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 am addicted to it still. | oh gosh,obesity,waking up naked in an ugly man's room,and not being careful enough with lighting a candle before going to bed so the fire was almost to the floor. It is still the worst thing that has ever happened to me-Ambien! | It is evil incarnate,second only to the pediphile priests. | F | 29 | 10 years 4X day | 5/22/2010 | 1 | insomnia | sudden hunger sexual aggression loss of memory & time nightmares began after several years feelings of not being able to get a grip on the day.....tired foggy feeling and quit enjoying life | please do not get started on this drug. I have found that it controls me mentally. I did sleep with it....but the side effects are worse that not sleeping. I quit cold turkey a week ago and I am already experiencing brighter days! | F | 53 | 16 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/21/2010 | 1 | insomnia | sleep walking,sexual aggressive | One night i stayed up watching tv in bed after taking my ambien,my boyfriend said i got up saying i was cooking biscuits ,i turned the stove top on instead of the oven,im very thankful he was there to turn it off behind me and didnt burn the apartments down,then he said i kept asking if anybody else was in the house??repeativly?and said i was very agressive during sex and nothing like "myself" very scary experience | F | 21 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 1 | insomnia | Waking up during the night - unable to fall back to sleep; severe anxiety in the mornings, mind racing, suicidal thoughts | My husband has no history of mental illness. He recently lost his job and had been having trouble sleeping from the stress. Took Ambien just a handful of times and always woke up in the middle of the night very agitated and desperate...never able to fall back to sleep. He kept saying "mornings are the worst" when talking about how he was feeling. I had to drive him to the ER early this morning for suicidal thoughts and panic. I now think the doctor should have treated the depression/anxiety and the sleep would have naturally followed. I just had to explain to my young kids that daddy wasn't coming home for a couple of days. I believe he had a paradoxical affect of this drug. Do not take this medicine if you also have anxiety, panic, or depression. | M | 38 | 10 days 10mg 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Sleep eating nearly whenever I take it. I was in an ambien coma the other night half conscious, and thought I was going to die because i ate so much. Ive woken in the morning thinking I dreampt about eating out of the trashcan only to find I really did. And the worst, most humiliating thing I have even done, I went #2 in my boyfirends closet after having 2 beers and taking an ambien. It puts me to sleep like a miracle, but after all of these things happening I am back to just taking benedryl. Ambien is dangerous stuff. BE CAREFUL! | F | 25 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 5/17/2010 | 5 | insomnia | daytime grogginess | I love Ambien! It was a lifesaver! It knocks me out fast & usually keeps me asleep for 6-7 hours. I didn't have any bad side effects and would recommend this drug to anyone having insomnia. | F | 26 | 1 months 10 mg 1X day | 5/16/2010 | 3 | M | 45 | 1X day | 5/16/2010 | 5 | not sleeping | F | 66 | 10 years 10mg. 1X day | 5/14/2010 | 3 | Insomnia | Nothing, at first. It was a drug sent from heaven! | That's why I'm rating this a 3. I was suffering horribly from sleep deprivation, and my whole family has insomnia. It just runs in our family. I was shoving my H during the night if he snored too loudly or jumped around, and I could barely see straight from lack of sleep. So I finally broke down and ordered some Ambien. It was a miracle drug for the first 6-8 weeks. I knew to be careful of it, so I'd look at the clock every night at 9:30, take my pill, and go to bed 30 minutes later. I had no "sleeping pill hangover" and woke every morning at 5:30 and got my work done. Then the pharmacist told me you shouldn't take it every night, because you build up a tolerance, and I read the horror stories here. But what is worse--tossing and turning all night long and feeling like a zombie the next day? You have to weigh the pros and cons. I only drank alcohol about once every 2 weeks so these warnings didn't concern me. I got carried away after a few glasses of wine, apparently. I woke up one morning to discover a can of fruit cocktail on my desk, and I had no recollection of eating anything. So I gave the bottle to my H and told him to dole it out if I felt I needed it. I've been doing one day off, one day on, but now I cannot SLEEP!!! Anyone who has ever suffered from sleep deficit can understand how horrible this is. My heart is pounding like mad and will not stop racing. If I could only get some sleep... My GP said this new Ambien CR is much better | F | 42 | 60 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/14/2010 | 1 | After surgery | Nightmares of not being able to breath, I think it was a nightmare. Terrible anxiety, couldn't concentrate, dizzy, forgetful, feeling drugged, shaky. This is the worst drug that I have ever taken in my life. I became so overwhelmed with anxiety I thought being dead would be a relief. It should be taken off the market. A friend of mine sleepwalked when she took it. Taking this drug was worse than the surgery. I would rather have a few sleepless nights than take this drug. It didn't help much anyway as I would wake up after my nightmares. | TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET | F | 55 | 4 days 1X day | 5/11/2010 | 1 | sleep problems | severe stomach and digestive problems | Started having digestive problems almost immediately. Got more and more severe. Lost over 30 lbs rather quickly. Stopped taking the product and symptoms stopped almost immediately. Went to the Dr. he ordered all sorts of tests including colonoscopy and told me there was no way it was the Ambian. All the tests came back fine and clear. Have not taken the Ambian again and my appetite is returning and my digestive problems have completely cleared up. | M | 57 | 9 months 12.5 1X day | 5/6/2010 | 4 | Insomnia | occasional daytime sleepiness | I recommend taking a smaller dose. I'm taking 2.5 mg only by cutting a 5mg pill in half (I'm 125 lbs, 5;2) I've been taking ambien for 5 years now since it's been helping me sleep soundly through the night. I've played around with the dosage to see which dosage suits me. For some, the drug may be too much in the regular prescribed dosage. I started taking ambien cr 12.5 mg, which really knocked me out, and gave me a drowsy all-day feeling the next day. Like some who posted on this site, I did have a negative effect- (the drowsiness while driving) I did get a ticket for those red light cameras, and considered stopping taking it, but then I wanted to see how I would be on a smaller dosage. I tried a half dose, and it was still much. My doctor prescribed 5mg for me, and I took it for a while, now I've settled on half of the pill (2.5 mg) which is just right. I need to take it around 10:00pm, read or do relaxing things 'til around 11:15 or 11:30pm. I get a good night's rest and wake up refreshed at anywhere from 6 to7:30am which is when my alarm rings. I do recommend also not operating a motorized vehicle until you find the dosage that's right for you because yes, you can get drowsy, and get into accidents. People are all so different, we all have different body chemistries so there is no uniform effect. It's all trial and error, so I hope if ambien doesn't work, then you can always try others like Lunesta, Benadryl, Unisom or natural ones like melatonin or kava kava. | F | 35 | 5 years 2.5 mg 1X day | 4/29/2010 | 5 | fibromyalgia/insomnia | No initial side effects. After some months, short-term memory loss of things that happen within a couple of hours of taking it. No problems with sleepwalking or the like. | Lately it has been less effective as my anxiety has become stronger than the Ambien can counter. Most nights I'm fine but some I still don't sleep. For several months I have been having vivid, complex dreams/nightmares every time I sleep - even with quick naps. I suspect the Ambien but recently started some heart medications as well so can't be certain. Overall though, this drug got me through some very tough years as I tried to recover from autoimmune symptoms and severe fibromyalgia which wouldn't let me sleep. All drugs have risks and all individuals are different in their response. Condemning a drug completely because the most vocal people are those who have had problems is typical. Use your own best judgment and be honest with your doctor about prior addiction problems. | F | 46 | 9 years 12.5 1X day | 4/28/2010 | 5 | For insomnia, duh | None besides tiredness! | I LOVE Ambien, I don't know what all you crazies are talking about! My life is hell without it. I cut my pills in fourths--yes fourths--and it is still effective! I've never taken a whole one. You people who are doing crazy shiz while on Ambien either need to take responsibility for your actions or cut down your dose! Don't ruin it for the rest of us, jeez. | M | 30 | 6 years 5mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 5 | Insomnia | No side effects | I have to take it when I get in bed. I've taken it before bed and I'm up for about an hour saying off the wall things to my husband before I fall asleep like "can fish live in soup?" type topics. Never take with alcohol though! | F | 34 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 4/22/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | If severe addiction, divorce, unemployment, jail, getting mortally wounded or dying isn't a problem for you, then go ahead and take this drug otherwise DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. | People have said go straight to bed after taking this drug. I did, but then unbeknownst to me (at least the conscious me) I got up and drove my car. I did that three times and I was lucky all the accidents were non fatal (I didn't get a DUI, kill someone or get killed) although they cost me a lot of money and because of the memory I can't drive anymore without panicking. The thing is after you take this drug, you don't know when you are getting up and what you are doing. The effects for me didn't wear off during the day and I would be crying (I'm male) for every little sad thought that came into my head. In ambien trance I resigned from my job and wrote a despicable letter to my boss, thus burning the bridge. This happened in a bad economy so I was without a job for 3 years, and currently settled for a job with half the dough. In an ambien trance I told my wife I wanted to have sex with her friend and told her to prostitute herself for money. I nearly lost her as well. At first I took the drug at the doctor prescribed dose of 5-10mg. Once I was addicted I took more. I was on the drug for 2 years. Getting off the drug took 3 months with all the symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawal. Drug seeking behavior, rebound insomnia, panic attacks, shaking hands, eye twitches, and delirium. During the withdrawal I was a total jerk with anger tantrums quite uncharacteristic of me. This drug DESTROYED three years of my life and I'm suffering the after effects and I'm not sure for how long. | M | 35 | 2 years >10mg 4X day | 4/22/2010 | 1 | trouble sleeping | I felt severely suicidal, contemplating how to do it and started binge eating and I hardly eat that much ever, both are listed side effects. | I would never recommend this to anyone. | F | 40 | 2 days 6.25mg 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 1 | insomnia | sleep walking, hallucinations | I took my pill at 11pm and laid down and went to sleep fairly quickly. Then I apparently started sleep walking and fell from the very top of my stairs to the very bottom. I wound up breaking my leg very badly and having several contusions all over my body. Then I had horrible hallucinations about dead people and dragons (not at all funny, just very scary). So I would never recommend this or take it again. I'm stuck in a cast for the next 7 weeks and still can't sleep. | F | 30 | 1 days 30 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 2 | insomnia | major insomnia | F | 36 | 3 days 12.5mg cr 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 5 | chronic insomnia | sleep walking | F | 68 | 3 years 10mg 1X day | 4/18/2010 |