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| 2 | Insommina, anxiety, depression, | None | I don't feel like the Ambien CR helps me to fall asleep, but I absolutely can't when I don't have it. Even it I double or triple up on 10mg of regular Ambien. Why is that? How long will it take before the Ambien CR is out of my system completely? | F | 33 | 16 months | 10/17/2006 | 3 | Multiple Sclerosis | It takes awhile to work for me. About an hour. I get so tired from the MS, yet it is very hard to fall asleep. I am taking Copaxone for the MS, and take the ambien right after my nightly injection. I wake up OK in the morning. I always feel a bit spacey, have a little unbalanced movement, have speech interruption issues, and pretty bad short-term memory issues from MS, but haven't noticed the ambien making it any worse. I'm actually better in the morning after a good night's sleep! | F | 33 | 1 months | 10/15/2006 | 4 | Insomnia | The only side effect I have had is occasionally being drowsy the following day | I have had several sleep medications over the past five or six years, and most had limited success, or became less effective over time. Ambien does help considerably. Sometimes it does take about a half hour to an hour to take effect, but usually I fall asleep in less than a half hour (and often much sooner). I do sometimes wake up during the night, but am able to get back to sleep quickly. I find it works best if taken on an empty stomach, and if I can devote 8 hours to sleep. | M | 61 | 1 years | 10/11/2006 | 3 | Trouble sleeping | I have had no side effects. I do not know what everyone is talking about. I would enjoy some side effects. I have swithced over to Lunesta and I have actually started having dreams again. I can't recall having a dream in a long time. | I would say that Ambien works but, do not seem very potent. I have taken 10mg each night for two years. If I do not take it one night I cannot fall asleep; which is why I started it in the first place. I still wake up maybe once but do fall back asleep. It seems to wear off after about 5 hours. Once I get past that point I might as well get up to start the day. | M | 36 | 2 years | 10/11/2006 | 1 | insomnia | hallucinated, dry mouth, great depression, feeling of flying. I cannot clearly explain it in words. | When I took Ambien, I had similar side effects as to someone on a cocaine high. I felt as if I could fly, I couldn't sleep. I felt like I was losing my mind. During the second week of taking this medication I became unaware of my actions and took more of the drug. Approximately consuming twenty five pills. I woke up the next day in the hospital in the psychiatric ward. I do suffer from depression, but it has never been so extreme that I would ever think of harming myself. I was completely unaware of my actions and was shocked to be in the hospital, and embarrassed. My roommate told me I tried putting makeup on our cats and I did other unusual things. I would not recommend this drug. As ridiculous as my comment sounds, it was true. I overdosed on this medication, not even intending to do so. Think twice before taking this drug, many people have had similar side effects or reactions as me. This drug caused me medical bills, embarrassment, and two days in the hospital. Nonetheless, I sti | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 10/11/2006 | 4 | | 10/10/2006 | 5 | to get to sleep | slurred speech, dizziness,clogged throat, periods of slow motion,loss of date and time, im watching the spanish channel and im talking back to it but i don't speak or understand spanish , i feel good, short memory loss, dry throat, you feel creative. Things around you seem to be floating. | i feel like i can jump through a wall right now, oh i took twice what i was suppose to, with alcohol. Im gonna use this the next time i have to write a paper for school or something. Im starting to get tired so i guess its working. | M | 23 | 1 days | 10/8/2006 | 4 | Chronic Insomnia | Conversations I couldn't recall, consensual sex I couldn't remember. Revealing secrets I never would have. Low energy for hours after waking up. Foggy/cloudy thoughts | F | 23 | 1 years | 10/8/2006 | 4 | Sleep problems | Well I have had sex and don't remember it. I have tried to do stupid things while I was depressed and using it for sleep. I eneded up taking 6 pills and 4 percocet.Told my husband I was going to crawl into bed and never wake up. Another time I took 2 and then decided 2 wasent enough took 2 more then ended up crushing them into powder and making them into a liquid and because I'm a diabetic i have