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 | My sister is severe bi-polar and takes 9 psych drugs a day...including 20 mg. of Ambien, falls asleep with the water still in her hand, talks gibberish, wanders around, and has SEVERE memory loss which she thinks is her illness...she has tremors because she is on too many, too much drugs. But she worships her psychiatrist and won't even consider lowering doses or stop. She tells everyone she has a diagnosis of "confusion of thought".....NO KIDDING!!!!! | I don't think she will live a long life at this rate (she's 62)...but she won't want to without her "meds". It is sad. | F | 50 | 2 years | 8/29/2008 | 5 | Chronic Insomnia | Severe amnesia. This medication will make you forget what happened during the duration that it was in your system. Hallucinations. Increased appetite. Decreased breathing. Euphoria. | Ambien is a good sleep medication, but if you abuse it then you will certianly pay the price for it. It has caused me to have 3 wrecks all being my fault, but in which I have got out of alive and not hurt and off the hook with the law....Luckily. Take it as prescribed please. | M | 23 | 2 years | 8/28/2008 | 3 | Insomnia--waking up at night | Initially, dizziness next morning. That went away. Lately (2 yrs now) I am getting severe headaches and blurred vision in left eye and on left side of head near my temples & ear lobe. Had an MRI and 2 opthamologists check me and they do not find anything other than dry eye as a possible cause. I wonder if the Ambien CR is causing them. I have not experienced the other effects some people claim (killing your cat, wild sex, nightwalking) and think these people must have serious psychologically repressed issues that are unrelated. I learned you do NOT mix Ambien with alcohol unless you want to wind up dead, like several people I knew. | Taking 10 MG per night. | M | 55 | 2 years | 8/27/2008 | 3 | Problems Sleeping | I tend to feel groggy and have difficulty waking up quickly. | I do think this drug is safe, as long as you do not need to get up quickly and are not woken up suddenly... it is regularly used by leaders and congressmen... ABC has a report on this here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/story?id=4919842 | M | 65 | 1 years | 8/26/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | loss of concentration, memory problems the day after taking it. | F | 39 | 14 days | 8/25/2008 | 1 | insomnia | wild sexual behavior, blackouts while thinking I was asleep, calling old boyfriend obsessively and getting a restraining order put on me. I've never had any legal trouble before or after. Had no idea I was leaving messages on his phone at night. Addiction, started taking it during the day. Tried to commit suicide, took 100 pills and slit my wrist and still lived!!! would never take it again | Helped me sleep. Can't believe there is no class action suit against it - know lots of people who have had bad experiences but were unable to stop taking it. | F | 47 | 2 years | 8/25/2008 | 2 | Insomnia related to GAD | Memory loss. Fatigue. | SHORT TERM MEMORY ERASER IN A TABLET!. Nuked my short term memory abilities. Kept me groggy and sleepy for a day after taking it. NO SIR, I DID NOT LIKE IT! | M | 41 | 45 days | 8/22/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Very groggy the next day, was falling asleep at work. Mental unstability - had a raging anger for no apparent reason. Knew that if I'd kept on that way I'd end up killing someone. | I would NEVER recommend this medication to anyone. | F | 44 | 7 days | 8/19/2008 | 4 | I kept waking every hour | I have a burning tongue, mouth & lips. I am not sure it is due to taking Ambien for about 1 1/2 years. It does help me sleep about 6 hrs. Tried getting off, but am up constantly. Anyone experience this? | F | 68 | 2 years | 8/15/2008 | 4 | long term anxiety and insomnia | Initially euphoria, great sleep, great sex, great next mornings, now I always feel dizzy, somewhat confused at times, forgetful, nausea, paleness, palpitations......etc,. | Ambien is a high quality sleep aid and just like any drug that truly works the side effects are HORRIBLE. The first couple months I was amazed at how well it worked and how moderate the side effects were....them days are gone, now it works somewhat and the side effects are scary as hell. Use in moderation and you should be alright | M | 2 years | 8/14/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | Occasional hallucinations | I get a very rested