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 | insomnia | Inability to focus eyes/saw double, memory loss | Ick, this med is AWFUL. One pill didn't help, two threw me into a visual spin that sent me sailing off a chair onto the floor and left me with a nasty bruise the next day (trying to take down curtain rod during a drug-induced compulsion to redecorate my house). I never did get any sleep. | F | 37 | 1 weeks | 1/22/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Ambien did help me to catch up on some z’s, but the side effects were absolutely intolerable. Basically it makes you trip out: an overall sense of elation, mild visual hallucinations, and memory less. It also makes you stupid. In particular it made me believe I was having conversations with inanimate objects. It was as though the whole room itself were urging me on to contact everyone in my phone book. This inspired me to leave numerous incriminating Facebook comments on many an acquaintance’s Wall. | F | 20 | 1 years | 1/20/2009 | 5 | insomnia | No side effect that are negative. | I take less than 5 MG several times a week. Go right to bed and sleep soundly all night. I believe the key to this is taking 5 mg or less. It is a wonder drug in this potency! | F | 55 | 1 years | 1/18/2009 | 3 | insomnia | I've never been one to sleep soundly through the night and Ambien helps me sleep soundly for at least 5 hrs. I have to take it while in bed and it usually begins knocking me out immediately. I usually go to bed at 11pm and typically wake up between 4am-5am. I have no hangover effects and am usually very alert when I wake up. My physician doesn't want me on it very long because of the addictive nature of it, but I cannot sleep at all without it right now due to a very stressful ongoing situation in my life. Tried OTC products, but nothing else works as well as Ambien | F | 46 | 2 months | 1/16/2009 | 1 | insomnia | hallucinations, permanent memory loss | I started taking ambien because I was going through some tough times and could not sleep because my mind kept racing when I would try to sleep. After about 4 weeks of taking it sparingly I noticed that I honestly couldn't remember what happened the day before or even what day it was. This was completely out of character for me, a person with a great memory. It has been 6 months since stopping ambien and I still don't really remember what happened the day before after I wake up unless someone jogs my memory along!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! | M | 19 | 4 weeks | 1/15/2009 | 5 | poor sleep | After approximatley 5 years I started getting tinitis [ ringing in the ears] burning and stinging sensation in the mouth and tongue, some memory lose, but i,ve never had a great memory and i am 62. also a metalic tast in my mouth. | I took 10 mg. every nite for eight years, did some strange things like eating 2 bowls of cereal before bed,walking the dog at 2 in the morning. It takes a couple of hours to take effect now and sometimes take 15-20 mg but for the most part I love the way it makes me sleep. i've quit taking it now to see if my mouth and ears clear up, its been a week, if it does i'll probably stay off, if not i'll enjoy the sleep. p.s. have't slept much since. | M | 61 | 8 years | 1/12/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | If I don't go to bed soon after I take it, I have long rambling conversations with people that I don't remember later and apparently don't make much sense to them either. | I love ambien. For about 3 months before I started taking it I was lucky to get 2 hours of sleep a night. I can't sleep without it now but it really does help and the side effects are manageable and well worth it. | F | 20 | 2 years | 1/10/2009 | 4 | Recent divorce, Work hour changes | SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS INCREASING IN THE DAYTIME, Alzheimer's like symptoms, headaches, heart palpatations, dizziness, recalling conversations that never took place. | Originally prescribed Ambien 10mg for insomnia due to a divorce. I would fall asleep briefly and then would wake with negative, obsessive thoughts running through my head. It worked like a charm. Ambien knocked me out immediately and provided the mental, as well as physical, rest I needed. No drug hangover like Tylenol PM gave me. Felt well rested. No addictive effect. When I no longer needed help falling and staying asleep due to stress, I began to take them on days that I worked swing shifts (3-11 one day, 7-3 the next). Ambien allowed me to instantly fall asleep and feel rested in the morning rather than watching the clock all night counting the hours until I had to get up. Usually I've had no more than 6 hours sleep after taking one and got up without issue. I've been taking it approximately 5 times a month for about 18 months. I've been becoming more aware of increasing short term memory loss. Completely forgetting to do things I was engrossed in minutes earlier. Missing in | F | 48 | 18 months | 1/10/2009 | 3 | Insomnia/Anxiety | Not remembering what I did after taking it at night. Having to eat "just one more thing" before bed-----binge eating and not remembering the next day. I just feel like I can't focus as well as I used to on work, my family, my house, etc. I usually have a great memory so this worries me. | I need to get off of this med---but am now worried about the withdrawal. I think I will gradually taper off. | F | 38 | 2 years | 1/10/2009 | 4 | Insomnia | Mild addiction. Saying things you normally wont say. It's almost like a truth serum in a way, so watch out who you talk to once you take it. | It works and works well. The problem is it can be a bit addicting. When you first take it you will be out in less than 30 minutes. But if you continue to take it it will start to lose its effect. I got a bit hooked on it and started waking up in the middle of the night to experience more insomnia. But short term (2 weeks) you should be OK. | M | 31 | 30 days | 1/8/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | Side effects for me were: Calling people like drunk dialing, emailing, sexual encounters, and having lovey dovey feelings. | I called my mother whom I can't stand and havent spoken with for a year crying to her and then later having hardly any memory from doing it. So