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 | for sleep Disorder | Now I see myself with others fighting with others and as I see it Reality but in dreams!and I forget things and recalls after 5mins or somtimes after a day n I have bad mood swings now sometimes I fight with my family members but after that I cry in alone as I have been an emotional n kind by heart! | F | 32 | 1 years yes | 4/13/2012 | 5 | insomnia | hallucinations, especially when taking while on adderall or other stimulants. doing things i don't remember | Ambien is an extremely good treatment for insomnia, so long as you aren't on stimulants or drinking too much caffiene. if you stay up on it even just a short time, you may hallucinate or do things you don't recall doing at all. However, as a sleep aid, it's wonderful. It may be addicting, though. I kind of just had to stop taking it because my insurance no longer covered a full month's worth, but i don't really need it anymore anyway. | F | 24 | 5 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/27/2012 | 4 | Trouble staying asleep | Memory loss | In general I am very happy with Zolpidem. Often I would be in bed, unable to stop my brain thinking about work. Zolpidem makes me fall asleep quickly. The funny but a bit weird thing is that my hubby tells me about us having long conversations that I have zero recollection of having. He calls it "wifey being in La-La land". We make jokes about it but it reminds me of how strong this drug is. Please take with care. | F | 42 | 2 years 10 1X day | 3/26/2012 | 3 | WHO KNOWS | *HIGHLY ADDICTIVE - I BEEN ON IT FOR 10 YEARS. IF I COULD HELP ONE PERSON BY POSTING THIS, ID BE HAPPY. PLEASE DONT START THIS MED.* | 35 | 10 years 10-20 1X day | 3/21/2012 | 5 | sleep disorder | am 17 started ambien when I was 14 . there wonderful. gotta be carful not to take them til you go to sleep when I first took them I got really dizzy stuff look like I was in a scary movie. they kinda gave me a sicafrangat zone saw things heard things made me feel like I was in a room full of pll wen I wasn't. people told me that it would give real tragic dreams such as bloody scary stuff I always had them so I couldn't tell y'all if they made them worse. there very addicting I can't go with out them or ill be up for days . NEVER take more than 2 . they make you do crazy stuff when yuu wake up your memeber nothing .i woke up with crazy stuff. other than that after awhile you tend to get used to them. most side affects are do to me having to take 2 anxiety pills 2 depresson pills and my ambein. so now I can't sleep with out all 5 or 6 . | F | 17 | 3 years 10 MG | 3/20/2012 | 4 | Insomnia due to varying work shifts | When i first started taking them they worked great. There were some small hallucinations but i just they were funny. After a while it did the opposite for me. Take one and i am still up 6 hours later. Caused a few manic episodes that ended in crying and vomitting. Now i try to only take when i know i need it, but i have to take one and a half gor it work now. | F | 24 | 8 months 10mg | 3/17/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | If I don't go to bed right away I don't remember conversations that I have with family before bed. definitely helps me sleep better and I feel great in the morning even if I don't get a full 8 hrs of sleep. | F | 26 | 1 years 10mg | 3/6/2012 | 5 | insomnia and anxiety | The only side effect I had was it made me feel weird. When the ambien kicked in it felt weird to eat and touch anything. And everything just seemed to slow down to slow motion. Other then that this drug saves my life. Without it I would still be up for days at a time | F | 21 | 1 days 50 MG | 3/3/2012 | 5 | Knee pain and insomnia | NONE THAT I AM AWARE OF | Usually take 5mg, fall asleep, wake up 4-5 hours later, go right back to sleep, feel refreshed and alert in the mornings. Am a college professor and do my best work in the mornings. When I go off for a few days when I am between prescriptions, I simply go back to the way it was before Ambien ... my mind is too busy to go to sleep and I wake up throughout the night. So, when I begin to get tired after a few days of that, I get another prescription and enjoy being able to go to sleep and return to enjoying an energized life. I do wish there was more animal research and neurological fMRI studies being done on long term use of Ambien because I think it is a great pill. People often ask if I have been tested for sleep apnea and I have not. | M | 67 | 7 years 5-10 mg 1X day | 3/2/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Slight addiction. Tolerence. Funny thoughts. Uncoordination. | I could not help but get up and move when the ambien hit me. I loved the high it gave me. So i stopped taking it before it became a problem. I used to take 4 or 5 just for the feeling of escaping the crazy insomnic thoughts. | M | 16 | 1 days 10 7X W | 2/28/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Initially Worked well but Tolerance built over years - hell to come off | Please be very careful before using this Z-drug. I started taking it years ago (1999) and thought I had found the elixer of sleep. Gradually I built a tolerance to the prescribed dosage. I need to sleep as I am a single working mother of 3 and always thought I would get round to getting off it when My youngest had finnished school. Anyway in July 2011 I faced a terrible life crises and decided