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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | insomnia/migraine headaches | immediately after taking it: amnesia, very drugged feeling, loss of inhibitions; next day: intense feelings of violent anger, extreme daytime fatigue; slide into depression; feeling of being addicted to it | My neurologist prescribed Ambien without a second thought and completely dismissed my questions about side effects and addiction possibilities. I believe this drug is a ticking time bomb and major lawsuits will begin, after which it will get pulled from the market. It is extremely powerful, and occurrence side effects on container do not appear to be anywhere near true occurrence, based on anecdotal and personal evidence. | F | 40 | 3 months | 5/5/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Girlfriend would get up, drive to McDonalds, buy food, drive home and eat it, then go to bed. The next day, she had no memory at all of doing any of it. Got in a one-car accident that totaled the car one night driving home from one of these McDonalds-on-Ambien runs. The next day, she thought her car had been stolen. It turns out the cops came, towed away the car and drove her home with her McDonalds food. She woke finding the inexplicable food and no car. She had no memory whatsoever of the accident or even getting out of bed. The cop told her later that she seemed coherent, but "tired." For this drug to actually be sold, the "fix" must be in at the FDA. | M | 40 | 30 days | 5/5/2006 | 4 | Insomnia/Sleep deprevation | Definitely hallucinations... the patterns on my couch began to shift and swirl, that's when I got up and went to bed. I made the mistake of looking into my closet and no joke, I saw the puppets from "Fraggle Rock" swinging from sleeve to sleeve... it was crazy, but it was the best night's sleep I ever had. | Just take it, lock your door, and go directly to bed and you'll be fine. | M | 25 | 1 days | 5/6/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | You can all see my first post with the [email protected] on the right of the screen for further commentary. It should be five comments under this post. Ben sent me an e-mail and thought everyone else should know the detail I’m telling Ben. I’m www.myspace.com/carnaldesire in the first post as well. 5 mg usually does the job. 10 mg is a guaranteed knock of my insomnia and that is something great to be said since you have to consider my insomnia is the type that will keep me up all night long; until Ambien came around. The stuff is a God send unless you take it and drive. You're looking at ending in the grave from falling asleep doing that. While it does guarantee sleep, it’s usually completely out of my system within 4 hrs. After 4 hours, there are no side effects at all. The stuff hits with power and completely disappears out of your system like it was never there. If you've ever taken diphenhydramine, you may have noticed that tiredness and other effec | after you take Ambien because you might go into shock from all the wrong keys you hit in what you were doing. I do NOT know what people are talking about with hallucinations. They must be abusing Ambien. I hear abusers inject the stuff in mega dose. I believe the effects they have by abusing it are true based on the knock out effect it has on me. Problem is, I'm not awake long enough to tell you about the effect. It hits then its lights out without time to contemplate all that stuff that people are talking about. At higher doses, I would be out too fast to anything that wasn’t there or maybe for a minute before waking up without much to remember. Important point with Ambien is that you need to take it on an empty stomach for the knock out effect. Take it with food and you take away a fast route to sleep. It's just like alcohol, Cialus, Viagra in that the effectiveness is ruined or dissipated with food. The Dr. said not to eat before bed anyway, so if you are following | M | 35 | 9 months | 5/8/2006 | 1 | Insomnia from Depression | Dizziness, loss of thought process, memory loss, worsening depression and suicidal thoughts-especially when taken in conjunction with Ritalin and welbutrin.Personality change-big time! | Don't take this med!I have heard Dr's say that they wouldn't give this to a patient that has chemical dependency in their past.Melotonin is a natural alternative, that works.Have someone monitor you, if you must take this!But please, DON"T! | M | 45 | 5 months | 5/12/2006 | 4 | Long term insomina | Aminesia, eating and not remembering. I also will send e-mails or other things that I have no memory of. I'm also getting a drunk like euphoria from it. | When I first started taking Ambien, I had the best night's sleep I could remember and thinking it was a good send. However, the side effects are becoming a concern | M | 50 | 2 years | 5/15/2006 | 3 | insomnia | Wild hallucinations!!!!!!! I have never slept so good, but will not take anymore Ambien