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 |
| 5 | insomnia | NO side effects!!!!I started to have REAL bad insomnia cause of menopause. I grew sick of it and my doc gave me some Ambien. I take half a tab. It just helps me "get over the edge" and I finally just sleep,not toss and turn for hours and hours. I take it IN bed, then, in about 10 minutes, I put down my book and I SLEEP in no time! I can sleep about 7 wonderful hours with Ambien, wake up REFRESHED! WOW! FOr me, Ambien is an answer to prayer! I have my life and engery back. | 53 | 6 months | 6/8/2007 | 5 | insomnia, anxiety at bedtime | I have had no bad side effects, in fact, I feel like I have my life back since being prescribed this drug. I do notice an increased libido sometimes during the time between taking the drug and dozing off (45 minutes or so typically)... my hubby thinks it's wonderful! | I take it sporadically so that it won't lose effectiveness, so at most 3 times per week. Having 3 nights/week guaranteed sleep is so much better than going weeks and weeks with an hour here or there. I was a mess. I highly recommend trying this drug if you are struggling with insomnia!! | F | 36 | 1 years | 6/7/2007 | 5 | | 6/7/2007 | 4 | insomnia | sleep walking, eating, no memory the next day | Excellent at helping me both fall and stay asleep (CR version) | F | 52 | 1 years | 6/7/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | None, unless taken after considerable beer consumption, in which case walking in a straight line can be somewhat more challenging than it would without the ambien. | I take it to counteract insomnia side effects of Wellbutrin & Adderall. Take 5 mg most of the time, takes 40-45 minutes to produce drowsiness. Go to bed, sleep great, wake up refreshed. Typically sleep 5-6 hours during week, 8-10 weekends. Can get up and go fine after 5-6 on 5mg. 10mg takes me a full 8 hours to get over and leaves me feeling sluggish for awhile then, so i rarely take 10mg. I generally try to skip taking it at least one night a week. All in all, I agree with another poster that one of its biggest benefits is eliminating the anxiety about whether you will sleep well or not. | M | 51 | 2 years | 6/6/2007 | 5 | insomnia | I get very high. It's a wonderful feeling. Then I drift off to la la land very nicely. | M | 29 | 15 years | 6/4/2007 | 4 | insomnia | dizzy, hallucinations, like eating magic mushrooms, crazy trip, trouble telling reality from imagination, afraid I might do something crazy under the influene | It works, you just might want to invest in a baby-sitter for yourself so you don't fall down the stairs or somehting. | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 6/4/2007 | 3 | dr.orders | not sleeping | M | 40 | 75 days | 6/3/2007 | 5 | insomnia | when the ambien first starts to take effect i feel like a slight high, feeling really heavy, and slightly seeing and hearing things...But that only last 5-10mins it seems like. | I've been taking Ambien EQ for about a week, and I love it. I get to work on time and I am finally getting sleep. I get all eight hours, and when I wake up I am not drowsy or feeling hung over. | F | 22 | 1 weeks | 5/31/2007 | 5 | cannot fall/stay asleep | If I don't take then go to bed immediately I am not sure that I recall all that I do. I feel almost spaced out. When I first started taking I got up in the night and ate snacks... Found in the AM. | This has been a great help for me. Once I take I do not leave the house. It's much better than Lunesta for me. I sleep very sound, my husband has tried to wake me in the night and I have no recollection of this. I get up feeling refreshed. At first I was taken the brand (CR) generic was just released and it works just as good, but much less money. | F | 36 | 30 days | 5/30/2007 | 3 | trouble falling asleep | In low doses, it became usless after taking it long term. In high doses, it causes complete and total zombieism. You will be in a trance and awake and active in the wee hours in the midnight and morning stumbling around and breaking things, and wake up next morning and not remember a thing. It can be severly dangerous if you don't have someone to babysit you during these occurences. | It works, but not by making you tired, but by hypnotising you and putting you to sleep. Total psychodelic drug. Stronger in high doses then any drug out there. Very dangerous. | M | 29 | 3 years | 5/28/2007 | 1 | BP/BPD | Nothing. This drug did NOTHING