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 |
| 4 | | 6/1/2008 | 1 | insomnia partly due to medications | Hideous nightmares. Anxiety bordering on panic attack if I did not fall asleep; this continued during the day. Horrible palpitations. Depression. Feeling crazy. Stopped sleeping altogether. No hallucinations, sleep walking or eating and not much amnesia. Took it for about 30 days at different doses (prescribed). Anorexia, stomach cramps. Went off it and felt much better in 2 days. This is a very dangerous drug and according to NIH research, it does little to enhance sleep (reduces sleep latency by about 13 minutes and lets you sleep tops 1/2 hour longer). Not worth taking. | This is a potentially dangerous drug for a significant number of people, judging by these posts and the side effects list. It is prescribed much too casually. I do not think it is safer than the traditional benzos or trazodone. Should be prescribed more strictly and for no more than 2-4 weeks. | F | 52 | 30 days | 5/29/2008 | 5 | insomnia | None | This only works if I take it on an empty stomach. I take 10mg each night. If I eat anything then the Ambien is worthless to me. As long as I take it before 10pm I wake up fine (6am) | 2 months | 5/28/2008 | 4 | insomnia | vomiting | I must be one of those people who are super-sensitive to this drug, if I take more than 3 mg at a time, I throw up. As long as I keep the dose really low, it works great! | M | 28 | 9 years | 5/11/2008 | 4 | insomnia | Severe memory loss. Doing things after taking the pill and not remembering, such as eating, talking to friends, etc. Those side effects wore off after a few years of taking the drug. | It takes a higher and higher dose to get the same effect. Very addictive. Be careful with this medication and have it monitored closely. | F | 36 | 4 years | 5/5/2008 | 5 | insomnia after siblings death | Memory loss, no focus, tired in the morning. I took it as prescribed for years and it began to loose effectiveness. Had to start taking 2 and 3 at a time. I am on the 12.5 mg controlled release. I had no major side effets for the first 7 years of taking it but in the last year I have started having sleep sex. My husband thought I was just getting creative and more open and kinky, but I had no idea what was going on. It scared me. | I won't stop taking this medication, I think I will just space out the days I take it. I asked my doctor about the side effects that I am having and he said that they are normal for ambien users and if I didn't like them I could stop taking it and try some others things. I think I will be fine. It does it's job and I do sleep! Even if I am doing other things as well! | F | 26 | 8.5 years | 5/2/2008 | 1 | insomnia | sex amnesia, lack of concentration the next day | The first time I took ambien I wasn't in bed, & the next day couldn't remember going to bed, & apparently had a whole conversation with my husband. Last night, I took it when I was IN BED & my head on the pillow. Well, husband came to bed & I apparently was very uninhibited sexually & did things I don't normally do. I vaguely remember a few things, but thought it was a dream. | F | 34 | 2 days | 5/1/2008 | 5 | Travel, time zone changes | On the following afternoon I sometimes yawn more than usual and feel a bit tired, but nothing too noticable. But, I've seen others who've tried staying up after taking it (why?) and they basically act drunk and don't remember anything about it the next day. I strongly suggest getting into bed right after taking the pill! | This drug works very well for me. I fall asleep within 15 minutes of taking it and sleep a straight 5.5 to 6 hours before waking up, and then I'm wide awake. Lately I've been biting the pill in half and I sleep about the same but don't seem to have the occasional tiredness the following day. | M | 49 | 6 months | 4/30/2008 | 4 | severe insomnia | Memory loss, stumbling drunkenness, forgetting entire conversations, having sex w/ my husband having no memoery at all of this, food cravings, bidding on ebay auctions and not remembering, sending emails... | Works terrific for me for sleep. Have been taking 10mg this for 3 years now every day (my dr. did not express concern about addiction but I am just not seeing the reports and getting worried). Rebound insomnia if not taken. Certain times of month during hormonal changes it does not work as effectively. | F | 39 | 3 years | 4/24/2008 | 3 | insomnia | Taking Ambien CR. Memory loss. Irritable, very. Have been taking since Sept '06. Not working well now. For the last several months, I cannot fall asleep for a couple hours after taking pill. Switched last night to Lunesta 2mg. Not happy right now, didn't sleep but a couple hours last night, and my leftover Amb CR is staring me in the face, "TAKE ME!!" | If you mix regular Ambien with Tamazapam(a good size dose), you'll sleep well. Ambien puts you to sleep, Tam. will keep you asleep. But you're not going to get doctor to prescribe both. I had both for a month or so. It was good sleep, druggy feeling in the morning though, imagine that!! | M | 34 | 2 years | 4/24/2008 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | 1st night took full dose 10mg, but husband unable to wake me for 20mins, so cut back & eventually ended up on only 2.5mg(!) per night. | regulated my sleep quite well, but didn't result in significant improvement in pain levels, and after time fatigue seemed to be caused by the Ambien - even during daytime, 12hrs after having taken it, so shouldn't have continued for so long. Stopped taking after about a year, had no problem sleeping, and got a little