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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Fibromyalgia assoc. sleep disorder | I'm not sure if I have any side effects from Ambien or not since I'm on so many meds and have Fibromyalgia and Ulcerative Colitis. | Ambien works pretty well for me. I haven't had anything weird happen. I take 10mg every night. It worked really well at first but now it isn't as effective. I occasionally stay up hours after taking it. My doctor thinks I may have to be on it indefinitely. I also take two mgs of clonezepam. | F | 36 | 1 years | 12/12/2004 | 1 | Depression re: wife's illness. | Became suicidal and actually attempted suicide. | I would strongly recommend people not take this drug except under strict supervision. The patient should not have access to a full bottle of the product. It should be dispensed by a close friend or a relative at the rate of no more than 1 or 2 per day. I believe it pushed my depression to a very serious level. After my crisis the doctor prescribed another type of sleeping aide. My depression continued until I went | M | 60 | 20 days | 12/11/2004 | 4 | Waking during night | WARNING to anyone taking this drug. GO TO BED RIGHT AFTER YOU TAKE IT!!! Don't stay up. This drug can cause extreme memory loss if it is taken and you don't go right to bed. It works extremely quickly, within 10-15 minutes. I'm sure it is fine if you have someone with you, but if you are by yourself you could possibly do something to hurt yourself or someone else and remember absolutely nothing the next day. | This is a very effective sleeping pill, I have been taking it for several months after seeing my doctor about depression and middle-of-the-night insomnia. When I first started taking Ambien, I would go right to sleep, no problems. However, last night I took it very early, about 4 or 5 in the afternoon because I had a cold and wanted to get some extra sleep so I would feel better for work the next day. I woke up this morning thinking that I had slept from about 5pm the day before to about 8am this morning. After I talked to my mom, I realized that wasn't the case. According to her, I had a bowl of soup, and also some other food after that. I had a conversation with my family, but I can tell you nothing about it. At some point I took a shower and washed my hair, but this morning my hair had dried and I could not remember if I had washed it or not. I woke up in clothes that I don't remember changing into, and I also found something on one of my pillows and on some of my clothes that I could not identify (I later figured out it was the soup that I don't remember eating.) None of the stuff that I did bothers me; what bothers me is that I don't remember doing ANY of it. I tried my best this morning to rack my brain and remember eating, and I just can't. I woke up this morning thinking that I hadn't eaten anything last night, and that I had been asleep for a very long time, which just wasn't the case. It is scary to think that if someone wasn't watching you, you could probably get out in a car and drive and really hurt yourself or someone else and have absolutely no memory of it the next day. I am not knocking Ambien in any way, I think it is great for insomnia, but it is much more powerful than people think. Just be careful!!! Happy sleeping! | F | 25 | 4 days | 11/30/2004 | 5 | sleep problems | I cracked up reading these comments, as I too can relate to many of the side effects. Sounds pretty weird, but can really happen. Not so much after the first few times. But it does seem like like I have an invisable friend. I always get happy after it kicks in, and that alone can make a person want to continue to take it, AND I sleep well. If I awaken,I can go back to sleep easily. I found myself looking forward to the nights that I allow myself to take a pill. DO NOT take a pill if you think you might make love that night. Oh Boy. Big mistake. | My doctor fights me on renewing my script as she is real serious about it being addictive, and I believe it can be, so I do not take it more than three times a week, and always break a pill in half. You should climb right into bed afterwards, and allow plenty of time for sleep. My husband has found me in other rooms of the house if I don't lie down right away. And I wouldn't take it if I was alone. Afraid I will wind up in the pool or naked in my car. Just be careful..... | F | 59 | 1 days | 11/23/2004 | 2 | To sleep thru the nite. | Now only take 1/2 pill every two hours , If I took 1 1/2 as per prescription I have memory loss and would talk to my husband and not make sense and not remenber anything about it in the morning. | I am looking for another med that would help me get thru the nite, where I would sleep for 6 to 8 hours at a stretch, like Ambien but over the counter. | F | 60 | 8 months | 11/22/2004 | 4 | | 11/17/2004 | 2 | to sleep | hallucinations | F | 21 | 1 days | 11/15/2004 | 5 | Wifes illness | None | Wife is in re-hab after a stroke, both of us are taking Ambien to sleep, both 5 mil. Our daughter (25) took some tonight (her perscription) and had vivid dreems and was disoriented. | M | 56 | 21 days | 11/14/2004 | 4 | for insomnia | addiction | I've taken 3mg pretty much every night for about 10 years. Getting off of even this small a dosage is very difficult. | F | 56 | 10 years | 11/12/2004 | 1 | Stress-related insomnia | Do not take this drug for more than one week! I took it off and on for 2 years on occasion as needed(more off than on) for insomnia related to 2 tragic life events. Recently, however, I developed a tolerance to it and it allowed me to sleep less and less. Now, 4 weeks after stopping it | Should be banned from the market!!!! | M | 41 | 2 years | 11/11/2004 | 5 | insomnia | none | worked great. fell right to sleep. | F | 30 | 3 days | 11/5/2004 | 5 | travel insomnia | none | Works like a dream as promoted. Used for travel can't sleep away from home, and occasionally at home when I need a good rest,5mg dosage. As long as I plan to get at least 7 hours of sleep, feel great in the morning, if I take more than 2 days in a row then feel a bit spacey, coffee helps. Have never used more than 4 days at a time. | F | 42 | 3 years | 11/4/2004 | 5 | insomnia | morning fatigue if not long enough sleep. LOUD snoring (says my wife). | love it. best sleep ever. | M | 33 | | 10/31/2004 | 5 | insomnia | crazy hallucinations, memory loss | for getting sleep it's not worth very much but the fun i had made up for the lack of sleep. i always seemed to end up naked and delirious in the living room. | M | 21 | 10 times | 10/30/2004 | 3 | insomnia | None | takes way too long to work. on my third time taking it and could not get to slee at a decent time last night and just laid in bed. | F | 31 | 3 days | 10/27/2004 | 1 | unable to sleep | My mom and I have taken ambien, and i had very bad dreams, and seeing things, at one point i had thought my blankets and matteress were falling off, and was chasing them trying to take them. My mother, took them and acted druged, drunk, and just pain insane, seeing people, and she was talking to a fan, even came in to my room late at night, around 12-1 to wake me for school, and calling me every 5 min. just to say hi, and beleiving people were in the room with her. when no one else was home. | I do not recoment ambien to anyone, unless you have someone there to watch you, i'm would be very sceared that a person could hurt, themselves or others while under the influence of this drug. | F | 6 months | 10/20/2004 | 1 | insomnia caused by Zoloft usage | I don't have insomnia when off SSRI's. Zoloft is the only SSRI I can tolerate but it gives me insomnia (sleep only 5 hours or so). Tried Ambien several times. On Ambien I slept one-two hours max and felt wired. | Not for me. Made insomnia WORSE. | F | 34 | 7 times | 10/13/2004 | 5 | insomnia | none | wears off too quickly | F | 40 | 1 years | 10/10/2004 | 4 | waking too early | Some disorientation if I wake too early. On nights I do not take ambien, I have an extremely difficult time falling asleep. | Puts me to sleep quickly, however, I still cannot get more than 4 to 5 hours even with the ambien. But I do sleep more soundly during that time. | F | 47 | 1 years | 10/9/2004 | 4 | Occasional Insomnia | None | M | 58 | 3 years | 10/8/2004 |