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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Insomnia | Anxiety, loss of appetite, mild depression. Symptoms less after being off ambien for a week but they have been occassionally recurring during the second-third week. | Began at 10 mg for 1 1/2 months. It would give about 4-5 hours of sleep. But I did not like the off-balance feeling and other sensations. I did not have lapses of memory or wandering but a gradual and then faster increase in anxiety for no reason. Then I began cutting back to 5 mg and then none every other day to wean off (I asked my pharmacist how to wean off ambien). Although I would never take ambien again (as another respondent said I would rather be sleepy than ever feel this way again), for some it might be useful for occassional insomnia - but one should be watchful for any adverse reactions. | M | 60 | 2 months | 9/1/2009 | 2 | insomnia | tense muscles, squeezing pain between shoulder blades,leading to unbearable aching in arms, hands, shooting pain in feet, numbness, tingling, jaw pain, ear ache and nightmares. Two weeks ago told I may have pmr and put on prednisone. Suspected and stopped the Ambien and starting to feel better and less of the symptoms. | I am an active woman who exercises at a gym 3-4 times a week, works 25 hrs a week and loves life. I thought I needed to sleep 7-8 hrs a night to be active so I took this drug for a year or more. I noticed increasing neuro muscular pain, inablility to concentrate and anxiety. I also started to have some vivid dreams that were scary. | F | 60 | 2 years | 1/7/2009 | 2 | To sleep thru the nite. | Now only take 1/2 pill every two hours , If I took 1 1/2 as per prescription I have memory loss and would talk to my husband and not make sense and not remenber anything about it in the morning. | I am looking for another med that would help me get thru the nite, where I would sleep for 6 to 8 hours at a stretch, like Ambien but over the counter. | F | 60 | 8 months | 11/22/2004 | 2 | Insomnia | SLEEP WALKING | This hypnotic works extremely well and quickly. I like it better than Lunesta however.... ...........I had a glass of wine and took an Ambien (I know, I know). Woke up at 1:30AM and edged the lawn with my miners head-lamp and then proceeded to order a $1,000 television for my buddy! Boy, was I surprised when that thing showed up! Seems I also got him a $250 remote control, too! Never have sleepwalked in my life and it's scarey to find out what you did. What if I had been driving?! So, I'm back to Lunesta. Only get 3/hrs per mg, but, at least, I stay in bed! BE CAREFUL WITH THIS MED! | M | 60 | 1 months | 8/23/2007 | 1 | Depression re: wife's illness. | Became suicidal and actually attempted suicide. | I would strongly recommend people not take this drug except under strict supervision. The patient should not have access to a full bottle of the product. It should be dispensed by a close friend or a relative at the rate of no more than 1 or 2 per day. I believe it pushed my depression to a very serious level. After my crisis the doctor prescribed another type of sleeping aide. My depression continued until I went | M | 60 | 20 days | 12/11/2004 | 1 | trouble sleeping after surgery | Took Ambien off and on for for a week to get some sleep. Woke up yesterday, Oct 9 '08, dressed as usual and headed to work. Remember driving the 1st mile or so and think the Truck drove a little funny. Woke up wondering why I had a tree on the hood of my truck and two guys were asking me If I was alright. They helped me get the truck out and, for some reason, this seemed normal. I left and continued to drive the very curvy road we live on. Thankfully, one of the men called the police and reported me for driving erratic. I told the police I had No Idea what happened. I'm Very happy he called. My truck can be fixed, The police listened to me and let me get a get assistance. I'll never take this or , probably, any other sleed aid again. Scared me more than anything I've ever had happen to me. | DO NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYONE! | M | 60 | | 10/11/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Back pain - I have less when I take 1/2 of a 5mg tablet, and am going to try to get off of it completely. I feel anxious all the time, like I can't sit still. It's terribly addictive - hard to think about not being able to sleep, but this pain is ridiculous. | I didn't have any symptoms of any kind before starting Ambien, then started to get upper and lower back pain, acid reflux, and tests are showing low thyroid. Don't know how much of it is caused by the Ambien, but since it started EXACTLY when I started taking it, I'm very suspicious and want to get off of it. Will have to gradually taper off because it's so addictive. | F | 60 | 5 months | 2/11/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | What a nightmare drug !!! I experienced hideous side-effects. Frightening, intense nightmares; severe chest pain; palpitations; jabbering in my sleep; feeling weird while driving .... unsafe. Yucky stuff ! | I'm glad this works for some people, but I was so frightened by this drug that I threw half of my prescription down the drain. It didn't even help me sleep better .... | F | 60 | 14 days | 6/9/2008 | 1 | unable to sleep | I finally figured out that the extreme, extreme pain in my hips and leg was due to ambien, not damage to my highly successful hip replacement. I was terrified and the pain eased immediately as soon as I stopped taking it. I believe that the pain started in my hips because they are the weakest points in my body. I took the pill and went to bed at once. But in two or three hours, I would awaken still drugged. I would eat and eat and eat. I would also wake up to find that I had made fifty successful bids on ebay. I stopped taking it and I no longer bid in the night and my bedding is not littered with crumbs, milk and cereal, a side of beef... I was eating a box of crackers in my sleep and had no recollection of doing so. The quanity of food that I ate was amazing. Thank God that I didn't decide to drive the car or even just take a walk in the dark or get on my tread mill. | Dangerous | F | 60 | 10 days | 2/20/2006 | 1 | cronic insomnia | Intermittent amnesia for daytime activities, including places visited on vacation (where I was the driver). Also had serious adverse reaction (hallucinations) when I took a decongestant for fluid in my inner ear. | This was prescribed by my physician. It works fine for allowing sleep at night, but also affects behavior during the day. One may drive, have conversations, make decisions, but not actually be fully awake (or responsible). I will never take Ambien again. There are worse things than not being able to sleep. | F | 60 | 12 months 10 mg 1X day | 7/15/2010 | 1 | lack of sleep | woke with terrible gi rolling pain, lasted all day, thought it was the flu, no energy, i just felt terrible, thinking it was flu i tried one more time, they found their way down my toilet. i would rather suffer lack of sleep than take this again | not for me | F | 60 | 4 days 10mg 1X AN | 7/26/2010 | 1 | cannot sleep | loss of memory, takes more and more to stay asleep | drove my car, crashed into someone. apparently talked to police, spoke to a friend who called me just as accident happened. when mhy husband came home from out of town and saw wrecked car, i had no memory of what happened. had to call policeman involved to see if i hurt anyone. also gained weight from eating through the night - also with no memory of doing it. consider this a dangerous drug. | F | 60 | | 11/10/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Ambien by Qualitest and Mylan cause horrible side effects. | I wish that people who have good results with generic Ambien would also mention the manufacturer of the Ambien that helps them. There are too many bad companies out there whose Ambien is poison. So please, please, if the Ambien helps you, give the name of the manufacturer so that other people might benefit from this information as well. | F | 60 | 3 months 10 mg 1X day | 6/14/2015 | 1 | jet -lag and occasional insomnia | Plethora of next-day side effects including, but not limited to, agitation, aggressiveness, weepiness, depression, extreme anxiousness, not feeling myself, difficulty with vision (focusing problems), lack of confidence, jitteriness, feelings of despondency, shakiness, coordination issues. | First time took this drug and next day I felt terrible emotionally. Very edgy, aggressive, agitated, weepy. Following occasions (about a dozen) I've tempered the 5mg dose with 0.5mg of Ativan. It has helped to reduce the next day side effects but not much. I've had it with this drug. I had to post because so many people seem to have problems with emotional or personality side effects. It does work, but it's not worth it. In the future, I'll just take some Ativan or Temazepam and be done with it. Someone has labeled this Ambien as the 'Devils's Drug'-I would agree with that characterization. | M | 60 | 1 years | 1/16/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | Usually none. Sometimes goofy or silly if I have had a drink (rarely) and don't go to sleep soon after taking the ambien. | Taking the 10 Mg tab didn't always get me to sleep. Especially if I had a late night snack. This is the trick I came up with about 3 months ago and it works like a charm almost every time. I bite of a small piece- about a third of a tablet. I swallow the large piece and then I tuck the small piece under my tongue so it dissolves and is absorbed sublingually it usually work pretty good. The sublingual dose acts quickly and the other part kicks in later. I typically get 6.5 to 8 hrs of good sleep. I do have a fan cpap and sometimes earplugs. Works well for me. | M | 59 | 2 years 10 mg | 4/9/2017 | 5 | Sleeplessness | Falling asleep while talking on the phone, and eating with justa vague memory the next day are side effects I have experienced | I also take to anti depressants and vicodin each night. I only take a quarter of a tablet of ambien and I sleep through the night = ready to go to work in the morning. However, if someone calls and I can't get off the phone in time, I will fall asleep on the phone. It does help me sleep, but no side effects in the morning. | F | 59 | 3 years | 4/7/2007 | 5 | mistake | walking while asleep, memory loss during the medication | my father in law took ambien by mistake (thinking it was a hay fever pill as my mother in law kept it in the same box), they went out to do some grocery shopping straight afterwards. He stood in the supermarket check out point and fell asleep and had to be waken several times to be ask to get back in the car, he even helped 2 load and unload the groceries and ate a bag of lychee after he got home, my wife said he was acting weird untill we realised what happened, i asked him to go to bed and he did just that. He took 10mg at 12:30pm and woked up at 6pm and wondering why he was left at home by himself lol | M | 59 | 1 days | 3/25/2007 | 5 | insomnia | peaceful, wonderful sleep - HOWEVER, beware of the snack monster! I have woken up to discover crackers in my bed (I hate when that happens!) | My years of laying awake while the rest of the world slept are over! Yes, the "sleep eating" can be a problem but you are aware while you're doing it so just have little talks with yourself before you take the Ambien and don't allow yourself to go there. I take the Ambien CR - I much prefer it to regular Ambien. | F | 59 | 3 years | 11/4/2007 | 5 | sleep problems | I cracked up reading these comments, as I too can relate to many of the side effects. Sounds pretty weird, but can really happen. Not so much after the first few times. But it does seem like like I have an invisable friend. I always get happy after it kicks in, and that alone can make a person want to continue to take it, AND I sleep well. If I awaken,I can go back to sleep easily. I found myself looking forward to the nights that I allow myself to take a pill. DO NOT take a pill if you think you might make love that night. Oh Boy. Big mistake. | My doctor fights me on renewing my script as she is real serious about it being addictive, and I believe it can be, so I do not take it more than three times a week, and always break a pill in half. You should climb right into bed afterwards, and allow plenty of time for sleep. My husband has found me in other rooms of the house if I don't lie down right away. And I wouldn't take it if I was alone. Afraid I will wind up in the pool or naked in my car. Just be careful..... | F | 59 | 1 days | 11/23/2004 | 5 | To sleep-taking hi-dose steroids | None that I noticed. Quite amazing. | Most effective and problem-free sleeping pill I've ever used. | M | 59 | 7 days | 12/2/2002 |