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 | sleep | Memory loss..very depressed..hair loss.. blurred vision..not wanting to be social..panic a ttacks..loss of myself | Not a good way to get sleep. It takes over your life with long term use. | F | 65 | 10 years 10mg | 2/23/2015 | 1 | To sleep after jet lag | I tested the drug the night before I was scheduled to leave on vacation. I hallucinated and remember "repacking" my bags and seeing a woman dancing sideways on my staircase. I nearly jumped over the railing to avoid her and after that lost all memory. When I woke up in the morning, I had all my clothes on, found an umbrella under the rug and the contents of my suitcase were a mess with things missing. Evidently I also tossed clothing in the washing machine but did not find them until 3 weeks later in a moldy heap. I flushed the ambien down the toilet...never again. | This is a frightening drug. I would NOT recommend it to anyone. "Hallucinations" may sound funny to some, but reacting to them under ambien can cause great harm to self and others. Imagine taking ambien and suddenly having to deal with an emergency - like the house burning down and getting the children out -or- needing to drive someone who has a sudden medical emergency. Warning! This drug acts quickly. I have absolutely no memory of what I did under the influence of ambien beyond the first few minutes. Scary stuff. Don't take it. | F | 65 | 1 days | 6/13/2009 | 1 | Could not fall asleep | I had Ambien Amnesia. The first time I know about, I fell, with my head hitting the sidewalk, a head concussion and broken arm. I was taken to the hospital, spent 3 days in ICU and had every test you could think of. They never put the pieces togeather. Since then there have been 6 times that I am aware of. How many times I have had Ambien Amnesia I will never know. For 2 years, I have been scared, thinking something was really wrong with me. | F | 65 | 2 years 1 1X day | 5/6/2013 | 5 | Insomnia | None | Works great for me! For about the last 20 years I have had periodic nights when I tossed and turned for hours before finally drifting off 2 or 3 hours before I had to get up to go to work. That is no longer a problem. I cut, break or nibble the pills and take the minimum needed to work, usually about 2.5 mg. I take while in bed. My rule is no oftener than 4 times a month and only if I haven't gone to sleep within an hour of going to bed. If I happen to have a night when I awaken and can't get back to sleep I sometimes take an even smaller amount. It nearly always takes effect within 10-15 minutes and I usually get about 6-7 hours of good sleep. There is absolutely no drug hangover the next day. Clearly not everyone reacts to this drug the same way. It is possible that people who have adverse reactions may be taking too much or taking it incorrectly. If they just can't tolerate it then they should find a way to stop it but need to realize that while it may be a 'bad' drug for the | F | 64 | 10 months | 12/19/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Doesn't always work. | Good for 4 hours. Sometimes only 2. As a teen, thought it was great to only need 4 hours sleep a night. Worked 2 jobs, had lots of time for fun, school, everything! Maybe its even normal for some of us (4 hours), I still don't know...but I know that whenever I sleep for over 8 hours (it sometimes happens!), then I drag, and am feeling tired all the next day. On the other hand, 1 or 2 hours isn't fun, either. I tried other prescriptions off and on during this time and felt with some of them like I didn't sleep at all...which is extremely stressful....! Also tried the hormone melatonin. It may work for one night, maybe even 2, but, being a hormone, would be unlikely that it could work any longer than that. | M | 64 | 4 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/11/2012 | 4 | insomnia | elevated blood pressure, possible occasional short term memory loss, possible short term hypnotic states | I took less than 10mg for 5 years; first a quarter, moved to half, two thirds then the whole thing. That's when I started having elevated BP. When I found information linking blood pressure increase to Ambien, I went cold turkey off the drug. Withdrawal took 3 days to get back to being a normal insomniac. The first night was pretty bad; no sleep at all. After that it got easier. I'm retired so it wasn't that bad. I've seen much worse withdrawal with relatives going off opiate based meds. My doc has advised me to stay on the Ambien and treat the BP.... I'm thinking about it. I have no reservations about recommending this drug for short term use. Using it for 6 years, as I have, may have caused some relatively minor fogginess and memory loss. | M | 64 | 6 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/20/2011 | 3 | insomnia | I experienced dizziness, amnesia and depression while on Ambien. Stopping it suddenly and without a gradual cut-back caused bad nightmares and hullucinations. | I have an autoimmune disease which causes insomnia, so the only good thing I can say about Ambien is that it definately puts you to sleep, but watch out for the side effects, which can be many. For me, I would get dizzy if I took Ambien and then didn't go right to bed. It works fast, so you really need to go to bed right after taking it. I also would have conversations that I didn't remember having, and I became depressed. I decided to go off of Ambien after being on it for more than a year and found out quickly that you shouldn't stop taking it cold turkey. I spent a night hallucinating and having the worse nightmares ever. For most of the night, I didn't know what was real and what wasn't. The next day I was dizzy and cold and decided I couldn't live through another night like the one I had just had, so I decided to cut Ambien out gradually, which I've