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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Occasional insomnia | Slight grogginess next morning, mild to severe nausea next day. | I have been taking Ambien CR 12.5 MG on and off for about 2 years now. I find it does a very good job of getting me asleep and keeping me asleep. Typically, I fall asleep about 1/2 hour after taking and sleep almost exactly 7 hours before waking. My biggest problem with the stuff is the nausea it is causing me the following day. Sometimes I feel like I am going to vomit almost all day long. Experimentation has shown that the less of the drug I take, the less intense the nausea. It seems about 5 MG is about as low as I can go and still have it be effective. Anybody else have this and found any helpful tips for avoiding or eliminating the nausea? | M | 53 | 2 years varies 1X day | 6/2/2011 | 3 | trouble falling asleep | day time memory loss, triggers depression if I use it too often | It is helpful for sleep issues, but is somewhat addictive | F | 53 | 3 years 10 MG 1X day | 9/21/2011 | 3 | Shift work caused sleeplessness | Memory loss, apathy, daytime tiredness, inability to remember common things, names, places etc. | It most definitely works, it knocks me out. I do not experience the eating problems, the mood problems, anxiety etc. that others have, but I do find myself unable to think clearly in the daytime. Years of rotating shift work has made me unable to fall asleep at various times, which initially led me to Ambien. When I work during they daytime, I find myself lythargic, forgetful, and with a full dose of that "out there" feeling. I have been off and back on Ambien multiple times, I feel better when I'm off, however I like falling asleep and staying asleep also. Its interesting how it affects people differently. | M | 53 | 2 days 10 MG 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 3 | sleep | stopped working after 10 days. Dry eyes. No other side effects | F | 53 | 30 days | 11/19/2006 | 3 | sleep difficulties | I am writing to offer condolences to the woman who discovered she'd slept with her son's friend after taking Ambien with a glass of wine. My heart aches for you! You must accept your innocence even if others don't. At first I thought Ambien was a wonder drug. I had to sleep in an arctic field camp (with continuous summer daylight, heat and mosquitoes) sharing a weatherport with six other people, and between the Ambien and earplugs got the best two weeks of sleep ever. Then on vacation in Hawaii (where I slept on the Murphy bed in the living room because of my husband's snoring and my light sleeping) I took it one night after a glass of wine and walked down to the water. All I remember after being at the shoreline was waking up the next morning fully clothed in bed with my husband. Thank God I'd found the right unit, and was in bed with my own husband, but it could have all come down so differently and I wouldn't have known or remembered a thing. I have not taken Ambien since. | I was only taking Ambien on an as-needed basis when traveling or having a particularly difficult time sleeping. I don't think I ever finished one prescription's worth. | F | 53 | 3 weeks | 9/8/2009 | 2 | taking Ambien 5 milligrams | Still waking up periodically during the night when I do wake up seem to have worse anxiety that I've ever had like a panicky feeling nervous not sure not sure if it's a side effect from this medication not sure fit a side effects on this medication | F | 53 | 8 days 5 milligra | 1/3/2016 | 2 | taking Ambien 5 milligrams | Still waking up periodically during the night when I do wake up seem to have worse anxiety that I've ever had like a panicky feeling nervous not sure not sure if it's a side effect from this medication not sure fit a side effects on this medication | F | 53 | 8 days 5 milligra | 1/3/2016 | 2 | insomnia from pain | I got out of bed and arranged naked light bulbs in my popcorn bowl so that they looked like giant popped kernels. Also: I had bizarre conversations that I later forgot. I ate junk food in the middle of the night. And i did not sleep deeply; continued to awaken often. | F | 53 | 5 years 10 | 2/10/2014 | 2 | incomnia resulting from tension,pai | It knocks you out quickly BUT frequently wake up at 2 and unable to return to sleep. At least three times the past year, seemed to trigger a "drugged up" state resulting in inane conversation and subequent lack of memory about the conversation. This drug is now out in gerneric form. Have heard many horror stories from peole who have used it. | M | 53 | 1 years 10 mg 1X AN | 10/15/2010 | 2 | insomnia | memory loss confusion / forgetfulness | F | 53 | 4 months | 2/16/2007 | 1 | Insomnia, perhaps menopause-related | Greatly increased depression, anxiety almost to the point of panic attack, feeling drugged all day, headache, could not remember conversations I'd had during the day, inability to work or do anything other than just roam around the house feeling bad. Affected my ability to sing properly for a couple of days. | Took as directed, time release. It did help me sleep the night but it was not worth the horrible side effects. It took me 2 days to feel even remotely normal again. | F | 53 | 1 days | 3/30/2007 | 1 | insomnia | Visual hallucinations! Items in the room started to move and wiggle. At one point I thought that one of my cats was moving around in the basket of yarn, but realized that both cats were asleep on their beds. Yarn was squirming around in the basket. Computer screen was expanding toward me (like a bubble) and then moving up and