know if me seeing my sons there was the dream or being told they were dead was. After all, I talked to three policeman that told me my sons were dead! [So I thought} Had my brother and sister-in-law not worked there and knew I was not the suicidal type, it cou | Please do not risk your life or your families by taking this! | M | 36 | 3 days | 10/8/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Can't sleep for more than 3 hours straight without waking up. Groggy the next day. Anger and suicidal thoughts are commonplace. Strange dreams. Overall this is the worst drug I have ever taken. | M | 32 | 3 days | 10/5/2008 | 5 | I have chronic RLS | The only one I have is that it does seem to make me sleepier the next day than I would otherwise be. I have not had any wild & crazy episodes like so many other people, thankfully. | I developed chronic Restless Legs Syndrome during my pregnancy a couple of years ago and it was making my life miserable. I went from being a person who had no trouble sleeping to someone who was sleep-deprived. My doc suggested Ambien & I was reluctant at first, but now I'm so glad I take it. I have been able to get a full night's sleep ever since! I will add, however, that I DO NOT take Ambien if I am the only person at home with our son. I am afraid I won't hear if he cries or needs us. Otherwise, I am very satisfied with this medication. | F | 45 | 2 months | 10/4/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | Binge Eating At Night After Taking Medication | I like this med as in it puts me to sleep and I can stay asleep until morning. I decided to cut down and eventually go off this med because of enormous weight gain over the past 3 years due to binge eating at night after taking med. (It didn't work, I could not sleep after cutting down). I take 12.5 mg. I have also tried multiple over the counter and prescribed meds for sleep. None work well except this med. I will try to take my med and then not get out of bed to go downstairs for late night snacks...It's the best I can do at this time. "I NEED TO SLEEP." | F | 48 | 3 years | 9/29/2008 | 2 | sleep | sad days afterwards | F | 39 | 12 days | 9/26/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | none | used only two weeks so no problem with tolerance or addiction or withdrawal- great for a short term solution | F | 38 | 14 days | 9/20/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | AFRAID OF BECOMING ADDICTED, but not sure what else to do or take. Nausea the day after. Ah. I just want to sleep. | Started 10mgs of generic Ambien a few days ago, and feel nauseous the day after each time. I tried brand Ambien a few yrs ago and never had that effect - could it be the generic? The brand name seemed to put me to sleep better too. Most of all, after reading the posts, I am terrified about getting addicted. I have an addictive personality, used to abuse alcohol, drugs etc., so this makes me nervous. I was taking Seroquel for insomnia, but it stopped working, and made me eat at night. Melatonin used to work but insomnia's now too severe. My pdoc suggested abilify as an alternative - but that seems like an even weirder drug. HELP! | F | 24 | 3 days | 9/20/2008 | 2 | could not sleep | Memory loss, hair loss, receeding gums, acne on face, bowel problems, no sensation to urinate, ache in joints, hallucinations. | took on and off for about 5 yrs. at first great sleep 8 hrs, then less and less sleep 10mg. then all the side effects. | F | 47 | 5 years | 9/19/2008 | 5 | insomnia | horney as hell | i tried to pork everything. my neighbor (she was hot though), my coworkers, my brothers wife, my sister-in-law, my poor sister, my poor dog . . . it was just unbelievable. . . and the best part is that i could not remember all of it . . . just the good parts | M | 20 | 1 years | 9/17/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Black outs, dizziness, muscle pain, muscle twitching, memory loss, brain zaps. | It worked great at first, but then after two months of taking, started blacking out and woke up with muscle pains that weren't there when i went to bed night before. I am weaning off now and feel twitching all over my body and can't get to sleep. Very scary med. | F | 40 | 2 months | 9/17/2008 | 5 | imsomnia | works very well but very addictive | careful | F | 30 | 3 years | 9/15/2008 | 4 | Insomnia due to anxiety | A little spacey, forgetful about 45 minutes after taking it. | This is a funny drug. It does a good job at helping me sleep at night with no hangover. However, if I don't go to bed immediately after taking it, I do things that I don't remember