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 |
| 3 | Insomnia | Decreased recall of early morning events | I don't believe it worked for me like it does for others. My problem was not that I had difficulty falling asleep, but rather in staying asleep. I went from 1-2 hours asleep per night to 3-4 hours with ambien. Although it increased the amount of hours I slept per night, it was still broken sleep and not a sufficient amount of hours to feel refreshed in the morning. I then attempted splitting the dosage to 5mg at bedtime and 5mg when I woke at night and most times I did not fall back to sleep with the middle of the night dose. Switching to Ambien CR did not make any difference either. I also noticed that my recall memory of events that took place about a 1/2 hour after waking were diminished. | F | 54 | 2 weeks 10 mg 1X day | 3/27/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Texting people in the middle of the night. Sending emails and chating on Facebook. And not remembering anything the next day. | No serious side effects but it's a little scary to read some of these things. I never really thought about anything bad happening but I can totally see how that could be possible. I guess I will keep using it for now. Hopefully nothing bad will ever happen. P | F | 31 | 1.5 years 10mg 1X day | 3/26/2011 | 5 | Insomnia | None | I LOVE this sleep aid. I tried the CR and couldn't wake up in the morning, but I just take half (a full one if I'm really restless) and fall asleep within 15 minutes of taking it, and I wake up feeling well rested. If I do wake up in the middle of the night it is easy to get back to sleep, and it is the only one I have tried, including natural supplements, that does not give me nightmares. Highly recommend! | F | 32 | 6 months 10 mg 1X day | 3/18/2011 | 2 | Insomnia | Occassional memory loss, even during the day. It stopped working after 2 weeks | It worked really well for about 2 weeks, I was falling asleep within 15 minutes of taking it. After that I started doubling the dose I took, and even then it took me hours to fall asleep. It's really habit forming for me. Before I started taking it I could fall asleep on my own a few nights a week, and now I can't fall asleep without it at all. | F | 26 | 14 days 5 1X day | 3/16/2011 | 5 | sleep problems following surgery | NONE | I am highly sensitive to most medications and so I resisted the suggestion that I take help to re-regulate my sleep following surgery. I was worried about possible side effects but have found this medication to be amazingly helpful. Not groggy, not drowsy, no sleep eating - just an easy sleep and fully awake after about 6-7 hours. I am very impressed. | F | 68 | 14 days 1X day | 3/15/2011 | 3 | Insomnia | Became very addicted to it, mild hallucinations if you try to stay awake after the medicine begins to take effect | I went from 0 sleep to ~2hrs of sleep, but eventually had to keep increasing my dose to achieve the same effect. This medicine can be great as a SHORT term insomnia aid (max of 7-10 days), but become very addicting and can greatly worsen depression. Try some melatonin and/or 5-HTP - they work great and don't have the side effects. Or maybe your insomnia is due to depression and you may need to consider an antidepressant? | M | 44 | 3 months 10-20 mg 1X day | 3/10/2011 | 5 | insomnia due to anxiety | the only side effects i have EVER experienced was if i stayed up too long after taking it and it becomes like a mild hallucinogenic and you wont remember much if anything after about 10-15 minutes after you took it. BUT it is not for recreation so take it correctly and go to bed and it is the BEST drug ever if you cannot get to sleep!!! | GREAT!!! Don't listen to the hype and just follow the directions! | M | 38 | 6 years 10mg 1X day | 3/4/2011 | 4 | insomnia | Munchies, double vision, loss of memory. | I can totally relate to all these horror stories about ambien. However, the ONLY time I experienced any sleep eating or erratic behavior was when I was stupid and took it with alcohol or when I didn't go to bed right away after I took it. If you're smart with it, it's a wonderful drug for us who suffer from true insomnia. I also experience horrible, violent, vivid nightmares at least 5X a week and ambien is like my "good dream pill." This medication is what finally stopped my fear of going to sleep. Just use it wisely, don't take more than you need and DO NOT mix with alcohol! | F | 25 | 1 years 10 MG 1X day | 3/3/2011 | 1 | insomnia anxiety | I was more tired after taking ambien than before I took it. | Got me to sleep right away and I was wide awake in 4 hours. Could not get back to sleep. Worst sleeping pill ever made. Lunesta runs circles around this drug. | M | 61 | 5 days 30 mg 1X day | 3/2/2011 | 1 | chronic insomnia | i took this drug for a little over two years with no problems. then i hurt my back at work and my dr. put me on a couple of different pain meds and a muscle relaxer. that is where the good part ends. i started getting up and getting on facebook and saying things to people that i didn't even know. and until i saw what i had said the next day, i had no idea that i had even said them. hell at first i thought someone was playing a trick on me. so long story short; my wife threatened to leave me if i didn't stop taking it. it took me about four months to finally get off this stuff, but after reading some of the other posts on here, i'm glad i quit before something worse happened. and for all of you know it alls out there, it was the same dr. who prescribed all four meds to me. so i never thought mixing them would cause any problems. | works great for sleep but just be careful about what you mix it with. and based on the overall experience i had, i would not recommend this drug. it worked good for the first couple of years but the last six months or so were pure hell! | M | 31 | 2 years 10mg 1X day | 2/16/2011 | 5 | insomnia | only once-typed (email to daughter , made no sense.) no other side effect. | this drug is a life saver. Just stay in bed, don't get up and use pc.I was a care-giver for many years,using ambien to help me sleep made my days so much easier.... | F | 76 | 10 years 10mg. 1X day | 2/12/2011 | 4 | Depression / Insomnia | Diminished cognitive abilities. Worsening of depression. Memory loss | Overall Ambien was a net gain. Meaning the positives outweighed the negatives. I just switched to klonopin to address the root cause of my sleep disorder (anxiety). This new medication has side effects as well, they all do. But I prefer to be medicating the core issue