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| 1 | insomnia, peri-menopausal | I have already left a comment previously about 7-8 weeks ago. This is a follow-up. In my previous comment neglected to add that along with this drug affecting my central nervous system (numbness in scalp, forehead, arms, hands)it was also making me very depressed. As I have never been depressed before I really did not know the symptoms until later after speaking w/ friends. To recap I had really bad sleep deprivation withdrawal for 2-3 days then had another rebound sleep deprivation for another 2-3 days, all this from Ambien. Went to my doctor 4x only to have him tell me it was not the Ambien. I have decided he is full of shit and I have since moved on. I am better now, still have some sleep issues but they are minor. I suppose I am still recovering and everyday is better but I wonder what damage has been done. Ambien in my opinion is along the same lines as street drugs and even more dangerous as no one tells you this can be addicting. | F | 47 | 3 weeks 10 1X day | 4/15/2010 | 4 | Insomnia | It's hard to get up and out of bed the next morning. I'm kind of sleepy all day (low energy). Sometimes leads to migraine headaches. | Works great for helping me fall asleep and stay asleep. I try not to take it during the week... it just makes me so "slow" the next day. I really need to be able to sleep a good 10 hours after taking an Ambien. 8 hours is NOT enough. | F | 39 | 1 years 10MG 1X day | 4/14/2010 | 2 | chronic insomnia, fibromyalgia | At first, it helped. I thought,"finally I can actually get a good night's sleep!" Then the bizarre & disturbing side-effects kicked in. I have driven after taking this..stupidly & erratically! Hallucinations, sleep walking, sleep eating, sleep sex,made phone calls & sent disturbing text msgs. w/no recollection, only to find out later what I did by people telling me & me checking my phone usage & texts I sent that were off-the-wall & embarrasing! Used the stove, making myself meals..YIKES! Ate all kinds of food & snacks & sometimes actually fell asleep while eating...waking up w/ food in my mouth! Blackouts!- once i went to use the bathroom & fell right off the toilet onto the bathroom floor, only to wake up later wondering why I was lying on the bathroom floor?! Went online, sent rediculous & embarrasing emails on Facebook, shopped online w/ no recollection. This med totally knocked me out to sleep..so much so, that I missed several pho | I think and highly advise that when you take this pill, you should be making your way to your bed! That's been my problem..staying up after they've taken effect.Lock down/secure the house, doors and go seclude yourself away from people!! P.S. one should NEVER drive when ur on this mind-altereing crap!Don't do it. | F | 42 | 2 days 10 1X day | 3/31/2010 | 1 | Irregular work schedule | Initially hallucinations, euphoria (feel loopy cannot accomplish tasks that require a little thought)during the period before I fall asleep. I've become very depressed during the few hours after I wake, this seems to improve during the day. I just had what I think is a panic attack hyperventillated and cried uncontrollably for about 5 minutes. The last time tears ran down my face was 13 years ago when my appendix ruptured. | I fear stop taking the medication as I've read that the withdrawl is bad and I fear not getting sleep. | M | 29 | 6 months 10 1X day | 3/30/2010 | 4 | Insomnia | Increased hunger, drugged feeling, dependence, depression, anger and memory loss. | I have taken ambien and ambien cr for many years, although it has really bad side effects it is the only medicine that works for my insomnia. I have tried many, many sleep aids and none work better then ambien, most don't work at all. | F | 25 | 10 years 10 1X day | 3/27/2010 | 5 | insomnia | the pros outweight the cons for me, but I do experience some tiredness the next day (sometimes it's worse than others), occasional headaches, but overall it is a miracle drug for me! | I'm only 18 and have been dealing with insomnia for about 7 months now, it sucks! Ambien is the only thing that had worked for me. I like it because you don't get that drowsy, drugged feeling. I lie there and then I go to sleep. I do still wake up, but am able to go back to sleep easily. I only take 3 nights a week.. the other nights I just try to do without it. I have noticed that I want it more and more, but overall it's helped me a lot. | F | 18 | 6 months 3X W | 3/25/2010 | 5 | I started with a knee repacement | none | without Ambien I am awake 2 to 4 hours every night. I am very satisfied. | F | 54 | 4.9 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 4 | Chronic Insomnia | After taking Ambien for about a week and a half, I happened to make an offhand comment to a physician friend of mine (not the prescribing physician) about worrying about dependency. My Dr. had prescribed one tablet each night - my friend suggested taking it maybe three times a week. I decided to take the weekend "off" and experienced the worst withdrawal symptoms - anxiety that I was having a heart attack - heart palpitations and sleep paralysis (I felt like I was being alien abducted and was conscious the whole time!) After the weekend, I decided I'd rather be addicted than to go through those feelings (LOL) so I took another tablet. I have now changed my doseage schedule to have a couple of days off in between - The rebound insomnia has gotten