AMBIEN Reviews (ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.1 (1450 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AMBIEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | could not stay asleep | No side effects, but woke up at 3am and ate. Trying to stay sleeping so I don't eat myself into a pig | F | 56 | 3 days | 7/23/2002 | 2 | insomnia during chemotherapy | severe flu-like symptoms - aches | was taking 1/2 adult daily dose | F | 56 | 4 weeks | 1/29/2005 | 2 | insomnia | hallucinations, memory loss, horrible horrible nightmares( to horrible to describe), day after dizziness, felt like I was in a fog or dream, upsett tummy, thirsty....and this was with taking the smaller recommended doseage. Heavy induced sleep..which was great the first three or four nights, but after that, the sleep was not satisfying, felt drugged and tired the next day. Midday could hardly stay awake. | Ambien scared the daylights out of me, I was in a fog like state the entire time I took it (2 weeks)...but didn't realize for the drug alters your mind, wasnt until the second week, about an hour before bedtime when I normally would have taken one..that my mind sort of cleared...the | F | 56 | 14 days | 5/22/2005 | 2 | Have problem to go to sleep | Bolemia. I gain so much during the last 24 months | I am using Circadin for few months and i sleep like a baby. never had so good sleep for many years. i have energy in the morning and i am starting to have motivation for sport and aerobic. | M | 56 | 2 years | 11/13/2009 | 1 | sleep aid | sleep walking & hallucinations | My mother,an active 78 yr young sr citizen was given this drug the 2d night of a recent hospital stay..never had this drug before!! If one isn't familiar with this drug, nurses in hospital should ask patient before administering if they want to be strapped to the bed..make them aware of the tremendous amounts of side effects or hand them a paper to read about it or something!! My mother was sleep walking & hallucinating (which she has never done before) in her hospital room...she remembers falling, called for nurse (she was right across from nurses station...guess they were off helping someone else)...she proceeded to get up to a standing position and fell again completely backwards and awoke to the attendants getting her up off the floor. WARNING: STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!! AND THEY TOOK ZICAM OFF THE MARKET, HA! Everyone I have talked to since, rolls their eyes, had a personal bad experience, or knows someone who had a personal bad experience while on this drug... they need to take it off the market before people end up killing themselves or others because they don't know what they're doing while on it&/or before the manufacturer ends up with a class action lawsuit against them .......hmmmm! | F | 56 | 1 times | 7/2/2009 | 1 | for insomnia | I put my car in a deep ditch and according to a neighbor I ran over my mailbox. I handed by daughter the bottle and got it out of the house... | If they ever have a class action suit I will be involved. | F | 56 | 3 months | 6/1/2009 | 1 | Bipolar/sleep disorder/mood swings | Sleep eating gained 60 lbs. in l0 years I have been on it, sleep driving, memory loss, amnesia, buying online, overdosed twice with NO intention of doing so, calling people in family all hours of the night, visits from family members and no recollection whatsoever | This drug is FDA approved but I strongly believe it should be taken off the market/perhaps a group effort with the help of a lawyer. I strongly believe it is a deadly drug with many people experiencing the same problems as I have had. People have lost their lives due to things this drug causes them to do if not under the influence of Ambien. You think you are awake, you believe you know what you are doing; but family members tell you otherwise, my husband had to constantly make sure food was not in my mouth nightly; everytime I got up. The list goes on and on. | F | 56 | 10 years | 5/12/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | F | 56 | 8 months 10mg 1X day | 5/31/2014 Patient History | 1 | To get to sleep | No side effects. It doesn't work.for me. Back.to the basics for me. Benadryl works like a charm. Bye Ambien. | It was prescribed to me because My mind races at night. | F | 56 | 3 days 5 MG 1X day | 6/19/2021 | 1 | Insomnia | I was tormented by 'sleep eating', because of the Ambien and subsequently gained quite a bit of weight while taking it. The day I discovered a half-fried hamburger in a skillet, I realized I was cooking in my sleep, as well! I also awoke one morning and found that I'd eaten 6 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches over night. Finding crumbs and other tell-tale signs of eating during the night became common. This medication caused more trouble for me, than the insomnia! | F | 56 | 18 months | 3/6/2007 | 1 | insomnia | I would normaly take one at night before bed, but this time I took one late morning bacause I just wanted to sleep all day. Next thing I know I'm in the back of a police car in handcuffs because I had hit a pole while driving. I'm now facing two charges of DUI, totaled my car, and don't have any memory of it. I would never leave the house in my pajamas, but I did this time. I suffered minor injuries, but thank God I din't hurt anyone