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 |
| 5 | Insomnia | F | 51 | 10 1X day | 6/6/2011 Patient History | 5 | for sleep | No side effects so far | My nurse practitioner put me on Ambien generic 5mgs at the end of May 2023 was on trazodone 25mgs for years and wore off she prescribed me Ambien generic and I have had the best sleep ever with this drug and wake up feeling refreshed! It's a wonderful sleep aid! | 51 | 13 days 5mgs 1X day | 6/8/2023 | 5 | Fibromyalgia & insomnia | I do get that blackout thing but I make sure to go to bed as soon as I take it. I watch tv or read until it knocks me out. My friends know if they call late I may not remember talking to them. I have been taking this every night for years & it has helped me so much. | This drug has made my life so much better & I have not found anything else that actually puts me to sleep. | F | 51 | 7 years | 9/3/2009 | 5 | Trouble staying asleep | My problem was insomnia where I would fall asleep fine but wake every night at 2-3AM and lay awake for hours. Ambien CR helped me get the full 8 hours sleep I needed. No side-effects except in the morning if I took the pill too late in the evening. Then I would still feel groggy, spacie in the AM. | I take 1/2 a pill per night. These seems to be no addiction or tolerance problem as I only take the pills periodically as needed. | F | 51 | 1 years | 10/4/2009 | 4 | insomnia after surgery | Unusual feelings of dread, and some diaherrea. Am knocked out cold and cannot be worken up. | Doctor prescribed after cosmetic surgery for sleep. It's worked great but worried about the mental dependance on it. No strange behaviors but I honestly would not know if there was a fire or bomb, i am knocked out cold for solid 7 hours. Tonight going to try to wean, just take 3-4x per week and then later less. I would like to keep for times when insomnia is really bad, and not to use it every night, if possible. Doctors definately prescribe and encourage this way too easily. | F | 51 | 2 months 5 mg 1X day | 9/5/2010 | 4 | insomnia, family tragedy | uncoordinated i should lay down. | F | 51 | 1 months 5mg 1X day | 10/21/2010 | 4 | anxiety related insomnia | I, too, have at times experienced a middle-of-the-night snack attack. Also, has caused some sort term memory loss. I've looked at a movie before going to bed and not remembered it the next day, and had conversations I've not recalled. | The BEST thing about this drug as a sleep aid is that when it wears off, it wears off. I don't feel any sense of hang-over, or difficulty getting out of bed the next morning. I take the 10 mg. I've tried the 5, to attempt to curb those episodes of memory-fog, but 5mg. does not work for me. | F | 51 | 6 months | 12/28/2006 | 4 | Insomnia | Hallucinations if I do not go to bed right away, plus there has been alot of memory loss, harder to remember things,but it does give me a good nights sleep, I take the 10 mg every night, when I first started taking it I would go right to sleep no dreams, now the dreams have broken thru even thou I still sleep well and wake up feeling rested. | F | 51 | 6 days | 2/12/2007 | 4 | insomnia | Addictive, in that sleeping is even more difficult when the drug is not taken. Vivid, frightening nightmares when medication is stopped. If I don't sleep within 30 minutes after taking Ambien, I (reportedly) function normally, but have no memory of anything I say or do while it's in my system. | M | 51 | 2 years | 2/6/2004 | 4 | Insomnia | Hallucinations if I do not go to bed right away, plus there has been alot of memory loss, harder to remember things,but it does give me a good nights sleep, I take the 10 mg every night, when I first started taking it I would go right to sleep no dreams, now the dreams have broken thru even thou I still sleep well and wake up feeling rested. | F | 51 | 6 months | 2/12/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Hallucinations if I do not go to bed right away, plus there has been alot of memory loss, harder to remember things,but it does give me a good nights sleep, I take the 10 mg every night, when I first started taking it I would go right to sleep no dreams, now the dreams have broken thru even thou I still sleep well and wake up feeling rested. | F | 51 | 6 months | 2/12/2007 | 3 | Insomnia | Took 5-10 mg every night or every other night for about 6 months I started getting very mentally weak and anxious the next day feeling like I was in a haze.I stopped about a week ago after getting some xanax from my mom to use until I got weaned from it. Ambien is for very short time use only.It is a good but nasty drug.It does have side effects.I feel MUCH better now,more functional during the day and the anxiety has subsided. I dont want any more of it.use with caution,and watch for mental confusion,anxiety and depression-OH yes depression too-I had some of that and I know it was from the ambien because I never had it before.USE WITH CAUTION only for a short time or every third or forth night if only really needed. | M | 51 | | 10/25/2008 | 3 | Trouble sleeping | Well I have driven on this drug and caused an accident. I took the pill and for got and drove | It's dangerous because it changes your idea of what responsible is while on your t | 51 | 10 years 12-24mg 1X day | 