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 | I have fibromyalgia and insomnia | Memory loss, anxiety, feeling more pain and more headaches. Depression, can't concentrate, feel like I am half asleep all the time. I had taken this before and did not seem to have any problems. It does help me sleep but now I feel terrible all the time. I am so afraid. I want to stop taking this but when I don't take it I can't sleep but a couple of hours at the most. I wish someone could help me. | I would not advise anyone to take this I take Ambien CR 12.5 MG and do not feel rested when I wake up. My cousin has taken regular Ambien for over 10 years now and doctor will not take him off of it. He says he has no problems with it. I am so afraid. I say run from this drug before it is too late. | F | 51 | 60 days 12.5 MG 1X day | 6/19/2014 | 1 | insomnia | Dizziness, vertigo, sadness, stumbling around. Horrible stuff...should be taken off the market! | M | 66 | 1 days 12.5 mg | 6/29/2014 | 5 | Sleep | None other than desired sleep | F | 43 | 2 years 10 | 7/5/2014 | 5 | insomnia | I have had conversations with people I don't remember and also eat and don't remember during the night. Nothing dangerous. I have tried so many different medications and got no where or had terrible side effects! I cannot sleep without it and is helped alot! | F | 21 | 9 months 10mg | 7/14/2014 | 4 | insomnia | Short term more loss. Daytime sleepiness. Some thinking fogginess. | This is a tool if you can't sleep. Not a demon. Took this for 5 years. Helped me get on with life although not as sharp thinking. Like any med it can be good or not so good. Duh if you are sleepwalking get other treatment. But this helped me get off the non sleep anxiety circle. I'm off now and can think clearer. But when I needed it this drug was a blessing. | M | 60 | 5 years 12.5mg 1X day | 7/15/2014 | 1 | Years of Insomnia | I have tried quite a few sleep aids over the past 25 years due to Insomnia. I took a 10mg Ambien at 9pm. It is now 2:30 in the morning & besides making me a little light headed,, it had absolutely no effect at all. Was looking forward to a good sleep & instead, hugely disappointment. | F | 41 | 1 days 10 | 8/14/2014 | 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 | Unable to sleep | The first time i took ambien i mix it with beers. Not a good combination of course. Did stuff i dont remember. Memory loss, left car open, had sex, ate. When i took it without alcohol, went to sleep fast and no side effect. But after a while it did not worked so good. I would fall asleep but wake up after 3-4 hours of sleep. I stopped cold turkey 5 days ago. The only withdrawal effect is that of course cannot sleep that well. I think its a good pill but only when you use it a couple of times. This should not be used all the time. | F | 38 | 3 months 10mg | 8/27/2014 | 1 | After about 6 months of use (I took it due to sleeplessness caused by acute back pain), I began experiencing constant, all-over pins and needles. Didn't realize the cause initially. Over the next few months, the symptoms worsened. Finally, suspecting it might be the Zolpidem, I quit cold turkey; and within 24 hours the pins and needles were about 80% gone. I realize now that the drug also caused increased anxiety and all-over muscle aches and pain--yes, I could sleep, but before the drug kicked in it was tough to find a comfortable sleeping position. Off it for about three weeks now, I feel like a new person. | Perhaps the side effects I experienced are rare. | F | 57 | 10 months 12.5 MG 1X day | 8/27/2014 | 1 | Incomnia | Diarrhea three times a day, lower abdomen pain, eye pain, head pain, spacey weird feelings. Horrible anxiety - I've never had anxiety in my life until i took ambien. | This is an absolute DRUG FROM HELL. I would only get 3-5 hours of sleep, and I would wake up and be unable to sleep. The sleep deprivation was severe. The abdominal pain was severe. I just wasn't myself. When I quit, the rebound insomnia and anxiety were severe, and last for four very hellish long months. I have never fully recovered, and I don't know if I ever well. THIS IS A DRUG FROM HELL. PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT TAKE IT! | M | 54 | 5 months 1X day | 8/29/2014 | 5 | insomnia/trouble getting to sleep | Taken PRN for at least 8 years. Never had any side effects. Best medicine ever created in my opinion. If you need to sleep nothing better! | M | 42 | 8 years 10mg | 9/6/2014 | 3 | Insomnia | Dry mouth, agitation, memory loss. Extreme hunger. Weight gain. Neck and jaw pain developed after long term use. Ambien should not be used long term. | F | 41 | 5 years 5 to 10mg | 9/6/2014 | 1 | sleep | headache after waking up, increase anxiety, worse insomnia, HORRID withdrawls, builds tolerance quick (have to take more drug for same result). higher dose worse head pain. | These are no safer than benzos like xanax and klonopin etc. They are addictive and will mess up your natural sleep architecture. Don't let any doc tell you that the z-drugs are safer than benzos because they are equally addictive and withdrawls are as bad or worse. If your not sleeping find ways to destress your life and relax. NEVER START ON SLEEP MEDS... | M | 30 | 9 months 3X day | 9/6/2014 | 2 | insomnia | Horrible dry mouth, lasting all day and night, nothing helped, not even water...Depression, after a month of taking it I developed rebound insomnia, felt out of it, memory loss, loss concentration, indigestion, acid reflux, stomach cramps. | M | 27 | 1 months 10 | 9/12/2014 | 5 | insomia | None | F | 63 | 6 years 12.5 | 9/14/2014 | 5 | Insomnia | Wonderful sleep. Be sure to take this med and then GO TO BED. The one time I didn't, I subconsciously took the rest of the script, and woke up to no more precious Ambien. I cannot get a dr to prescribe this for me in the long term, and would love nothing more. I don't need it every night, but when I do, it works perfectly when nothing else does. I go to sleep, and eight hours later, I literally jump out of bed, even without an alarm, refreshed and full of energy. I have never felt like that due to my sleep issues. I actually feel like a human being again. If I ever manage to get someone to prescribe it, I will have my girlfriend hold onto it though, to avoid taking more of it in my sleep. | F | 29 | 3 weeks 5 mg | 9/24/2014 | 5 | chronic sleep deprivation / insomni | Has worked great! However, over the last few years I take 10 mg first then wake up 1 1/2 hrs later then stay awake for an hour or so then take other 10 mg and get same effect for an hour or so. 2 to 3 hrs is just not enough. I wish I could get at least 6 to 8 hrs. No day time side affects. Guess I should be on 30 mg. | F | 46 | 10 years 20 mg | 10/29/2014 | 1 | Pain/insomnia | Had every side effects listed from loss of personal identity to risk taking. Put my career, marriage and life on the line with no awareness of the consequences. Nearly lost my life. Worsening of depression and suicidal thoughts. My Dr. did not monitor me at all. Just kept prescribing 30 days at a time. My wife recognized the darkness and demanded I weaned off. I threw out the remaining pills and detoxed alone with severe withdrawal. Life-threatening. A horrible drug. Will never recover the trust and respect I lost by my actions on this drug. | It should be off the market. | M | 61 | 2 months 10 mg. | 11/12/2014 | 5 | Insomnia bad due to lupus | Make sur u go right to bed . If not u buy things off line text ppl and don't say good things and cook. | F | 46 | 1 days 10mg | 11/14/2014 | 4 | Help sleeping occasionally | Be careful if getting up in middle of the night. It will make you unsteady. | I have taken this to where I was hooked and taking every night. I weaned myself off, and now only take it occasionally. It works well if not taken often. When I was taking it a lot I would wake up after about 5 or 6 hours of sleep and not be able to get back to sleep. It works well for me if taken for occasional sleeplessness. | F | 49 | 7 years 10 mg 1X AN | 11/24/2014 |