for me. | try xanax. | F | 29 | 6 months | 5/27/2007 | 5 | severe insomnia, no slow wave sleep | some memory loss of events during initial drug onset. | saved my life! although long-term use leads to short-term memory loss. worth it though. | F | 47 | 20 years | 5/26/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | None.. but it's kind of expensive for me | I am taking Ambien CR. It took about three nights for it to start working for me. I can sleep about 5-6 hours before waking up. I guess some sleep is better than no sleep. I prefer Seroquel but it makes me terriby groggy the next day. I can only take it when I don't have to get up early. Has anybody had any better luck with some other type of sleep med? All suggestions will be greatly appreciated! :) | F | 39 | 1 months | 5/25/2007 | 3 | sleeping problems | headache in the am. i take reg. ambien it when i go to bed and i do not fall asleep for about 5or6 hrs. then i sleep for a few hrs. ambien cr made me feel very psychotic. everything bad that i felt normally was intensified 50 fold. | i have been taking ambien for about 3and 1/2 years now. uaually i break a 10mg tab and take one half. sometimes i wind up taking the other half later at night. i have been unable to sleep properly for many yrs. dr. said i was like the soldiers that came home from nam. body needed sleep, brain said if i sleep i die. causing major anxiety!!! yea, i had a very nasty childhood. learned to sleep with one eye open as they say. i was awake and asleep at the same time before ambein. boy, at the crazy things i used to see from not going into rem sleep enough. now the ambein helps me rest but only after about 6 hrs.it helps with my fibromyalgia and ptsd but i don't want to have to take it so much it really makes my migraines worse. if i don't sleep though then i wind up at the e.r. and they have to give me a shot to knock me out or i will get very sick. i get ill faster than most people from lack of sleep. can not take ambien cr makes me psychotic. if you try this med. make sure that you have f | F | 43 | 3 years | 5/25/2007 | 3 | never | I read all of your observations. Escecially about amnesia and memeory loss. My question is when you experienced the things that you did, did you have any thoughts about doing them when not under the influence of the drug? For instance something said or done to a spouse or a friend that you would not have said or done when in a cohera\ent state of mind> | I have a family member that is taking the drug, and experiencing these symptoms. I just want to know more about you experiences | M | 33 | 0 days | 5/25/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Odd behavior, poor choices...and no sleep | Used to take ambien (several years ago), and it worked fine. I've taken it over the last couple of nights, did not fall asleep, and last night something in my head made me think that I needed a better apperance. My skin needed to be "softer" -- so I ended up abrading large areas of my upper arms with a pumice stone. I pierced my own ear, and I tore large chunks of calloused skin off of my heels. | M | 36 | 3 days | 5/23/2007 | 5 | To Help Me Fall Asleep | Well as the drug was setting in i felt very light headed, still awake and capable of doing something, but almost as if your floating on air, and your full of energy, but your slowly being forced to close your eyes. Do not stand up, i was standing up talking to someone and i was falling asleep. Also as i was falling asleep in my bed i had extremely vivid animated dreams, very entertaining i must say! | I Am a computer programmer, my sleeping patterns over the past few months have been very odd, in essence my night is my day and my day is my night, i can't stand this fact, so i am using this drug to get my sleep cycle back to normal. | M | 17 | 1 days | 5/22/2007 | 5 | SLEEP | April 23, 2007 -- The FDA today approved the first generic versions of Ambien (zolpidem tartrate) immediate-release tablets. Zolpidem tartrate tablets in formulations of 5 milligrams and 10 milligrams are made by multiple generic drug companies in the U.S. | For people that need CHEAP DRUGS ask for Ambien Generic (zolpidem tartrate) I find this drug is more effective then Ambien CR and its cheapier | F | 34 | 14 years | 5/16/2007 | 5 | Not sure | None major | **Be warned that you will have problems getting off** If anyone reads this and has gotten off please email me with advice. | M | 30 | 2 years | 5/15/2007 |