AMBIEN Reviews (ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.1 (1453 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AMBIEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | insomnia | I don't take this med , my mother does and has for several years. She now has severe confusion, severe memory loss, freaks out over the littliest things, repeats herself often, tells the same stories or gossip often even after you tell her over and over that she has already told you that, either angered or cries all the time, bitter and resentful attitude, and an altered personality. | Although this med does gives her a good nights sleep, she has totally changed. Before the med she was a self sufficient person, very fun loving and giving person. She was very sharp minded at anything she set her mind to do. Now it is a nightmare to be around her for any lenght of time. At one time she had gotten off the med because of lack of funds to buy it for about 2 weeks and in the second week she had become her old self again. As soon as she had the $ to buy her script again and started taking it she was back to being a different person and gets worse month by month. She comes up with stuff that never happened and never was said and she swears it did, so by the comments I have read she must have vivid dreams and believes them. Those of you who are taking this med and believe you are having no effect from it during your daily waking hours may ought to take the consideration of examining yourself or talking with someone close to you to see if you have changed personality wise or memory lapses and such. I have told my mom these things that have become different about her and she denies them and says she don't care if it is true she would never stop taking Ambien. Doctors need to read this column and take into consideration of the thing you guys are saying. I smell a major national lawsuit against this drug in the future. It maybe good for sleep disorders but it is a dangerous mind altering drug. My advise is to never take the drug. | F | 70 | | 2/18/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Groggy in the morning if I don't get at least 8 hours of sleep. | Almost every post has warned about going to bed immediately after taking this medication and they are all correct. After about a half hour I'm knocked out, and if someone wakes me I feel like gravity stems from my bed. I often feel as if I'm on a boat and when I move to change positions I grab tightly to the edge of the bed thinking the boat is going to tip. I haven't had any amnesia (at least I don't think so) and do not worry about walking around the house or going outside, etc. I only take it on weekends because I'm too afraid of being late for work. | F | 26 | 1 years | 2/14/2005 | 5 | Insomnia from Chronic Pain | No major side-effects noted. Sometimes may have slight amnesia. Works great and is effective. | Take when relaxed and ready to go to sleep; otherwise, may not be as effective. | F | 43 | 4 years | 2/11/2005 | 5 | insomnia | Very dizzy, half-dream-like state, kinda fun actually. | Works like a charm, but I have been very careful to not overmedicate. | F | 22 | 2 years | 2/10/2005 | 4 | insomnia | amnesia if I don't go right to bed after I take it. Anything I do or say after taking this medicine is completely lost. | It usually works very well with helping me get a reasonably normal nights sleep. I am thankful for this medication, and have not noticed any other side effects. | F | 41 | 2 years | 2/8/2005 | 1 | insomnia | ambien did something to my nerves: I got numbness, wierd tingling sensations in hands and especially pinky fingers, and 24 hours later my hands started twitching! | I just took ONE ambien to try it out (got one from a family member). It worked great and I slept like a log for 6 hours only I woke up with my arm numb. Thought it was just that I'd slept on it funny but it was something different - hours and hours later my hands were still numb and tingling. When that finally went away it was replaced by muscle twitching, which seems to be subsiding as the drug leaves my body for good. If you have any sensitivity to prescription drugs DON'T take this - it's very strong stuff. I will never take one ever again. | F | 34 | 1 days | 2/6/2005 | 5 | FMS/CMP, Insomnia | absolutely none, just sleep! | Until my hysterectomy, I never knew this drug existed. My gyn gave this to me for one month after, then dx'd with FMS/CMP, it was decided that I would be on it for long term therapy. It has saved my life. 10mg nightly. It gives you sleep, and when you have been up each night of your life while others do that sleep thing..it is a relief. Ambien is a safe medication for chronic insomnia, especially when other afflictions are involved. The key is a doc who is not paranoid about it!! | F | 40 | 1 days | 2/5/2005 | 5 | sleep dis orders | i have found that if you tke (2) #10 ambien that things look really cool. nothing alarming about it. monitor is breathing, seeing double on the keypad, generally riding the high til i pass out. i would like for this to happen most evenings. (also how much is too much ambien | ambien gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | M | 35 | 4 days | 2/3/2005 | 5 | originally for sleep, but now for f | feel real high after taking 2 more #10. everything is stretching and moving(lsd)like. right now i'am flinging vanilla pudding at my friend and it is fun. he is also enjoying it. come on everybody get some pudding and some ambien | M | 35 | 4 days | 2/3/2005 | 1 | Insomnia due to Fibromyalgia | My doctor prescribed this for me continually for 2 years straight. I did not know it was for occasional use. By the end of the two year cycle I was experiencing severe mood swings which could be characterized as MANIC/DEPRESSIVE Bipolar disorder. I found it very difficult to care for my young children. I also experienced alot of light flashes which are characteristic of retinal detachment. Shortly after stopping Ambien these symptoms went away. So far I have never been tempted to try it again | F | 42 | 2 years | 2/1/2005 | 2 | insomnia during chemotherapy | severe flu-like symptoms - aches | was taking 1/2 adult daily dose | F | 56 | 4 weeks | 1/29/2005 | 5 | insomnia | F | 29 | 3 years | 1/24/2005 | 5 | lengthy and frequent travel | Not many. If awakened before med has worn off, will be groggy until big cup of coffee gets my head cleared. Have to use the right dose usually half or one third tab. | Ambien has been a lifesaver for me as I take frequent (twice monthly) trips from USA to Asia and must perform clearly on arrival after these 19 hour marathons across 12 time zones. With Ambien, I can control my sleep so that I get reliably 6-7 solid hours during the trips. And for frequent flyers, you now what a godsend that is. However, I try carefully to use the least dose possible and some days, force myself to not use it, otherwise, I'd never get of the ambien treadmill. It has improved my health by ensuring I get adequate sleep under these conditions. No doubt. | M | 57 | 2 years | 1/21/2005 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |