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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | long term anxiety and insomnia | Initially euphoria, great sleep, great sex, great next mornings, now I always feel dizzy, somewhat confused at times, forgetful, nausea, paleness, palpitations......etc,. | Ambien is a high quality sleep aid and just like any drug that truly works the side effects are HORRIBLE. The first couple months I was amazed at how well it worked and how moderate the side effects were....them days are gone, now it works somewhat and the side effects are scary as hell. Use in moderation and you should be alright | M | 2 years | 8/14/2008 | 4 | I kept waking every hour | I have a burning tongue, mouth & lips. I am not sure it is due to taking Ambien for about 1 1/2 years. It does help me sleep about 6 hrs. Tried getting off, but am up constantly. Anyone experience this? | F | 68 | 2 years | 8/15/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Very groggy the next day, was falling asleep at work. Mental unstability - had a raging anger for no apparent reason. Knew that if I'd kept on that way I'd end up killing someone. | I would NEVER recommend this medication to anyone. | F | 44 | 7 days | 8/19/2008 | 2 | Insomnia related to GAD | Memory loss. Fatigue. | SHORT TERM MEMORY ERASER IN A TABLET!. Nuked my short term memory abilities. Kept me groggy and sleepy for a day after taking it. NO SIR, I DID NOT LIKE IT! | M | 41 | 45 days | 8/22/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | loss of concentration, memory problems the day after taking it. | F | 39 | 14 days | 8/25/2008 | 1 | insomnia | wild sexual behavior, blackouts while thinking I was asleep, calling old boyfriend obsessively and getting a restraining order put on me. I've never had any legal trouble before or after. Had no idea I was leaving messages on his phone at night. Addiction, started taking it during the day. Tried to commit suicide, took 100 pills and slit my wrist and still lived!!! would never take it again | Helped me sleep. Can't believe there is no class action suit against it - know lots of people who have had bad experiences but were unable to stop taking it. | F | 47 | 2 years | 8/25/2008 | 3 | Problems Sleeping | I tend to feel groggy and have difficulty waking up quickly. | I do think this drug is safe, as long as you do not need to get up quickly and are not woken up suddenly... it is regularly used by leaders and congressmen... ABC has a report on this here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/story?id=4919842 | M | 65 | 1 years | 8/26/2008 | 3 | Insomnia--waking up at night | Initially, dizziness next morning. That went away. Lately (2 yrs now) I am getting severe headaches and blurred vision in left eye and on left side of head near my temples & ear lobe. Had an MRI and 2 opthamologists check me and they do not find anything other than dry eye as a possible cause. I wonder if the Ambien CR is causing them. I have not experienced the other effects some people claim (killing your cat, wild sex, nightwalking) and think these people must have serious psychologically repressed issues that are unrelated. I learned you do NOT mix Ambien with alcohol unless you want to wind up dead, like several people I knew. | Taking 10 MG per night. | M | 55 | 2 years | 8/27/2008 | 5 | Chronic Insomnia | Severe amnesia. This medication will make you forget what happened during the duration that it was in your system. Hallucinations. Increased appetite. Decreased breathing. Euphoria. | Ambien is a good sleep medication, but if you abuse it then you will certianly pay the price for it. It has caused me to have 3 wrecks all being my fault, but in which I have got out of alive and not hurt and off the hook with the law....Luckily. Take it as prescribed please. | M | 23 | 2 years | 8/28/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | My sister is severe bi-polar and takes 9 psych drugs a day...including 20 mg. of Ambien, falls asleep with the water still in her hand, talks gibberish, wanders around, and has SEVERE memory loss which she thinks is her illness...she has tremors because she is on too many, too much drugs. But she worships her psychiatrist and won't even consider lowering doses or stop. She tells everyone she has a diagnosis of "confusion of thought".....NO KIDDING!!!!! | I don't think she will live a long life at this rate (she's 62)...but she won't want to without her "meds". It is sad. | F | 50 | 2 years | 8/29/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Lightheadedness, slurred speach, memory loss. Groggy and headaches the next day. | It works, but it hits hard and hits quickly. I now only take it when i am ready for bed and under the covers. Have been found outside in my garden at 2am, have baked and left the kitchen a mess, been used sexually by my wife and not remembered any of it. I only take it once every 3 weeks or so, and that is more for the high than for helping me sleep. I welcome all stories and comments via e-mail. | M | 41 | 3 years | 9/1/2008 | 3 | Couldn't sleep, on Zoloft | It appears that, although I've only taken Ambien a few times, last night I opened the garage door (which I always check before going to bed because of bears) and MAY have driven, although I don't think so. I've been off a regular sleep schedule ever since we came back from Australia for 10 months. I never would have known about this except my husband asked me this morning if I opened the garage door. I said no. I didn't talk to my daughter until this evening and she said she HAD NOT opened the garage door (she's 24 so this was not a teenager trying to escape). I do remember dreaming (once I went to sleep) that I couldn't find my car...I thought it had been stolen. So, unless there was some kind of electrical problem (and then why not open the other garage door?) I was sleepwalking. This has scared the bejeezus out of me. Ambien DOES help me sleep but it takes a long time to take effect. As of tonight, NO MORE AMBIEN. If I'm