sleep with no hangover! | F | 40 | 5 years | 8/13/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | This drug is nuts. It freaked me out, I fell asleep and then woke up and started calling people, wandering around outside. I woke up with cuts on my arm too, and I'm not like that. I am completely stable and live a normal life. I don't have any recollection whatsoever of what I did. Probably the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. The last memory I have is falling asleep. | M | 23 | | 8/13/2008 | 5 | insomnia | ambien has been really great. i am trying to go off of it for fear of addiction. i find if i take it on an emptish stomach it will kick in faster. do not plan on doing too much after you have taken it. works in 30 minutes. and they say devote 8 hours of sleep. absolutely do that. if not more. | F | 27 | 60 days | 8/10/2008 | 3 | Insomnia | Seizures | Don't start this medication if you haven't already. If you have, don't stop cold turkey. Taper off the medicine slowly. The amnesia is horrible. I do not remember last month at all. The first eighteen months, I remember, but I grew tolerant. I started taking two then later three pills. Then that stopped helping. Four pills every night screwed me up. | M | 35 | 2 years | 8/9/2008 | 4 | Insomnia | Vivid and strange dreams, very dizzy after taking the medication.Made me think differently honestly if I didn't get to bed right away I felt like I had smoked pot. I did weird but (nothing harmful)things.But other than that I think it works great | Being dizzy is common which is why you take it and get into bed. Why are people leaving comments about driving after they have taken this?? That's just stupid! After reading about the wild sex I can agree, I just never thought it could be the Ambien. | F | 20 | 8 months | 8/8/2008 | 4 | Manic-related insomnia | A little grogginess upon awakening. | I am always shocked at the things that happen to people on this drug. Nothing of the sort ever happened to me. I just slept. That's it. I took them for 14 days, so I never got addicted. I would say it did it's job well. Sometimes it would wear off too soon though, but I did eventually go back to sleep. | F | 35 | 14 days | 8/5/2008 | 5 | Severe insomnia | None. Just got a great nights sleep | Sorry so many people have problems with this med. I have really bad insomnia and cant sleep. Now I take low dose ambien and sleep great. (would say sleep like a baby, but having 2 kids, I know babies dont sleep thru the night) I dont have the sleeping pill hangover most OTC meds give me. I am getting more done during the day and feel better after a good nights sleep. I havent slept like this in years!! | F | 29 | 1 months | 8/4/2008 | 5 | Couldn't sleep | No negative side effects. | I love Ambien. 3 years ago, I wasn't sleeping a wink. I'm sure it was stress related. Dr. suggested Ambien - I took 5 mg (1/2 of a 10 mg pill) right before bed, slept 6 to 8 hours straight and felt great the next day. Just knowing I had the ambien to rely on seemed to reduce my stress. I started taking Ambien again about a month ago during another stressful time in my life but am finally able to sleep without it again. I'm so thankful that this drug was available to help me get through some difficult periods of insomnia. | F | 42 | 40 times | 8/3/2008 | 1 | insomnia | I experienced sleep eating and other activities (often with amnesia), impulsive behavior like frivolous online shopping, bizzare, aggressive and violent behavior. One night I killed one of my pets while on Ambien, only remembering bits and pieces of the event and nothing about why it happened. After checking myself into an inpatient psychiatric facility, I was diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis. I'm in therapy now to try to get past the event. I think this drug should be used much more carefully than it seems to be used. Patients need to know of the severe side effects regardless of how common or uncommon they may be. | M | 24 | 6 months | 8/3/2008 | 4 | insomnia | giddiness, memory loss, wild sexual behavior, drunk feeling.the other ratings on this site really freaked me out...this drug is not something to be taken long term. wondering why my doc keeps prescribing it to me?? | I started taking this 19 months ago after the birth of my daughter. I now find I cant stay asleep unless I take it...I dont want to be dependent on this stuff. right now it is my 2nd day without it and I am taking herbs for my sleep issues. | F | 32 | 19 months | 7/24/2008 |