rather than a symptom "twice removed". As a caution I would stress that in my experience Ambien made my depressive states longer. Oddly I was correctly diagnosed with Bi-Polar II and believe that the Ambien while keeping me in a more depressed state also PREVENTED manic episodes. Significant memory loss and noticeable diminished cognition. I have always been very sharp mentally. Able to manage lots of information but ambien caused a reduction in that area of my life. God Bless. | M | 38 | 1.5 years 5 mg 1X day | 2/10/2011 | 4 | Insomnia | Euphoric feeling, childlike voice, munchies, nausea, random texts and Facebook status', odd behavior | I love Ambien. It does have those effects that people warn about, but hey- as long as I sleep, I'm all right with it. I've been known to talk strangely, dance around and basically act like your everyday drunk- but I have not sleepwalked, sleep eaten, sleep sex or sleep driven. I have not done anything destructive. The first few nights it made me nauseous, but then it eventually stopped. After awhile the drug doesn't work as well, so I detox for a couple days and then it starts to work again. I usually remember what I did the night before- I just feel so great and tired that I don't care if I look like a fool. I would definitely recommend this drug to anyone who has problems sleeping. It can get addictive so please use responsibly. I sleep great, no nightmares and I wake up refreshed. | F | 19 | 6 months 3 MG 1X day | 1/26/2011 | 2 | insomnia | wacky behavior | I was given ambien along with klonopin for daytime use to ease the stress of losing my job due to cutbacks at my company. My husband said I acted flaky before I finally went to sleep. About after a week on it, I got up from my bed, got on the computer, whipped out a credit card and booked a non refundable Scandanavian cruise on the suggestion of a pop-up ad. Pretty hard to enjoy your trip as your house is in forclosure. I'd rather just not sleep. | F | 28 | 7 days 10mgs. 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 2 | insomnia | Ambien put me to sleep quickly but I woke up within 2-3 hours, and usually couldn't get back to sleep without taking another pill. I started taking half a pill before bed, then another half in the middle of the night. Recently I tried to stop taking it, but found I could not sleep AT ALL. My doctor has prescribed a small dose of amitriptilene (Elavil) for my chronic insomnia, and it seems to be working to keep me asleep all night. | F | 66 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 1/18/2011 | 3 | insomnia | I have 10mgs tabs but only ever took a half.I was working late, getting up early,lots of stress and still grieving the recent death of my mother.After not taking Ambien for a few days and only a few hrs of sleep, I took a 1/2 of a 10mg at 11:00 Pm, woke up & was wide awake at 2:am so I took the rest of the pill.To be fair, I had not eaten or drank enough liquids.Dry eyes, dehydated but thinking if I could just get some real sleep,I would be fine.I took the additional 1/2 mg at 2 am.I am told I slept until 4 PM the next afternoon; got up, went to the bathroom & fainted or passed out. My husband couldn't revive me and called 911.They say my eyes rolled back and I was unresponsive, then talking but going into sleep while talking. I remember none of this, not even vaugely.I woke up in the ER. They thought I had a stoke or was having a heart attack. I sort of talked to the nurse and then went right back to sleep. After cat scans, xrays & blood test (that I slept through) I wok | I thought it was the greatest drug ever until last week, now I am afarid of it but still need it. I am afarid to take the ambien & also afarid I will go nuts laying here worring and not sleeping. Has anyone else suddenly had the crazy side effects after taking it with no side effects so long?Will taking 1/4 of the 10mgs every other night stave off the sife effects or does it just get worse after they start happening? | F | 54 | 8 months 5mgs 1X day | 1/11/2011 | 1 | insomnia | Jekyll & Hyde. Did things would never otherwise do. Texting people at all hours, aggressive behavior . Loss of ethical and moral compass. Addiction | Where to begin, this medication nearly cost my marriage. It was not me but rather my wife that was on it and I witnessed the change. My wife started taking it and at first it was great. Take the pill and went to sleep. Then a big change occurred. She was not taking it to sleep, she was just taking it ...and staying awake till 1 - 2 in the morning, texting, emailing people she barely knew, completely irrational. She exchanged 2000 texts in 3 weeks at all hours of the night with someone she have never spoken with. She became very sexually uninhibited and aggressive and argumentative and often only remembered small amounts of her behavior. She could not go to bed without it. I eventually realized she was addicted to it and told her as much. She got very angry at me and then several weeks later called me crying and told me she was addicted. She has been off it now for 2 months and cannot believe how much and how subtly this drug affected her behavior and though processes. You will wake up fine and thats why you will think its ok to take it again. Be very very careful with this drug it is hardcore addictive in a very subtle way. | M | 47 | 2 years 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 5 | insomnia | Eating in my sleep | I love this medication, I have been plagued with insomnia my whole life and now I can get 8 hours of quality sleep and feel GREAT in the morning | F | 49 | 8 years 10 mg 1X day | 1/6/2011 | 1 | ringing in ears/sleep problems | Horrid anxiety, abdominal pain, bladder pain, diarrhea, pain in my eyes, head pain, lethargy, weird spacey feelings all day, sleep deprivation because I couldn't sleep for more than 4-5 hours and did I mention anxiety? All of these went away when I quit taking ambien. | This drug should be banned. When I quit taking it, I hardly slept for MONTHS! And the withdrawals were horrid. My doctor told me it would take six months or more to recover from the brain damage this drug does. This drug is very harsh on the brain, according to several doctors and pharmacists I've talked to. This drug has made my life hell, I wish I had never taken it. | M | 51 | 18 weeks 10 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 1 | sleep problems | Great at first. Then you have to keep taking more and more. very addictive and withdrawals are TERRIBLE. Don't take this drug! | 45 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 1/5/2011 |