insulin needles I tried to shoot it up. When I'm depressed the pills make it 10000x's worse. And I don't remember I did it untill I wake up the next day with a swollen arm or something like that. | F | 35 | 3 years | 10/2/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Slept well for 4 hours, then slept intermittently with bizarre dreams for 3-4 more hours. Withdrawal symptoms after less than one week of use. | This drug is evil. I took it for less than a week. When I tried to get off it, I was up for 2 days straight and started getting muscle tremors. I had to take an Ativan to get to sleep. Avoid it, especially if you're sensitive to meds (which I am). | F | 35 | 5 days | 10/1/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Seeing things that arent realalistic. Wake up refreshed in the morning | The mornign after I had to take my kids to school not realizing I'm still influenced by it and I Hit 2 mail boxs separate times. Many other things it will alter how to think and react to things thats why its very important to go to sleep right away. As you might be able to tell I'm on ambien noe, | F | 29 | 6 days | 9/29/2006 | 5 | insomnia | Maybe some dizziness next day. | It takes longer to kick in if I eat right before taking it. I have not noticed any strange behavior in myself. I take it and then get right into bed. Sometimes I do wake up but I go back to sleep right away..I haven't noticed anything weird around the house. | F | 30 | 8 months | 9/29/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Other than drowsiness (which is the main goal anyway) - none. | Wow - reading the comments would have freaked me out if I hadn't personally taken this myself. It does exactly what it says - puts me to sleep for a solid 7-8 hours. I take it 3-4 times a month and I usually break a 10mg in half. I don't sleep a lot and this allows me to get some uninterrupted rest when I go too long without. It's also a godsend for long plane rides and time zone changes. | F | 36 | 3 years | 9/29/2006 | 1 | insomia caused by menopause | dizzines, amnesia, hunger late at night | Just recently I took my regular 10 mg anmbien pill at 9:30pm. I went to bed at 10:00pm and woke up at 7:00 am. I figure I had at least 7 hours sleep. I got up, took a shower, got ready for work just fine. I drove aproximately 14 miles just fine and then I must have blacked out. Next thing I remember I was parked near an office building and a young man said he "pulled me over" because I almost caused several accidents on the freeway and one car that swerved to get out my way had little children in it. He said I hit a divider also. He asked me if I was drunk and I said no. He made me promise that I wouldn't drive and advised me to call a family member or cab. I am not sure if this was caused by ambien or stress.I have been under alot of stress at work and at home. I take ambien to sleep at night and zoloft for anxiety/depression. After reading the side effects on this site I stopped using ambien. I am experiencing flashbacks of weaving in traffic and nearly hitting several car | F | 58 | 3 years | 9/29/2006 | 1 | for help sleeping | Terrible eating binges, gained 50 pounds. Also odd behavior, doing things at night like talking to friends who said that I said weird things that I don't remember. Ambien is a relationship destroyer. | Don't take it. It is a double edged sword. It may help one to sleep, but the side affects are not worth it. | F | 45 | | 9/27/2006 | 4 | sleep apnea | The only side effect was poor erections, but this isn't too important for a 66 year old man with limited opportunity for sex | after reading the other comments in this posting, I must be a lucky Ambien user. I have had trouble falling asleep after eating too late in the evening. I don't take Ambien if I drank alcohol with dinner,however. I have had central sleep apnea for 30 years plus,Long befor taking Ambien I could not remember my Dreams, still can't. | M | 66 | 1 years | 9/26/2006 | 1 | Sleep aid | If you find yourself with unexplicable abdominal, back, or shoulder pain, try quitting the Ambien for a while and see if it abates. After one year of periodic use (2-3 tabs every 10 days or so), I was finally able to equate my neuropathic pain with continued use of Ambien. I would stop, feel no pain, continue use of Ambien, and the pain would return. I preformed this "test" several times and the Ambien appears to be the pain trigger. I thought I had gallstones, liver problems, pancreatis, an ulcer...you name it. It was Ambien. | Told my doctor and he didn't equate Ambien with neuropathic pain. I have heard of countless