AMBIEN Reviews (ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.1 (1453 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AMBIEN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 5 | Sleep Disorder Not Sleeping | This medicine is going to be available in generic real soon it is not differant then the Ambien CR (controlled Release)which is on patent. I find it works better then the Ambien CR. This is great news for people that need cheapier meds Hurray | Great people that need CHEAPIER generic drugs with the same Effectiveness | F | 30 | 12 years | 5/14/2007 | 2 | Insomnia | Waking up after four to six hours, unable to get to sleep again. Most of the time it doesn't work for me at all. I take it and I still am wide awake hours later. Sometimes it works tho, and then it's nice. | Does not work most of the time, some people can get resistant to high dosages fast. | M | 24 | 4 weeks | 5/14/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | Eating, phone calls. | Absolutely the best thing for me. Have been taking it for about 2 years. I have eaten while taking it before and once called a friend and didn't remember it (resulting in a really expensive trip to IHOP- apparently I told her she could order everything on the menu when we went again, but that's a different story). Now, I keep my door locked, my house alarm is on, and my boyfriend can hear me get up at night. I know now to take it and get in bed. I love it. | F | 33 | 2 years | 5/13/2007 | 1 | insomnia | I am happy to say after a year I have my license back. I say this because a year ago I "woke" at 3:30am after taking ambien, drove to the store, bought food and on the way home plowed into a parked car totalling both. Was arrested, taken to the hospital and then jail....remembering nothing until around 6am when I really woke up cuffed to a chair in jail! It was only 3 days later when I went to the tow yard to see my car I even knew I went to the stote due to all the food! Even worse I think I may have stolen all the stuff! | Find an alternative. Even a silm chance of this happening to you is too high of a risk! | M | 50 | 15 days | 5/11/2007 | 5 | anxiety induced insomnia | All of the sensational ones: sleep baking, sleep sex, sleep shopping. BUT THEN I did the RESPONSIBLE thing and only took it once I was in bed and after notifying my ENTIRE family (yes., kids, too) so I was safe from doing anything odd or dangerous. | It is a GODSEND. Fully rested in the am and feel like a new person. I am convinced it has kept me from sliding into a full depression. It works on 3 levels for me: 1. My body gets rest so I can 'fight' for another day. 2. My brain heals. 3. I can endure a difficult day knowing I can take the pill and go to sleep. I consider it a miracle cure for preventing a full blown depression. Wish I had it available to me years ago...could have changed my life. | F | 40 | 90 days | 5/10/2007 | 3 | insomnia | blurred vision and memory lost, and not just when I'm actually taking not. Now, I forget where I put everything or what I was supposed to do. I don't remember anything that happened the night before. My personality changes. I've hate hour long conversations that I don't remember. I even accepting a marriage proposal that I had to turn down the next day...worked great at first. Fell asleep easily, but now it can take hours and it doesn't seem worth it anymore, but I'M HOOKED!!! | Be careful! GO TO BED IMMEDIATELY. The "high" might be fun, it you'll do stuff that you wouldn't normally do. | F | 29 | 1.5 years | 5/9/2007 | 5 | insomnia | None under normal conditions. Resisting it's affects once drowsy can cause unusual results (trouble focusing, dizziness etc). However, the drug IS a hallucinogen. Mixing with alcohol is particularly BAD. Absentmindedly did it once and watched my covers crawl off the bed! | For most people, used properly, I think this is a wonderful item. But the potential for abuse is high. I use it only 1-2 days and then wait at lease a few weeks before repeating. BTW: I've used either 5 or 10mg depending on how restless I feel. | M | 43 | 2 days | 5/7/2007 | 3 | Insomnia, Fibromyalgia, Bipolar | The usual: weird eating, sex, and other adventures while under the influence. Might also affect daytime mood, not sure; sometimes it seems to make me grumpier. When I try to stop taking it, I have bad anxiety attacks. I'm amazed they say it's "not addictive." | Ambien seems to hit different people differently, and to change its effects over time. For a while, it was fine, then I started semi-waking up during Ambien sleep and having hallucinations, eating a ton, pawing at my partner (and going for some very delicious but raunchy sex, just barely remembered), sending disturbing emails, writing blithering insanity... it also works as a truth serum on me, which can be really embarrassing even if it's just your partner you're talking to. often it gives the impression of "presences", "the Ambien people" i call them privately, and though i am never convinced they're real, they're still... oh it's hard to explain. basically, this