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, anxiety | no side effects. i don't understand any of the reported side effects because the proper way to take this medication is immediately before bed and then getting in and staying in bed. cooking and cleaning or even attempting to stay up after taking it is ridiculous. what do you expect? | i am on the 12.5mg CR version and it works great. | F | 22 | 2 months | 12/15/2006 | 1 | Can't sleep. Temporary depression. | I weight 100 lbs. and took 1/2 a pill last night, instead of the recommended whole pill. Within 20 minutes I could hardly stand up. Went to bed and heard knocking at the door which woke me up. There was no one there. Today I feel excessively tired and somewhat 'spaced out'. Not good. | F | 49 | 1 days | 12/12/2006 | 2 | Insomnia | Nothing except for hangovers/grogginess in the mornings. | I've been taking Ambien CR. Despite being controlled release, it only works for about 4 hours. If I take it at 11:00pm and go to sleep shortly thereafter, I wake up at 3:00am on the dot. Half the time, I have trouble getting back to sleep, or getting back to sleep and staying asleep. For this reason alone, I think Ambien is not the right drug for me. I have zero problems with amnesia when taking Ambien, and I can remember vividly anything I did, read, listened to, thought about, etc., before going to sleep after taking it. It doesn't knock me out right away. It's taken me up to an hour or a bit longer before going to sleep after having taken it, but that is rare - it normally takes a half hour or so. I have noticed that I tend to have much more vivid and strange dreams when I take Ambien (not bad, just very strange). In the past I've rarely had vivid or involving dreams, but I swear Ambien has affected that. I would site that as a negative side-effect, since at times the dreams have be | M | 31 | 5 months | 12/10/2006 | 5 | insomnia due to anxiety | If I stay up after taking dose, and I do... I have asense of well being, able to just relax and mellow out before I get to the zombie state and then black out! I have eaten everytime I've taken it with nearly a box of poptarts gone the next am. I hate that part, since I'm trying to lose baby weight! I compromise by limiting my daytime food. I've heard this phenomonon is real in a great portion of patients. | don't want to be on it much longer, but have insomnia and without it, I don't sleep... I guess I will continue til I really see the bad outweighs good. (or I outweigh my fiancee)LOL | F | 30 | 2 months | 12/7/2006 | 5 | Tinnitus & chronic insomnia | If I stay up too long after taking it, I feel a bit loopy & euphoric - tend to not remember things I did/said before going to bed. Leg & foot cramps. | I've had trouble sleeping for years, and have used everything from sleepy-time tea, to melatonin, to Tylenol PM and everything in between (including biofeedback & self-imagery). A few years ago, I also developed tinnitus, which makes trying to fall asleep that much more difficult. Ambien has been a God-send for me. 90% of the time, I fall asleep within 20 minutes of going to bed. I've noticed no day-time memory loss or odd behavior, and I have been taking it for two years (not every single night, but probably 80-90% of the time). If; however, I take it and do not go right to bed, I feel a bit "high" and loopy, and I tend to forget things I do/say, but it's never anything bad or life-threatening. It has caused leg/foot cramps. Also, it works much better on an empty stomach. | F | 35 | 2 years | 12/7/2006 | 3 | Couldn't Sleep | Wow! I thought it was just me! For short term use, this stuff works GREAT! What I didn't realize is that you really need to take the dose and then go right to bed. It doesn't make you sleepy as much as it shuts your thinking process down. If I took one and stayed awake (waiting to get sleepy), I did the wierdest things. Apparently you get the munchies big time because I would wake up the next morning finding food all over the place, but no recollection of making anything. It was only the following morning after seeing an empty aluminum tray and a fork that I realized I made a three pound family-sized lasagna dinner. One morning I found a pot of boiling macaroni (thank God the house didn't burn down). One night I found myself at the Wendy's drive thru and no clue how I got there. I've awakend on my neighbor's couch watching a movie, and don't know whether I was invited or just walked over (I left before she woke up). I've called friends at two in the morning, only knowing so because the | WARNING! For short term use only | M | 46 | 6 years | 12/7/2006 | 2 | insomnia | memory loss, acting intoxicated, panic attacks, leg pain (neuropathy). | I used to sing praises about Ambien. I didn't mind the memory loss, until I had children- now I can't remember what happened during the night, and that can be dangerous.... especially when the drug causes you to acted in an intoxicated way. Then it caused me to start having panic attacks and pain in my legs, and it was scary. I had pins & needles