others for whom Ambien screws with there nervous system. Stay Away | M | 38 | 2 years | 9/26/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | I have made full meals and eaten them, cleaned the house, done the dishes, and done laundry and not remembered doing it. I think that those are great side effects. On the other hand, I have called friends and family and not remembered doing it. I don't really mind it, but they said that I talk like someone on drugs. | It works. | M | 37 | 2 months | 9/21/2006 | 1 | to get rest after giving birth | hallucinations | I was 19 at the time. I had just given birth via c-section. The nurse insisted that I needed help sleeping, so she gave me Ambien. I slept for a little while, then awoke in a panic. I was screaming because I thought I couldn't find my husband (in the chair next to my bed). My husband jumped up and turned on the lights. I took one look at him, and started screaming. To me, it looked as if he had sharp teeth and was trying to get me. Everyone I saw looked like that with the exception of my mom. My poor husband was so upset that he couldn't console me, he left for a while. My mom slept in the chair next to me. She said that I would just stare at her like I was making sure she wasn't going to do anything. I do remember staring at this one nurse, who, to me, looked particularly evil. I thought she was the devil. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend Ambien at all. In fact, I have it on my allergy list. | F | 25 | 1 days | 9/14/2006 | 4 | Insomnia | I've had sex, cooked, cleaned, emailed, texted, phoned and even settled arguments with no memory of it happening the day after. So far the side effects are somewhat funny but I'd start to worry when it starts to get dangerous. That aside, it is by far the best solution to my sleep problems. I have been taking it on and off for 11 months when I need it, and I almost always wake up refreshed and well rested. | F | 29 | 11 months | 9/13/2006 | 4 | insomnia | Occasionally wandering into another bed during a bathroom trip, but the worst was pedal edema...swelling of the feet and fluid retention. I will be switching to Lunesta tonight. The edema was buried in the side effects so pretty rare I guess. | M | 2 weeks | 9/12/2006 | 3 | Insomnia/Jet Lag | My most recent experience with the drug is that I had a very vivid hallucination of James Earl Jones tucking me into bed. He talked to me and told me that I was going to be OK. If I did not know better, I would swear that he was there. I take the drug pretty infrequently but seem to be having more and more strange side effects with each use. I like the drug but am afraid I am through after the Darth Vader experience. | F | 37 | 1 years | 9/12/2006 | 3 | Problems staying asleep | Ive been taking this drug on and off for about 8 months, everytime I take it I always find myself in lala land and I tend to pick up the phone and have crazy conversations and not remembering them the next day. But the sleep is awesome! I dont feel groggy the next day | Be carful! DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, Driving under the drug really makes you do crazy things. | M | 20 | 8 months | 9/12/2006 | 1 | Inability to go to/stay asleep | It put me right to sleep, no problems the first night. The second morning, I woke up to find candy wrappers all over the buffet. I had NO memory of waking up. The third day, I found peanut butter and a knife on the kitchen counter. I started thinking about what to do--how can you hide things from your own brain? Finally it hit me that I might actually get in my car to go get a hamburger--without any way to stop myself. I threw the rest away. This was way before I started reading about the bizarre stories, and I don't drink. I told my daughter about it--she said she tried it and put on all her jewelry, makeup like Liza Minelli, then looked in her mirror and saw her face melting. She doesn't drink either. | I'm sure not all people have these side effects, but it can be dangerous for some people. And it seems to be too many people. | F | 50 | 4 days | 9/12/2006 | 5 | Trouble falling asleep | Memory Loss. Scarily vivid, unusual dreams. Dizzy if not laying down. | The first few nights were freaky. Woke, after crazy dreams, to find things written in my handwriting that I didn't remember writing (was that guy in Momento on Ambien?). Was sure that someone was moving my bookmark forward because I couldn't remeber reading chapters (actaully though the maid in the hotel I was staying at might be messing with me). 