better, and I no longer have the initial withdrawal symptoms. I sleep like a champ when I take it - will still wake if there are noises, etc & wake up refreshed. The days I don't take it, I am waking up in the middle of the | I think that with any medication, you will have people that will react adversely to it. You don't know how you will react until you take it - for many, Ambien works fine and there are no issues. Obviously for the ones that are sleepwalking, etc. this is not the medication for them! There is no way to tell (that I'm aware of) what reaction you may have... | F | 39 | 30 days 10 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | prescribed in '96 for sleep | blackouts, increased appetite. | Hi Everyone, I was on Ambien for five years, and I became addicted to it. I relate to a lot of these comments, I was hooked on Ambien for five years and I couldn't stop regardless of my wreckless behavior. I became so addicted and took up to 70mg of Ambien each night. I also started taking it during the day to get the euphoric effect. I have done some horrible things while on Ambien. I crashed my car five times, one time into a house, and one time into a railroad pole. I received eight traffic tickets driving while on Ambien, three of them DUI's. I spent thousands of dollars, and I tried to break into a pharmacy (on Ambien). I have been clean for two years, and I urge everyone who is addicted to reach out for help. I know that not everyone who takes this drug is going to become addicted, but there are certain few who will. Most of my damage was done when Ambien first came out, in the mid 90's when no one had heard of it. Ambien has become so much bigger, and everyone seems to know what Ambien is all about these days. It's a good drug for those who use it properly, but I do not fall into that category. If anyone wants to talk or if you need help, please e mail me at [email protected]!! | M | 29 | 5 years 20mg 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | Imsomnia | This stuff is HORRIBLE and should be taken off the market. I had uncontrolable dizziness, heart palpitations that bordered heart attack, mettalic taste in mouth, agitation, depression,erectile disfuntion,coordination loss. AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS!! | This medication should be pulled off the market. The dizziness was sooo bad, my mood changed, was drowsy during the day, and above mentioned. I had circulation problems. This was the second time I took the medication, the other time was for a month. It was two weeks this time and a NIGHTMARE! Shame on California Kaiser Permante Doctorsfor presciring this so liberally and not following up! This stuff is like posion. Think again before taking or going to a Kaiser facitity! | M | 37 | 30 days 10 1X day | 3/24/2010 | 5 | Life long insomnia | It's a miracle drug. Sleep for the 1st time in my life. No adverse side effects. | I'm 48 and have never been able to sleep. Ambien is the only thing that has ever worked. You have no idea what a gift it is to finally be able to sleep at night AND wake up fresh in the morning. It has completely changed my life. I take 1/2, wait about 15 to 30 min, lie down in bed and take the other 1/2. Usually works in about 5-10 min. It doesnt make me sleep in a coma. If there is noise I will wake up, but usually can fall right back to sleep if I need to. If I need to wake up I can with no problem. | M | 48 | 5 years 10 1X day | 3/23/2010 | 1 | sleep problems after surgery | had 3rd surgery on ankle to fuse it (have a bone disorder). was on bed rest and crutches with hope for healing - third surgery had gone well and I had been in bed 6 weeks with hope of getting walking cast in less than two weeks. I had taken regular ambien without incident. Then I took Ambien CR - got out of bed, walked without crutches down flight of stairs and all around first floor of house seeking alcohol at 1-3 a.m.. I have potentially ruined 3rd surgery after 6 careful weeks of recovery (years of agony) and family spending much time caring for me. endangered myself and my family. broke glass near dog - dog would have snarfed up glass and died if my signif other hadnt heard glass and found me, when confronted I blamed it on my 10 year old who was upstairs in bed, I was belligerent and nasty, swearing and mean, would not get back in bed despite two hours of demands to do so from my significant other. I dont remember anything other than wanting ice cream. do NOT take this stuff | F | 55 | 1 days 30 mg 1X day | 3/23/2010 | 1 | Overseas trip | I asked my doctor if he could prescribe a sleeping pill to me because I was taking a trip to Asia (16hr flight). On previous trips I took over the counter products that made me feel very drowsy when I awoke. I used Ambien on the trip with no apparent side effects and when I returned had a few pills left over. I took one about two weeks ago and had some very disturbing happenings. I apparently got up in the night and made a sandwich and drank a beer. In addition I logged on to my facebook account updated my status and also posted messages on my friends pages. I had no recollection of this the next day and I had no idea what happened. When I got up I thought someone may have broken into my apartment. I was running late so I hurried into work. It was then that I found out about my facebook messages. I thought surely someone hacked into my facebook account as well. I was not convinced that I even did those