2/17/2022 | 1 | I have fibromyalgia and insomnia | Memory loss, anxiety, feeling more pain and more headaches. Depression, can't concentrate, feel like I am half asleep all the time. I had taken this before and did not seem to have any problems. It does help me sleep but now I feel terrible all the time. I am so afraid. I want to stop taking this but when I don't take it I can't sleep but a couple of hours at the most. I wish someone could help me. | I would not advise anyone to take this I take Ambien CR 12.5 MG and do not feel rested when I wake up. My cousin has taken regular Ambien for over 10 years now and doctor will not take him off of it. He says he has no problems with it. I am so afraid. I say run from this drug before it is too late. | F | 51 | 60 days 12.5 MG 1X day | 6/19/2014 | 1 | Ambien almost killed my mother!!!! | Burning mouth, tongue, teeth feel like razors. Tingling in face and ears, arms and legs tingling and intensive pain. | It all started with tingling in the nose. Eventually it moved to her mouth, which was extreme burning sensations, ears tingling and teeth feeling odd. Her pain was unbearable and the doctors didn't know what to do for her. The pain was affecting her job, social life and her emotional well-being. She has seen: ENT specialists, Neurologists, Dentists, Psychiatrists, Onocologists, and Chiropractors. She was referred to UAB, a well known hospital with some of the best specialists in the U.S. and they were not able to help her. She was tested for everything imaginable, all tests were negative. Finally, after a year of this pain my mother overdosed on Ambien. She was found outside her apartment building and was rushed to the hosiptal. She recovered, still in tremodous pain and was allowed to leave the hopsital. Two weeks later, she was back in the emergency room with another overdose. Again, she recovered. After reading these posts she relaized what was causing her pain and has disco | F | 51 | 2 years | 10/17/2007 | 1 | Post Menopausal Insomnia | Dizziness, Nausea. | My gynecologist gave me a prescription. The first night I broke one in half and took the smaller half and went to bed. All was okay - slept good. The second night I took the slightly larger half and didn't go to bed right away, thinking it would make me sleepy. It did not. I finally went to bed, laid there for about 15 minutes and felt very nauseated. I got up, went downstairs into the kitchen and almost power-barfed into the sink. I felt so so sick I was afraid I would die - then I was afraid I wouldn't! I called the doctor later and he said I was only to take Ambien if I was going straight to bed. Why doesn't the label say that??!! Now, if I have insomnia, I take a small dose of night-time Nyquil - it's great!! | F | 51 | 2 days | 7/9/2008 | 1 | ringing in ears/sleep problems | Horrid anxiety, abdominal pain, bladder pain, diarrhea, pain in my eyes, head pain, lethargy, weird spacey feelings all day, sleep deprivation because I couldn't sleep for more than 4-5 hours and did I mention anxiety? All of these went away when I quit taking ambien. | This drug should be banned. When I quit taking it, I hardly slept for MONTHS! And the withdrawals were horrid. My doctor told me it would take six months or more to recover from the brain damage this drug does. This drug is very harsh on the brain, according to several doctors and pharmacists I've talked to. This drug has made my life hell, I wish I had never taken it. | M | 51 | 18 weeks 10 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Initially Worked well but Tolerance built over years - hell to come off | Please be very careful before using this Z-drug. I started taking it years ago (1999) and thought I had found the elixer of sleep. Gradually I built a tolerance to the prescribed dosage. I need to sleep as I am a single working mother of 3 and always thought I would get round to getting off it when My youngest had finnished school. Anyway in July 2011 I faced a terrible life crises and decided to go to a rehab to get off it. I went 21nights on zero sleep and suffered w/ds as bad as c/t Benz. Fearing I would have a seizure on there premises or even die I was transferred to a psychiatric hospital for a further 3weeks. I am back on Ambien and am tapering it down at 1mg a month. Down to 14mg. | F | 51 | 13 years 50mg 1X day | 2/19/2012 | 5 | insomnia | none really at all. Works great. I like to be in bed before I take it. I also have taken 1/2 a dose. I do not take it daily ever. A "month" prescription lasts me 3-4 months. It is a lifesaver on some days! | F | 50 | 2 years 30 MG 1X day | 2/15/2012 | 5 | insomnia | grogginess upon awakening. | I cut the pill into quarters, I take one quarter, wait 20 minutes then take the other quarter. Then I go to sleep. If I wake up after 3 hours I will take another quarter then hopefully I will go back to sleep. Haven't had any weird side affects except if I fall asleep without taking it I will have some weird dreams. I don't usually remember my dreams while taking ambien. It is hard to sleep without it though. I do recommend cutting the pill in order to try it out. Don't take the whole dose the first time you take it. Some people have a bad reaction. I haven't had one though. | F | 50 | 5 years 10 mg 1X day | 10/23/2010 |