doing the next day. For instance last night, I don't remember washing my face before bed, getting into my pj's and having sex with my partner. That's a little scary! He said I seemed a little out of it and had no idea I had taken the Ambien. It does put you in a trance, so I highly recommend getting straight into bed after you take it. Otherwise, you may raid the refrigerator and not remember! Weird!! | F | 31 | 15 days | 9/15/2008 | 3 | insomnia | sleep walking, memory loss. | I didnt remember gettin up in the middle of the night to give my mom the dog's collar. Calling people, talking to people, drinking. I did go to sleep but not remembering the events that happened is scarier than not knowing what u did and who with. I'd rather have no sleep. At least I will have my dignity | F | 25 | 3 weeks | 9/13/2008 | 5 | Sleep and Anxiety | Grogginess in the morninging if I didn't get atleast 8 hours of sleep. | M | 21 | 3 weeks | 9/11/2008 | 4 | insomnia | It keeps you awake if you have had ANYTHING to drink any time even during the day. It gives a good quality sleep, but only lasts about 6 hours. | You have to use 'reverse engineering' to figure out what time to take this medication. Figure out what time you need to be up in the morning, then count backwards 6-7 hours, and take the pill at that time. Trust me, six hours is all you're gonna get, so don't take it at ten unless you want to be up at four in the morning...you'll be wide awake and feeling nicely rested though! It's too expensive I think. | F | 56 | 10 months | 9/11/2008 | 4 | insomnia | tintinutis, groggy in morning | worked well | F | 60 | 3 months | 9/9/2008 | 4 | sleepless nights | I just recently began taking ambien, maybe a week and last night apparently I woke up change my clothes and hid the car keys under my pillow and my husband said I was yelling at him and his buddy. I have no idea what happened. Im glad I found this website because after waking up in different clothes and searching for my car keys for about 30 mins today I am going to find another sleep aid maybe back to the OTC sleep help. | F | 42 | 1 weeks | 9/9/2008 | 4 | unable to sleep-anxiety | groggy in the morning... but I believe that it gave me severe tenitus ( ringing in the ears)... I have stopped taking it and I think the ringing is less... anyone else with this side effect? | In the past I have "sleeped walked and driven"... very scary stuff.. have to get 7 1/2 - 8 hrs. I did love the sleep part... it worked! | F | 56 | 6 months | 9/6/2008 | 1 | Could not sleep at night | Side effects became quite severe. My body is in constant motion all night long leaving me exhausted in the morning. I have woke up outside sitting on my deck in the middle of the night. I have been on the telephone ordering items off the television. I received 4 expensive books in the mail and was billed for it. I called the telephone number on the bill and explained that I did not order the books. They let me listen to a recorded message which, in fact, was my voice. It was very scary to listen to myself and to hear me giving out my credit card number. I wake up with food have eaten in my mouth unaware of what I am doing. I have sent out E-mails and spoke on the telephone without being aware of it. My husband and children say that it is very confusing to tell when I am really awake or when I am really asleep. They also say I become argumentative when they try to redirect me to bed. Just two nights ago I fell asleep in the bath tub with the water running. My husband did no | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. I will never take Ambien again. I did not take it for the first time last night. I am exhausted today and feel anxious. My body feels weak and I am dizzy. I do want you all to know that I did have three sleep studies and have been under the care of neurologists for over 15 years. Taking Ambien wasn't a flash decision. Please be very careful in deciding to take this drug. | F | 53 | 7 years | 9/6/2008 | 4 | insomnia from back/neck pain | Learned quickly to disable all methods of communication prior to taking it. Turn off the phone, hide the car keys, turn off the computer, lock the doors and put away my money and GO TO BED. I woke up in front of the TV one morning in my t-shirt and panties surrounded by Wal-Mart bags, my purse open and $300 gone. Did I just shop nearly nude? No. I had given my son money and a Christms list with no memory of having done this. I have had lengthy telephone conversations with no ideo what was said (probably loving-love everybody on this stuff). I have obligated myself to events I can't