10mg completely knocks me out consistantly. Never thought such a small bit of anything could have such an effect on a person. | M | 39 | 10 days | 9/8/2006 | 4 | Sleep Deprevation | I take TRAZADONE to help me fall asleep. To keep from waking every hour with a hot flash, I periodically take 2.5 mg of AMBIEN. Initially, the only side effect I noticed was the vivid dreaming prior to wakening. I ascribed this to finally getting some REM sleep. After taking AMBIEN for an extended period of time to help deal with family crises, I am experiencing daily headaches which are similar to migraines but not as severe. Getting about 8-10 hours of sleep makes the headaches less likely | F | 55 | 4 months | 9/7/2006 | 1 | insomnia | I'm writing on behalf of an elderly lady who took this drug. While on Ambien, she would hallucinate and get up from bed and fall down - to the point of injuring herself. She suffered several falls during the night while on Ambien. After discontinuing the drug, she has had no more falls or hallucinations. | I think it's over-prescribed and would never recommend anyone take this. Some hospitals sneak it into their patients' daily pills, without even consulting family. | F | 84 | 30 days | 9/4/2006 | 5 | Insomia related to Prednisone | The usual, dizziness, loss of balance, double vision, and I wouldn't call them hallucinations like others, but more of a change of perception. I didn't have any side-effects in bad sense, except that I like this drug too much. I guess I'll just have to deal when I run out. | I love to write and stay up at least an hour before I go to bed. Sometimes I would wake up in the morning to find I had written the wildest things, includiding e-mails I normally would never have sent. Not good. I've been taking it over a month now and am pretty acclimated to the drug, but I still like it. Someone said they like to take it in the middle of the day...you have to have some problems to be taking something this powerful for a recreational purpose, at least during daylight. I can't imagine not being able to go to be after the main effects wear off. | M | 19 | 30 days | 9/2/2006 | 1 | My son--sleep cycle problems | On 5 milligrams, my 18-year-old son only experienced dizziness and loss of coordination. We know this because it didn't make him sleepy. After two hours in the bed, it wore off and he was up on the computer. Next night 10 milligrams. Wham! Still no sleep, but extremely dizzy, threw up, room spinning, things moving, hallucinations. I've taken it in the past with no probems, but no more for him. (He was still dizzy some the next day.) | M | 18 | 2 days | 8/31/2006 | 5 | insomnia | early morning awakening when more stressed than usual | F | 38 | 4 days | 8/29/2006 | 4 | insomnia | When I'm more stressed than usual, I will sleep only about five or six hours after taking it. If I don't go to bed within a one hour window of taking it I often wake up the next morning and hear from my husband about things I have done that I do not remember. So I make sure I get to bed quickly after taking it. | It it easier to take ambien than work on the root cause of one's insomnia. I know that once I stop taking it, I will experience weeks or months of not being able to sleep well before I can settle into a regular sleep routine. I used to be able to fall asleep naturally years ago, but now I fear I won't be able to, so the Ambien cycle continues. It is a certainty that I am not yet ready to do without. | F | 38 | 4 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | chronic insomnia | Amnesia, Progressive Memory Loss, First-time Suicide Thoughts Leading to Detailed Suicide Planning, Addiction, Progressively-deepening Depression, Wicked Rebound Insomnia Effect During Cessation of its Use, Weight Gain | Ambien is pure evil. However, if you are looking for a medication that will create dangerous situations from the amnesia it induces, suicide thoughts and planning, depression, loss of your memory, weight gain, or just plain old-fashioned addiction, try this one. It does work for a few days but will become a dreaded enemy that creeps into your life for the kill if used long-term and you try to discontinue its use. The real fun of this drug begins during withdrawl. It is prescribed like harmless candy by doctors -- it is not. I first was awakened to the horrors of the amnesia from ambien after taking one one evening and climbing into bed for sleep. My alter-ego was doing other things though. He got into a car and drove somewhere hitting a bridge along the way. I woke in the hospital with no memory whatsoever, even to this day, of the event. The only thing I can remember of the event is taking an ambien and climbing into bed. I then started putting things together about my depress | M | 52 | 5 years | 8/24/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Lethargy,weakness, itchy burning sensation in hands,pain all over. | Get this drug off the market | F | 46 | 6 months | 8/21/2006 | 5 | cancer related insomnia | No side effects | I took as prescribed ... 