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 |
| 5 | insomnia | none | I've been taking it for over five years. Only a slight reduction in effeciency over time. | M | 59 | 5 years | 11/15/2002 | 4 | wake up 3am | F | 59 | 5 days 30mg 1X AN | 7/11/2010 | 4 | chronic insomnia | none | This medication worked wonderfully for about 8 years. I would take 10 mg. before bed and get a great 8 hours of sleep and wake up feeling good and well rested. I never could figure out why doctors are always so reluctanct to prescribe zolpidem (ambien), because it helps tremendously. In recent months it has stopped working,and I am lucky to get 4 to 6 hrs. of sleep a night. The only thing that has changed is that now I am also taking a medication to lower my cholesterol. Since it no longer seem to be helping me sleep, I am trying to taper off, and now down to 5 mg. a night. | F | 59 | 9 years 5 - 10 mg 1X day | 11/16/2013 | 4 | Adjust to odd work schedules/jetlag | Nothing bad. I always take it and then immediately go to bed. I fall asleep within a half-hour and sleep about six hours. It's a good, deep sleep, so I don't need much more. The following day, my brain is a little fuzzy and I have some minor trouble with names. | I would not want to take it on a regular basis because it would be easy to become dependent on it. I take it only when, because of my work schedule, I have to sleep at odd hours or when I take trans-continental trips. For other times, an Advil PM and a little patience do the trick. | F | 59 | 2 years | 8/14/2009 | 1 | insomnia | Woke up off and on all night headaches vivid disturbing dreams, heightened senses too much so change in mood aggressiveness | Hated it and remeron been on trazadone for years has finally stopped working is there anything g I can take? | F | 59 | 1 days 5mg | 12/14/2016 | 1 | Insomnia | Oh, this drug is so, so, bad!! When I started taking it in September, 2009, I thought my troubles with sleep were over for sure! However, I was rudely "awakened" in October, 2009, that this drug was not really working that great anymore and that my increased crying and depression was due to it and Klonopin. I decided to start weaning off of the Klonopin and am currently at .125 mg. for another 5 days. My next step will be to wean off of Ambien, as I can't wait to feel like myself again. An RN told me to wait at least 4 weeks after the Klonopin withdrawal to begin this wean. I am planning on beginning the Ambien wean on April 11th. I am debating whether or not I should do 7.5 mg. first, then 5 mg. for a week, and then 2.5 mg. for a week, and then off. This is according to my psychiatrist, but I tried to wean off Ambien about 1.5 months ago when I had also lowered my Klonopin dose, and I was in a world of hurt the following morning. I actually had such terrible withdra | DO NOT EVER BEGIN THIS DRUG!! Your very life and health will be at stake!! It will make your life a living hell, and you will have many regrets if you take it!! Do yourself a big favor and try other things for insomnia, including cognitive behavioral therapy or something natural. | F | 59 | 6 months 10 mg. 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | I had an episode of "sleep-driving" the next morning after taking my regular dose of Ambien the night before. I drove and did things that I have no memory of and did drive irratically and could of harmed someone else or myself. I wound up in the hospital for 2 days while a full neurological work-up was performed and all tests thankfully came out negative. I will never take Ambien or any other sleep aid for fear of the same thing happening again. | F | 59 | 5 years | 2/9/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | a little groggy upon awakening when I first started using it, but that subsided after a few days. | Has been a lifesaver for me. Never could fall asleep due to husband snoring. Now I take 5 mg. and in about 30 minutes I'm asleep for 6 hours straight. It doesn't work if I eat food within 2 hours of taking. Lunesta gave me nightmares, and Rozeram didn't work at all. | F | 58 | 2 days | 3/26/2008 | 5 | insomnia | tiredness if I don't allow 8 hours for sleeping, although it only really works for 6 hours. | If I take the pill within 2 hours of eating or drinking something it takes a long time to work. Otherwise it works within 10 minutes. | F | 58 | 1 years | 7/23/2007 | 5 | Sleeping problems | None that I have noticed. | I wake up alert and feeling rested. I have appreciated having this medication. My internal clock will wake me up every hour, on the hour, and my doctor recommended this-and it has worked extremely well for me! | F | 58 | 24 months | 4/8/2005 | 5 | Severe Insomnia | Works very quickly. If I don't stay in bed after I take it I wander