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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | insomnia | This drug has progressed in the severity of my side effects. My first amnesia/blackout occurred when I didn't go to bed right away (No one told me I should) and apparently my husband found me eating a chocolate cake my daughter had made with both hands. When I woke up the next morning the cake looked like the dogs had gotten to it. I asked my husband what happened and even after he told me I could not "pull it" from my memory at all. Since then there have been times when I have driven, bought online or infommercial items, had sex with my husband, etc. with no recollection whatsoever and most recently I find that I have surfing sex sites has become an issue (At least I think so...dreams/reality are blurred) It's very scary to me and utterly embarrassing. THIS IS NOT ME! I have gone periods of time without taking it but then I go back because I am so exhausted but my short term memory is gone and I have to get me back. | F | 41 | 3 years | 6/16/2009 | 5 | insomnia | no side effects. | I take 1/2 of a 10mg when I go to bed. I wake about 4 hours later, go to the bathroom and take the other half and sleep another 4 hours. Great night sleep. | F | 62 | 12 years | 6/17/2009 | 4 | insomnia | I took ambien CR... didn't have any side effects except i became dependent on them and needed more and more for it to work...not cool | helped me go to sleep, woke up feeling awake as i used to wake up feeling groggy | F | 18 | 2 years | 6/19/2009 | 1 | INSOMNIA | MAJOR PERSONALITY CHANGE, HYPERSENSITIVITY, ALTERED PERCEPTION | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. IT IS DANGEROUS AND ALTERS PERSONALITY AND PERCEPTION. I'VE SEEN VERY FEW POSITIVE COMMENTS IN MY RESEARCH AND TONS OF NEGATIVE. SCARY... | F | 62 | 6 months | 6/23/2009 | 2 | Trouble falling asleep/staying | Even tho I checked above (2-Not satisfied) All Ambien did 4 me that was good was put me 2 sleep, but I always wake up groggy, really groggy. I take about 1/2 of a 10mg every few nights or so, I have had meals, snacks, that I never remembered eating, or making, I've made phone calls, left crazy e-mails, I've had sexual intercourse with my husband, I've had VERY real, vivid, & scary nightmares, things that no one ever wants 2 c or dream about, the dreams & nightmares are probably the worst, I had a dream the other night I accidentally drank sour milk, & I cud actually taste it on my tongue, it was so real! I was dry heaving in my sleep, my son woke me up & I had tears n my eyes from heaving so hard, Another thing I want everyone 2 know is my husband also takes Ambien. He has driven while on it, I watched him crash n2 a large plant by our garage door last week, he said he didn't c it sitting there, the other night he took 3 10mg Ambiens, I was so afraid I called the consul | To the mother who left that comment about her 25 year old son, I'm sorry for your loss, and I believe you leaving that comment on here will save a life, even if it is just one. By reading it, I promise myself I will never take anymore then 5 mg again. So you've saved me that's for sure. I am sorry for your loss, and hope things do get brighter for you in your future. Take care | F | 28 | 4 months | 6/25/2009 | 5 | could only sleep 2hrs at a time. | No Side effects except occassionally do not remember a conversation just prior to falling asleep. | I sleep so sound that I cannot take Ambien if my wife is out of town because we have a 6 yr old. I do take them when travelling internationally, helps with jet lag. | F | 61 | 2 years | 6/28/2009 | 4 | Help get to sleep | Waking up in the morning with almost no recollection of what I did the night before. Have discovered I binge ate during the night and one time I even drove to the gas station while in a trance. Also caused crazy sex sessions when both me and my wife take it together, although it screws with erections so it does not enhance the moment. | Started taking it when I couldn't get to sleep but soon found myself taking it almost every night. Eventually because of the episodes I mentioned in the side effects section, I stopped taking it altogether. When used occassionally for insomnia it is a great medication and I recommend it if you need it. Otherwise, be careful about binge eating, hypnotic sex, and sending out emails that you have no idea when out until you checked the sent folder. | M | 33 | 3 years | 6/30/2009 | 5 | yes | None at all | I have had trouble sleeping for years. Been on Ambien, 10 mg, for about 3 months. It has worked wonders for me. I have always had vivid dreams, so no change there. I wake up feeling better than I have in years. Even if I wake up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, I remember doing so. Nothing crazy to report.I