things until I started reading some of these postings. Thanks goodness that I st | M | 40 | 8 times 1X AN | 3/23/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | My name is Devin. After sleep driving and crashing on Ambien, I was given a DUI. | AMBIENOUTRAGE.COM My name is Devin. After sleep driving and crashing on Ambien, I was given a DUI. I've started an Ambien victims database. If you've been injured in any way by Ambien please contact me: 435-668-7050 or [email protected], or go to the website www.ambienoutrage.com | M | 32 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 3/17/2010 | 5 | Insomnia- attack/brain damage | None-total godsend. The ony way after hellish test after hellish drug test that made me sleep | I am on such a high dose because my body metabolizes meds differently since my brain and nerve damage. But finally sleeping!!! | F | 25 | 5 years 2cr&1 10mg 1X day | 3/13/2010 | 1 | Ambien | Just take it and go to bed, ARE YOU SERIOUS? People die in their houses every night, but you think that makes you safe because you went to bed? Are you hypocrites even reading what people are posting??? Sex, driving, emails, conversations, eating? And with no memory of the event! What if your house caught on fire? Would people die because you were disconnected from your senses? I certainly hope not, but you handful of self righteous hypocrites need to experience what MANY of the rest of us have. Then we will see your holy than though attitude! | THIS IS POISON AND SOMEDAY IT WILL COME TO LIGHT! | M | 35 | 3 years 10mg 1X day | 3/9/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Oh, this drug is so, so, bad!! When I started taking it in September, 2009, I thought my troubles with sleep were over for sure! However, I was rudely "awakened" in October, 2009, that this drug was not really working that great anymore and that my increased crying and depression was due to it and Klonopin. I decided to start weaning off of the Klonopin and am currently at .125 mg. for another 5 days. My next step will be to wean off of Ambien, as I can't wait to feel like myself again. An RN told me to wait at least 4 weeks after the Klonopin withdrawal to begin this wean. I am planning on beginning the Ambien wean on April 11th. I am debating whether or not I should do 7.5 mg. first, then 5 mg. for a week, and then 2.5 mg. for a week, and then off. This is according to my psychiatrist, but I tried to wean off Ambien about 1.5 months ago when I had also lowered my Klonopin dose, and I was in a world of hurt the following morning. I actually had such terrible withdra | DO NOT EVER BEGIN THIS DRUG!! Your very life and health will be at stake!! It will make your life a living hell, and you will have many regrets if you take it!! Do yourself a big favor and try other things for insomnia, including cognitive behavioral therapy or something natural. | F | 59 | 6 months 10 mg. 1X day | 3/6/2010 | 1 | insomnia | I would normaly take one at night before bed, but this time I took one late morning bacause I just wanted to sleep all day. Next thing I know I'm in the back of a police car in handcuffs because I had hit a pole while driving. I'm now facing two charges of DUI, totaled my car, and don't have any memory of it. I would never leave the house in my pajamas, but I did this time. I suffered minor injuries, but thank God I din't hurt anyone else. I'm now awaiting a pre-trial conference and have no idea what to do. Any advice out there? | F | 56 | 2 months 10mg 1X AN | 2/27/2010 | 5 | Peri-menopause sleeplessnes | Much better sleep, feel better in the morning. | Prior to Ambien (actually the generic) I was a very light sleeper and was up several times at night, then the next day I was always tired at work. But now I sleep better. The only thing I worry about is that I don't think I can sleep without it. My family dr won't give it to me at all, so my gyno does. | F | 45 | 2 years 5-7mg 1X day | 2/23/2010 | 1 | CHRONIC insomnia | Loss of memory and almost the loss of my good life | I have been Ambien-free several months now and things are good - not perfect - but good. I'm awake and posting just after 3 am, so my problems still rear thier heads at times. I presonally know the hell of insomnia - but I promise you the effects of Ambien are worse than hell. I posted here several times that I was addicted to Ambien and I called it the Devil's Drug - and I still believe that. My husband is a policeman and says they are seeing a real rise in DUIs - FOR AMBIEN. He said that some of the people react like they are on PCP and fight like crazy. I also spoke to a man that works for the VA and he helps treat those addicted to drugs. I asked him if he is seeing any problems with Ambien. He answered, "Oh, yeah. A huge problem". I just want to add that I find it sad that people here think it is funny to get a little high and not remember a conversation or two, so consider Ambien harmless. And as for the occasional poster that defends Ambien and says it is perfectly safe if you don't abuse it....(first of all, are you a drug rep?) Go to Google and look up the woman that slept so deeply she didn't realize her toddler got up and ended up drowning in the toilet....or of the housewife that masturbated in a restaurant and the police were called... Think that couldn't be you? Think again. Ambien can cause you to do things that will ruin your life - or the lives of those you care most about. | F | 46 | 5 mg 1X day | 2/19/2010 |