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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Insomnia caused by Chronic Pain | Occasional sleepwalking or sleepeating episodes and amnesia of the event (not remembering conversations the night before). | I take 5-10 mg of Ambien only maybe 2-3 times a month and alternate with Lunesta as needed. Yes, these are potent drugs and should be treated with respect. Take them while you are in bed. Not partying, or while staying up, you need to take the pill and go straight to bed. I would not always have the sleepwalking/sleepeating episodes, maybe only 3-4 times a year? I notice that the 10mg tends to cause more sleep walking and the 5mg has no side effects at all. Go straight to bed after taking. | F | 45 | 5 years | 12/20/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | I would say and do things i normally wouldn't- with no idea i had done them when i woke up the next morning. I would then only take the medicine right before i went to sleep and made sure my phone was off and away so i wouldnt pick it up and call/text someone. When I did begin to get tired i heard music in my head.. I knew no one else could hear it but it was beautiful, amazing music.. many times it was classical music but nothing I recognized. I felt like I was on some sort of shrooms. The feeling was comforting at night but it was scaring in the morning to not remember anything i had done an hour or so before falling asleep- much like a black out from alcohol- sometimes i could remember little parts of what i had done if someone reminded me.. Also, I was only able to sleep 5 or 6 hours at most and was then very tired duringthe afternoon. I don't take the medicine anymore instead I just make sure not to nap at all during the day and to a lot of mind stimulating things and stay actu | F | 19 | 3 months | 12/16/2008 | 3 | insommia | sleep walking, sleep talking, memory lapses | Be careful when taking this medicine. Go right to bed right after taking this medicine. Make sure there is someone there to watch over you. I was found talking loudly to myself and walking around my house in the middle of the night the second time I had taking this medicine. The first time I took it I wasn t able to go to sleep. The third time I took it I don't remember having sex with my partner. I have not taken it again. I am afraid of what else I will unknowingly do since I have an 8 year old child. | F | 37 | 3 days | 12/6/2008 | 3 | for insomnia | I fall asleep and then wake up after 2 or 3 hours, then I take an Ambien and sleep until 5 or 6 | F | 73 | 4 weeks | 12/4/2008 | 1 | insomnia | loss of memory | I had a few episodes with ambien and finally i've decided to quit taking it all together after a few embarrassing episodes. My boyfriend thought I was completely crazy. A few days ago I took my pill as normal. I became very aggressive, demanding sex and acting a like fool. I went in the front yard completely naked. Went back in the house and was throwing everything in sight... After an hour of this I finally feel asleep. This is completely out of character. The next morning I woke up like nothing happened. I had no memory of any of this. After he told me I was so embarrassed about my actions. On a different occasion I washed my white clothes with a red shirt and turned everything pink. I was so puzzled the next day not remembering a thing. I thought my boyfriend did it. Another time I got up in the middle of the night and cooked noodles and the next morning I went in the kitchen and the stove was still with black noodles in the pot. I could have burned the house down and slept through | F | 25 | 6 months | 12/4/2008 | 3 | couldnt stay asleep | no memory of anything as soon as i took it | i would send emails carry on conversations have sex with my husband. not remember any of it.my husband would ask me do you remember having sex last night? i would say we did. he was so upset.very scary | F | 36 | 4 months | 11/30/2008 | 5 | insomnia | disclaimer../i took an ambien about an hour ago now and it kickin and feeling it tightfeel it kicking in so | disclaimer'i am on ambien right now i would say that i have some additional comments things i type are weird and not how i would usually spell them so beware things on the screen are moving...the letters, yeah, blocks and the web address is shrinking and stretching so i'm pretty chill now though i have a concerto stuck in my head...but usually when somethings stuck in ur head you can just kinda hear it its one person one tune.....with this its like GIGANITI symphony and....and...its beautiful!! but its time to get