think some of the folks here need to consider other meds they may be combining with abmien - it is a strong drug and doesn't interact well with many other drugs or alcohol. THe one time I had a few drinks and took an ambien, I snored, talked and giggled in my sleep (or so my boyfriend reported). Don't jump to the conclusion that it's automatically just the ambien causing this behavior. Also, note many of these folks aren't going to bed when they take it and aren't educating themselves on what they are taking. I would recommend ambien to anyone who needs to solve insomnia. It's truly changed my life for the better. | F | 32 | 3 months | 7/2/2009 | 1 | sleep aid | sleep walking & hallucinations | My mother,an active 78 yr young sr citizen was given this drug the 2d night of a recent hospital stay..never had this drug before!! If one isn't familiar with this drug, nurses in hospital should ask patient before administering if they want to be strapped to the bed..make them aware of the tremendous amounts of side effects or hand them a paper to read about it or something!! My mother was sleep walking & hallucinating (which she has never done before) in her hospital room...she remembers falling, called for nurse (she was right across from nurses station...guess they were off helping someone else)...she proceeded to get up to a standing position and fell again completely backwards and awoke to the attendants getting her up off the floor. WARNING: STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!! AND THEY TOOK ZICAM OFF THE MARKET, HA! Everyone I have talked to since, rolls their eyes, had a personal bad experience, or knows someone who had a personal bad experience while on this drug... they need to take it off the market before people end up killing themselves or others because they don't know what they're doing while on it&/or before the manufacturer ends up with a class action lawsuit against them .......hmmmm! | F | 56 | 1 times | 7/2/2009 | 1 | unrefreshing sleep | Hallucinated - told my husband he had four eyes - and took a picture of it to show him! | F | 48 | 20 days | 7/6/2009 | 4 | Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder | Short term memory loss, strange behavior with loss of memory regarding the behavior | I have used Ambien (10mg) for approx. 2 years. It's definitely helped my DSPD, which can be described as permanent jet lag. My normal sleep time without Ambien would be around 5-6am, and it's been that way since I was a child. Ambien has been pretty helpful with helping me push back my sleep time. That is, if you use it AS PRESCRIBED. The only time I experience the weird behavioral things is when I don't immediately go to bed after taking it. Yes, I have completely rearranged my living room furniture in the middle of the night. But again, thats only when I dawdle around after I've taken it. Be responsible, and this medicine might work for you. But, also no medicine will work the same way for everyone. For me the positives outweigh the negatives. | F | 25 | 2 years | 7/7/2009 | 1 | insomnia/sleep disorder | My 24 year old son started taking Ambien one week ago. Although he said he woke up feeling great, he also suffered serious side effects. He began sleep walking with one episode resulting in him going outside and using a saw to cut down two trees in the yard. He went back to bed sweaty and covered in saw dust with no memory of the event. His wife told him about it. Last night, while sleep walking, he called his psychiatrist and told him he has taken 12 Ambien tabs. The doctor told him to go to the emergency room or he would send an ambulance for him. After being treated for a possible overdose at the er and having the er physician sign an order of protective custody it was found that he had actually not taken 12 tabs. Luckily today the attending physician was familiar with these type of side effects with Ambien. Obviously he is immediately off the medication before a more tragic result takes place. | M | 24 | 7 days | 7/7/2009 | 3 | Insomnia | Strange dreams, odd behavior, wild sex, and not remembering anything from the night before! | I took this medication about 8 yrs ago for 2 years. I abused it and became addicted. It was very hard to get off of it. I think it took me almost 6 months to get a good full nights sleep after I stopped taking it. I am on it again because it works and I am more mature to take it correctly. I hope that this time around it will be short term use and easier to get off. | F | 31 | 2 years | 7/13/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | No side effects when taken as directed. You MUST be in bed, with a glass of water on your night table and take it. DO NOT DRINK, DO NOT TAKE STUPIDLY TAKE WITH OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITHOUT ASKING YOUR DOCTOR. | Like all