asleep and driving a car (!!!) I am a danger | This is terrible to even ASSUME it happened! | F | 54 | 5 days | 9/2/2008 | 5 | insomnia | As anyone, amnesia if taking out of bed. Tolerrance to this medicine build quickly. Expensive without insurance. | Good sleep aid. Actually I have some sleep disorders like "sleep paralyisis" and these as helped me a lot. Bad thing, tolerance. Company should make 20mg tab. I take 20 mg and lay on a bed watching a movie and a get a good sleep. | M | 30 | 5 years | 9/4/2008 | 3 | wanted a normal sleep schedule | the first few times i took it i fell asleep directly after. i found that i would wake up at the exact same time every night i took it, at 3 am, and i'd get a drink and go back to sleep. it worked decently when i used it for what it was meant for. | i heard such "great" things about how good ambien was if you took it and fought the urge to sleep and just stayed awake, so i tried it. i took it late at night while i was laying in my bed watching tv and talking to people online on my laptop. i had a few things laying on my bed, like a pair of pants and a hairbrush. WELL. after i took it, i was talking online and my laptop screen started changing. it was like i was staring through the screen into another world, where i was walking around the side of a mountain. i couldn't even see my instant messaging boxes because they kept moving and i was just so confused and trying to concentrate on the mountain. it hurt my eyes so bad that i just threw the computer on the floor. after that, i layed in bed and i started hearing voices (which was actually the tv) and i thought it was coming from the pants and hairbrush that were on my bed. i all of a sudden got this random idea that i was an egyptian queen and the pants and the hairbrush | F | 18 | 4 days | 9/4/2008 | 4 | insomnia from back/neck pain | Learned quickly to disable all methods of communication prior to taking it. Turn off the phone, hide the car keys, turn off the computer, lock the doors and put away my money and GO TO BED. I woke up in front of the TV one morning in my t-shirt and panties surrounded by Wal-Mart bags, my purse open and $300 gone. Did I just shop nearly nude? No. I had given my son money and a Christms list with no memory of having done this. I have had lengthy telephone conversations with no ideo what was said (probably loving-love everybody on this stuff). I have obligated myself to events I can't physically fulfill due to my chronic pain condition, but I felt good at the time I was called upon because I had just taken my ambien. I clean my house around 3 a.m. as it relieves my pain, but pain is much worse the next day. I just bought a bunch of dresses on E-Bay that aren't my size. TAKE THIS MED AND GO TO BED or better yet GO TO BED AND TAKE THIS MED. | The round lavendar pills worked really well for me, but then began to cause increased pain. There was another one that was a skinny white oblong pill that made me ill-very ill. I just tried the brand that has the 54-553 imprint on a round whtie pill and I am feeling nothing-no drowsiness & no crazy feeling.... well except feeling like I wasted my money and will be up all night. Don't take this during the daytime and don't drink with it either. Be responsible. I wish the CR wasn't so expensive because it worked better for sleep, but the kick of la la land leading to sleep wasn't there with the CR. Ambien does spice up the love life for women. | F | 40 | 3 years | 9/5/2008 | 4 | unable to sleep-anxiety | groggy in the morning... but I believe that it gave me severe tenitus ( ringing in the ears)... I have stopped taking it and I think the ringing is less... anyone else with this side effect? | In the past I have "sleeped walked and driven"... very scary stuff.. have to get 7 1/2 - 8 hrs. I did love the sleep part... it worked! | F | 56 | 6 months | 9/6/2008 | 1 | Could not sleep at night | Side effects became quite severe. My body is in constant motion all night long leaving me exhausted in the morning. I have woke up outside sitting on my deck in the middle of the night. I have been on the telephone ordering items off the television. I received 4 expensive books in the mail and was billed for it. I called the telephone number on the bill and explained that I did not order the books. They let me listen to a recorded message which, in fact, was my voice. It was very scary to listen to myself and to hear me giving out my credit card number. I wake up with food have eaten in my mouth unaware of what I am doing. I have sent out E-mails and spoke on the telephone without being aware of it. My husband and children say that it is very confusing to tell when I am really awake or when I am really asleep. They also say I become argumentative when they try to redirect me to bed. Just two nights ago I fell asleep in the bath tub with the water running. My husband did no | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. I will never take Ambien again. I did not take it for the first time last night. I am exhausted today and feel anxious. My body feels weak and I am dizzy. I do want you all to know that I did have three sleep studies and have been under the care of neurologists for over 15 years. Taking Ambien wasn't a flash decision. Please be very careful in deciding to take this drug. | F | 53 | 7 years | 9/6/2008 | 4 | insomnia | tintinutis, groggy in morning | worked well | F | 60 | 3 months | 9/9/2008 | 4 | sleepless nights | I just recently began taking ambien, maybe a week and last night apparently I woke up change my clothes and hid the car keys under my pillow and my husband said I was yelling at him and his buddy. I have no idea what happened. Im glad I found this website because after waking up in different clothes and searching for my car keys for about 30 mins today I am going to find another sleep aid maybe back to the OTC sleep help. | F | 42 | 1 weeks | 9/9/2008 | 5 | Sleep and Anxiety | Grogginess in the morninging if I didn't get atleast 8 hours of sleep. | M | 21 | 3 weeks | 9/11/2008 |