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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | insomnia due to anxiety | the only side effect i have experienced is loss of short term memory (the last 2o min. or so before falling asleep). it comes back to me mostly if someone reminds of what i did or said though. | I love Ambien. If you know what it's like to not be able to fall alseep even when you at your sleepiest then you should love ambien. try not to take it every night and it works better. | M | 37 | 7 years | 8/18/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | Complete blackouts and loss of memory! My wife told me that I became very aggressive about having sex and then like someone turned a switch, I would roll over and go back to sleep. I have Zero memory of any of this! That type of behavior scares the hell out of me! | Still can't sleep well but at least I'm not tearing off my wife's panties in the middle of the night! You may read this without fully understanding the consequences but I would tell you; LEAVE IT ALONE! Anything that can cause you to act completly out of character without any memory of what you've done, is extremly dangerous. ***CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED*** | M | 45 | 2 years | 8/15/2009 | 4 | Adjust to odd work schedules/jetlag | Nothing bad. I always take it and then immediately go to bed. I fall asleep within a half-hour and sleep about six hours. It's a good, deep sleep, so I don't need much more. The following day, my brain is a little fuzzy and I have some minor trouble with names. | I would not want to take it on a regular basis because it would be easy to become dependent on it. I take it only when, because of my work schedule, I have to sleep at odd hours or when I take trans-continental trips. For other times, an Advil PM and a little patience do the trick. | F | 59 | 2 years | 8/14/2009 | 1 | insomnia due to bipolar | suicidial thoughts and actions,aggressive behavior,memory loss,not remembering incidents. she was on 10mg and sometimes after taking it she was still up hours later and this is when there were strange behaviors that she does not recall. | My 14 year old daughter has been taking ambien for over 6 months now and last week she had an episode where she took a handfull of pills,was very threatening to myself and to the family pet, she has bipolar disorder so the rage and manic behavior is nothing new but have never seen her have the suicidal behaviors or thoughts. I remembered hearing about this on tv and thought I would check it out. seems as though this is not a rare occurance. this seems like a very dangerous drug to me and I will no longer be giving it to my daughter and we will see if her behaviors seem to improve. Also a few of these messages say that these problems are only occuring in people with psychotic problems I have been reading most of them and the main thing everyone has in common is insomnia and strange bhaviors due to this drug. Maybe the fact that some people have a mental disorder just makes them more likley to have more severe side effects. There are way to many problems listed here for us to ignore and something needs to be done about this drug it is my duty as a parent to protect my child from harm and I thought it was the doctors duty to perscribe safe and helpful medicines. Hopefully others will read this and not take this medicine and definately do not give it to your children. | F | 14 | 6 months | 8/14/2009 | 1 | My mom is taking Ambien | My mom is 71, had always been energetic, very fit, years of routinely walking and exercising, after death of my father she had a hard time with insomnia, started taking Ambien about a year ago with a few months of not taking it inbetween(which I had no clue she was taking), started complaining she was not feeling right, lethargic, confusion, loss of balance, back ache, agitated, anxiety, weight loss, depressed about her condition. | Went to see her Dr., results of all blood work is good, blood pressure fine, sugar level fine. We asked him if these problems my mom was having could be caused by the Ambien. Told me it was not a narcotic. He made me feel like this: well if you think this Ambien is the problem then stop taking it. How easy to prescribe a medication to someone who respects your judgement and then leave them with a worse condition of withdrawal. | F | 47 | 1 years | 8/14/2009 | 4 | Insomnia | Well, I've been taking this med for about a year now. Things have been fine other than feeling overly tired when I wake up and less than an hour after taking it I become what seems like very, very drunk. Last night, however, was the first time I saw the figurines on my night stand moving. I'm not kidding. I even grabbed one and it was moving in my hand. I have never taken more than prescribed (5mg) and I'm too chicken to abuse it! It's helped me sleep great, but these recent side effects concern me enough to get in touch with my doctor. 