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 |
| 3 | to obtain productive sleep. | Everything but halucinagic did I have. I'm speaking of the info you get from their web site not just the info with the drug. Aches, pains, addition, irritability, sucidal, etc. | I sleep but I was in a fog. Everyday I wanted to go home to sleep, that was an escape I guess that was part of the addition. It's not good to use for long term use. You then have to up the dose and you need more and more. | F | 52 | 5 years | 11/12/2007 | 2 | insomnia - waking at 4am | No side effects. No morning residual. | Fell asleep great with the drug. However, awoke at about 5am. The half life of the drug is too short for people who have trouble staying asleep. Taking Klonopin now. | M | 52 | 2 months | 9/25/2003 | 2 | Insomnia | At first writing notes to myself that made absolutely no sense and for the past month insomnia has returned whether or not I take the pill. | Was on 10 mg every night for a couple of years with no one ever telling me it should only be taken for a specific period of time and then, when the insomnia came back on the 10 mg pill I was upped to 12.5 mg. Now it still takes me forever to get to sleep and once I do I have a lot of trouble waking up. | F | 52 | 2 years | 2/1/2010 | 2 | to stay asleep through the night . | My first night trying it woke up twice with nightmares. It's now 5am and I'm wide awake. | I've worked graveyard shift for 18 yrs. I was having difficulty staying a sleep and feeling rested when I woke up. Tonight was my first time trying the sleep med . I'm taking 5mg. Woke up twice from nightmares. And now I'm up at 5am wide awake. Was hoping this medicine would help me stay asleep and feel rest. Going to try it for a few more days but if the results are the same not going to continue taking. | F | 52 | 1 days 5mg | 11/17/2015 | 1 | sleep issue | I have lost my sense of alternes after taking for 9 years. then gradually get rid of in 2018 . now I have developed memory issue while only 53 years old . I can drive anymore and memory is terrible . no neurologist has any idea what to do while going for multiple MRIs in 4 years. now I have lost my job and really scared about my future since memory is not normal upto the level it used to be. | Never use this medication. | M | 52 | 9 years 10 1X day | 9/30/2022 | 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 | 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 | Dry taste at bedtime. NO hypnotic or sedative effect whatsoever. Taking Ambien "CR" at 12.5 mg. | Have tried many sleep aides without relief. Ambien, Lunesta, Rozerem, Valium (10mg), Trazedone (600mg). Some response to Xanax (2 Mg) to sleep. Very disappointed. Think I'll have to try 100mg of Seconal if I ca get it.. | M | 52 | 4 days | 8/24/2007 | 1 | insomnia | Burning mouth, chronic pain and numbness in all of my teeth. Heaviness in head, ear pain and pressure. Clicking sound in my head above the ears. Tingling, pins and needles in my hands and feet. | Will someone please tell me if taking ambien for 7 years with no side effects can suddenly develop symptoms such as mine. I was totally off ambien for 5 months and saw no improvement. Was that not long enough???? I need to know, I was also taking more than was prescribed. I have had this pain for 3 years and doctors don't know what is wrong with me. And no pain reliever, relieves my pain. Please help me. | F | 52 | 7 years | 10/30/2008 | 1 | insomnia | Can anyone tell me from experience or expert opinion that taking ambien for almost 6 years daily and sometimes more than I should can cause chronic neuropathic pain, tingling, numbness, ear pain and heaviness in the head, muscle aches and pains? I came off of ambien for several months and saw no change. If all this is due to long term use and abuse of this drug, about how long does it take to undue any potential nerve damage. Please advise if you have had any such experience. The doctors are baffled by my symptoms and do not know what is causing my problem. I get no relief from prescription or over the counter pain relievers. | I had no problem with this drug other than sleep eating and a good restful night's sleep until 3 years ago when I began to experience teeth pain and numbness, ear pain, burning mouth and lips. Then a year and a half ago, I began to experience tingling, numbness, burning sensations in my hands, arms, legs and feet and continued to take ambien unaware that it could be the cause of all my problems since I was seen by specialists from dentists, neurologists, ENT's, Internists, TMJ doctors and many more. So, be careful about using this drug and again, if someone out there who has had trouble with this drug from long term use, about how long does it take to repair the damage done? | F | 52 | 6 years | 1/1/2009 | 1 | insomnia | made me feel terrible during the day, although it did make me sleep through the night. I felt very unstable mentally. | F | 52 | 3 days | 7/2/2008 | 1 | insomnia partly due to medications | Hideous nightmares. Anxiety bordering on panic attack if I did not fall asleep; this