5 mg on an empty stomach when I was ready to go to sleep. Took less than 15 minutes to work. Still woke up during the night, but fell asleep again right away. Gave me 7 hours of a well rested type of sleep. Voluntarily stopped after 5 days because I felt my system was back to normal. | F | 56 | 5 days | 8/19/2006 | 5 | insomnia | The side effects of ambien are minimal. Makes me sleepy, drowsy, relaxed and able to fall asleep, everything its supposed to do. However, as with any drug, if you dont use it as it is directed it may have undesired effects. For example, people say it causes amnesia, well you are supposed to be in bed after taking the medication, not cleaning the house. | This medication changed my whole life. Insomnia was ruining my family life, school, work, it was horrible. Been on it for a little over 2 years now, and I was able to go back to school (nursing school). Does NOT effect my memory what so ever and does not make me sleepy during the day. | F | 34 | 2 years | 8/19/2006 | 2 | insomnia | I originally rated this higher but have since discovered that it is the cause of significant intestinal problems. Even at 5mg my stomach feels like it is all shakey and the last time I took 10mg my whole body felt like a bowl of jello inside and my wrists were so weak I could not type. It takes about 3 days to get back to completely normal. I had suspected it but it never was that bad till I took it the other night and then the next day took my regular meds(Nexium, Avelox and Prednisone for infection) and in a couple hours I almost had to go to ER as I thought I might be having a stroke then realized it was the Ambien. Took some Pepto and it started to subside. It is a very weird feeling as my hand don't shake just feel like everything is going at top speed but pulse rate is not high. It does make me sleep well though but will have to give it up. I never took more than twice a week. | F | 70 | | 8/15/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | memory loss. Have said crazy things after taking it. have cooked food after taking it and woken up to dirty pots and pans. (scary. I could have burned my house down) and have been raped a number of times after taking it. (friends know i take it, boyfriends know i take it, and they all know i have no memory after taking it) | although the side effects are horrible i still feel that ambien is a god send. I would say i am addicted.. but is that really saying I am addicted to sleep? Its true, I have to have sleep and cant live with out it! :-) | F | 28 | 2 years | 8/8/2006 | 4 | anxiety / sleeplesness | I took the pill right before finishing dinner. I just remember being very dizzy, walking towards the sofa, where I completely past out. I woke up about 4 hours later, with an empty bag of pastries ( which was new, I know for a fact) I had in the pantry, in front of me. All the pastries where gone. The sofa was full of crumbles, as well as the floor and my clothes. The kitchen counter had more crumbs, plus traits of the fumble I had to open the bag, which was tightly closed. For a moment, I thought somebody was inside my home. I had no recollection whatsoever of the bulging. I also took my pc and placed it by the sofa, but I did not write anything, as some of the stories in this site. This has been one of the scariest and weirdiest experiences of my life, being completely out of control of my actions and not remembering a thing. | F | 43 | 3 days | 8/7/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Hallucinations. Memory Loss. Cannot control body - I only experience these if I haven't ate within the past few hours, and am not laying in bed. If you stay up and have an empty stomach you will more than likely experience Farries dancing, impersonaiting stars, odd behavior, falling. If you take it correctly you are fine, but it's fun to get a lil high off it ever once in a while! | F | 20 | 4 months | 8/2/2006 | 1 | insomnia | Paranoia, severe depression, hallucinations. I almost killed myself because I started fighting with my evil twin in the mirror and started choking him but it was me I was choking. Then I thought that aliens were coming out of my closet so I tried jumping out of my 3rd floor window but then it turned