off of the computer. | F | 17 | 1 days | 11/28/2008 | 5 | insomnia | Memory loss for things that I have done after taking the medication, but before I go to bed. Sometimes I don't remember something I did at all, other times I remember it as though I was dreaming. Sometimes my boyfriend will tell me about things I've said to him, but I only very foggily recall it. I felt as though I had been in bed sleeping the whole time instead of doing things. After ambient kicks in, I feel like ordinary objects around me "come to life". Hard to explain. But things like the sink or the toothbrush seem to take on personas, and I can hear snip its of conversation in my head. Also sometimes it feels like there are other people in the room when there are not. And I am aware as it happens that these are just effects of the medication ant not really happening, but the funny things still pop in my head. If I am watching TV, as the med starts to kick in, the show I am watching seems to become garbled and hard to follow. Also, because my body gets so very tired, I | Yes, Ambien does have some potentially dangerous side effects. For certain people, this may not be a good drug to take. Everyone reacts differently. However, I that I can manage the side effects. For me, the drug works so well for sleep, that I am willing to live with the side effects. My boyfriend did have some concerns because of the things that he sees have happened on ambien that I don't remember. But I made it clear that this is the most wonderful thing in my life for sleeping, and I will continue to use it. Because I need to sleep. People who sleep fine do not understand how difficult and exhausting life can be. To manage, my boyfriend and I have come up with an agreement. I never take ambien when I am alone. I only take it after my boyfriend comes home from work at night. I always always tell him right after I've taken it, so he can make sure that I don't do anything dangerous. At a certain point when the drug has kicked in, he takes me to bed. And that's the end! I sleep. | F | 28 | 9 months | 11/25/2008 | 5 | sleep | none | M | 32 | 1 years | 11/21/2008 | 1 | Chronic Insomnia | Hunger, lack of concentration, severe addiction, abuse | 10 years ago I was hospitalized for depression. I had not slept well in years and was prescribed 5mg while in the hospital. My Dr prescribed 30 tablets, one month at a time for 3 months. I started seeing him every 3 months and was given a prescription for 30 and 2 refills for 7 years with reduced effectiveness over time. Switched to Trazadone for 2 months which made my skin crawl, made me dizzy, nauseus and it took a huge dose to keep me asleep, leaving me with a tremendous "hangover" effect.Dr put me back on Ambien. When I first started taking Ambien, a prescription for 30 was around $35. Over the years it sky-rocketed in price. With no medical insurance it became tough to pay for. My tolerance for Ambien grew and I slept less and less. When Ambien CR came out I switched to that. It was tough to get to sleep on CR but I slept longer. As you know if you take it, it cost close to $200 per month without insurance. Couldn't do that long so I went back to regular Ambien. I convin | M | 50 | 10 years | 11/20/2008 | 4 | insomnia | I generally take about 5 mg/2-3 times a week on those rare nights as a college student that I can fully devote 8 hours of sleep and can be into my bed in 10 minutes. If I take the pill, and don't immediately get into bed, I have a tendency to feel very drunk/high and spacey. Once in bed, I have experienced mild hallucinations (nothing nightmarish, just odd subjects wander through my mind) and my body feels really weird and heavy. I find I have to remind myself that I'm in bed, trying to sleep, and I will feel fine in the morning. Then I'm asleep for the entire night. In the morning after taking Ambien, I tend to feel sort of foggy for the 30-45 minutes I take to shower and get ready, but then it clears up after that and I feel great all day. | Although there are some side effects that I experience with this drug, I still think it works great as a sleep aid. I definitely recommend taking this drug only once you are in bed, ready to sleep. This is a sedative, after all, and it is extremely unsafe to try to stay awake after taking it. | F | 19 | 2 months | 11/19/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | 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 ambienoutrage.com. | M | 31 | 2 years | 11/18/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | I always had a horrible time trying to get to sleep because my mind was always busy. Ambien