to go to a rehab to get off it. I went 21nights on zero sleep and suffered w/ds as bad as c/t Benz. Fearing I would have a seizure on there premises or even die I was transferred to a psychiatric hospital for a further 3weeks. I am back on Ambien and am tapering it down at 1mg a month. Down to 14mg. | F | 51 | 13 years 50mg 1X day | 2/19/2012 | 5 | insomnia | none really at all. Works great. I like to be in bed before I take it. I also have taken 1/2 a dose. I do not take it daily ever. A "month" prescription lasts me 3-4 months. It is a lifesaver on some days! | F | 50 | 2 years 30 MG 1X day | 2/15/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Anxiety, addiction, tolerence, pain in side, and many more | Ambien nearly ruined my life - I am very lucky that I overcame this drug and I hope to help educate others about the dangers. I became very addicted to this drug - not for a high or euphoria - but simply to sleep. If you do some research - you will see that it is HIGHLY addictive. Be very, very careful before you start taking this. If you use it for occasional insomnia you are fine - but many find themselves taking it more and more often until you are hooked. It is terrible getting off of it too. I spent 6 weeks in rehab to get better as did many others (many celebrities have gone to rehab for Ambien). Please don't take this medication for your own sake. Be very, very careful and do your research. Try other things like Theamine Serene, Melatonin, Benadryl, etc. | M | 36 | 5 years 10mg 1X day | 2/13/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | Feeling of relief from racing thoughts. | Ambien works great for me. I stopped taking it for over a month because of a pharmacy/doc office mix up. I didn't go out of my way to fix the mix up, therefor indicating I am not addicted. During the month of not taking any, I DID have severe insomnia like before starting Ambien. ------------- While taking the drug... sometimes at night I get up, eat, play on the pc for a few... but I remember all of it, just not as clearly as usual. The first week I was on Ambien, my night behavior was remembered a bit like dreaming, but I knew I was awake. ----------------- Its 4 am right now and Im up writing this. Just got 5 hours of straight beautiful sleep. ------------- I found your website because my boyfriend is worried about side effects, so I googled it. Back to bed now... :) | F | 36 | 5-10 mg 1X day | 1/26/2012 | 5 | trouble sleeping | Loss of memory. | I give this a 5 because it worked great for me. Too great. I started taking more than I was supposed to. There are so many horror stories here about getting off Ambien and I wanted to offer some hope. I'm on day 3 off it. The first night I did not sleep at all. The first 2 days I had all the usual withdrawal symptoms. I was ready to go to the ER. I actually slept last night and on day 3, today, I'm feeling almost normal. I expected this to be a long process and it's turning out to be far easier than I thought. | F | 56 | 5 years 12.5mg 1X day | 1/25/2012 | 5 | Sleep and anxiety | Must laydown or go to sleep right after taking the pill. Otherwise, some of those hallucinations may happen. They're not freaky, just sort of makes everything texturally different. I've never known what having a normal day was like until I figured out how to get a great night-ambien was it. Slept like a baby. Woke up with the alarm ready to start the day! | F | 25 | 4 months 10mg | 1/23/2012 | 3 | insomnia | no side effects really | Ambien works, but doesn't keep me asleep. I wake up about 2 to 3 hours after taking it. Insurance will not cover Ambien CR | F | 50 | 6 years 10 1X day | 1/23/2012 | 4 | Insomnia | Dizziness, dry mouth | Works good but only take one when you really need it as it is habit forming and will not work if you take it longer than a few nights in a row. | F | 46 | 2 years 10 MG 1X AN | 1/17/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | anxiety, depression, confusion. | I posted my rating in May and wanted to reiterate it again, I have chronic insomnia so I have cycled through every sleep aid. When I was on a cycle of ambien in May, I had discovered three days later that I took ten pills at once three nights prior and could not figure out why my anxiety was through the roof. Fortunately I was able to go into my local hospital for "detox" since I was so freaked out about it. You can go back and read the experience, it is from May. I know all drugs affect peopel differently so I will not preach. IMO, I feel that Ambien is the most toxic horrific drug I have ever had. I never really liked it and would use it for a 2 week cycle every 6 months or so. I started to put 2 and 2 together and realized how much it affected my anxiety and depression in general. I have a friend who is in detox now from ambien abuse. She was taking 4-5 a day. Needless to say I have not touched one since May and would never touch another one again. It is insidious. You may think you are ok and it doesn't affect you negatively but this drug changes you in ways you can not imagine. I am thankful that I never have to see this med ever again. For those who use it..beware..it may come with a heavy price down the road for you | M | 42 | 10mgs 1X day | 1/9/2012 | 5 | Insomnia | I drag stuff out trying to organize but just make a mess. Electronic games appear 3D (which is awesome). All is well if I go to bed right away. | F | 43 | 2 years 10 mg | 1/8/2012 |