into a jail cell and I was stuck inside but then my fingers turned into snakes and started biting me all over. I'm in Ohio and I tried to get to Arizona for some antidote for the snakes biting me. That didn't work. | On my way to Arizona I felt like I was on the moon bouncing in low gravity. Then suddenly I was in my bathroom and Andrew Jackson (twenty dollar bill) came out of the tub and tried to eat me. I ran to my bedroom and realized that I was in touch with everyone on the planet and I could see the collective consciousness of the whole world. I woke up the next day naked on my couch. | M | 24 | 1 months | 8/2/2006 | 3 | for insomnia | No initial side effects if medicine was taken as directed. | Ambien in my case became and addictive drug. one that i craved because it made me sleep well. but i also had a bad experience with it. My prescriber never told me that ambien worked immediatley. so because i took it a half hour before bed i experienced major diorientation and a panic attak. I had no sense of direction. I didnt know where i was, and i was disoriented. soon after, i could contol this feeling and i learned to like the feeling i recieved if i didnt go to bed right after taking it. i craved the disoriented "high" feeling. Because i would only take it within an hour before bed i got loopy and pleasurably disoriented and then put myself to bed. i eventually was tkaing 25 mg before bed. I found that a 5 or 10 mg tablet wouldnt keep me sleeping all night. i have been tkaing this medication for one year and 7 months. | F | 16 | 1 years | 7/26/2006 | 5 | insomnia due to travel | vivid dreams | been very helpful with my frequent travel and time zone changes, if i can sleep on a regular basis I feel better and maintain good health | M | 62 | 2 years | 7/24/2006 | 5 | Sleep Loss | Well, the side effect usualy are less potent after a few days of use but I've had some crazy shit happen. After about 25minute if I'm sitting at my computer, say looking at a myspace picture it starts talking to me. And the sad part is, i have a full conversation with it in my head, other voices feel like im in a bar/and or where picture was at. The one nite i thought my monitor was a fishtank and tried feeding it paperclips. However, doenst always make me fall asleep, sometimes im up a few hours before i Fall asleep...but your half asleep with your eyes open. Holding conversations with people that are in your head but your not even talking, its like your really somewhere else but you know your in your bed as well. | I don't sleep well, maybe 90minutes to 2hours a nite for the last 5yrs untill i found ambien then i get about 4 hours | M | 27 | 12 months | 7/22/2006 | 1 | Recreational | I was cooking dinner and having cocktails with my cousin Abby and her sister Sara's husband Jeff. Sara was out for the night with girlfriends and Abby and I thought we'd help Jeff put the kids to bed and hang out for the night. Jeff has chronic backpain as well as insomnia and takes Ambien as well as other pain medication regularly. After about 2 or 3 cocktails Jeff suggested that Abby and I have and Ambien with our drinks. He said it would only intensify the effects of the alcohol and that he does it all the time. Abby and I were a little wary at first, being that neither of us used prescription drugs for fun before. Then Abby suggested that we split one. The pill was so small I figured it wouldn't do much but get me drunk quicker. Since I was already feeling buzzed I was a lot more willing than I would probably be sober. Then Jeff, Abby, and I went out on the back deck, smoked some cigarettes and chatted. I remember the conversation well and it was pretty normal. Then it started to g | which I would always answer and I had missed calls as of 10 oclock, one being from my boyfriend who I'd never refuse to pick up for. So I'm hoping I passed out shortly after being on the front porch. So after I woke up I hopped in my car and went back to Abby's where I was staying. I go to her room and she said that she was tripping out and never made it back until Sara called her to come down the street at 11:30. She said it was all pretty fuzzy to her and she wasnt much help to them. Apparently, Jeff and I had broken some glasses and we were found passed out on the living room carpet. Sara was pretty upset, rightfully so. Especially since we were left responsible for the kids, and we were anything but responsible. So after Abby told me all this, I went to my room and went back to sleep b/c it was way too early to try to figure this all out. There's a bit more to it, but basically, I have no recollection