and tingling sensations, pain, and panic- I actually thought I might die. Too scary, too dangerous. I quit taking it, and now have to treat the aftereffect of anxiety & panic attacks. I can't recommend this drug. | F | 26 | 6 months | 12/7/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | None - this was the problem. I thought I could take it every night, just like taking Advil every day during my period and then simply stop with no issues. | Well, unbenownst to me, I got in a quiet sleeping situation and just stopped taking Ambien. I must have been an addict because I went through withdrawal HELL. Paxil withdrawal was a day in the park compared to this. I was actually jones-ing for Ambien. I was like Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" when he is getting off speed. Would never take this crap again. I feel bad for people taking the CR - how do they taper off? At least you can taper off the regular version of Ambien which I would recommend. | F | 35 | 4 months | 12/4/2006 | 5 | insomnia | had night time "friends" I talked to.... Hallucinations and sense well being. | would recommend to anyone in for a good experience while getting to sleep! | F | 39 | 2 months | 12/3/2006 | 5 | Insomia | none | Knocks ya out! sleepy time! | M | 19 | 7 months | 11/30/2006 | 5 | Sleep issues | None | Wow | M | 18 | 1 months | 11/25/2006 | 5 | anxiety induced insomnia | hmm, mostly good, sleepy, content, mild hallucinogenic properties, lucid dreams, blueish vision (at times). | It's the only med that I can count on, I've been on wellbutrin and klonopin as well, for a long time. It's far more effective than klonopin for sleep. Unlike something like xanax, if you stay up, you have fun but relax, I'd still be awake if not for the ambien, but im still conserving energy and when i go to bed, I'll fall asleep instantly. The price is absurd w/o insurance I've been diagnosed with chronic insomnia for 10 years now, but Ive tried sontata,melatonin,calm easy,beer :( ,and benedryl(which also works, but gives me nightmares, or wake me up) | M | 25 | 3 years | 11/25/2006 | 5 | insomnia | none | good drug--it gets me 6-7 hours sleep and sometimes 8 whereas before I got 4-5. It's gentle too. | M | 65 | 6 months | 11/23/2006 | 3 | insomnia | none | It is short-lived in its effect. I am going to try the CR version | M | | 11/23/2006 | 5 | insomnia & waking up during night | some memory loss | this is a great drug... i normally fall asleep within 30 minutes. however, after being on ambien for the past 4 months, i have had a few nights were it seems to have an opposite effect keeping me awake & very hyper. | M | 28 | 4 months | 11/22/2006 | 1 | insomnia | made insomnia worse | It's really sad a few of you like the hallucinogenic and energetic effects of this stuff. I have a separate illness that brings that stuff on naturally--not as good as it sounds. I have another illness that causes me to sometimes do things I don't remember, and I'm sorry it's happened to so many here. I can't believe my doctor, who knows my conditions, would prescribe this drug for me. | F | 46 | 7 days | 11/22/2006 | 3 | TO SLEEP | Hallucinations - seeing things that aren't there. Memory loss - not remembering what I did at all. Having complete conversations with others that I don't remember at all and say things that are totally uncharteristic of myself. Slurred speech,slow reaction to things. | Ambien does what it's suppose to do(put you to sleep),but it also does things that are scary: blackouts, hallucinations etc. I have also had crazy dreams while taking this. I don't remember anything I do, but have others that tell me what I do. Don't take this unless your in the bed - otherwise you will end up outside talking to the trees like me. All jokes aside, do take care when taking this ....extra care if your a girl out with guys you don't know too well. | F | 30 | 1 years | 11/20/2006 | 2 | Sleep disturbance due to leg cramps | Stomach problems -- nausea, indigestion, hunger, noisy stomach. Sweating for someone who is always cold. Depressed. Not feeling well. Stuffy head and painful sinuses. | Took 5 mg for 3 days. Stomach symptoms began the first afternoon and got progressively worse everyday. Tums does not help. The first night not taking it, I couldn't sleep. I think there are a lot of symptoms that we are not relating to the Ambien. Leg cramps did subside but not sure I want to use this expensive drug again. I followed directions, took it and went to bed. I feel sorry for these people who are getting uppers on this drug. They need help. | M | 58 | 3 days | 11/20/2006 | 3 | sleep | stopped working after 10 days. Dry eyes. No other side effects | F | 53 | 30 days | 11/19/2006 | 1 | severe insomnia | Had to take 4-5 Ambiens per night to get ANY sleep at all, then woke up in the WORST mood, felt and acted very aggressively and agitated as if I had drunk 5 coffees. | Changed my personality from being a pretty easygoing guy to one that wanted to argue, especially in the morning. I will NEVER take this drug again. | M | 36 | 6 months | 11/15/2006 |