definitely helped me sleep but not worth the side effects. It has taken me 7 months but I have finally figured out that this has caused depression. I have thought that my husband was cheating on me when he wasn't and started getting concerned every time he talked to a female. I have NEVER been like that in my life. I have always been confident and carefree. In the past 7 months I have been less confident and worry about many little things that were effecting my daily life. I am so glad to have finally realized that it isn't ME that it is the AMBIEN. I am NEVER TAKING THIS AGAIN!!! Definitely not worth it! | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION!!! Please check with your doctor for something else! | F | 38 | 9 months | 11/15/2008 | 5 | insomnia | I posted once before about 7 months ago when I had just started taking 10mg.It still works great-it is a great sleep medication.I have noticed some tolerance problems-sometimes I take a pill and a half now but it sure does work.I started at no more than twice a week I'm now up to 3 or 4 times but no more.As all the posts indicate you must take it as prescribed-at bedtime-no booze.I admit my husband and I are still playing with it a little bit-shame on me- never more than once a week.15mg. and a cocktail or two.I am completely and totally gone--a little hazey the next morning,absolutely no memory,with a very happy husband,and a well rested wife who has learned to live with no pubic hair | This medication really works for sleep.Probably everyone should try not to take it too often just for tolerance problems-I take it more often now than when I first started 6 or 7 months ago,I don't want to be addicted but I love the sleep--we should all just be careful.And unless you want to play,lose your mind with no memory of your actions--you must take it as prescribed at bedtime | F | 53 | 7 months | 11/14/2008 | 1 | insomnia | This drug will cause memory lapses and they get wors the longer you are on the medicine. I also noticed that my hands have started to shake for about 60 seconds when I become anxious about something. No pill for sleep is worth that. | F | 66 | 11 months | 11/11/2008 | 2 | Delayed Sleep Phase | Memory loss, strange behavior, mild hallucinations, loss of inhibitions | Overall I thought this medication was working fine, so long as I immediately went to bed after taking it. Staying awake caused me to have the side effects I described. However, one night last week after taking my dose, I apparently woke up and drank half a bottle of rum. I also made orange juice, broke glasses and left them on the floor, and called and texted friends. I remember none of this. I only know it happened by the condition of my house and cell phone records. Scary Stuff! | F | 31 | 10 days | 11/6/2008 | 5 | insomnia | some amnesia. Need to take and go straight to bed. I take the Ambien CR version, 6.25mg. | I only take this occasionally, generally a few times a month is all. I don't want to become dependent on it. It works well for me when I really need sleep. Didn't work at all for my horrible insomnia during my divorce, ironically. It does cause some amnesia at times. It's a weird thing. You will remember what's going on at night, but be aware that in the morning you don't remember. Take it only if you are going straight to bed within the next 20 min or so. | F | 27 | 1 years | 11/4/2008 | 3 | insomnia, inability to stay asleep | increased appetite, need for conversation, dependence, memory loss, fatigue | Ambien is a wonderful medicine for insomnia in the short term. However, in the long term,it takes more to have the same effect & now I'm wide awake after 2-3 hours. So my sleep patterns are all wickety-whacked and am having to take more to acquire less sleep time. | F | 41 | 8 months | 10/31/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | lost inhibitions | I have always had issues falling asleep cause my brain is really busy and ambien helped a lot. Just take it as directed, and dont do it every day. AND if you are abnormally sad one night, do not take it. since you lose inhibitions it gets worse and you can do weird things. but anyway, I think its worth it. | F | 17 | 5 months | 10/30/2008 | 3 | insomnia | Mental fog until noon the following day, night terrors when trying to discontinue, occasional chest pain, almost delusional feeling for 15 mins after taking | Definitely puts me to sleep and keeps me there. Very sobering withdrawal effects. Feels excellent until withdrawals around 5pm next day. Good to get through a week of imsomnia, but not a longterm solution at all. | M | 26 | 6 months | 10/30/2008 |