read you should do anyway. I started out on 10mg, and each week I've been cutting the dosage in half. This seems to be working out well and I'll be totally off of it in another week. I don't know what I'm going to do about sleeping, but using drugs like Ambien, especially long term, is not a wise idea. My side effects were mild compared to others who have posted on this site. Just beware if you're considering taking it. | F | 64 | 1.5 years 1X day | 10/16/2010 | 3 | insomnia | Constipation, aggressiveness, lots of digestive problems | I think this generic ZOLPIDEM, helps with insomnia in the short term. Logn term is terrible and now I am coming off of it. I have not taken it for th epast four nights and sleep is returning however totally laced with weird dreams. I will never use this drug again. | M | 64 | 9 months | 1/22/2010 | 1 | insomnia | Memory loss, sleep eating, online shopping, feeling groggy, spacey the next day, moodiness, lethargy | Never should have started when dr prescribed this. I am presently weaning off. Good riddance to this drug. Nothing positive to gain taking it. | F | 64 | 10 years 10 1X day | 6/1/2017 | 1 | Insomnia | Don't!!! This is The Most Dangerous mind-warping Drug I've ever taken including whiskey beer wine and others. It causes severe psychological changes which can destroy your life completely. I would much rather take valium if I had to fall asleep or muscle relaxants. | For god sakes do not touch this drug or you will be sorry | M | 64 | 1 days 16 | 3/15/2021 | 1 | insomnia | This drug should not be given to anyone in my opinion! I have no memory of the things I did while under the influence of this medication, however after a few nights of my husband telling me how i act, he decided to videotape me because i did not believe that i could do the things he was saying without any memory of them. I then saw myself on the tape reaching for things that were not there, talking to people like my great grandchildren who were not there and at one point actually try to strangle my husband! I was up all night in a trance i guess you could say. This is a very dangerous drug! | I have a friend who takes this medication also and does not remember shaving off his eyebrows and only half of his sideburns and mustache, he actually tried to blame his wife for doing it to him while he was asleep! If you are not crazy before you take ambien you certainly will think you are after you do! | F | 64 | 2 weeks 1X day | 10/20/2010 | 1 | Had not slept for 2 nights. | I took 15mg of Ambien as I had not slept the previous 2 nights due to a persistent cold. I awoke at 5:00am in a pool of blood, having opened up a 2 inch gash on the back of my head with no memory of what happened. My wife called 911 and I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. I spent the next 6 days in the hospital. | M | 64 | 1 days | 2/10/2008 | 5 | chronic insomnia | My Sisters husband used to accuse me of making noise in the kitchen an leaving a 'mess' I would get odd cravings tho- like frying just a slice of American cheese till it gets semi burnt. Eatng a hanful of uncooked pastina or orzo, an spilling some | Best sleep med I ever had, and I think Ive tried them all- Id pop one pink ambian, and one blue Xanax, and I was asleep solid in 5 minutes or less, until daylight No side FX- no getting argumentative, slurry or pugnacious, no trying to drive the car, or open a beer- just lay down, close eyes, and then Im waking up 'cause its morning- Best sleep aid ever made. | M | 63 | 4 years 50mg 1X AN | 10/6/2010 | 5 | insomia | None | F | 63 | 6 years 12.5 | 9/14/2014 | 4 | to counter narcolepsy med | Med I take during the day to stay awake due to narcolepsy was keeping me from sleeping at night. Initially, it was magical. I felt so much better during the day cause I was sleeping 7-8 hrs. at night. | I have noticed progressively worse short term memory loss and never associated it with ambien until now. I think I'm going to stop it. The memory loss is scaring me. | F | 63 | 18 months 12.5 cr 1X day | 7/5/2010 | 4 | insomnia | do not take with wine and go to bed within a half an hour,some memory problems | It has given me 6 hours of sleep after years of waking up at 3am and not getting anymore sleep. Yes there can be sleepwalking but I have not had near the problems others have had. | M | 63 | 2 years 10mg 1X day | 7/22/2011 | 4 | often can't fall asleep | some mild hallucinatory sensations. | to avoid side-effects I've learned to take the pill only when I get into bed. I read for about 5 minutes, then turn off the lights and fall asleep within another 5. If I take it before getting into bed, it seems to not work as a sleep aid. I only take occasionally. | F | 63 | 2 years | 2/20/2009 | 1 | sleep problems | I took Ambien off and on for five years, mostly on. I developed joint pain, muscle ache, hives, horrible itching in general, some daily grogginess (I didn't feel focused), clumsiness (fell a few times) and then I had two urinary tract infections within three months and hadn't had any in decades. I chalked up a lot of these symptoms to allergies and my age - I'm 63. But, finally I got smart and googled into | In the beginning Ambien allowed me to sleep 8 hrs. - unheard of for me. Then it began to shorten, I would get 5-6 hrs. at the end. I Would never recommend this pill to anyone. | F | 63 | 5 years | 4/26/2005 | 1 | not sure | My cousin was prescribed Ambien just recently and killed himself 4 days ago...Never depressed.. | My cousin was prescribed Ambien just recently and killed himself 4 days ago...Never depressed..My family is devastated.. | M | 63 | 7 days 1X day | 11/6/2011 | 5 | insomnia due to travel | vivid dreams | been very helpful with my frequent travel and time zone changes, if i can sleep on a regular basis I feel better and maintain good health | M | 62 | 2 years | 7/24/2006 |