down. Caribou antlers on the wall here moving back and forth from side to side, like they were waving at me. A hat that I was knitting looked like a jellyfish---edges moving up and down. I also had periods of confusion, strange behavior, conversations that I did not remember, and actions that later made no sense (or were out of character). I had problems of being very tired the next day, and frequently misreading words. I also had periods of binge eating, but no sleep walking and no eating while asleep. Very vivid dreams that I could easily remember. | It did put me to sleep, and I would stay asleep all night. But that's not worth the other effects. | F | 53 | 45 days | 1/23/2008 | 1 | insomnia | visual and auditory hallucinations, confusion, acting drunk, sleepwalking | Two nights in a row I had been sleepwalking---don't know too much what I was doing, but found evidence of doing things in the house. Books and magazines moved around the house, apparently I tried to put on nail polish (painted 3 nails and then left brush on sink), the next morning found my pajama bottoms at the door of the bedroom, so I don't know what happened there. Besides sleepwalking I had hallucinations: wood paneling moving around like puzzle pieces, wooden sculpture of an eagle was moving (when I walked over to it and held it, I also felt it moving in my hand!), couch cushions moving, computer screen undulating (like a bubble blowing out toward me), out of the corner of my eye I saw someone sitting next to me on the couch and heard him talking to me, but when I turned toward him, he was gone. One night my husband was still up, and he said that I came in and kept talking but made no sense at all, and I appeared to be drunk. | F | 53 | 2 months | 3/22/2008 | 1 | pain at night disturbed sleep | terrible headaches all the next day | I experimented with all kinds of cures for my terrible headaches-after trial and error I relized the headaches were 100% Ambien-induced. Never again. I'd rather stay awake. | 53 | 180 days | 11/8/2007 | 1 | waking up too early -3am | this drug works but definitely causes psychological dependence with just 5 consecutive nights.i also noticed a definite change in my emotions. i became aggressive and easily angered over minor things. | this drug scared me because of my definite feelings of addiction and anger management issues. it works well if used very sparingly.all problems stopped upon discontinuing daily dose.beware | M | 53 | 3 weeks | 3/4/2009 | 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 | 1 | insomnia | sudden hunger sexual aggression loss of memory & time nightmares began after several years feelings of not being able to get a grip on the day.....tired foggy feeling and quit enjoying life | please do not get started on this drug. I have found that it controls me mentally. I did sleep with it....but the side effects are worse that not sleeping. I quit cold turkey a week ago and I am already experiencing brighter days! | F | 53 | 16 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/21/2010 | 1 | sleep disorder | this drug should be taken off the market. it is very dangerous. my x-husband commited suicide while taking this drug. his doctore called in 60 pills and between tuesday and friday he had take 19 because he couldnt go to sleep. people forget how many they take because of all the side effects. take this drug off the market. | M | 53 | 5 years 30 1X day | 8/26/2012 | 1 | incomnia | Amnesia, daytime drowsiness, dizziness, back pain, decreased mental alertness, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, lethargy, light-headedness, speech difficulties, vertigo, decreased sex drive, constipation, daytime sleeping,, irregular heartbeat, mental deterioration, thinking abnormalities | Most of the posts here talk about the memory loss and hallucinations people experience immediately after taking Ambien. I want to alert people to the long-term effects I've experienced. I've taken Ambien every night for 5 years. Started out with 5 mg, then went up to 10 mg, now back to 5 mg. For several years I've noticed deteriorating cognitive skills - memory loss, attention deficit, concentration, mental alertness, processing information. This has concerned me, but I have continued to take Ambien because it does put me to sleep. For the last 2 months I have experienced light-headedness and fogginess on an almost constant basis. It makes it very difficult to function day-to-day. I've had a number of tests done because I thought it was ear-related. Not so. Doctors now believe it is Ambien abuse, and are alarmed to hear that I've taken it for so long. Now I've started to cut way back, and hopefully can rid myself of this drug completely, but it sounds like most people have experienced | M | 53 | 5 years | 12/1/2005 | 1 | Insomia | I took this for one year, and it nearly drove me crazy. I became addicted, anyone who takes this drug will become addicted and lose the ability to fall asleep naturally. I had to learn how to fall asleep by myself and it took me over a year to get over the effects of this dreadful evil drug. I feel sorry for those addicted to this, you're in for a real nightmare once you get off it. I feel happy today, sometimes I have insomnia, but I do sleep again the following night, all my myself too, with no help whatsoever. I am medication-free today, I am not touching pills ever again!!! | I was so addicted, I became so cross, forgetful, a complete change of personality. Now i feel normal, but it took a long time, it was a long way back to normalcy. Why is this drug on the market? | F | 53 | 1 years | 11/7/2006 |