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 |
| 1 | Stress-related insomnia | Do not take this drug for more than one week! I took it off and on for 2 years on occasion as needed(more off than on) for insomnia related to 2 tragic life events. Recently, however, I developed a tolerance to it and it allowed me to sleep less and less. Now, 4 weeks after stopping it | Should be banned from the market!!!! | M | 41 | 2 years | 11/11/2004 | 4 | for insomnia | addiction | I've taken 3mg pretty much every night for about 10 years. Getting off of even this small a dosage is very difficult. | F | 56 | 10 years | 11/12/2004 | 5 | Wifes illness | None | Wife is in re-hab after a stroke, both of us are taking Ambien to sleep, both 5 mil. Our daughter (25) took some tonight (her perscription) and had vivid dreems and was disoriented. | M | 56 | 21 days | 11/14/2004 | 2 | to sleep | hallucinations | F | 21 | 1 days | 11/15/2004 | 4 | | 11/17/2004 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Waking during night | WARNING to anyone taking this drug. GO TO BED RIGHT AFTER YOU TAKE IT!!! Don't stay up. This drug can cause extreme memory loss if it is taken and you don't go right to bed. It works extremely quickly, within 10-15 minutes. I'm sure it is fine if you have someone with you, but if you are by yourself you could possibly do something to hurt yourself or someone else and remember absolutely nothing the next day. | This is a very effective sleeping pill, I have been taking it for several months after seeing my doctor about depression and middle-of-the-night insomnia. When I first started taking Ambien, I would go right to sleep, no problems. However, last night I took it very early, about 4 or 5 in the afternoon because I had a cold and wanted to get some extra sleep so I would feel better for work the next day. I woke up this morning thinking that I had slept from about 5pm the day before to about 8am this morning. After I talked to my mom, I realized that wasn't the case. According to her, I had a bowl of soup, and also some other food after that. I had a conversation with my family, but I can tell you nothing about it. At some point I took a shower and washed my hair, but this morning my hair had dried and I could not remember if I had washed it or not. I woke up in clothes that I don't remember changing into, and I also found something on one of my pillows and on some of my clothes that I could not identify (I later figured out it was the soup that I don't remember eating.) None of the stuff that I did bothers me; what bothers me is that I don't remember doing ANY of it. I tried my best this morning to rack my brain and remember eating, and I just can't. I woke up this morning thinking that I hadn't eaten anything last night, and that I had been asleep for a very long time, which just wasn't the case. It is scary to think that if someone wasn't watching you, you could probably get out in a car and drive and really hurt yourself or someone else and have absolutely no memory of it the next day. I am not knocking Ambien in any way, I think it is great for insomnia, but it is much more powerful than people think. Just be careful!!! Happy sleeping! | F | 25 | 4 days | 11/30/2004 | 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 | 5 | Fibromyalgia assoc. sleep disorder | I'm not sure if I have any side effects from Ambien or not since I'm on so many meds and have Fibromyalgia and Ulcerative Colitis. | Ambien works pretty well for me. I haven't had anything weird happen. I take 10mg every night. It worked really well at first but now it isn't as effective. I occasionally stay up hours after taking it. My doctor thinks I may have to be on it indefinitely. I also take two mgs of clonezepam. | F | 36 | 1 years | 12/12/2004 | 1 | not sleeping | felt like i was losing my mind and sometimes would make me sleepy other days not always woke up 4 hours after taking very bad memory loss and very edgy | M | 30 | 1 days | 12/16/2004 | 5 | | 12/19/2004 | 3 | difficult falling to sleep | May have developed tolerance. Cannot sleep at all unless I take 10mg | M | 56 | 2 years | 12/19/2004 | 4 | sleep aid | memory loss after the first ten to fifteen minutes... and significant withrawal pains a few days to a week later. a gut wrenching twist i would not wish on anyone. | agree with those that say to use caution. do not use alcohol while taking this drug! and go to bed immediately after taking it or you won't know what you did or said... hiding the phone is a really good idea too. | M | 40 | 3 days | 12/29/2004 | 3 | insomnia | Not really any side effects. I just am worried about taking for a long period of time and developing an addiction to it. | F | 49 | | 12/31/2004 | 2 | insomnia | hung over in morning but not a lot. | It worked for me for about a week and then forget it. It would help me fall asleep but then I would wake up 3-4 hours later and be awake almost the rest of the whole night. Plus when I stopped it, the insomnia got much worse. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 1/1/2005 | 4 | sleeplessness | amnesia at first, then a need to increase the dose. Seems addictive, but it does make you sleep. | F | 39 | 1.5 years | 1/13/2005 | 3 | Help with Sleep | I can't believe all the coments on this Drug. I think it's very weak and does very little for me. I wish it was as strong acting for my sleep problem as it seems to be for other people that posted on this board. As for memory loss. None what so ever. I could take Ambiem in the middle of the day and complete a full days work. I guess everyone reacts differently | M | 38 | 1 days | 1/13/2005 | 5 | bi-polarism | this medicine put me to sleep and kept me asleep as it was supposed to but if i didn't take it and go STRAIGHT to bed, i did things and said things that i didn't remember the next day. including eating. i was sleepy during the day, but i found that if i reduced my dosage and went straight to bed i had no side effects apart from very vivid bad dreams. | i have to have sleep so i do not slip into a manic bi-polar episode and ambien was the drug that best got me to and kept me asleep. it works very well as long as it's taken and then you go straight to bed. make sure you have plenty of time to sleep and you'll get used to the bizarre dreams. | F | 33 | 1 years | 1/20/2005 | 3 | cant sleep more than 4 hours | none | i feel asleep with in a half hour but still woke up about 4 hours later, but eventually got back to sleep, i feel better already | M | 26 | 1 days | 1/20/2005 |