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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | PTSD | None: One night we had an emergency and I had to drive a car about 2 hours after takeing the Anbien CR. I did not have any problem operating the vehicle. | Only got 3 hours sleep with 7.5mg Ambien CR. It cost $100 for 30 pills and when I asked for a generic I was given Restoril 7.5mg which was only $7 for 45 but I could take 1 or 2 of them. Restoril, even taking two of them, did not work as well as Ambien CR and I got a new prescription for the 15mg version of Ambien CR. That was much better than the 7.5 and I was getting up to 5 hours (sometimes). I also found that neither of these work well if you have anxiety and I now take 0.5mg of Alprozolam about 30 minutes before taking the sedative (Ambien CR or Restoril). I am alternating those two sedatives every couple of days or so as I read where Ambien CR can be habit forming. Since this all came about from PTSD it helps to get therapy, exercise and read some self-help books. | M | 61 | 50 days | 9/16/2007 | 3 | insomnia | nothing significant, except not being able to sleep when not taking drug | I usualy take 5 mg. and sleep for 4 or 5 hours. Sometimes take 10mg. but that doesn't seem to work any better. Try to use only a few times a week | F | 61 | 2 years | 8/10/2007 | 3 | Insomnia | None | It does help me get to sleep, but the sleep is only good for about 4 hours and I'm awake again. Taking a plain Tylenol along with the Ambien will usually get me an extra hour or two of sleep. 6 hours sleep via the above is about the best I've been able to do since 1994. Every now and then I go into a two hour cycle: sleep two hours, awake two hours, sleep two hours, awake ... that's when I resort to the Ambien and if necessary the Ambien/plain Tylenol combination for a couple of nights. Taking Ambien every night for slightly better than two weeks didn't produce any better results, just the 4 hours, so I only take it on occasion now as mentioned above. | F | 61 | 44 times | 11/30/2003 | 3 | couldn,t sleep | sleepwalking. sleepwalking. buying gifts for friends while asleep. sleepwalking. | I always preferred Ambien over lunesta as you could bite the Ambien in half, or quaters depending on your need. HOWEVER, I had a glass or two of gin, an Ambien and went to bed at 9PM. At midnite (I'm told by the neighbours), that I trimmed the lawn with a 'headlite' on my head. Then, apparently, I drove to work, started the work computer and ordered a 32" HDTV television plus a $300 remote control for my new friend and his wife! The shipping e-mail arrived on Monday and I thought it was a joke. No joke. $1100. These people have become my best friends (!) I have NO history of sleepwalking. This is just unreal, but I'll never say never again. I have stopped Ambien! (This is the straight truth, my friends), use at your own risk! | M | 61 | 3 months | 9/27/2007 | 2 | Bipolar, to insure sleep | None. | Took the 12. mg dosage. Only worked once out of 11 nights. | M | 61 | 11 days | 8/16/2007 | 1 | insomnia anxiety | I was more tired after taking ambien than before I took it. | Got me to sleep right away and I was wide awake in 4 hours. Could not get back to sleep. Worst sleeping pill ever made. Lunesta runs circles around this drug. | M | 61 | 5 days 30 mg 1X day | 3/2/2011 | 1 | Menopause | I stopped taking Ambien 7 months ago. Stopped cold turkey because of anxiety, depression, blurry vision, light flashes, neck, shoulder and jaw pain, metallic taste, repeated sinus infections, extreme social anxiety, aggressive behavior, loss of joy, no motivation. I feel like I lost 5 yrs. of my life. Most of these symptoms have disappeared. The one thing I'm having difficulty with is thinning, dry hair. I've read that hair loss is a rare side effect of ambien. I am seeing some new growth, but my hair is totally different than it was. Please be careful with this drug and be mindful of any change in your health. My cholesterol was 290 while I was on ambien. It is now 243. I didn't have a clue that Ambien caused elevated cholesterol and blood pressure. | F | 61 | 5 years 5 mg 1X day | 2/6/2010 | 1 | Pain/insomnia | Had every side effects listed from loss of personal identity to risk taking. Put my career, marriage and life on the line with no awareness of the consequences. Nearly lost my life. Worsening of depression and suicidal thoughts. My Dr. did not monitor me at all. Just kept prescribing 30 days at a time. My wife recognized the darkness and demanded I weaned off. I threw out the remaining pills and detoxed alone with severe withdrawal. Life-threatening. A horrible drug. Will never recover the trust and respect I lost by my actions on this drug. | It should be off the market. | M | 61 | 2 months 10 mg. | 11/12/2014 | 1 | Sleep problems associated with CPAP | Never had history of depression. Suddenly lapsed into severe depression, joint pain, other... 