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 |
| 1 | Insomnia | hallucinations, sleepwalking, headaches, vertigo, memory loss, confusion, sweating, nausea, fatigue, vision problems, weird sensations, heavy head, loss of balance. After 8 months of non-use, on top of the memory loss, I still get terrible headaches, eye twitching, and vertigo from time to time, which never happened before first taking Ambien. I only took the drug a total of 12 times over the course of 6 months, but I know I've been afflicted with permanent damage. | No amount of sleep is worth all the health problems this drug has created. Now I'm just waiting for the class action lawsuit, because from the little internet research I've done so far, I know there are many others out there like me who have horrible lingering effects from this dangerous drug. | F | 34 | 6 months | 4/3/2008 | 5 | Restless sleep/anxiety | None | I think this has saved my life! I've been having so much anxiety and the restless sleep was adding so much to this. I took this for the first time last night and slept great. The only problem was that I took it early around 8:30. I wasn't having trouble getting to sleep so it knocked me right out but then I woke up very early around 3:30-4:00. Although when I awoke I felt perfectly calm and relaxed unlike before so it was OK. I just laid there half asleep and enjoyed the time until my alarm went off at 5:15. I'm hoping to not make a habit of taking this and will try not to use it every night and see how things go. Will repost if there are any issues. | F | 33 | 1 days | 1/18/2008 | 5 | insomnia | morning fatigue if not long enough sleep. LOUD snoring (says my wife). | love it. best sleep ever. | M | 33 | | 10/31/2004 | 5 | TO SLEEP | NONE | WORKED WELL | F | 33 | 2 months | 5/12/2004 | 5 | bi-polarism | this medicine put me to sleep and kept me asleep as it was supposed to but if i didn't take it and go STRAIGHT to bed, i did things and said things that i didn't remember the next day. including eating. i was sleepy during the day, but i found that if i reduced my dosage and went straight to bed i had no side effects apart from very vivid bad dreams. | i have to have sleep so i do not slip into a manic bi-polar episode and ambien was the drug that best got me to and kept me asleep. it works very well as long as it's taken and then you go straight to bed. make sure you have plenty of time to sleep and you'll get used to the bizarre dreams. | F | 33 | 1 years | 1/20/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Eating, phone calls. | Absolutely the best thing for me. Have been taking it for about 2 years. I have eaten while taking it before and once called a friend and didn't remember it (resulting in a really expensive trip to IHOP- apparently I told her she could order everything on the menu when we went again, but that's a different story). Now, I keep my door locked, my house alarm is on, and my boyfriend can hear me get up at night. I know now to take it and get in bed. I love it. | F | 33 | 2 years | 5/13/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | Memory loss (not only after taking the medication, but also during daily activities), built up tolerance after 6 months, inability to achieve orgasm, psychological addiction to drug, weight gain | Even though I put a rating of | F | 33 | 6 months | 8/26/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Memory loss (not only after taking the medication, but also during daily activities), built up tolerance after 6 months, inability to achieve orgasm, psychological addiction to drug, weight gain | Trying again (don't use quotation marks in post!) Even though I put a rating of 5, I actually rate this a 3. I don't think people should have to read through 100 5s before being able to read a lower rating. They should be listed as-posted. My doctor prescribed Ambien because I would go to bed and not be able to stop my mind from racing. I started with 5mg/night. Positive- it knocked me out within 20-30 minutes. I slept better than I ever have/no grogginess, even with an avg. of only 6 hours sleep/night. Negative- I would do things that I didn't remember the next day. Nothing too extreme, but I would have conversations with my husband that I couldn't remember, eat uncontrollably, trip over furniture, etc. I learned to go to bed immediately after taking - | F | 33 | 6 months | 8/26/2005 | 5 | Bipolar 2 / insomnia / hypomania | 10 - 15mg of Ambien ( called stilnox in Australia ) gives me no side effects at all. Its only when I also take 100mg of Seroquel as well that I get a little memory loss. | I take 10 - 15 mg of Ambien every night and have for the last 8 months (along with 100mg of seroquel and 2,500mg of epilim to treat bipolar and insomnia) If I only take the Ambien with my Epilim I find that I only get a maximum of 5 hours sleep and then BANG - I am wide awake exactly 5 hours after taking it add seroquel into the mix and I can get up to 9 hours sleep! many of you seem to have had increase effects on your libido, if anything its been the opposite for me. | M | 33 | 8 months | 1/5/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | After taking the med for over two years it is losing it's effect to keep me asleep all night. However, when I first started this med it was a blessing to get some sleep. I have developed a need for this med. It seems to be the only way I can go into deep sleep. I have never had any hang over feeling the next day, however I do sometimes see an increase to get irritable. I have anxiety and Ambien relaxes me at night way more than anything else I ever had. For this reason, this is the only med in my whole life that I have ever stayed on for years. My husband hates me on it for it makes me act as if I'm drunk. The longer I am on it, I'm realizing it is harder to remember what I did before I fell asleep. Many times I pick up the phone and say things I normally wouldn't. This is definately the truth med. I tell people things deep in my heart that I normally wouldn't. Do not drive on this med. You don't realize the way your acting. You feel fine but it is no different then a drunk | I think the med may contribute to worsening my IBS. However, I can't imagine life without my Ambien. I think the med also effects my memory in general, this