'Til then I'll cut the pill in half! | This med has helped me a great deal. I suffer with depression so 7-8 hours sleep is essential for me. It is habit forming though. If I run out of pills (forgetting to refill) I'm dead. If I take Tylenol PM in place of the Ambien it causes me to get the shivers. I asked a pharmacist about it and they didn't see where the two meds could clash, but it did on me. So, for now, I can't forget to refill my prescription or I'll get no sleep at all. | F | 41 | 1 years | 8/9/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | Ambien had been a godsend to me. I have a young child with ADHD who cannot sleep at night causing problems with my sleep when I have to constantly go in and out of his room to keep him there. I have a prescription for 10mg but I quarted them because I only need 2.5 to help me get back to sleep with all the distruptions going on. | Weight gain, not remembering conversations that were had while on it. | F | 38 | 1 years | 8/6/2009 | 4 | I slept only 3 hours before waking | After 4 years found problems concentrating on one subject. Almost like an ADHD thing from what I read. Could be stress related? | Great for sleep. I would sleep only 3 hours per night and then wake up - wide awake. Went to sleep at 9:00PM woke at 12:00PM. Went to sleep at 11:00PM woke up at 2:00PM. Ambien let me sleep all night. I Wake up once or twice per night but fall back asleep quickly. Only take 5 milligrams sometimes but mostly 2.5 (split pill). No other drugs other than beer. Lots of stress in 2008-2009 being a supervisor. Never had a noticable concentration problem until after about 36 months of use. Not real bad but sort of noticable. At this point a slight lack of concentration is better than laying awake for 3 to 4 hours a night and dozing off at 5:00AM when the alarm goes off at 5:30 AM. Take it at bedtime and go directly to sleep. Don't be dumb and go out to the store or try to make a midnight snack after taking the sleep pill. I have not read all the posts and I am sure there are some negative experiences which are regretable. The drug so far has been helpful for me to sleep. | M | 52 | 4 years | 8/2/2009 | 5 | Severe Insomnia | Mostly, I fell asleep and woke refreshed. No amnesia, no hallucinations, none of that crazy stuff you hear about. My psych. doc. told me those crazy things you hear happening while on Ambien happens with people who are psychotic to begin with. | Tried sleep restriction, Lithium, SSRI's, Trazodone, Elavil, Seroquel, Remeron, you name it... none worked. Ambien is the only med. that works. My psych. doc. put me on 20 mg/night. Been on it almost three years. No tolerance. | M | 36 | 3 years | 8/1/2009 | 4 | insomnia | I have slept ate for years on it. I wake up with crumbs in my mouth....I have also cleaned my house with little or no memory. Lately I have been getting up and taking another half of pill. Once I woke up with a melted fudgecycle all over my sheets. I try very hard to stay in bed! | I am totally addicted to it and have been for years. I get paranoid when running low. | F | 44 | 7 years | 8/1/2009 | 1 | To sleep through night | I only took 10mg, 4 times over the course of 9 days - so not every day. I took on Wed, did not take Thurs night but awoke after a nightmare with most TERROR I've ever felt in my life. Had no idea I could feel terror like this. Took 3 hours for husband to calm my hysterics (I'm a VP in NYC...not emotional!). Dream was about an evil spirit but once awake I could not let go of feeling that somehow it was real! (ridiculous!!). Finally fell asleep and had another evil dream - but when awoke realized must be the drug. I'VE NEVER in 44 years had such an experience. I do NOT plan to take this drug ever again. | F | 44 | 4 days | 7/31/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | I learned first hand the difference between a delusion and a hallucination and it was not fun at all. The only things I actually remember was the blinds downstairs were clacking together and I was convinced there was a lion in the den eating my dogs and the clacking was their bones breaking, and there was a green fairy with shifty eyes that wanted to steal my right kidney. | Apparently after taking it I texted a friend "10 foot long strands of multicolored spaghetti are filling the room" she immediately called my boyfriend who woke up and found me crying and screaming uncontrollably in the bathroom. He spent the next 6 hours holding me because I was trying to knock down a cabinet with my head because I thought there was a monster in there trying to escape and eat me, and I was convinced that leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) was walking on the roof with an ax. I also lost most of my voluntary muscle movements. Those were the really prominent ones that he told me about. | F | 21 | 1 days | 7/30/2009 | 1 | Chronic Insomnia | Amnesia and eating. For the last year, I thought my almost 3 year old son was coming down at night and eating, because I would find bowls and spoons and food all over the counter. I knew I didn't do it, so he must have done it, and gone back to bed. Sadly, I now know it must have been me. Last week I woke up in the emergency room on a Sunday. The last thing I remember was taking my normal 20 mg dose (as prescribed)on Friday night. I now know my mistake was taking it before going to bed, while I was putting my children to bed. I found out Sunday morning that I had somehow between Friday night and Saturday night, purchased beer (I'm in recovery and don't drink) and had taken a total of 40 ambien. My son was found outside in the street and was almost hit by a car. My neighbor came over, called 911, I was taken to the hospital and my children are not under protective care with CPS. I am charged with criminal neglect, have lost my children and may go to jail. Please don't take this drug. I | F | 44 | 2 years | 7/29/2009 | 5 | trouble staying asleep | Very few, if any. No drowsiness. No bad dreams. No sleepwalking. | I love Ambien. I use it only when I travel or when I wake up in the middle of the night--never to get to sleep per se. Dr. tried to "limit" my prescription to 20 pills every six months. I dumped my doctor! 