continued during the day. Horrible palpitations. Depression. Feeling crazy. Stopped sleeping altogether. No hallucinations, sleep walking or eating and not much amnesia. Took it for about 30 days at different doses (prescribed). Anorexia, stomach cramps. Went off it and felt much better in 2 days. This is a very dangerous drug and according to NIH research, it does little to enhance sleep (reduces sleep latency by about 13 minutes and lets you sleep tops 1/2 hour longer). Not worth taking. | This is a potentially dangerous drug for a significant number of people, judging by these posts and the side effects list. It is prescribed much too casually. I do not think it is safer than the traditional benzos or trazodone. Should be prescribed more strictly and for no more than 2-4 weeks. | F | 52 | 30 days | 5/29/2008 | 5 | Never a good sleeper--worse over 40 | None | Love this medication, really a life-changer for me | F | 51 | 5 years | 4/18/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | None | Fantastic! I have chronic insomnia, which has worsened over the past year by the development of a chronic pain disorder. I have tried Sonata (hallucinations and very unrestful and short sleep) and Lunesta (worked well, but left me a little hung-over feeling) as well. I have taken Ambien a couple of times per month for the past three years. It knocks me out within 15 minutes and keeps me to sleep at least 6 hours, and I wake up feeling refreshed as if I didn't take any sleep aid at all. Best sleep aid on the market by far, and a life-saver. | F | 51 | 3 years | 8/17/2007 | 5 | insommnia | no side effects | I never take it two nights in a row. ried this once, and the 2nd night it didn't work as well, so I could see where I was headed. I am very happy with it and it has saved my sanity and health by making some sleep possible. I have heard quite a few reports of people who did fine on Ambien, then switched to the generic and had horrendous problems, became suicidal, psychotic, etc. Much as I'd like to save the $, I am sticking with the brand version--I'm so sensitive to meds no telling what might happen. THis is the first I've heard both Dr.s and pharmacists admit that the generic is not always as good as the original. The quality control is just not there. Scary. | F | 51 | 3 years | 1/26/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | None, unless taken after considerable beer consumption, in which case walking in a straight line can be somewhat more challenging than it would without the ambien. | I take it to counteract insomnia side effects of Wellbutrin & Adderall. Take 5 mg most of the time, takes 40-45 minutes to produce drowsiness. Go to bed, sleep great, wake up refreshed. Typically sleep 5-6 hours during week, 8-10 weekends. Can get up and go fine after 5-6 on 5mg. 10mg takes me a full 8 hours to get over and leaves me feeling sluggish for awhile then, so i rarely take 10mg. I generally try to skip taking it at least one night a week. All in all, I agree with another poster that one of its biggest benefits is eliminating the anxiety about whether you will sleep well or not. | M | 51 | 2 years | 6/6/2007 | 5 | after whipple surgery | F | 51 | | 10/8/2002 | 5 | I have slepp like a log my entire life. Enter pre-menopause. The last year I've been laying away unitl 3 or 4am. Horrible. I'm grateful for this medication. If I don't go straight to sleep (I do digital scrapbooking on my computer) things look like they're moving (a little) and my scrappages look 3D. When I get up to use the bathroom I feel a little off balance. I don't know or remember any phone calls or imaginary friends. I just know I can FINALLY SLEEP! And I wake up with NO medicine head. | I'm taking two 6.5 Ambien CR about 11:30 to midnight. I asked for the lower dose of 6.5 but it was not enough. When I took 5 or 10 mg Ambian (before Ambian CR) I would go to bed at 11:00 and wake up at 3 am. Now I selpp a full 8 hours and feel good. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 2/19/2007 | 5 | sleep aide | sleepy...yeah!!!! | I love it. Have fibromyalgia and if I don't sleep, get up feeling like I've been hit by a MAC truck!!! Take it and within 30 minutes extremely drowsy, go to bed, and sleep with no problems. Was taking Lunesta with no help. | F | 51 | 1 months | 8/19/2007 | 5 | insomnia/depression | Absolutely none. | I am presently taking 10 mg of Ambien and have not experienced any weird side effects at all. My physician was very firm in her instructions to not take the pill until physically getting into bed. I do and sleep great and finally wake up feeling rested (and at an early hour). I have had chronic depression/panic disorder for almost 15 years and this drug along with my other meds have given me my life back in a way better way. Ambien is a sleeping pill people. Unless you sleep standing up, don't take it and walk around, etc. If used correctly (like any other drug) it is a perfectly safe drug. Please don't pass up taking Ambien because of these crazy postings, just use common sense when taking your meds. | F | 51 | 6 months 10 mg 1X day | 6/21/2010 |