did start until I was on the med for over 2 years. | F | 33 | 2 years | 9/20/2005 | 4 | Insomnia/Restless Leg Syndrome | Complete blackouts (VERY frequent, especially with doses exceeding 10mg), occasional hallucinations (especially with higher dosages, such as 15mg+), and very bizarre behavior. With proper doses and discipline however (going to bed within 15 to 30 minutes of taking it) I find that it's HIGHLY effective and works wonderfully. | This drug works amazingly well, *IF* the user takes it and goes immediately to bed! If you're an idiot like myself and take it but then stay up, you will suffer complete blackouts with very bizarre behavior and possible hallucinations. This requires responsibility on the user's part! Go to bed immediately, and you will likely find that this drug is very beneficial. The blackouts are especially insidious though, because I typically don't feel as if the drug is affecting me (even though it is), so I'll take another pill. This can easily result in an unintentionally large dosage, even when intending to be responsible. It's very easy to take 5mg, and then wake up the next morning only to discover that I've taken 15mg or 20mg, without any recollection of doing so! When I DO exceed 10mg, I'm highly prone to hallucinations and/or bizarre behavior. I've watched entire movies, cooked entire meals, played entire computer games, et cetera, without recalling doing so. (And performed fairly prof | M | 33 | 12 months | 10/4/2005 | 4 | Chronic insomnia | Sometimes a little bit groggy in the morning, or some light headaches, but usually I experience no side effects at all. | This drug has been a life-saver to me in many respects. My quality of life was really going downhill after more than a year of getting only 2-4 hours of sleep per night. My doctor prescribed Ambien, and my insomnia went away with the first pill. Took 5 mg/night for a few months, then cut back to 2.5, which I've been taking ever since. I only take 5 mg now if I'm having a really rough time falling asleep. The only downside to the drug (that others have talked about extensively), is that it's hard to get off it. I've been on it for five years, and just about every time I try to stop taking it, I have a rough night or two and end up getting right back on it. For me, it's mostly a psychological addiction. | M | 33 | 5 years 2.5 - 5 mg 1X day | 6/14/2012 | 4 | insomnia | Difficulty waking, grogginess the next day. | Boy this stuff really knocks you out! It's great, but not good for taking after tossing and turning for hours because it takes so long to wear off. Begins to lose effect if you take it more than several days in a row. | F | 33 | 1 years | 3/18/2005 | 4 | SLEEP | F | 33 | | 3/31/2004 | 4 | Help get to sleep | Waking up in the morning with almost no recollection of what I did the night before. Have discovered I binge ate during the night and one time I even drove to the gas station while in a trance. Also caused crazy sex sessions when both me and my wife take it together, although it screws with erections so it does not enhance the moment. | Started taking it when I couldn't get to sleep but soon found myself taking it almost every night. Eventually because of the episodes I mentioned in the side effects section, I stopped taking it altogether. When used occassionally for insomnia it is a great medication and I recommend it if you need it. Otherwise, be careful about binge eating, hypnotic sex, and sending out emails that you have no idea when out until you checked the sent folder. | M | 33 | 3 years | 6/30/2009 | 3 | Lack of Sleep | I started taking Ambien because I had a hard time falling asleep. This drug will knock you out the first couple times you take it. I mean DO NOT plan on doing anything with in 1 minute of swallowing the pill! No lie! After I would take it, I would have deep deep conversations with my girlfriend just before falling to sleep. When I wake in the morning I couldn't remember ANYTHING I said. SCARY!!!! Also, it would only keep me sleeping for about 4 - 5 hrs, then I would wide awake! | I never thought I would ever be able to look into a closet and see EVERY shirt in the closet move up and down, until I took this drug. SCARY!!! | M | 33 | 7 days | 12/9/2009 | 3 | Insomnia from fibromyalgia/Savella | None | I will start taking this medication tonight to try to sleep more than one hour. I have been going to bed, sleeping like a rock for one hour and then my mind runs in circles all night and I don't get any more restful sleep. Reading these comments has quite frankly scared the crap out of me but I have alerted my husband to watch me for several nights and make sure I am just sleeping and not wandering around the house eating, or doing something else stupid...I will post my results on here in a week. | F | 33 | 1 days | 9/29/2009 | 3 | Chronic insomnia | Strange dreams | Initially Ambien helped me fall asleep a little better. After a couple of months, it completely quit working. Now if I go a couple of weeks without taking it, it will sometimes help me a get a good night's rest. One good thing - when it does work, I sleep like a log all night, no waking up multiple times per night (per my normal routine). | F | 33 | 9 months | 9/15/2004 | 3 | insomnia | I've been taking Ambien for a few weeks and it worked great until recently. I've apparently been sleepwalking, eating in my sleep, and having sex with my husband with absolutely no recollection. I've been waking up with bruises on my body from falling while I sleepwalk. Scary!! Who knows everything i've done in the past few weeks. | Ambien is very good at getting me to sleep, but I feel like i've been run over by a truck the next day. I'm sure it works for some people, but not for me. | F | 33 | 30 days | 10/2/2007 | 3 | never | I read all of your observations. Escecially about amnesia and memeory loss. My question is when you experienced the things that you did, did you have any thoughts about doing them when not under the influence of the drug? For instance something said or done to a spouse or a friend that you would not have said or done when in a cohera\ent state of mind> | I have a family member that is taking the drug, and experiencing these symptoms. I just want to know more about you experiences | M | 33 | 0 days | 5/25/2007 |