stuff is REALLY messing with your head! i wonder what it's doing to us in the long term?? don't take it with booze, see if you can get by with a half a small tab (i take 5 mg) instead of a big dose, and really follow the directions. get in bed and STAY THERE. to avoid the binge eating problem: have a litt | F | 38 | 3 years | 5/6/2007 | 3 | insomnia | well... it works in a way. First it works like viagra.... | "honie... , I'll make it quick"... which ends up being a lie, (2nd side effect). But finally I fall asleep exhausted and happy... so.. alls well that ends well... even my wife sleeps better. | M | 42 | 5 days | 5/2/2007 | 2 | Insomnia | Headache the next day | I took 10mgs the first 2 nights with no benefit so I upped it to 20mgs and still saw no benefit. It did not help me sleep. It didn't even make me sleepy! | F | 27 | 7 days | 5/2/2007 | 2 | unable to fall asleep, waking early | increased insomnia, restless legs, watery eyes, sleep eating | I took 10 mg just before bed. My eyes got very watery-dripping all over my face as if I was bursting into tears. My legs got very restless and I started having weird thoughts. I stayed in bed, but I didn't actually fall asleep for atleast 4 hours later. I woke up at 4:50 a.m. and could not get back to sleep. Then I found an empty carton of ice cream on the counter-I had eaten half of it sometime during the night and did not realize it. The only good thing is I don't have a hangover today, which is amazing on the little amount of sleep I got. | F | 24 | 1 days | 5/1/2007 | 4 | insomnia | not many...sometimes headache, blurry vision, mental fog | For me, Ambien never failed to put me asleep ( I took half or a third of a 10 mg tablet - a full 10 mg tab at once was too much) I often woke up a few hours later and needed to take more. The main problem was that the quality of sleep was so-so. I never felt very rested. But I did sleep. | M | 37 | 1 years | 4/30/2007 | 4 | Alternating shiftwork | increased libido, mild amnesia, disinhibition | I try not to take it more than 2-3 days in a row. I can tell my body gets used to it quickly then I get rebound insomnia if I don't take it. I actually have more restful sleep without it IF I can fall asleep. I think it's very addictive both psychologically and physically. One does need to be very disciplined about not emailing people, calling people, or shopping on the internet. I always remember what I said/wrote, but often regret how disinhibited I was. I registered for a marathon one night and didn't even know it. I wasn't even a runner, but since I paid for it and booked the hotel and airfare I trained and ran it. I'd like to discontinue using it altogether. I've lived 34 yrs without it... | F | 35 | 1 years | 4/26/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | No side effects. I am also VERY sensitive to most drugs. | Ambien CR is a lifesaver for me. I can take it on 4 hours or sleep without being tired in the morning with a "sleep hangover" like over the counter drugs. I've tried Benadryl (with inconsistent results), Unisom, Tylenol PM, Lunesta, and Rosyrm (sp?). Ambien CR- Not regular Ambien is the best. Won't really help me fall asleep, but helps me STAY asleep. I've also been taking it about a year without the need to up the dosage. Until they come up with a miracle sleeping pill that lets you sleep 8 hours and not feel groggy, I give this the highest rating of ALL sleep medications. | F | 38 | 1 years | 4/26/2007 | 1 | to help me fall asleep | It worked well for about a month, then two nights in a row, I had HORRIBLE panic attacks right after taking it that made me want to claw my skin off. Very scary! | F | 39 | 30 days | 4/25/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Initially slight motor control problems. With continued use, commiting acts or saying things and having the memory of such erased. I have had conversations, made phone calls, changed passwords to financial accounts and have no memory of any kind of these events. I have also purchased things online and until the strange packages would arrive, I had no idea anything was coming. I also have mild halucinations when on my computer. The windows move around and the words change size and grow and move. Being an inteligent and educated person I simply stop and turn off the computer knowing fully well it was the drug. | I have spoken with other Ambien users who also have similar symptoms. One person is having some marital issues and when on Ambien he tells his spouse things she is not supposed to know. He has even told her things that in fact NEVER really happened. Another goes online and gambles and buys things and has NO memory of this at all. | M | 40 | 3 months | 4/23/2007 | 5 | Cant stay asleep | Hallucination and memory loss. Sometimes vomiting. | I only suffered from side effects when I took the medicine and stayed awake. If i took the pills then right went to bed, then there was no problem. The vomiting came about when i ate to close to taking the pill or when i ate after taking the pill. | F | 3 months | 4/20/2007 |