around talking to my husband and eating things, and I don't remember either. My husband worries about how weird I get. I watch TV in bed and I think that keeps me in that twilight zone of half asleep and half awake and exacerbates the amnesia. But if I really put my mind to it, after I take the pill, I will stay in bed and sleep, and it's the best sleep ever. I have to think about staying in bed, and not making a fool of myself as I take the pill, and as it begins to work, and then I stay in bed and everythings fine. | F | 58 | 2 months | 5/24/2005 | 5 | could not sleep | Sexual activity that I was completely unaware of and thought I was asleep. | I have been taking Ambien for about a year now. For me it has been the first time in my life that I am able to fall asleep within 15 minutes or so and wake up feeling rested. I don't think I ever knew what that meant before, 'feeling rested.' I also have ADD and take Celexa (an SSRI) daily. I tried the over the counter sleep medications but always felt grogy in the morning. With Ambien I don't. But I found half a tablet will do the trick. I have taken a full tablet when I felt I really needed a good solid 8 hours of sleep. Last night I took a full tablet. This morning my husband said I did some things sexually last night that he has never seen me do. So I looked online and found that others have experienced this also. He called it total inhabition. He thought it was pretty amusing. I certainly didn't for I don't remember any of it. In reading other side affects it does become a bit scary. So just wanted to say that it is a possible side effect. | F | 58 | 10mg 1X day | 1/8/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Short Term Memory loss over time. | I took half a dose of Ambien 10mg for 4 years with great results. Slept well and no after effects. Occasionaly I needed the full dose to be able to sleep. I noticed with the full dose I started having nightmares and felt tired throughtout the daytime so cut back to half doseage and was fine. Occasional sleepless nights but mostly a good night sleep. After about 5 years I started having a lot of short term memory loss and the doctor even put me in for a brain scan which turned out normal. Took me off Ambien and put me on Tamaepam and my memory has begun to return to normal. | M | 58 | 6 years 10mg 1X day | 8/27/2014 | 4 | fibromyalgia | I resited taking this sleep aid, but it improved my quality of sleep. I sometimes have trouble getting my Rx filled, with insurace approval issues. When I'm without it I sleep poorly and feel terrible. | F | 58 | 2 years | 11/15/2009 | 4 | Insomnia | It does give me a better night's sleep, I try to take it just once or twice a week. No side effects for me. | The Torrent brand sucks. | M | 58 | 12 months 10 mg 1X W | 10/5/2022 | 4 | chronic insomnia | overeating, both when I wake up during the night and during the next day. I have gained 12 pounds in in the 4 months I have been taking Ambien. It helps me sleep, athough I usually wake up after about 4 hours. Other sleeping pills do not work for me, though. It's a difficult situation. | F | 58 | 4 months | 2/11/2007 | 4 | Occasional Insomnia | None | M | 58 | 3 years | 10/8/2004 | 3 | Insomnia | Drowsiness during the day. | I have difficulty falling asleep. Ambien has worked well for me for 12 years and I expect it would continue to do so. (Admittedly, there are times when a glass of wine helps.) But recently I stopped the drug for 6 weeks and, while I barely slept, I was much more alert during the day. When I resumed Ambien the drowsiness recurred. I've been complaining to my doctor for years about being tired all the time. Now I know why. I have signed up for a sleep study and in the meantime hope to find another sleep aid. Over-the-counter and herbal meds have never worked for me. | F | 58 | 12 years 5 mg 1X day | 9/19/2011 | 3 | INSOMNIA | I have been taking ambien cr for 30 months experiencing chronic vaginal pain, tingling in face, lips and hands feeling of fullness ,pain when sitting or tight clothes ..horrible | can you stop cold turkey | F | 58 | 2 years | 10/12/2009 | 2 | insomnia | Chronic anxiety and, high tolerance in short amount of time, wears off quickly, did not feel rested in morning. Memory lapse and disorientation after 6 or 7 days. | Started off w/10 mg before bed, Worked fast then after a couple of days needed more and then it wore of rapidly. I am a recovering alcoholic, the desire to drink again after many years of sobriety became overwhelming, stopped using the Ambien. Would rather not sleep than to start drinking again. Couple of people at AA told me of similar problems but not most,2nd time I have tried this drug in three years, there will not be a third time | M | 58 | 2 weeks 10 2X day | 4/24/2017 |