61 year old male. Depression started at ~59. | I never had issues with ambien driving, cooking dinners, etc. It always helped me sleep. I got to the point I could not sleep w/o it. Only recently researching depression did I discover the link between ambien and depression | M | 61 | 15 years 10mg 1X day | 2/28/2022 | 5 | insomnia | NONE | I took ambien for many years and it worked perfectly, just exactly as it should. I would get 8 hours of restful sleep, and wake up feeling great. Then about two years ago the doctors decided they would not prescribe it for me anymore. I haven't had a decent nights sleep since. | F | 60 | 8 years 10 mg | 8/14/2015 | 5 | insomnia | I take ambien when I get into bed. Just before going to sleep. It has helped me fall asleep and stay asleep with no noted side effects. | F | 60 | 10 years 5mg | 3/22/2016 | 5 | hard falling & staying asleep | I had one episode of sleep phone calling to my 93 yo mom @ 3 in the morning & 1 episode sleep cooking of raw eggs PLUS the eggshells & episodes of sleep eating, which stopped eventually. | I was on Ambien generic 10 mg for 6 years & about 1 year ago I had to increase my dosage by 5 mg until I reached 20 mg nightly--then it stopped working altogether. When I ran out, I took Trazodone 100 mg plus Elavil 40 mg at bedtime. I have not experienced ANY withdrawal from stopping the Ambien cold turkey. When I receive my 3 month supply from a mail order pharmacy I will stop the other 2 meds & go back on the Ambien 10 mg at bedtime. Substituting the Elavil & Trazodone for the Ambien has provided very good sleeping---you may even be able to get by with just the Elavil or just the Trazodone alone. I am a retired pharmacist. I plan on going off the Ambien periodically, for a week or so (substituting with the Elavil & Trazodone, so I do not build up a tolerance to the Ambien. Good sleeping to all !!! | M | 60 | 6 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/28/2011 | 5 | chronic insominia | none | This medication allows me to get a full night's sleep, awakening rested and refreshed. | F | 60 | 10 years 10 mg 1X day | 8/3/2013 | 5 | to sleep | None | I love Ambien; what a difference a good night's sleep makes. I worry about how often I am using it -- maybe 5 times a week -- but tell myself that is better for me than being sleep-deprived. Hope I am right. | F | 60 | 2 years | 9/30/2004 | 4 | insomnia | tintinutis, groggy in morning | worked well | F | 60 | 3 months | 9/9/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | Very effective, and in 10 years I never had to increase above 10 mg. By comparison, Sonata and Lunesta are sugar pills. | I stopped only when learning of Ambien's chemical relation to Valium and the diazapine drugs. I'm wondering if this may account for my daytime depressive fatigue. | M | 60 | 10 years | 1/4/2006 | 4 | anxiety attacks at night - no sleep | I'm trying to find out if the 10 mg ambien I've been taking is causing the excessive saliva in my mouth which, when I unconscientiously constantly clear my mouth by sucking the saliva out, has given me a most painful, burning,irritated mouth for over a year now. | has anyone else had this same reaction ? | F | 60 | 1 years | 3/12/2007 | 4 | insomnia | none | This is the most effective med. I've taken for insomnia, however, I can't sleep over 5 hours with 5mg., and then must take another 5mg to get back to sleep. If I take 10mg. in one dose, I wake up in 4 hours so rested that I can't go back to sleep, then I'm tired the next day. I'm in need of a med. that would keep me asleep 8 or 9 hours. I would appreciate it if anyone had a med. idea that would keep me asleep for longer periods. Please email me if you do. | F | 60 | 5 years | 6/30/2006 | 4 | insomnia | Short term more loss. Daytime sleepiness. Some thinking fogginess. | This is a tool if you can't sleep. Not a demon. Took this for 5 years. Helped me get on with life although not as sharp thinking. Like any med it can be good or not so good. Duh if you are sleepwalking get other treatment. But this helped me get off the non sleep anxiety circle. I'm off now and can think clearer. But when I needed it this drug was a blessing. | M | 60 | 5 years 12.5mg 1X day | 7/15/2014 | 3 | Long term insomnia | I like others found food in my bed that I didn't remember eating and you build up a tolerance and need increased dosage. Have consistently gained weight. But no other meds I tried work. Would welcome suggestions | F | 60 | 5 years 10 1X day | 2/14/2015 |