physically fulfill due to my chronic pain condition, but I felt good at the time I was called upon because I had just taken my ambien. I clean my house around 3 a.m. as it relieves my pain, but pain is much worse the next day. I just bought a bunch of dresses on E-Bay that aren't my size. TAKE THIS MED AND GO TO BED or better yet GO TO BED AND TAKE THIS MED. | The round lavendar pills worked really well for me, but then began to cause increased pain. There was another one that was a skinny white oblong pill that made me ill-very ill. I just tried the brand that has the 54-553 imprint on a round whtie pill and I am feeling nothing-no drowsiness & no crazy feeling.... well except feeling like I wasted my money and will be up all night. Don't take this during the daytime and don't drink with it either. Be responsible. I wish the CR wasn't so expensive because it worked better for sleep, but the kick of la la land leading to sleep wasn't there with the CR. Ambien does spice up the love life for women. | F | 40 | 3 years | 9/5/2008 | 5 | insomnia | As anyone, amnesia if taking out of bed. Tolerrance to this medicine build quickly. Expensive without insurance. | Good sleep aid. Actually I have some sleep disorders like "sleep paralyisis" and these as helped me a lot. Bad thing, tolerance. Company should make 20mg tab. I take 20 mg and lay on a bed watching a movie and a get a good sleep. | M | 30 | 5 years | 9/4/2008 | 3 | wanted a normal sleep schedule | the first few times i took it i fell asleep directly after. i found that i would wake up at the exact same time every night i took it, at 3 am, and i'd get a drink and go back to sleep. it worked decently when i used it for what it was meant for. | i heard such "great" things about how good ambien was if you took it and fought the urge to sleep and just stayed awake, so i tried it. i took it late at night while i was laying in my bed watching tv and talking to people online on my laptop. i had a few things laying on my bed, like a pair of pants and a hairbrush. WELL. after i took it, i was talking online and my laptop screen started changing. it was like i was staring through the screen into another world, where i was walking around the side of a mountain. i couldn't even see my instant messaging boxes because they kept moving and i was just so confused and trying to concentrate on the mountain. it hurt my eyes so bad that i just threw the computer on the floor. after that, i layed in bed and i started hearing voices (which was actually the tv) and i thought it was coming from the pants and hairbrush that were on my bed. i all of a sudden got this random idea that i was an egyptian queen and the pants and the hairbrush | F | 18 | 4 days | 9/4/2008 | 3 | Couldn't sleep, on Zoloft | It appears that, although I've only taken Ambien a few times, last night I opened the garage door (which I always check before going to bed because of bears) and MAY have driven, although I don't think so. I've been off a regular sleep schedule ever since we came back from Australia for 10 months. I never would have known about this except my husband asked me this morning if I opened the garage door. I said no. I didn't talk to my daughter until this evening and she said she HAD NOT opened the garage door (she's 24 so this was not a teenager trying to escape). I do remember dreaming (once I went to sleep) that I couldn't find my car...I thought it had been stolen. So, unless there was some kind of electrical problem (and then why not open the other garage door?) I was sleepwalking. This has scared the bejeezus out of me. Ambien DOES help me sleep but it takes a long time to take effect. As of tonight, NO MORE AMBIEN. If I'm asleep and driving a car (!!!) I am a danger | This is terrible to even ASSUME it happened! | F | 54 | 5 days | 9/2/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Lightheadedness, slurred speach, memory loss. Groggy and headaches the next day. | It works, but it hits hard and hits quickly. I now only take it when i am ready for bed and under the covers. Have been found outside in my garden at 2am, have baked and left the kitchen a mess, been used sexually by my wife and not remembered any of it. I only take it once every 3 weeks or so, and that is more for the high than for helping me sleep. I welcome all stories and comments via e-mail. | M | 41 | 3 years | 9/1/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | My sister is severe bi-polar and takes 9 psych drugs a day...including 20 mg. of Ambien, falls asleep with the water still in her hand, talks gibberish, wanders around, and has SEVERE