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 |
| 2 | Insomnia | At first no side effects. Later on (month into it) I started noticing softer erections and a decrease in sex drive. I was taking 12.5 of the CR each night. Took me 2-3hours to fall a sleep after a while. Then I would only get 4-5 hours sleep after that. I got that kind of sleep when I wasn't taking it. So 2-3 days off it. My erections are back and strong, my sex drive is back full swing and making up for lost time. | I never thought that this was the cause of the ED symptoms. I had thought it was my blood pressure meds. Guess not. | M | 29 | 41 days | 4/13/2007 | 1 | BP/BPD | Nothing. This drug did NOTHING for me. | try xanax. | F | 29 | 6 months | 5/27/2007 | 1 | insomnia | Ambien users have been found sleep walking and sleep driving while under the influence of the drug. These side effects have caused horrible auto accidents and other life-threatening events. | M | 29 | | 6/30/2006 | 1 | I am addicted to it still. | oh gosh,obesity,waking up naked in an ugly man's room,and not being careful enough with lighting a candle before going to bed so the fire was almost to the floor. It is still the worst thing that has ever happened to me-Ambien! | It is evil incarnate,second only to the pediphile priests. | F | 29 | 10 years 4X day | 5/22/2010 | 1 | prescribed in '96 for sleep | blackouts, increased appetite. | Hi Everyone, I was on Ambien for five years, and I became addicted to it. I relate to a lot of these comments, I was hooked on Ambien for five years and I couldn't stop regardless of my wreckless behavior. I became so addicted and took up to 70mg of Ambien each night. I also started taking it during the day to get the euphoric effect. I have done some horrible things while on Ambien. I crashed my car five times, one time into a house, and one time into a railroad pole. I received eight traffic tickets driving while on Ambien, three of them DUI's. I spent thousands of dollars, and I tried to break into a pharmacy (on Ambien). I have been clean for two years, and I urge everyone who is addicted to reach out for help. I know that not everyone who takes this drug is going to become addicted, but there are certain few who will. Most of my damage was done when Ambien first came out, in the mid 90's when no one had heard of it. Ambien has become so much bigger, and everyone seems to know what Ambien is all about these days. It's a good drug for those who use it properly, but I do not fall into that category. If anyone wants to talk or if you need help, please e mail me at [email protected]!! | M | 29 | 5 years 20mg 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | Irregular work schedule | Initially hallucinations, euphoria (feel loopy cannot accomplish tasks that require a little thought)during the period before I fall asleep. I've become very depressed during the few hours after I wake, this seems to improve during the day. I just had what I think is a panic attack hyperventillated and cried uncontrollably for about 5 minutes. The last time tears ran down my face was 13 years ago when my appendix ruptured. | I fear stop taking the medication as I've read that the withdrawl is bad and I fear not getting sleep. | M | 29 | 6 months 10 1X day | 3/30/2010 | 1 | insomnia | Did not work. Groggy all day and 5 hours of restless sleep if I got lucky. Lunesta is much better. | F | 29 | 4 weeks 5mg 1X day | 2/26/2014 | 1 | Insomnia | I became hyper-aggressive sexually. Shortly after taking it, I would start touching my wife's body. We have a great sex life, so normally that wouldn't be a problem. But this was different, this was, as my wife put it, "not me". She said that it was like I was asleep with my eyes open. The last time it happened she told me to stop but I continued. I woke up the next morning to find a note explaining what had happened and that she had went to her mom's to stay. It took me almost three weeks to completly stop taking it and another month to finally sleep through the night without it. | Before these things started to happen, I had experienced a few other strange effects but they weren't anything like this. Once I took the dog out and a few times I got up and ate, without being able to recall either but this was much different. To see my wife of six years in tears, telling me that it was me but it "wasn't me" scared me beyond words. If you are reading this and considering taking this medication, I would say to do your research. I have read page after page on this site, some bad and some good but the bad can be very bad. And the possibility of doing something that could effect you for the rest of your life, I honestly believe is not worth the risk. Scott | M | 29 | 3 years | 11/30/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | I take 10mg pill on an empty stomach and lay down immediately so I don't experience the side effects any longer. I usually lay in bed and it takes 15-20 minutes to work and then I fall asleep for the night. If I don't lay down as soon as I take the pill I will stay up and proceed to eat several bowls of ice cream followed by saying strange things to people and not remembering any of it the next day. | This drug is amazing if you truly suffer from insomnia on a day to day basis. Ambien works best when taken on an empty stomach. To avoid most of the side effects turn out every light and *LAY DOWN AS SOON AS YOU TAKE IT.