drugs, you have to take it as directed.Why do so many people have trouble with that?!?!? Don't drink with it, period. Don't mix with other drugs unless cleared by your doc. If you take it while getting into bed you won't have a problem. You will fall asleep very rapidly. I have fallen asleep with the light on and a book in my hand and awoken the same way...truly, it happens quickly. | F | 56 | 10 years | 7/18/2009 | 5 | insomnia | sometimes, if i take it and don't go right to bed, i get dizzy and floaty. The computer screen moves in interesting ways and the keys look way funky. I've had a few embarassing and regretable TM conversations that I barely remembered the next day. also, it makes me hungry! | I heart this medication. It has restored my sleep patterns and has saved my life. | M | 3 months | 7/20/2009 | 5 | Severe Insomnia | None. This is the only medication I have taken that caused no side effects. | I couldn't sleep, and hadn't slept for about 3 years. I'd just be up almost all night, finally getting to sleep at about 5am, no matter what I did. My doctor had me do a sleep study, which medically confirmed my problem. Ambien worked initially, but then I'd wake up after about 4-5 hours. Then Ambien CR became availabe, and it's been sweet dreams ever since. If you take it as prescribed, you will fall asleep repidly, and the controlled release version will keep you asleep. I have never experienced grogginess the next morning, or any weird "episodes" at night. It works if you take as directed, don't mix it with alcohol at all, or any other medication. | F | 44 | 7 months | 7/24/2009 | 5 | trouble staying asleep | Very few, if any. No drowsiness. No bad dreams. No sleepwalking. | I love Ambien. I use it only when I travel or when I wake up in the middle of the night--never to get to sleep per se. Dr. tried to "limit" my prescription to 20 pills every six months. I dumped my doctor! 5 mb gets me back to sleep if I wake up (around 3 a.m.) It does the trick, no problem. | F | 55 | 5 years | 7/26/2009 | 1 | Chronic Insomnia | Amnesia and eating. For the last year, I thought my almost 3 year old son was coming down at night and eating, because I would find bowls and spoons and food all over the counter. I knew I didn't do it, so he must have done it, and gone back to bed. Sadly, I now know it must have been me. Last week I woke up in the emergency room on a Sunday. The last thing I remember was taking my normal 20 mg dose (as prescribed)on Friday night. I now know my mistake was taking it before going to bed, while I was putting my children to bed. I found out Sunday morning that I had somehow between Friday night and Saturday night, purchased beer (I'm in recovery and don't drink) and had taken a total of 40 ambien. My son was found outside in the street and was almost hit by a car. My neighbor came over, called 911, I was taken to the hospital and my children are not under protective care with CPS. I am charged with criminal neglect, have lost my children and may go to jail. Please don't take this drug. I | F | 44 | 2 years | 7/29/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | I learned first hand the difference between a delusion and a hallucination and it was not fun at all. The only things I actually remember was the blinds downstairs were clacking together and I was convinced there was a lion in the den eating my dogs and the clacking was their bones breaking, and there was a green fairy with shifty eyes that wanted to steal my right kidney. | Apparently after taking it I texted a friend "10 foot long strands of multicolored spaghetti are filling the room" she immediately called my boyfriend who woke up and found me crying and screaming uncontrollably in the bathroom. He spent the next 6 hours holding me because I was trying to knock down a cabinet with my head because I thought there was a monster in there trying to escape and eat me, and I was convinced that leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) was walking on the roof with an ax. I also lost most of my voluntary muscle movements. Those were the really prominent ones that he told me about. | F | 21 | 1 days | 7/30/2009 | 1 | To sleep through night | I only took 10mg, 4 times over the course of 9 days - so not every day. I took on Wed, did not take Thurs night but awoke after a nightmare with most TERROR I've ever felt in my life. Had no idea I could feel terror like this. Took 3 hours for husband to calm my hysterics (I'm a VP in NYC...not emotional!). Dream was about an evil spirit but once awake I could not let go of feeling that somehow it was real! (ridiculous!!). Finally fell asleep and had another evil dream - but when awoke realized must be the drug. I'VE NEVER in 44 years had such an experience. I do NOT plan to take this drug ever again. | F | 44 | 4 days | 7/31/2009 |