memory loss which she thinks is her illness...she has tremors because she is on too many, too much drugs. But she worships her psychiatrist and won't even consider lowering doses or stop. She tells everyone she has a diagnosis of "confusion of thought".....NO KIDDING!!!!! | I don't think she will live a long life at this rate (she's 62)...but she won't want to without her "meds". It is sad. | F | 50 | 2 years | 8/29/2008 | 5 | Chronic Insomnia | Severe amnesia. This medication will make you forget what happened during the duration that it was in your system. Hallucinations. Increased appetite. Decreased breathing. Euphoria. | Ambien is a good sleep medication, but if you abuse it then you will certianly pay the price for it. It has caused me to have 3 wrecks all being my fault, but in which I have got out of alive and not hurt and off the hook with the law....Luckily. Take it as prescribed please. | M | 23 | 2 years | 8/28/2008 | 3 | Insomnia--waking up at night | Initially, dizziness next morning. That went away. Lately (2 yrs now) I am getting severe headaches and blurred vision in left eye and on left side of head near my temples & ear lobe. Had an MRI and 2 opthamologists check me and they do not find anything other than dry eye as a possible cause. I wonder if the Ambien CR is causing them. I have not experienced the other effects some people claim (killing your cat, wild sex, nightwalking) and think these people must have serious psychologically repressed issues that are unrelated. I learned you do NOT mix Ambien with alcohol unless you want to wind up dead, like several people I knew. | Taking 10 MG per night. | M | 55 | 2 years | 8/27/2008 | 3 | Problems Sleeping | I tend to feel groggy and have difficulty waking up quickly. | I do think this drug is safe, as long as you do not need to get up quickly and are not woken up suddenly... it is regularly used by leaders and congressmen... ABC has a report on this here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/story?id=4919842 | M | 65 | 1 years | 8/26/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | loss of concentration, memory problems the day after taking it. | F | 39 | 14 days | 8/25/2008 | 1 | insomnia | wild sexual behavior, blackouts while thinking I was asleep, calling old boyfriend obsessively and getting a restraining order put on me. I've never had any legal trouble before or after. Had no idea I was leaving messages on his phone at night. Addiction, started taking it during the day. Tried to commit suicide, took 100 pills and slit my wrist and still lived!!! would never take it again | Helped me sleep. Can't believe there is no class action suit against it - know lots of people who have had bad experiences but were unable to stop taking it. | F | 47 | 2 years | 8/25/2008 | 2 | Insomnia related to GAD | Memory loss. Fatigue. | SHORT TERM MEMORY ERASER IN A TABLET!. Nuked my short term memory abilities. Kept me groggy and sleepy for a day after taking it. NO SIR, I DID NOT LIKE IT! | M | 41 | 45 days | 8/22/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Very groggy the next day, was falling asleep at work. Mental unstability - had a raging anger for no apparent reason. Knew that if I'd kept on that way I'd end up killing someone. | I would NEVER recommend this medication to anyone. | F | 44 | 7 days | 8/19/2008 | 4 | I kept waking every hour | I have a burning tongue, mouth & lips. I am not sure it is due to taking Ambien for about 1 1/2 years. It does help me sleep about 6 hrs. Tried getting off, but am up constantly. Anyone experience this? | F | 68 | 2 years | 8/15/2008 | 4 | long term anxiety and insomnia | Initially euphoria, great sleep, great sex, great next mornings, now I always feel dizzy, somewhat confused at times, forgetful, nausea, paleness, palpitations......etc,. | Ambien is a high quality sleep aid and just like any drug that truly works the side effects are HORRIBLE. The first couple months I was amazed at how well it worked and how moderate the side effects were....them days are gone, now it works somewhat and the side effects are scary as hell. Use in moderation and you should be alright | M | 2 years | 8/14/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | Occasional hallucinations | I get a very rested sleep with no hangover! | F | 40 | 5 years | 8/13/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | This drug is nuts. It freaked me out, I fell asleep and then woke up and started calling people, wandering around outside. I woke up with cuts on my arm too, and I'm not like that. I am completely stable and live a normal