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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | anxiety, sleeplessness | My friend offered me some Ambien after a death in my family which caused me great anxiety and sleeplessness. Shame on me. Subsequently, I found myself having phone coversations that I forgot the next morning, along with other types of amnesia. I experienced sexual inhibition, a dream-like state, writing lenghty emotional emails, dizziness and staggering, once I fell on the stairs and hit my head on my laptop. I didnt realize the importance of going to bed right away. I didnt like the side effects at all and realized them pretty quickly. I prefer to have more control over my body and my mind, even while asleep, especially with little children in the house. I'm certain the dosage was probably too high for me, but I didnt even want to bother with a lower dosage. I went to my doctor right away and got something else for my anxiety and to help me sleep. Its definitely a good drug for sleeping and probably not dangerous if taken responsibly and with great care and education. But it | I agree with other writers that there should be more information, more public awareness about the potential side effects and dangers of this popular drug, especially possible sexual side effects, the hypnotic-hallucinogenic effects, especially after reading other reports on this site. Now I know I'm not crazy. | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 3/19/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | None except nightmares. I never used to have nightmares until I started taking ambien. But they're not bad enough to make me stop taking it. | I LOVE ambien!!! It's saved my life!! I can function now during the day. My fibromyalgia is much better when I sleep well and ambien allows me to do this. It takes 30 min - 1 hour to work... I start getting sleepy within about 30 min then eventually go to sleep shorty thereafter. | 1 years | 3/18/2007 | 1 | insomnia | initially I thought Ambien was a miracle. I have now been taking it for nearly 2 years and in the past month have started dozing at the wheel and find my memory loss is likely not CRS disease but a side effect. | My sleep quality has gotten worse the longer I've taken Ambien. Quitting leaves me worse off than I was before - literally nights and nights where I hear every 15min chime on my clock making work extremely stressful and being a nice human being a real challenge. | F | 49 | | 3/18/2007 | 4 | cant fall asleep | first i took it then about 10 to 15 min. later, you get very loopy,once i have halucinated.you feel very glee almost you could run for miles but as you feel this you are feeling exusted.you just want to break something and say come on, bring it! also i have felt very random, a true story as i was loopy i would look in the mirror and say "im going to get a buzz cut".but the next morning i would look back on it and would say "over my dead body" if you are strong you can fight the pill and the temptation to sleep will go down as the time goes buy.i personally can take it at 12 at night and wake up at 6 in the morning. Do not take two pills... i havent even done that!!!!!!!!! | M | 17 | | 3/15/2007 | 4 | cant fall asleep | first i took it then about 10 to 15 min. later, you get very loopy,once i have halucinated.you feel very glee almost you could run for miles but as you feel this you are feeling exusted.you just want to break something and say come on, bring it! also i have felt very random, a true story as i was loopy i would look in the mirror and say "im going to get a buzz cut".but the next morning i would look back on it and would say "over my dead body" if you are strong you can fight the pill and the temptation to sleep will go down as the time goes buy.i personally can take it at 12 at night and wake up at 6 in the morning. Do not take two pills... i havent even done that!!!!!!!!! | M | 17 | | 3/15/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | I did not have any negative side effects with Ambien until I stopped (on the advice of my doctor) taking it. Supposedly one is not supposed to have withdrawal with Ambien, but I did. I was a wreck. I had horrible rebound insomnia. I could not go to work by the end of the week. I was hallucinating. I was sweating and shaking. I am glad this medicine is out of my system now. I will never, ever, take it again. | This drug did help me fall asleep initially, but the effect wore off fast. It was SO hard