AMBIEN Reviews (ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.1 (1450 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare AMBIEN with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 |
More on AMBIEN: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | insomnia | Ensure your stomach is very empty 4 hours after a meal, then take it with a BIG class of water. Very effective in this use. (I had made the mistake of half full stomach, just sips of water, milk vs. water ... need all 3: - empty gut, full pill (not half), big glass of water.. ZZZZZzzzzz. | M | 49 | 1 years 10mg 3X W | 3/25/2015 | 5 | yes | Objects on a table appear to float around. Text on the pages of book seem to move around the page, float above the page, and "dance" in rhythm as they slide around the page. Motor skills are at about 50%. A sense of happiness comforts you and then you fall asleep. When I wake up I occasionally am slightly nauseous, nothing serious, and it goes away within minutes. | M | 46 | 3 years 10 MG 1X day | 3/22/2015 | 5 | Late night insomnia | Over the course of 15 years I've had little or no noticeable adverse effects from taking Zolpidem. HOWEVER, twice I've received an RX manufactured by Torrent Pharma and have noticed a substantial difference. I have to take more in order to get the same effect, I don't feel as refreshed, I seem to dream more and that keeps me in a restless state. All in all, not an acceptable product from this manufacturer. | M | 71 | 15 years 10 MG 1X day | 3/12/2015 | 5 | insomnia | not experienced so far on that dose. | Gives me good night sleep, no walking, no eating at night, no memory loss. | F | 54 | 5 years 5-7.5 1X day | 3/10/2015 | 1 | sleep | Memory loss..very depressed..hair loss.. blurred vision..not wanting to be social..panic a ttacks..loss of myself | Not a good way to get sleep. It takes over your life with long term use. | F | 65 | 10 years 10mg | 2/23/2015 | 3 | Long term insomnia | I like others found food in my bed that I didn't remember eating and you build up a tolerance and need increased dosage. Have consistently gained weight. But no other meds I tried work. Would welcome suggestions | F | 60 | 5 years 10 1X day | 2/14/2015 | 1 | Could not fall alseep | Waking up with food all over my bed multiple times. Laying there unable to sleep other times. Peaking up feeling hungover | Garbage. Benadryl does a better job. | F | 27 | 30 days 10mg 1X AN | 1/8/2015 | 5 | Insomnia | Hallucinations and memory loss if I stayed up on it | I love, love, love this drug. I suffered from severe insomnia and this was the only drug I had that made me fall asleep so fast that I didn't even remember laying down for more than 10 minutes. I would wake up feeling refreshed and re-charged for my day with no lingering side effects or grogginess. However, I HAD to get in bed once I took it. I stayed up one night reading a book, and let's just say that was not all I ended up doing. I apparently went to the store for junk food, ate the junk food, purchased things online, made some embarrassing Facebook posts, and texted my friends at 4am. I had NO memory of it. One night I stayed up just a little later on it and hallucinated that fairies were coming down from the ceiling. It was not unpleasant, however. And if I was woken up on it without 8 hours elapsing from the time I took it, I would say and do things I had no memory of. I was woken up for an emergency once after 4 hours of sleep and apparently told my sister I liked ice cream and we should make cookies...at 3am. I also had to go to the hospital that night and had no memory of the experience the next day. But when I take it and go to sleep, it works perfectly. | M | 29 | 5 months 10MG 1X day | 12/17/2014 | 5 | Insomnia | Have had amnesia episode of shopping online and not remembering. | Take early enough to avoid hangover . Go to bed and lay down - do not use phone or computer after taking ambien, you may not remember what you write, say , text or purchase. Have partner monitor you. | F | 43 | 3 years 15 | 12/11/2014 | 1 | Insomnia | Vomiting, hallucinations, agitation, insomnia, dizziness, convulsions, tremors | I took it just once and I thought this night was a last in my life. My convulsions were so bad that even 30 mg of Valium didn't stop it. And after that for 2 weeks I couldn't sleep at all, maximum 1h a night. It was hell!!!!!!!!!! | F | 31 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 12/7/2014 | 4 | Help sleeping occasionally | Be careful if getting up in middle of the night. It will make you unsteady. | I have taken this to where I was hooked and taking every night. I weaned myself off, and now only take it occasionally. It works well if not taken often. When I was taking it a lot I would wake up after about 5 or 6 hours of sleep and not be able to get back to sleep. It works well for me if taken for occasional sleeplessness. | F | 49 | 7 years 10 mg 1X AN | 11/24/2014 | 5 | Insomnia bad due to lupus | Make sur u go right to bed . If not u buy things off line text ppl and don't say good things and cook. | F | 46 | 1 days 10mg | 11/14/2014 | 1 | Pain/insomnia | Had every side effects listed from loss of personal identity to risk taking. Put my career, marriage and life on the line with no awareness of the consequences. Nearly lost my life. Worsening of depression and suicidal thoughts. My Dr. did not monitor me at all. Just kept prescribing 30 days at a time. My wife recognized the darkness and demanded I weaned off. I threw out the remaining pills and detoxed alone with severe withdrawal. Life-threatening. A horrible drug. Will never recover the trust and respect I lost by my actions on this drug. | It should be off the market. | M | 61 | 2 months 10 mg. | 11/12/2014 | 5 | chronic sleep deprivation / insomni | Has worked great! However, over the last few years I take 10 mg first then wake up 1 1/2 hrs later then stay awake for an hour or so then take other 10 mg and get same effect for an hour or so. 2 to 3 hrs is just not enough. I wish I could get at least 6 to 8 hrs. No day time side affects. Guess I should be on 30 mg. | F | 46 | 10 years 20 mg | 10/29/2014 | 5 | Insomnia | Wonderful sleep. Be sure to take this med and then GO TO BED. The one time I didn't, I subconsciously took the rest of the script, and woke up to no more precious Ambien. I cannot get a dr to prescribe this for me in the long term, and would love nothing more. I don't need it every night, but when I do, it works perfectly when nothing else does. I go to sleep, and eight hours later, I literally jump out of bed, even without an alarm, refreshed and full of energy. I have never felt like that due to my sleep issues. I actually feel like a human being again. If I ever manage to get someone to prescribe it, I will have my girlfriend hold onto it though, to avoid taking more of it in my sleep. | F | 29 | 3 weeks 5 mg | 9/24/2014 | 5 | insomia | None | F | 63 | 6 years 12.5 | 9/14/2014 | 2 | insomnia | Horrible dry mouth, lasting all day and night, nothing helped, not even water...Depression, after a month of taking it I developed rebound insomnia, felt out of it, memory loss, loss concentration, indigestion, acid reflux, stomach cramps. | M | 27 | 1 months 10 | 9/12/2014 | 5 | insomnia/trouble getting to sleep | Taken PRN for at least 8 years. Never had any side effects. Best medicine ever created in my opinion. If you need to sleep nothing better! | M | 42 | 8 years 10mg | 9/6/2014 | 3 | Insomnia | Dry mouth, agitation, memory loss. Extreme hunger. Weight gain. Neck and jaw pain developed after long term use. Ambien should not be used long term. | F | 41 | 5 years 5 to 10mg | 9/6/2014 | 1 | sleep | headache after waking up, increase anxiety, worse insomnia, HORRID withdrawls, builds tolerance quick (have to take more drug for same result). higher dose worse head pain. | These are no safer than benzos like xanax and klonopin etc. They are addictive and will mess up your natural sleep architecture. Don't let any doc tell you that the z-drugs are safer than benzos because they are equally addictive and withdrawls are as bad or worse. If your not sleeping find ways to destress your life and relax. NEVER START ON SLEEP MEDS... | M | 30 | 9 months 3X day | 9/6/2014 |