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| 1 | Ambien almost killed my mother!!!! | Burning mouth, tongue, teeth feel like razors. Tingling in face and ears, arms and legs tingling and intensive pain. | It all started with tingling in the nose. Eventually it moved to her mouth, which was extreme burning sensations, ears tingling and teeth feeling odd. Her pain was unbearable and the doctors didn't know what to do for her. The pain was affecting her job, social life and her emotional well-being. She has seen: ENT specialists, Neurologists, Dentists, Psychiatrists, Onocologists, and Chiropractors. She was referred to UAB, a well known hospital with some of the best specialists in the U.S. and they were not able to help her. She was tested for everything imaginable, all tests were negative. Finally, after a year of this pain my mother overdosed on Ambien. She was found outside her apartment building and was rushed to the hosiptal. She recovered, still in tremodous pain and was allowed to leave the hopsital. Two weeks later, she was back in the emergency room with another overdose. Again, she recovered. After reading these posts she relaized what was causing her pain and has disco | F | 51 | 2 years | 10/17/2007 | 5 | Med. condition and anxiety | None | It's made my life easier. I can sleep, and therefore feel less anxious. No morning hang over. Wake up feeling refreshed and ready to go. Love this med. | F | 32 | 16 days | 10/15/2007 | 1 | Sleeplessness | I took this drug last night and when I woke up this morning my husband told me I was reciting a "dissertation" and talking "out of my head". I do NOT remember any of this. When I went to make the bed this morning there was a candy bar in the bed where I was sleeping, still unopened. I have no idea how it got there. Went to the refrigerator and there was evidence that I had been in the drawer when the candy bars are kept and had left it ajar. I am compulsive about closing the drawer back tightly. So I do not remember ANY of this. I find that scarey! | I only had about 5 pills left of this medication (10 mg). I threw them away this morning. Although they work and I did get right to sleep, I do not like the feeling that I don't remember what happened. To me that is very frightening. Please proceed cautiously with this medication. Take care...please! | F | 58 | 1 days | 10/11/2007 | 1 | My Dad was | Dad forgot alot of every day things while on this plus drinking alochol. Dad even told the doctor he drank 4-6 beers anight but he still gave it to him. One night Dad parked the car in the garage and forgot to shut it off till the next day...and always falling down. They need to take that crap off the shelf or make sure you are not alone while taking it and have a phone ready to call help if needed. I am now seeking a lawyer cause Dad died while on this and doctor knewn he drank. He fell once again that night he died. | very addictive. Feel free to email me if you had experienced something bad while on this | F | 44 | 3 months | 10/11/2007 | 4 | Couldn't fall a sleep | Sleep - thank God. | I just about lost my job because I keep falling a sleep at work. My doctor recommended Ambien and it is great. I have been taking it every night for more than 3 years. No side effects, just restful sleep. Thank God for the generic brand. | M | 47 | 3 years | 10/10/2007 | 4 | insomnia | euphoria - dream like state, gibberish, truthiness, goofiness. apparantly good sex but who knows. random phone calls galore. if you drink on it your the life of the party or the ass of it. | i have done this drug dumb a lot. try your best not to drink on it because you do comepletly irrational things on it, but sometimes it works out in your favor. been layed many times (too bad dont remember it until the next morning) | M | 22 | 3 years | 10/3/2007 | 3 | insomnia | I've been taking Ambien for a few weeks and it worked great until recently. I've apparently been sleepwalking, eating in my sleep, and having sex with my husband with absolutely no recollection. I've been waking up with bruises on my body from falling while I sleepwalk. Scary!! Who knows everything i've done in the past few weeks. | Ambien is very good at getting me to sleep, but I feel like i've been run over by a truck the next day. I'm sure it works for some people, but not for me. | F | 33 | 30 days | 10/2/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | None | Even at 10 mg I sometimes have trouble falling and staying asleep, but overall, it has been very helpful. I have had none of the side effects that people describe. | F | 29 | 3 months | 10/1/2007 | 3 | insomnia | I take it right at bedtime but always get up. I have gained 75 pounds over the last 4 years because of black-out binge eating. I have leg & severe foot pain. | The withdrawls are terrifying. I want to stop permanently but I always go back. I got a job as a phone sex operator while I was on CR. It was like I became a different person. | F | 39 | 4 years | 9/30/2007 | 3 | couldn,t sleep | sleepwalking. sleepwalking. buying gifts for friends while asleep. sleepwalking. | I always preferred Ambien over lunesta as you could bite the Ambien in half, or quaters depending on your need. HOWEVER, I had a glass or two of gin, an Ambien and went to bed at 9PM. At midnite (I'm told by the neighbours), that