to get off of that I would not recommend it to anyone, period. Ambien is the devil!!! | F | 40 | 6 months | 3/15/2007 | 4 | anxiety attacks at night - no sleep | I'm trying to find out if the 10 mg ambien I've been taking is causing the excessive saliva in my mouth which, when I unconscientiously constantly clear my mouth by sucking the saliva out, has given me a most painful, burning,irritated mouth for over a year now. | has anyone else had this same reaction ? | F | 60 | 1 years | 3/12/2007 | 3 | insomnia | Hallucinations, gorging, sleepwalking? | I was awakened by the Hubby at 315am- thought he was dreaming. Apparently he was experiencing a combo of several side effects that are reported here. He was hallucinating, carrying on conversations with multiple people, slurred speach, non-sensical, stumbling around, gorged on ice-cold pizza, half of a cake, sat and watched TV- making up plot lines! Went downstairs and took a shower "to go to church". This lasted for about 2.5 hours. He wanted to drive to the store- I took the keys and cell phone and hid them and stayed awake to make sure he didn't hurt himself. Finally he got mad and stated "I'm going back to bed like a NORMAL person!" after sleeping about 4 hours he was normal- didn't remember much- said he was in a twilight sleep!! | M | 39 | 6 months | 3/12/2007 | 1 | insomnia | Ambien triggered hypomania and a psychotic episode. | Do not take this drug if you have any tendencies toward mania or depression. It can be extremely dangerous. | M | 44 | 21 days | 3/12/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | Same as mentioned in prevous post. | This is a very good drug in helping with insomnia. If Lunesta is the mouse, Ambien is the elephant when it comes to sleep aids. REMEMBER: If you get used to it and think you can take it before you drive home then you will be ready to go to bed DON'T. If you get pulled over one look at your pupils and you are in jail with a DUI. Your prescription will not save you. Do not carry the meds with you they should stay home or safely in your overnight bag. Do not use this drug recreationally, it is worse than alcohol and you will buy more trouble than you can imagine, an oh yeah, not remember it. The thing is you can get hurt, spend all your money, or worse, hurt others. Your good sense isn't just drunk it is gone.......you are supposed to be asleep, remember. | F | 55 | 10 years | 3/10/2007 | 5 | Insomnia | You will fall asleep standing up, literally. Short term memory gone from the time you take the pill until you wake up next day. You act drunk if you are up and walking around after taking it. Your good sense goes to sleep so don't go shopping, drive, or stay up you can get hurt or worse, hurt others. | Needed help to sleep because I traveled a great deal and the anti-depressants do not help in the sleep department. Dose was 20/mg per night for sleep. Worked great for first 8 years same dose. Mixing alcohol - big no no you get the bad dreams, hangover etc. even with 1-2 oz. of alcohol. Past 2 years I only net about 4 hours of sleep with this dose. When your life changes after 10 years so should your meds, if you still need them that is. Try lowering your dose, sometimes less is more. TAKE IT AS DIRECTED BE IN BED AND TAKE IT. If you take it even 20 minutes before you go to bed you can seriously hurt yourself, start a fire, slip and fall - your automatic sensors shut off. DO NOT shop while on this medication or you will spend yourself into negative balances. Your good sense has already gone to sleep even though you are not in bed. This drug takes about 10-12 hours to metabolize out of your system. Even if you have been taking this for years never kid your self into taking i | F | 55 | 10 years | 3/9/2007 | 4 | insomnia | hallucinations and dizzyness if i cant fall asleep right away. EXTREME memory loss---i took a math test today and couldnt remember ANYTHING we learned since I started taking it (three days ago). If i didnt get to finish it tomorrow i would have completely failed it. although so far i can remember everything i do while on the drug, so im only drawing blanks on things i do while awake...weird i know. | this medicine helps TREMENDOUSLY with insomnia... i can go 7+ days without even dozing let alone sleeping, and when i take this i knock right out. dont take it if you arent going to fall asleep right away, crazy stuff happens!! i take the medicine correctly, so my side effects arent because i am abusing it. | F | 15 | 3 days | 3/8/2007 | 