because of the hallucinations and a new problem I experienced today. I live at the beach and have always been accustomed to riding my bike to the beach in the heat. Today, I experienced dizziness, weakness in my legs and trouble breathing. The only other time I have ever experienced these symptoms was 2 years ago when I took Wellbutrin. When I suspected Wellbutrin was the culprit and stopped taking it, all the symptoms disappeared within 2 weeks. I have been taking Ambien about 3 weeks and am willing to have insomnia to no longer have hallucinations and this weakness while riding my bike. Be careful with this drug. I have always been a very active person and am very leary of most prescription drugs. They can inhibit your ability to live. | F | 65 | 3 weeks | 5/21/2006 | 5 | insomnia | amnesia, loss of inhibitions, crazy things. Three times now I have been at my computer after taking it, and discovered in the morning that I emailed strangers and propositioned them, wrote gibberish or absurd things to friends and family, and someone sent me a text of a online chat I'd had where I said utterly insane things. I never remember any of these things in the morning, and only find the evidence in my email out box, or find out from what people tell me later. | It works really well for sleep. I take it, sleep soundly for 4 hours, then wake up completely refreshed. But if something happens to wake me up during those 4 hours, like my daughter crying or my wife wakes me, then I am confused, disoriented, and likely to discover in the morning that I did/said crazy things. | M | 40 | 2 years | 5/25/2006 | 4 | Chronic Insomnia- Cause Unknown | After a while I built up a tolerance. Sometimes taking a few days off will help the medicine be more effective again. When tolerance happens I don't fall asleep right away, even if I am in bed trying. Usually I keep myself in bed and watch a movie 'til I pass out. I ALWAYS eat at bedtime now because it makes me hungry- I bring a small pile of healthy snacks into my room so I don't go crazy and eat everything in the kitchen. Poor judgement- such as taking extra medicine I didn't need (it's guarded by a family member now). Hallucinations- nothing too scary, things just appear to be moving/dancing, I know they really aren't so it doesn't bother me. Memory loss only while under the effects, sometimes I retain partial memories (it's like remembering a dream) and other times I completely forget things I've done or conversations. I now feel I am dependent on Ambien, but nothing else has worked for me- behavior changes, natural remedies, or other prescriptions. Most others I've tried | Not being able to sleep was hurting all aspects of my life. Ambien is the only medication that has worked effectively for me (I've tried natural remedies, and almost every other sleep medication there is including drugs not designed specifically for sleep treatment). Be aware that you can become dependent on this medication! Try taking short breaks from it if you are taking it long term and feel it not working as well, rather than up your dosage. Also, do everything you can to be in bed when you take it and stay there to avoid doing foolish things you won't remember the next day... if you share your home with others, ask them to watch you for strange behaviors and they can help keep you out of trouble. I dislike the side effects of Ambien and I wish my insomnia were less severe or that other medicine without these side effects would be enough... however even with all the negative aspects, I have found ways to deal with the side effects, and thanks to Ambien I can actually sleep! | F | 23 | 9 months | 5/27/2006 | 5 | Can't fall alseep | After about 5-10 min, i start to notice that my vision gets blurry and i can see things far away doubled. i have double vision on things that are far away. sometimes i just fee kinda drowsey and my vision gets blurred when i walk aroung. but mostly, i wake up and i dont remember a thing. like i wont remember writing this cuz im on ambein rightnow. | Works great as a sleeping-aide, but has its addictive proproties i dont take them every single night, just when i feel i neeed it. other then that, have fun! email me if anyone wants to discuss their feelings on ambien and share stories,,,,, have fun! | F | 18 | 9 months | 6/1/2006 | 5 | Depression, insomnia | After about 5-10 min, i start to notice that my vision gets blurry and i can see things far away doubled. i have double vision on things that are far away. sometimes i just fee kinda drowsey and my vision gets blurred when i walk aroung. but mostly, i wake up and i dont remember a thing. like i wont remember writing this cuz im on ambein rightnow. | Works great as a sleeping-aide, but has its addictive proproties i dont take them every single night, just when i feel i neeed it. other then that, have fun! email me if anyone wants to discuss their feelings on ambien and share stories,,,,, have fun! | F | 18 | 9 months | 6/1/2006 | 5 | Insomnia. | No side effects. | DO NOT DRIVE AT ALL WHILE TAKING AMBIEN! TAKE AMBIEN AFTER YOU GO TO BED! | F | 45 | 3 years | 6/1/2006 | 5 | Can't fall asleep or stay asleep | None whatsoever but little groggy in morning if I don't get a minimum 7 hours sleep. | Best night sleep I have had since my 20's! Most natural sleep I have had in over 20 years. | F | 53 | 3 years | 6/1/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | None at all. | I take Ambien 1-2 nights a week and it helps me to fall asleep and sleep straight through 4-6 hours which is something I haven't been able to do since childhood. This medication has really helped me. | M | 46 | 2 years | 6/1/2006 | 2 | insomnia (trouble staying asleep) | rebound insomnia | I've never had a probem FALLING asleep, only STAYING asleep longer than 3 hours. The first night I took Ambien CR 12.5 mg I slept 7 hrs straight (a success), but I noticed the next night (before taking a pill) I was really wired--lots of nervous energy--DEFINITELY coud not have fallen asleep on my own. I took it again and was able to sleep relatively well. Took it for a total of 5 nights with progressively lessening benefit and then tried to go without. OMG! First night it took me 5 hrs trying to sleep, and then I only slept 2.5 measley hours--way worse than BEFORE I tried Ambien. Second night w/out meds was a little better--slept 5 hrs straight. Third night no meds got a total of 7 hrs (in 3 segments). Still feel a little of that nervous, toe-tapping energy. Won't ever take Ambien again. Helen Houston, TX | F | 50 | 5 days | 6/1/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | No side effects until I just wuit one day | I was taking 1/2 of 10mg for 3 months. My dumb-a$$ doctor failed to tell me that treatment should be as needed or for a period of 7-10 days. I got a script for 30 days PLUS 2 refills. I took it every night and one day decided I didn't need it and I had the worst withdrawal - it made Paxil withdrawal look like a walk in the part. Parathesia, severe anxiety, crying jags, involuntary movement followed for months. Be careful with this one! | F | 30 | 3 months | 6/1/2006 | 5 | M | 30 | 10 days | 6/5/2006 | 4 | Insomnia/anxiety | Ummm... lets just say that I haven't used drugs recreationally since college (>10years ago), and the first time I took this (10mg) I thought someone had slipped me acid or E. I had eaten just an hour before and had hard time sleeping, although must admit that halucinations of the room morphing and the bed flying around (whle I was on it) was entertaining... and a bit disturbing. Since then, I have taken it only 5 more times in last month or so and it seems to be a consistent side effect, but I don't really mind the mini-trip that seems to last about an hour before I fall asleep. | Asside from the side effects immediately following taking it, the overall functionality is great! I wake up feeling like a million bucks... (can't say this about the illicit stuff I took as a youngster). I wouldn't recomend this, however, to anyone who can't keep a relatively cool/level head while halucinating, that could be dangerous. | M | 31 | 30 days | 6/8/2006 | 2 | Abnormal Sleep Patterns | Nervousness, Twitchiness, Fever, Chills, Panick Attacks, Thoughts of Suicide, Thought Loops, Hallucinations, Amnesia. | I always assume that people exaggerate when they list side effects and experiences with drugs, but I assure you I am not. I was ok while I was on the medication, maybe more irritable and angry, but the first night after not taking Ambien, I was a complete and utter wreck. I have never had such strong thoughts of wanting to commit suicide in my life. The side effects from dealing with the dependence of this medication are very uncomfortable. Also, every night I took the drug, I would hallucinate before I fell asleep. I had grand euphoric emotions and all my problems would be solved in my head. Eventually I grew tolerant to the medication and would wake up hallucinating. One night in particular, I got out of bed and spoke to a friend on the phone. The next day I spoke to that friend and had no recollection of the night before. Dangerous drug in my opinion. Only use this if you have moderate to severe insomnia. | M | 23 | 17 days | 6/8/2006 | 3 | sleep disorder | For the last few months, I thought ambien was the best thing out there. My boyfriend kept warning me to stop taking it and I could not understand why. I found out that last night I acted like a complete fool and I had no idea...that I was awake! He said I acted as if in an emotionless state talking giberish that made no sense. He stated my eyes appeared wide awake and I was walking around my house as if I were awake but made no sense and looked blank. | It scares me to know that here I thought I have been sleeping every night but really, I was not, I was in a state of mind that I did not even know existed. I was taking 35mg, this is what my doctor prescribed to me. | F | 32 | 3 months | 6/12/2006 |