* Do not try to stay up and watch TV or talk on the phone after taking the pill. | F | 28 | 1 years | 12/13/2009 | 5 | insomnia | ambien gives striking effect. it eases my sleeping problem. | M | 28 | 2 weeks | 1/15/2010 | 5 | nightmares and inability to sleep | No side effects, but had to take other meds to control the nightmares. | F | 28 | 4 years 10 | 12/23/2012 | 5 | insomnia & waking up during night | some memory loss | this is a great drug... i normally fall asleep within 30 minutes. however, after being on ambien for the past 4 months, i have had a few nights were it seems to have an opposite effect keeping me awake & very hyper. | M | 28 | 4 months | 11/22/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | memory loss. Have said crazy things after taking it. have cooked food after taking it and woken up to dirty pots and pans. (scary. I could have burned my house down) and have been raped a number of times after taking it. (friends know i take it, boyfriends know i take it, and they all know i have no memory after taking it) | although the side effects are horrible i still feel that ambien is a god send. I would say i am addicted.. but is that really saying I am addicted to sleep? Its true, I have to have sleep and cant live with out it! :-) | F | 28 | 2 years | 8/8/2006 | 5 | Narcolepsy/help sleep through night | Only time I notice anything is if I try to stay awake after I take it.. That is when the eye crossing, hallucinating, walking like I am drunk effects come in.. But I go straight to bed... | I never feel droggy in the mornings, I actually usually feel better after I take it.. | F | 28 | 4 months | 5/9/2005 | 5 | insomnia | Memory loss for things that I have done after taking the medication, but before I go to bed. Sometimes I don't remember something I did at all, other times I remember it as though I was dreaming. Sometimes my boyfriend will tell me about things I've said to him, but I only very foggily recall it. I felt as though I had been in bed sleeping the whole time instead of doing things. After ambient kicks in, I feel like ordinary objects around me "come to life". Hard to explain. But things like the sink or the toothbrush seem to take on personas, and I can hear snip its of conversation in my head. Also sometimes it feels like there are other people in the room when there are not. And I am aware as it happens that these are just effects of the medication ant not really happening, but the funny things still pop in my head. If I am watching TV, as the med starts to kick in, the show I am watching seems to become garbled and hard to follow. Also, because my body gets so very tired, I | Yes, Ambien does have some potentially dangerous side effects. For certain people, this may not be a good drug to take. Everyone reacts differently. However, I that I can manage the side effects. For me, the drug works so well for sleep, that I am willing to live with the side effects. My boyfriend did have some concerns because of the things that he sees have happened on ambien that I don't remember. But I made it clear that this is the most wonderful thing in my life for sleeping, and I will continue to use it. Because I need to sleep. People who sleep fine do not understand how difficult and exhausting life can be. To manage, my boyfriend and I have come up with an agreement. I never take ambien when I am alone. I only take it after my boyfriend comes home from work at night. I always always tell him right after I've taken it, so he can make sure that I don't do anything dangerous. At a certain point when the drug has kicked in, he takes me to bed. And that's the end! I sleep. | F | 28 | 9 months | 11/25/2008 | 4 | insomnia | vomiting | I must be one of those people who are super-sensitive to this drug, if I take more than 3 mg at a time, I throw up. As long as I keep the dose really low, it works great! | M | 28 | 9 years | 5/11/2008 | 4 | insomnia | increased sex drive, sleep walking, headache the next morning, calling people and not remembering what we talked about | This medicine has been a godsend as I have had chronic insomnia for about 15 years. It's been going great except when I woke up this morning, I had rug burns on my knees, a bloody nose, and my daughter had a different set of pyjamas on than she originally went to bed with. WTF? | F | 28 | 1 weeks | 3/6/2008 | 4 | sleep help | I like taking it because it feels good. when i take it i get a bit loopy and playful, it is a pleasant feeling and seemingly harmless; unless i make my way to the kitchen where i eat strange things, or to the computer where i say strange things. | I think that it is most effective when taking right before your head hits the pillow, not before you brush your teeth or put on your pj's or whehatever you do before you call it a night. | F | 28 | 20 months | 1/24/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | I often say and do things that I don't remember. I will send text messages on my cell phone to my friends at wierd hours of the night. I often do house chores and will wake up the next day wondering how the kitchen got cleaned. It helps me sleep, but I have to go to bed right away otherwise I do those weird things. | F | 28 | 60 days | 1/26/2007 | 4 | insomnia | imaginary friends, burning my arm with a cigarette in my "sleep", daytime headaches, dizziness, forgetfullness, talking to myself, feeling like I'm in another world. | I have taken EVERY sleep medication out there. Ambien in the ONLY drug that makes me fall asleep and stay asleep. One morning I woke up, and I had a burn on my right wrist. It almost looked like I accidentally tapped my arm on a hot oven. I didnt find anything that I cooked or ate though so I'm not sure if that was it. The next morning I woke up with 3 cigarette burns on my left wrist. Maybe I had an itch and used the cigarette to scratch it? I have no idea. I've learned if I take this medication and then go right to bed and read or watch TV...I wont talk to my imaginary friends. I havent woken up and eaten or cooked anything, havent tried to leave the house, and have not made strange phone calls. I do have vivid dreams and woke up this morning having one of those "falling out of your bed" dreams that scares the crap out of you. Other than that, this drug works for me better than Melatonin, Xanax, Tylenol PM's, Seroquel, Seconal, Lyrica, Valium, Gabapentin, Herbal Tea's..or anything else I have tried. | F | 28 | 2 weeks 10mg 1X day | 10/30/2010 |