of those few hours and it freaks me out. | F | 25 | 1 days | 7/20/2006 | 1 | EXTEND LENGTH OF SLEEP TIME | 18 HOURS AFTER MEDICATION WAS TAKEN, THAT IS AFTER BREAKFAST, SHOWER AND LUNCH I WAS KNOCKED OUT BY AMBIEN WHILE DRIVING HAD A BAD CAR ACCIDENT. BROKEN HEEL, BROKEN ARM, BROKEN RIBS, LACERATION ON THE FACE. RECOMENDATION STAY AWAY FROM THIS MEDICATION IT CAN BE VERY DAMEGING | M | 3 days | 7/19/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Hallucinations, some other crazy stuff. | I love this drug! Makes me sleep like a baby, makes me sexually aroused, gives me awesome hallucinations, and an equally awesome high. Even better when NOT taken at night for sleep. Chills me out. No negative side effects, mild memory loss. Highly recommended for a benzo-effect; that is, taken during the day to relax and hallucinate. | M | 22 | 1 years | 7/15/2006 | 5 | Get to sleep fast | Ambien works great. I got bold and stayed up past 20 mins one night. I guess I got on the computer and send my boss an email. I checked my send mail and saw it. The letters were out of place and a lot of extra words not in order. I think my mind was already out cold. I had to explain in morning. The good news was all my clothes were laid out and I can watch the same movie over and over again. The wife not big on the way I get when I take one. Works great! | 2 years, 2-3x a week. | M | 38 | | 7/13/2006 | 5 | anxiety panic disorder | Doc gave me Rx for sleep aid. Just 10mg. I took the dosage and ended up acting like a prositute with my husband in bed. A very good paid one at that. He told me all about it in the morning because I had no idea it even happened. After that, I take HALF of a 10mg dosage and sleep fine. As one person clearly stated "Recommend going straight to bed within 20-30 minutes, or you can be an endless source of family entertainment." TRUE. I think this stuff could be pretty dangerous, the memory loss freaked me out. | Watch out and have someone lock the doors and hide the key! | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 7/3/2006 | 5 | anxiety | Sleep fine but made my IBS and gut really burn and act up. I do not suggest this for those with abdominal issues. Makes your symptoms worse the next day. Had to stop because the IBS symptoms became so bad. | Great for sleeping and acting like an idiot if you try to stay awake. | M | 35 | 2 months | 7/3/2006 | 4 | difficult for me to fall asleep | The only side effect I have noticed is stomach distress almost an IBS type of feeling. Stomach feels actually a little shakey and just not quite normal. Feels like I need to go to bathroom even though I have just gone. | It works well and I only take it when I have an extra big day scheduled the next day as I am retired so most days I don't have to get up early. Maybe twice a week and I take when I get into bed only. IT IS A SLEEPING PILL. I beleive that my stomach problems over the last 9 months are somewhat related to Ambien use as it started after I got out of hospital for something unrelated and they gave me Ambien for sleep abaout a year ago. since then I have had numerous tests for stomach problems and diagnosed with IBS. Seem to be symptom free now except when I take the Ambien I have minor distress. Bad nausea originally during night but now it is only minimal. I need my sleep and without something I can lie there all night long awake regardless of how busy and how tired I am when I go to bed. A double edged sword. Probably have some memmory loss but I am old so expect a little. | F | 70 | 1 years | 7/2/2006 | 4 | insomnia | none | This is the most effective med. I've taken for insomnia, however, I can't sleep over 5 hours with 5mg., and then must take another 5mg to get back to sleep. If I take 10mg. in one dose, I wake up in 4 hours so rested that I can't go back to sleep, then I'm tired the next day. I'm in need of a med. that would keep me asleep 8 or 9 hours. I would appreciate it if anyone had a med. idea that would keep me asleep for longer periods. Please email me if you do. | F | 60 | 5 years | 6/30/2006 | 1 | insomnia | Ambien users have been found sleep walking and sleep driving while under the influence of the drug. These side effects have caused horrible auto accidents and other life-threatening events. | M | 29 | | 6/30/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | None | I love Ambien! Makes me so horny and chill. Almost like bud without the anxiety or munchies. Ambien is just fine, day or night! | M | 21 | 2 months | 6/29/2006 | 1 | work schedule | Night eating, memory loss, AGRESSIVE behavior (threated to kill a family pet