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 | M | 45 | 1X day | 5/16/2010 | 3 | insomnia | lack of focus during the day | only thing I know that really shuts down my system and allows me to sleep. Seems to get out of the system fast so that your not groggy in the am, just wondering if its this that is causing me to be forgettful, and have trouble focusing during the day | M | 45 | 7 months | 12/26/2006 | 3 | Insomnia | No memory of emails, phone calls, text messaging, late night eating and finding it all in my bed the next am. Getting in my car and driving to get food, in my PJ's,i hit several curbs and came within 2 feet of hitting a building. awoke at 4 am in with vague recollection and ran outside to look at my car to find 2 flat tires, rims need replacement, engine protectant cover i had placed in my trunk. very lucky.. | I have taken this drug for about 5 years and take 20 mgs per night. Due to the accident, i now am terminating the drug. My Dr. said to do it cold turkey, but reading up on this, it looks like there are serious side effects in terminating. I have been cutting back on my dose and hoping i can stop taking. But the mental dependency has me concerned. Has anyone successfully terminated? Please share your story | F | 45 | 5 years | 6/3/2008 | 3 | Insomina | Had to stop and no longer taking Ambien. I was getting depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts during the last 3 months when I was taking Ambien during work nights. | I believe the side effects are still lingering on, the cycles of depression are less regular. | M | 45 | 5 years | 10/20/2009 | 2 | insomnia | eating in the middle of the night; partial amensia | It did work in putting me to sleep but not sure if the side effects are worth it. May want to use sonata but it doesn't keep me asleep as long. | F | 45 | 5 days | 3/9/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | Have taken ambien on an off over 3 yrs. Due to no insurance and job and the high cost of ambien, I try to use Melatonin. Yrs ago I had a small glass of wine. An hour later I took an Ambien. Went to bed. Or so I thought. Ended up driving to my fiance's house and had butt sex with him. Something I find gross and nasty. Plus we did it outside. I do not remember anything. He told me I was really acting weird and saying stupid crap...screwed him and left. I have found huge piles of wrappers on my floor from food I clearly must have eaten in my sleep. Crumbs on my face and in my bed. I also called my dad who is in his 90s and asked him if he wanted to be in a rock band with me. I do not remember this. My mom yelled at me the next day. Had horrible bouts of depression during the day after taking it to the point of profuse despair unlike any other time. Not every day I took it but sometimes. Addicts be warned: it makes you trip | Ambien needs to give a free bedside seatbelt to keep it's consumers from getting up and doing things that could SERIOUSLY hurt someone. It has caused me to feel aggressive and incoherent. i do not drink much and have never been drunk but I assume this is how it would feel | F | 45 | 3 months 10 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 1 | sleep problems | Great at first. Then you have to keep taking more and more. very addictive and withdrawals are TERRIBLE. Don't take this drug! | 45 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Memory Loss; The memory isn't there. | I debated about this post for sometime. I'm a 45 year old man, married for 21 years. I used Ambien for a few years, with very little side effects. A few brief conversations with my wife and eating ice cream once. That was it. Then one night night my daughter came home from college for the weekend and bruoght her friend her friend. During the night I got up out of my bed and went to the kitchen. Apparently I had a conversation with the friend, at some point we starte kissing. My daughter came in and caught us. I ended up being awakened by my wife upstairs. This has been a complete nightmare with my wife, who has finally realized the truth. This drug unplugs your mind. This is a warning to you! Do not use it!! | M | 45 | 2 years 10mg 1X day | 2/5/2010 | 1 | to sleep | can't sleep, keeps me up for 24 plus hours. I need to sleep , not stay awake. This is my secound drug for sleeping and nothing is working. | F | 45 | 3 days 5mg 1X day | 7/2/2012 | 1 | for insomnia | HALLUCINATIONS!!!!!!!I only took the medicine a few times. At first my experience was pretty good. I slept well and woke up rested. Then it happened....One night I didn't go right to bed after taking the pill. Instead I went into our home office where my husband was working. I think I wanted to ask him a question, but before I had a chance, the walls sprouted electric pink shag carpeting....and my husband turned into a furry Hobbit! And I couldn't understand why he kept asking me if I wanted to go to the emergency room! | The next morning I threw out the rest of the prescription, called my doctor (who had never heard of such a side effect). I would never endorse taking such a debilitating medicine - a medication that impairs judgement to a dangerous degree. It's unfathomable that this side effect isn't well known. | F | 45 | 5 days | 9/12/2005 | 1 | sleep | My brother commited susicide on this f*ing drug. He was only taking it for less then 7 days. He was never one to do that! He never cried out for help etc...less then a week on this he left this world in a stupor! He had told his wife the dreams he had on it were crazy. Last day alive his co-workers noted how dazed he looked. Now his wife and 2 children are alone!! His departure from this world was VERY dramatic and wholly unlike him!!! STAY away from this drug. any class actions on it please let me know. [email protected] | HORRIBLE!!! | M | 45 | 7 days | 3/9/2006 | 1 | Insomnia from Depression | Dizziness, loss of thought process, memory loss, worsening depression and suicidal thoughts-especially when taken in conjunction with Ritalin and welbutrin.Personality change-big time! | Don't take this med!I have heard Dr's say that they wouldn't give this to a patient that has chemical dependency in their past.Melotonin is a natural alternative, that works.Have someone monitor you, if you must take this!But please, DON"T! | M | 45 | 5 months | 5/12/2006 | 1 | for help sleeping | Terrible eating binges, gained 50 pounds. Also odd behavior, doing things at night like talking to friends who said that I said weird things that I don't remember. Ambien is a relationship destroyer. | Don't take it. It is a double edged sword. It may help one to sleep, but the side affects are not worth it. | F | 45 | | 9/27/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Over the past 12 months, I have been depressed, suicidal thoughts, almost quit my 6-digit job, performing way below my capabilities, no interest in sex, eating everything in sight, dizziness, and passing out and hitting the floor. I didn't make the connection until watching an ambien commercial and really hearing the potential side affects. I am off of it and would encourage everyone to do the same. I think I am better off not sleeping. | M | 45 | 12 months | 8/19/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Complete blackouts and loss of memory! My wife told me that I became very aggressive about having sex and then like someone turned a switch, I would roll over and go back to sleep. I have Zero memory of any of this! That type of behavior scares the hell out of me! | Still can't sleep well but at least I'm not tearing off my wife's panties in the middle of the night! You may read this without fully understanding the consequences but I would tell you; LEAVE IT ALONE! Anything that can cause you to act completly out of character without any memory of what you've done, is extremly dangerous. ***CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED*** | M | 45 | 2 years | 8/15/2009 | 1 | insomnia | Using this medicine may very well be, the worst decision I've ever made in my life. I used Ambien for about three years with only minor issues. These ranged from falling asleep in the bathtub to sleep eating. I quickly learned not to take a bath after taking it and the sleep eating wasn't too serious. However one night my life dramatically changed and I fear it will never be the same. To keep the story short, I had sex with my neighbor's son. He is an eighteen year old kid, who I had known for several years. The night it happened I had an intense headache, so I got into bed early and had taken my usual 10mg of Ambien along with a glass of wine. Around 10:00 the boy came by to see my son, who had gone with my husband to an auto auction. I have no recollection of what actually happened but when it finally surfaced through one of my son's other friends, I was devastated. | When this first surfaced, I was furious at him for telling such a horrible lie. But I have a very small tattoo approx. 1/2 inch in diameter that I got when I was a freshman in college. Not even my children knew I had it, due to its size and location. So when I discovered that he knew about it, I could think of no other way that he could have known. As distasteful it was, it was still true. I'm so ashamed of what I've done and the heartache it has caused my family. I have even considered suicide, just to put an end to the shame. I'm writing this with tears streaming down my face, so even if you can’t understand my situation, please don't respond to this in a hateful way. I just thought if my sharing this could possibly help someone to not ruin so many lives, as I have unfortunately done, it would be worth it. Please consider the consequences before taking this medicine. | F | 45 | 3 years | 5/13/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Amnesia and eveything others have posted. | This is my second post and I just want to encourage anyone that is thinking about taking Ambien or stopping to read all these posts and think if it's really worth it for sleep. My insomnia almost drove me nuts but did not destroy my life like Ambien has (or close to it). Anyone could be that 1:1000 that suffer great loss because of Ambien. I read this periodically just to remind me how horrible this drug is and it's roll in some of the fallout that occured after taking it and not going to bed immediately. Some have called this the "devil's drug" and I couldn't agree more. I work in the pharma industry and can't understand why there isn't more pressure from FDA on the manufacturer. The insert instructs the user to go to bed immediately but does not highlight why, and that not going to bed immediately is a huge reason why these bizzare side effects occur. I just figured the instruction is given like for any other sleeping pill, not as alert. With Ambien, the consequences are far greater than being sleepy and stumbling on the way to bed and maybe hitting your toe on something. | F | 45 | 2 years | 12/19/2009 | 1 | Shift sleep disorder | Sleep walking, amnesia, head ache, inability to sleep, memory loss, confusion, waking in places that I did not go to sleep in, combative. | I stopped taking it after I awoke in my basement with some of my firearms disassembled and in various stages of cleaning out of my safe. I did not go to sleep in my basement, but 2 floors above. I also grabbed the keys to my truck and attempted to leave and go somewhere, but my wife stopped me. I had no recollection of these events. | M | 45 | 60 days 5mg 2X day | 5/30/2018 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe hairloss, thinning, no new growth. Very Itchy scalp | I started crying daily not knowing why my hair was falling out. I'd find it everywhere. I probably lost half my hair within a few months. I saw so many dermatologists & they all thought it was due to Seb. Dermatitis or Psoriases. My scalp started itching so much to the point it felt like something was crawling on my head or moving through my hair. It was becoming unbearable. I finally realized Ambiem/Zolpidem was the cause when I came across the following website: “ balding.com†| F | 45 | 2 months 5mg 1X day | 4/2/2021 | 5 | Insomnia | Started taking after death of my father and had a 2 week old baby. I started having seizures due to stress of loss and lack of sleep. It was my saving grace. I was able to relax and sleep 8-9 hours with the best sleep of my life. I've gained weight due to extreme nighttime hunger which is a negative. | Unfortunately, I've been taking for 12 years and think I'm addicted. I'm working to get off the medication completely. | F | 44 | 10 days 10 MG | 9/4/2015 |