4 | insomnia | memory loss, very vivid dreams, drug hangover in the morning. One of the strangest side effects (some may consider this a good thing) is a MAJOR increase in libido. | I'm not a huge fan of this med. I've taken this med "as needed" for years. It really works- good sleep aid. You definitely need to time it right or you'll be sluggish and sleepy the next day. It also causes forgetfulness the next day. It also raises libido- but you can't remember anything about it in the morning. Although this med isn't addictive--I could see how someone might become dependent on it for sleeping. | F | 39 | 4 years | 3/7/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | I was tormented by 'sleep eating', because of the Ambien and subsequently gained quite a bit of weight while taking it. The day I discovered a half-fried hamburger in a skillet, I realized I was cooking in my sleep, as well! I also awoke one morning and found that I'd eaten 6 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches over night. Finding crumbs and other tell-tale signs of eating during the night became common. This medication caused more trouble for me, than the insomnia! | F | 56 | 18 months | 3/6/2007 | 5 | Long time Insomnia | Hallucinations, memory loss, dizziness | If taken appropriately, Ambien is a godsend. I had really really bad insomnia caused by stress and taking Adderall. When I first started taking it, my insomnia was so bad that I had literally been sleeping only a couple of hours a night for months. Then my doctor prescribed me 10mg. I took it and my husband 'babysat' me because I was afraid of the side effects. After I had taken it a while, we realized that nothing bad or weird was going to happen so we relaxed the 'babysitting'. A couple of times I took it and didnt go to sleep right away, and ended up having sex with my husband and I had some reallly freaky hallucinations. I have to say they were very pleasant. One time, I had an argument with my husband and I ended up driving off in my car. He didnt realize I had taken it and didnt realize the danger. I got into a crash with a mailbox and a basketball hoop, but miraculously made it home without killing myself. If you are going to take it, make sure you hide your car keys | F | 40 | 15 months | 3/4/2007 | 1 | Insomnia | Hallucinations, amnesia | The drug made me sleep, however, I do not remember anything after taking the drug or for the next 10+ hours. I awoke after 7 hours, showered, drove, went to work, etc.; however, I don't remember most of it. My husband said I was up for hours talking and hallucinating. Next day at work, I couldn't function so I left for home. I came home and passed out waking up to sleep paralysis (unable to fully awaken or move, but I could hear and see things around me). Worst experience ever! | F | 41 | 2 days | 2/23/2007 | 3 | couldnt fall asleep | Some times woozy the next day till noon, then maybe somedays i get a headache. 5 mg, gives me exactly 4-5 hours of sleep. Have taken it for a week and stopped one day and couldnt sleep at all. Kind of scary, would like to work around it so i dont take it every night. Anybody have any suggestions? | M | 55 | 9 days | 2/20/2007 | 5 | I have slepp like a log my entire life. Enter pre-menopause. The last year I've been laying away unitl 3 or 4am. Horrible. I'm grateful for this medication. If I don't go straight to sleep (I do digital scrapbooking on my computer) things look like they're moving (a little) and my scrappages look 3D. When I get up to use the bathroom I feel a little off balance. I don't know or remember any phone calls or imaginary friends. I just know I can FINALLY SLEEP! And I wake up with NO medicine head. | I'm taking two 6.5 Ambien CR about 11:30 to midnight. I asked for the lower dose of 6.5 but it was not enough. When I took 5 or 10 mg Ambian (before Ambian CR) I would go to bed at 11:00 and wake up at 3 am. Now I selpp a full 8 hours and feel good. | F | 51 | 3 weeks | 2/19/2007 | 2 | insomnia | memory loss confusion / forgetfulness | F | 53 | 4 months | 2/16/2007 | 5 | insomnia | ambien is the only sleep aide that really works for me. i have had sleep onset insomnia for years. i love the "well being" feeling it gives you just before you drift off to sleep. the only problem i have with it is the "ambien amnesia". i won't remember much of what i said or did about a half hour after taking it, which can be very weird and scary. but..other that that. this is my favorite drug! | F | 24 | 4 years | 2/14/2007 |