I called her the next morning and said I don't really remember calling you or what I said, but whatever i said to you disregard it cuz i was on Ambien. I also fooled around with my baby's dad brother. I would never do this sober. It made me even have feelings for him while I was taking this. It makes me alot nicer though. I also was emailing people and mis spelling alot of words. I also wrote in my journal and read it the next morning, and it made no sense at all. I find myself to like this Ambien drug very much, especially if you don't go to bed right away. I wake up feeling great! If you don't want to embarass yourself, unplug your phone and computer. | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 1/7/2009 | 2 | insomnia | tense muscles, squeezing pain between shoulder blades,leading to unbearable aching in arms, hands, shooting pain in feet, numbness, tingling, jaw pain, ear ache and nightmares. Two weeks ago told I may have pmr and put on prednisone. Suspected and stopped the Ambien and starting to feel better and less of the symptoms. | I am an active woman who exercises at a gym 3-4 times a week, works 25 hrs a week and loves life. I thought I needed to sleep 7-8 hrs a night to be active so I took this drug for a year or more. I noticed increasing neuro muscular pain, inablility to concentrate and anxiety. I also started to have some vivid dreams that were scary. | F | 60 | 2 years | 1/7/2009 | 1 | Insomnia | The side effects at first werent that bad. The first thing I realized is that I had to take the medication about 2-3 hours before bed and then just sit in bed with my eyes closed. It worked for about 1-2 weeks and then after that did nothing but keep me up all night long. The next side affect I experinced was visuals. Things crawling in my bathroom floor, the walls moving, etc. This made it even harder to go to sleep. After that the worst symptom I had was the feeling I might not wake up in the morning. My chest would feel very tight and hard to breath. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE!!!! Valium works much better! | Now when I take it I dont go to bed until 3am. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION IF YOU HAVE SEVERE SLEEPING PROBLEMS, SHORT FIX BUT MAKES SLEEPING HARDER. | F | 21 | 1 months | 1/7/2009 | 5 | Chronic insomnia | Definitely causes memory lapses. I have taken Ambient nightly for 5 years. Initially, I had complete amnesia of events that followed my nightly dose. Now, I have memory lapses, but can usually piece together conversations, etc. if something jogs my memory. I have often had the hallucinations others mention, such as conversations going on around me when I'm in a room alone, objects seeming to dance around...I usually take this an hour or so before bed, because it often takes that long to kick in. I've tried many sleep meds and Ambien is the most effective for my long-term use. I don't have any hang-over effects the next day. However, once a month or so (no rhyme or reason to the timing), it just doesn't seem to work with just the 10mg. dose, so I take another half or even whole pill. Great insomnia treatment for me. | F | 38 | 5 years | 1/2/2009 | 4 | sleep | sleep walking uninhibated | F | 49 | 4 years | 1/2/2009 | 1 | insomnia | Can anyone tell me from experience or expert opinion that taking ambien for almost 6 years daily and sometimes more than I should can cause chronic neuropathic pain, tingling, numbness, ear pain and heaviness in the head, muscle aches and pains? I came off of ambien for several months and saw no change. If all this is due to long term use and abuse of this drug, about how long does it take to undue any potential nerve damage. Please advise if you have had any such experience. The doctors are baffled by my symptoms and do not know what is causing my problem. I get no relief from prescription or over the counter pain relievers. | I had no problem with this drug other than sleep eating and a good restful night's sleep until 3 years ago when I began to experience teeth pain and numbness, ear pain, burning mouth and lips. Then a year and a half ago, I began to experience tingling, numbness, burning sensations in my hands, arms, legs and feet and continued to take ambien unaware that it could be the cause of all my problems since I was seen by specialists from dentists, neurologists, ENT's, Internists, TMJ doctors and many more. So, be careful about using this drug and again, if someone out there who has had trouble with this drug from long term use, about how long does it take to repair the damage done? | F | 52 | 6 years | 1/1/2009 | 1 | insomnia / inability to stay asleep | Thrashing all night, weeping all day after I take it. | I switched to Lunesta and it works much better. | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 12/30/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | Not remembering anything before going to bed. | I was on Ambien for 8 years. When I first started taking Ambien, I would fall asleep sitting at my computer. After awhile, this went away. I was able to go to bed, sleep and get up with no drowsy feeling. The Doctor took me off the Ambien and put me on Rozerem. Haven't had a good nights sleep since. | F | 57 | 8 years | 12/28/2008 | 1 | severe multiple sleep disorders | Visual hallucinations that went on for hours and were so engrossing that it was impossible to fall asleep. For example, after I took Ambien, my pink telephone would come to life. It would start breathing and scuttling back and forth on my desk like a crab. My husband finally got fed up because not only were these nightly visions keeping me awake, but my Howard Cosell-esque reporting of them kept him awake too. | I don't recall exactly how long I took Ambien, but it seemed like at least two or three months. | F | 55 | | 12/25/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | Not recollecting some events shortly after taking medication. It is a medication to be taken once you are in bed and not with the idea of finishing everyday things you would normally do awake. To engage in such behaviors and expect anything other than an increased probability of a bad consequence is showing an irresponsibility that should negate ever taking similar medications. | It has been a great help. | M | 41 | 1 years | 12/21/2008 |