else. I'm now awaiting a pre-trial conference and have no idea what to do. Any advice out there? | F | 56 | 2 months 10mg 1X AN | 2/27/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | You will fall asleep standing up, literally. Short term memory gone from the time you take the pill until you wake up next day. You act drunk if you are up and walking around after taking it. Your good sense goes to sleep so don't go shopping, drive, or stay up you can get hurt or worse, hurt others. | Needed help to sleep because I traveled a great deal and the anti-depressants do not help in the sleep department. Dose was 20/mg per night for sleep. Worked great for first 8 years same dose. Mixing alcohol - big no no you get the bad dreams, hangover etc. even with 1-2 oz. of alcohol. Past 2 years I only net about 4 hours of sleep with this dose. When your life changes after 10 years so should your meds, if you still need them that is. Try lowering your dose, sometimes less is more. TAKE IT AS DIRECTED BE IN BED AND TAKE IT. If you take it even 20 minutes before you go to bed you can seriously hurt yourself, start a fire, slip and fall - your automatic sensors shut off. DO NOT shop while on this medication or you will spend yourself into negative balances. Your good sense has already gone to sleep even though you are not in bed. This drug takes about 10-12 hours to metabolize out of your system. Even if you have been taking this for years never kid your self into taking i | F | 55 | 10 years | 3/9/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | Same as mentioned in prevous post. | This is a very good drug in helping with insomnia. If Lunesta is the mouse, Ambien is the elephant when it comes to sleep aids. REMEMBER: If you get used to it and think you can take it before you drive home then you will be ready to go to bed DON'T. If you get pulled over one look at your pupils and you are in jail with a DUI. Your prescription will not save you. Do not carry the meds with you they should stay home or safely in your overnight bag. Do not use this drug recreationally, it is worse than alcohol and you will buy more trouble than you can imagine, an oh yeah, not remember it. The thing is you can get hurt, spend all your money, or worse, hurt others. Your good sense isn't just drunk it is gone.......you are supposed to be asleep, remember. | F | 55 | 10 years | 3/10/2007 | 5 | insomnia | No side effect that are negative. | I take less than 5 MG several times a week. Go right to bed and sleep soundly all night. I believe the key to this is taking 5 mg or less. It is a wonder drug in this potency! | F | 55 | 1 years | 1/18/2009 | 5 | fibromyalgia/insomnia | As many people have said, only take this medicine when getting into bed. I have built up tolerance to the side effects when taken at low doses of the regular generic kind. I am dependent on this stuff to sleep; it is reported not to have physical withdrawal (like other benzodiazepines) other than inability to sleep for three days. | Fibromyalgia is considered, at least in part, a sleep disorder. Ambien helps me get to sleep and sleep like a log. All the physicians I have seen have encouraged continuation since other sleep aids caused worse side effects. It just about totally removes debilitating pain during this time. (Pain returns by following mid-morning). I added Vit D3 about six months ago and am noticing marked day-time improvement as well -- if I've had a sound night's sleep. | F | 55 | 7 years | 10/19/2007 | 5 | Could not sleep | None | No side effects. Not tired in the mornings. | F | 55 | 5 days 5mg 1X day | 8/31/2023 | 5 | Sleep problems due to nerve pain | None | Works great. Fall asleep within 10 minutes. No problems the next day. Cannot say the same for Linsey's. | F | 55 | 5 years 10 | 11/22/2015 | 5 | trouble staying asleep | Very few, if any. No drowsiness. No bad dreams. No sleepwalking. | I love Ambien. I use it only when I travel or when I wake up in the middle of the night--never to get to sleep per se. Dr. tried to "limit" my prescription to 20 pills every six months. I dumped my doctor! 5 mb gets me back to sleep if I wake up (around 3 a.m.) It does the trick, no problem. | F | 55 | 5 years | 7/26/2009 | 4 | Insomnia | None, just blessed sleep. | I asked for a sleep aid from my doctor because I would go to sleep, then wake up in 3 hours. Then my brain kicked in and I would be awake for 4 more hours. Then I would finally nod off and it would be time to get up. I was given the cr type and I was warned not to take it every night. While I now have to plan what nights I need to sleep well, it has been wonderful. Even if I do wake up, my mind doesn't go into overdrive and I go back to sleep without the previous anxiety and hour counting. I do not ever take it without being in bed ready to sleep. I have never driven or cooked or eaten under its influence, have had no weight gain. Dreams may be a bit more intense, and perhaps my libido is sparkier from time to time (a welcomed side effect!) Seeing the numerous comments regarding memory loss makes me wonder, but I haven't forgotten anything serious nor have I forgotten anything that I haven't later remembered, so i don't think that's an issue either. Even when I don't take it, I | F | 55 | 11 months | 3/25/2008 | 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 |