and pinching) | My girlfriend is afraid for her life and her cat because I take this drug. I don't blame her. | M | 46 | 9 months | 6/28/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | I have noticed no side effects from Ambian, I take 1 10mg pill before bed time, it does however take about 2 hours before I feel like I can go to sleep. | I have Sleep Apnea and some people dont believe it is a good idea to use the two, but it is the only way I sleep, I have tried many other generic meds as well as Lunesta. I have heard from the Pharmist that Ambien might be coming out in a generic form somethime this year. | F | 35 | 3 months | 6/27/2006 | 5 | I have gotten major bloating and what seems to be constipation since I have taken ambien, and it hurts constantly. | I love this medicine. Other than the side effects I have personally experienced, I have gotten wonderful nights of sleep. Every now and then I have quite vivid dreams.... some bad, but it's a choice you have to make on your own... are the side effects worth enduring... I think so! | F | 25 | 4 months | 6/25/2006 | 1 | Insomia | My mother-in-law was prescribed Ambien this past week for insomia. She is a breast cancer patient whose cancer recently metathesized to her liver. After three days of taking Ambien she did not fall asleep, rather began to hallucinate that there were people in her room scarring her, including images of the devil. She also saw people doing various activities in paintings and believed that loved ones in photographs were talking to her. She suffered great anxiety trying to understand why she was the only seeing these people and became defensive and angry when we tried to console her. This was a terrible experience for her, especially when the medication was suppose to help her get rest after trying to emotionally deal with the recurrance of her cancer. | I think people should be very careful in using this drug. It is obviously a godsend for many, including my own father who uses it for chronic insomia. It's too bad my mother-in-law had to find out the hard way that this medication can cause serious side effects for some. | M | 73 | 3 days | 6/25/2006 | 1 | lifetime trouble sleeping | Daytime drowsiness, irritability, memory loss, headaches, horrible ambien-drug feeling in my upper system, and addiction. | It's a horrible drug, way over-prescribed. Tried other drugs to wean off of it to no avail. Getting off of it is extremely difficult to do but I keep trying but reducing the amount I take from the prescribed to less than the prescribed. Understand that the new Ambien CR adds @4 mins. of sleep and is probably new because their patent is running or ran out. It keeps the money coming in. Why doctors keep allowing it to be refilled and refilled over years and years is beyond me. I'd rather be tired without the drug than tired because of it! | F | 52 | 10 years | 6/25/2006 | 4 | to sleep | hiccups, runny nose | I feel like I can't think strait so I have to go to bed immediately! | F | 21 | 2 months | 6/23/2006 | 5 | chronic insomnia chronic fatigue | Gastrointestinal system: Frequent: hiccup. Infrequent: constipation, dysphagia, flatulence, gastroenteritis. Rare: enteritis, eructation, esophagospasm, gastritis, hemorrhoids, intestinal obstruction, rectal hemorrhage, tooth caries. Hematologic and lymphatic system: Rare: anemia, hyperhemoglobinemia, leukopenia, lymphadenopathy, macrocytic anemia, purpura, thrombosis. Immunologic system: Rare: abscess, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, otitis externa, otitis media. Liver and biliary system: Infrequent: abnormal hepatic function, increased SGPT. Rare: bilirubinemia, increased SGOT. Metabolic and nutritional: Infrequent: hyperglycemia, thirst. Rare: gout, hypercholesteremia, hyperlipidemia, increased alkaline phosphatase, increased BUN, periorbital edema. Musculoskeletal system: Infrequent: arthritis. Rare: arthrosis, muscle weakness, sciatica, tendinitis. Reproductive system: Infrequent: menstrual disorder, vaginitis. Rare: breast fibroadenosis, breast neoplasm, br | Great hypnotic (sleep aid) that will create many odd side effects that DOCTORS seem to be unaware of when they evaluate you. READ READ READ, ladies and gentlemen. Will you be the rare person--or have you been the one who loved the good nights sleep and chalked the other physical ailments up to some other cause??? Stress disorders, maybe? AMBIEN is wonderful fun. Side effects started immediately and progressed to worse conditions over time. Slept well through most of it, though! Pros and cons to consider. | F | 35 | 1000 times | 6/22/2006 |