energy back. | F | 45 | 1 years | 4/22/2008 | 3 | Chronic insomnia, 60 years | Have amnesia about what I do at night after I take it. So far I have not left the house or tried to drive the car but I do see things that I have done after I got up and I have no recollection of having done them. | Not too bad, all things considered. I can usually sleep with it but I'm usually always up during the night going into the hot tub, getting something to eat, or the like. I wish I didn't have to take it especially with the amnesia. I try each night to sleep without one but never make it. You do get more used to it and have to take more of it than is prescribed. I tried Lunesta and that wasn't bad but not as effective. I tried Rozerem and that was horrible. It kept me awake all night like it was a benzedrene. Have tried all the others: Melatonin, Valerian Root and two or three more that I can't remember now. Have avoided all the things that are supposed to cause it. Have done all the things that are supposed to help you sleep. Have read all the books & techniques. So, like it or not, I'll have to try to keep using it until something better comes along or my condition improves for some reas15on. Thanks for sites like this where we can help each other. | M | 72 | 15 years | 4/22/2008 | 4 | insomnia | Amnesia of events after a dose if I do not go straight to bed; having sex with no memory the next AM; increased appetite; numbness around mouth. | I'm a nurse, so you'd think I'd know better than not to listen to my doctor who warned me to GO STRAIGHT TO BED AFTER TAKING AMBIEN. If I do so, it works great with a full 8 hours of sleep. Although my husband has reported a few times when we had sex that I can only recall bits & pieces of uninhibited craziness. I made him promise not to get frisky after Ambien. Make sure you are with someone you trust! And some nights, I didn't go straight to bed and I sent crazy e-mails & didn't know it until days later when I saw them in the "sent box." I talked about a pet jumping mouse that I made a hotel for out of a shoebox. One night, I was sitting on the sofa watching tv after a dose, when I couldn't focus. My teen daughter said I started talking gibberish, so she tried to get me in bed. She said that I got in my empty laundry basket and when she tried to pull me out, I said "I'm just making sure there is room for more clothes." Then I started kicking the c | F | 35 | 2 months | 4/21/2008 | 4 | Trouble getting & staying asleep. | No real side effects, though it does take me some time in the morning to feel fully awake on 5 mg. | F | 50 | 2 weeks | 4/20/2008 | 4 | night terrors | Kind of groggy during the day; I always wonder if I should quit it. | Without the drug, I have night terrors. I do things like smashing sliding glass doors to get us out of a horrible situation. 5mg Ambien does allow me to get a good night's sleep. Like others, if I wake up after 6 hrs, I can't get back to sleep. I cannot sleep without the ambien. Helpful when driving when tired; no chance of falling asleep. No chance for taking much of a nap either. Works great to help with jet lag when travelling over seas. Can't imagine taking more than 10. 10 really knocks one out. I need at least 5. | M | 65 | 5 years | 4/18/2008 | 2 | bi polar anxiety | loss of memory bigtime,food tatsted horrible after taking it, hallucinations | This stuff is wicked. After the latest bout I am going back to see my p doc to tell her to find me something else. | M | 30 days | 4/17/2008 | 4 | insomnia | it really really works but i absolutely crash.somewhat of a drunk feeling but other than loss of memory no real problems i know i'm in for kinky sex(don't really remember)when my husband gives me my 10mg.with a martini i'm pretty sure i'm naked before i finish the drink | it actually works great it is a sleeping pill and it knocks me out i take 10mg.never more than twice per week-once for me,usually at least a good 8hours (right at bedtime)and if i take it a second time during the week that is for my husband-by agreement,usually with a cocktail,he then basically does what he wants with no complaints from me although i do admit i no longer have pubic hair,he always seems to be careful. He tells me i'm smiling and i do sleep well | F | 52 | 5 days | 4/14/2008 | 3 | insomnia | severe headaches in the morning, dependence, rebound insomnia, suicidal ideations. | this drug became less and less effective, never sleeping more than 6 hours a night and often taking 1-2 hours to fall asleep. Feelings of depression and hopelessness increased. When not taking ambien had vivid dreams through out the night. | M | 54 | 14 months | 4/12/2008 | 1 | severe insomnia | I got out of bed and into my car in my night clothes, drove a few blocks and into a tree. I remember nothing about the whole episode except for "waking up" in the booking room of the county jail. Apparently I was "cooperative" with the police during the whole thing, but have no memory of it at all. I have never even sleep-walked before, or done ANYTHING like this. For days afterward I felt confused and disassociated. Now I am facing major legal problems, and I still can't sleep! | Stay away unless you want to end up dead or in jail! | F | 54 | 5 days | 4/9/2008 | 3 | insomnia | confusion, memory loss | I have horrible problems going to sleep and staying asleep. My doc says the next step is GHB so I am really trying to stay with ambien. So I take 10 mg ambien, 2 20 mg benedryl, and 2 4 mg Tizanidine before I go to bed. It usually works but I am drowsy in the mornings! Without all of this I would never sleep. | F | 33 | 12 months | 4/8/2008 |