5 mb gets me back to sleep if I wake up (around 3 a.m.) It does the trick, no problem. | F | 55 | 5 years | 7/26/2009 | 5 | Severe Insomnia | None. This is the only medication I have taken that caused no side effects. | I couldn't sleep, and hadn't slept for about 3 years. I'd just be up almost all night, finally getting to sleep at about 5am, no matter what I did. My doctor had me do a sleep study, which medically confirmed my problem. Ambien worked initially, but then I'd wake up after about 4-5 hours. Then Ambien CR became availabe, and it's been sweet dreams ever since. If you take it as prescribed, you will fall asleep repidly, and the controlled release version will keep you asleep. I have never experienced grogginess the next morning, or any weird "episodes" at night. It works if you take as directed, don't mix it with alcohol at all, or any other medication. | F | 44 | 7 months | 7/24/2009 | 5 | insomnia | sometimes, if i take it and don't go right to bed, i get dizzy and floaty. The computer screen moves in interesting ways and the keys look way funky. I've had a few embarassing and regretable TM conversations that I barely remembered the next day. also, it makes me hungry! | I heart this medication. It has restored my sleep patterns and has saved my life. | M | 3 months | 7/20/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | No side effects when taken as directed. You MUST be in bed, with a glass of water on your night table and take it. DO NOT DRINK, DO NOT TAKE STUPIDLY TAKE WITH OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITHOUT ASKING YOUR DOCTOR. | Like all drugs, you have to take it as directed.Why do so many people have trouble with that?!?!? Don't drink with it, period. Don't mix with other drugs unless cleared by your doc. If you take it while getting into bed you won't have a problem. You will fall asleep very rapidly. I have fallen asleep with the light on and a book in my hand and awoken the same way...truly, it happens quickly. | F | 56 | 10 years | 7/18/2009 | 3 | Insomnia | Strange dreams, odd behavior, wild sex, and not remembering anything from the night before! | I took this medication about 8 yrs ago for 2 years. I abused it and became addicted. It was very hard to get off of it. I think it took me almost 6 months to get a good full nights sleep after I stopped taking it. I am on it again because it works and I am more mature to take it correctly. I hope that this time around it will be short term use and easier to get off. | F | 31 | 2 years | 7/13/2009 | 4 | Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder | Short term memory loss, strange behavior with loss of memory regarding the behavior | I have used Ambien (10mg) for approx. 2 years. It's definitely helped my DSPD, which can be described as permanent jet lag. My normal sleep time without Ambien would be around 5-6am, and it's been that way since I was a child. Ambien has been pretty helpful with helping me push back my sleep time. That is, if you use it AS PRESCRIBED. The only time I experience the weird behavioral things is when I don't immediately go to bed after taking it. Yes, I have completely rearranged my living room furniture in the middle of the night. But again, thats only when I dawdle around after I've taken it. Be responsible, and this medicine might work for you. But, also no medicine will work the same way for everyone. For me the positives outweigh the negatives. | F | 25 | 2 years | 7/7/2009 | 1 | insomnia/sleep disorder | My 24 year old son started taking Ambien one week ago. Although he said he woke up feeling great, he also suffered serious side effects. He began sleep walking with one episode resulting in him going outside and using a saw to cut down two trees in the yard. He went back to bed sweaty and covered in saw dust with no memory of the event. His wife told him about it. Last night, while sleep walking, he called his psychiatrist and told him he has taken 12 Ambien tabs. The doctor told him to go to the emergency room or he would send an ambulance for him. After being treated for a possible overdose at the er and having the er physician sign an order of protective custody it was found that he had actually not taken 12 tabs. Luckily today the attending physician was familiar with these type of side effects with Ambien. Obviously he is immediately off the medication before a more tragic result takes place. | M | 24 | 7 days | 7/7/2009 |