I trimmed the lawn with a 'headlite' on my head. Then, apparently, I drove to work, started the work computer and ordered a 32" HDTV television plus a $300 remote control for my new friend and his wife! The shipping e-mail arrived on Monday and I thought it was a joke. No joke. $1100. These people have become my best friends (!) I have NO history of sleepwalking. This is just unreal, but I'll never say never again. I have stopped Ambien! (This is the straight truth, my friends), use at your own risk! | M | 61 | 3 months | 9/27/2007 | 1 | insomnia | irrational behavior; amnesia, sleep eating, sleep driving, sleep working. | My boyfriend on 3rd shift has been taking this under the directions of his physician. Last night he arrived at work and wasn't able to stand up. His supervisor sent him home and ordered a drug test. On the way home (less than a mile) he wrecked his car. | M | 47 | 1 years | 9/24/2007 | 4 | sleep disorder | cant remember what I said at night. | very good at helping you sleep, but go to bed when you take it. | M | 53 | 2 years | 9/17/2007 | 4 | PTSD | None: One night we had an emergency and I had to drive a car about 2 hours after takeing the Anbien CR. I did not have any problem operating the vehicle. | Only got 3 hours sleep with 7.5mg Ambien CR. It cost $100 for 30 pills and when I asked for a generic I was given Restoril 7.5mg which was only $7 for 45 but I could take 1 or 2 of them. Restoril, even taking two of them, did not work as well as Ambien CR and I got a new prescription for the 15mg version of Ambien CR. That was much better than the 7.5 and I was getting up to 5 hours (sometimes). I also found that neither of these work well if you have anxiety and I now take 0.5mg of Alprozolam about 30 minutes before taking the sedative (Ambien CR or Restoril). I am alternating those two sedatives every couple of days or so as I read where Ambien CR can be habit forming. Since this all came about from PTSD it helps to get therapy, exercise and read some self-help books. | M | 61 | 50 days | 9/16/2007 | 1 | not sleeping at night | Gave me sleep apnea symptoms such as waking up not breathing and snoring so loud that people downstairs could here me.I would also wake up after leeping 1 or 2 hours and make and eat large meals and go back to sleep.I stopped taking the drug one night and slept great.I have not taking it again.It is about 10 months later and all is good.I can not belive had Dr's giving me this awful drug for about 7 years. | M | 44 | 7 years | 9/9/2007 | 2 | Insomnia | Sleepwalking. Morning grogginess. Inabillity to wake up in the morning. | I actually woke up one morning with a black eye. I figure I fell in the bath tub while sleepwalking because the shower curtain had been pulled down. I also woke up one morning and found sandwich ingredients spread all over the kitchen. The scary thing is I actually used a knife in my sleep. I've had much better results on Lunesta. | F | 35 | 6 months | 9/7/2007 | 4 | insomnia | short term memory loss, every day | M | 44 | 2 years | 9/4/2007 | 5 | insomnia, sleep apnea | sleep! | I gotta say - I cant imagine this not working for someone. this little pill can do some crazy things if you dont take it and immediately go to bed. I have had conversations with people on the phone after taking this at night and had NO memory of it the next day. I think ambien is a lifesaver. I cant explain how much it has helped me. the sleep apnea (waking up unable to breath 10-30 times a night) GONE. as long as you take it right before getting into bed, i highly recommend this to anyone needing sleep. | F | 25 | 3 years | 9/3/2007 | 1 | Trouble sleeping | Hallucinations while taking every night for two weeks - after the two weeks - withdrawal included TERRIFYING nightmares that I was hearing voices, noises outside, and that an intruder was in my house. Also dreamed I was waking up and searching for my husband, trying to run downstairs, but couldn't move - was really asleep the whole time but everything I dreamed was very real. Also horrible depression with the withdrawal. | This medication has scared the crap out of me. I will never take it again. This is the first time I took it for two weeks straight (other times it was just on and off) and the withdrawal symptoms are terrifying. Not so many side effects while taking, but horrible withdrawal effects. | F | 30 | 14 days | 9/2/2007 | 4 | insomnia | hallucinations, sleepwalking | where do i begin with this drug? i love it and i hate it...my husband says i'm addicted and i'm starting to believe him...i can't sleep without it. i've experienced sleepwalking, sleepeating, even sleepdriving. i sleep like a rock, once i go to sleep. i've had hallucinations, taken showers, eaten half a cake, etc. i've had very intense personal conversations on it, recalling them late the next day. this is a very powerful drug, PLEASE BE CAREFUL while on it. | F | 35 | 2 days | 8/30/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Dry taste at bedtime. NO hypnotic or sedative effect whatsoever. Taking Ambien "CR" at 12.5 mg. | Have tried many sleep aides without relief. Ambien, Lunesta, Rozerem, Valium (10mg), Trazedone (600mg). Some response to Xanax (2 Mg) to sleep. Very disappointed. Think I'll have to try 100mg of Seconal if I ca get it.. | M | 52 | 4 days | 8/24/2007 |