life. I don't have any recollection whatsoever of what I did. Probably the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. The last memory I have is falling asleep. | M | 23 | | 8/13/2008 | 5 | insomnia | ambien has been really great. i am trying to go off of it for fear of addiction. i find if i take it on an emptish stomach it will kick in faster. do not plan on doing too much after you have taken it. works in 30 minutes. and they say devote 8 hours of sleep. absolutely do that. if not more. | F | 27 | 60 days | 8/10/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Seizures | Don't start this medication if you haven't already. If you have, don't stop cold turkey. Taper off the medicine slowly. The amnesia is horrible. I do not remember last month at all. The first eighteen months, I remember, but I grew tolerant. I started taking two then later three pills. Then that stopped helping. Four pills every night screwed me up. | M | 35 | 2 years | 8/9/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | Vivid and strange dreams, very dizzy after taking the medication.Made me think differently honestly if I didn't get to bed right away I felt like I had smoked pot. I did weird but (nothing harmful)things.But other than that I think it works great | Being dizzy is common which is why you take it and get into bed. Why are people leaving comments about driving after they have taken this?? That's just stupid! After reading about the wild sex I can agree, I just never thought it could be the Ambien. | F | 20 | 8 months | 8/8/2008 | 4 | Manic-related insomnia | A little grogginess upon awakening. | I am always shocked at the things that happen to people on this drug. Nothing of the sort ever happened to me. I just slept. That's it. I took them for 14 days, so I never got addicted. I would say it did it's job well. Sometimes it would wear off too soon though, but I did eventually go back to sleep. | F | 35 | 14 days | 8/5/2008 | 5 | Severe insomnia | None. Just got a great nights sleep | Sorry so many people have problems with this med. I have really bad insomnia and cant sleep. Now I take low dose ambien and sleep great. (would say sleep like a baby, but having 2 kids, I know babies dont sleep thru the night) I dont have the sleeping pill hangover most OTC meds give me. I am getting more done during the day and feel better after a good nights sleep. I havent slept like this in years!! | F | 29 | 1 months | 8/4/2008 | 5 | Couldn't sleep | No negative side effects. | I love Ambien. 3 years ago, I wasn't sleeping a wink. I'm sure it was stress related. Dr. suggested Ambien - I took 5 mg (1/2 of a 10 mg pill) right before bed, slept 6 to 8 hours straight and felt great the next day. Just knowing I had the ambien to rely on seemed to reduce my stress. I started taking Ambien again about a month ago during another stressful time in my life but am finally able to sleep without it again. I'm so thankful that this drug was available to help me get through some difficult periods of insomnia. | F | 42 | 40 times | 8/3/2008 | 1 | insomnia | I experienced sleep eating and other activities (often with amnesia), impulsive behavior like frivolous online shopping, bizzare, aggressive and violent behavior. One night I killed one of my pets while on Ambien, only remembering bits and pieces of the event and nothing about why it happened. After checking myself into an inpatient psychiatric facility, I was diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis. I'm in therapy now to try to get past the event. I think this drug should be used much more carefully than it seems to be used. Patients need to know of the severe side effects regardless of how common or uncommon they may be. | M | 24 | 6 months | 8/3/2008 | 4 | insomnia | giddiness, memory loss, wild sexual behavior, drunk feeling.the other ratings on this site really freaked me out...this drug is not something to be taken long term. wondering why my doc keeps prescribing it to me?? | I started taking this 19 months ago after the birth of my daughter. I now find I cant stay asleep unless I take it...I dont want to be dependent on this stuff. right now it is my 2nd day without it and I am taking herbs for my sleep issues. | F | 32 | 19 months | 7/24/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | None really. I took the Ambien just as described. | Follow the directions that your doc gave you when giving this medication. | F | 30 | 2 months | 7/20/2008 | 3 | mild insomia couldn't stay sleep | extreme drowsiness in 10 min | It is Anesticia(spell check) in a pill form | F | 42 | 4 days | 7/18/2008 |