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 |
| 1 | to get rest after giving birth | hallucinations | I was 19 at the time. I had just given birth via c-section. The nurse insisted that I needed help sleeping, so she gave me Ambien. I slept for a little while, then awoke in a panic. I was screaming because I thought I couldn't find my husband (in the chair next to my bed). My husband jumped up and turned on the lights. I took one look at him, and started screaming. To me, it looked as if he had sharp teeth and was trying to get me. Everyone I saw looked like that with the exception of my mom. My poor husband was so upset that he couldn't console me, he left for a while. My mom slept in the chair next to me. She said that I would just stare at her like I was making sure she wasn't going to do anything. I do remember staring at this one nurse, who, to me, looked particularly evil. I thought she was the devil. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend Ambien at all. In fact, I have it on my allergy list. | F | 25 | 1 days | 9/14/2006 | 4 | Insomnia | I've had sex, cooked, cleaned, emailed, texted, phoned and even settled arguments with no memory of it happening the day after. So far the side effects are somewhat funny but I'd start to worry when it starts to get dangerous. That aside, it is by far the best solution to my sleep problems. I have been taking it on and off for 11 months when I need it, and I almost always wake up refreshed and well rested. | F | 29 | 11 months | 9/13/2006 | 4 | insomnia | Occasionally wandering into another bed during a bathroom trip, but the worst was pedal edema...swelling of the feet and fluid retention. I will be switching to Lunesta tonight. The edema was buried in the side effects so pretty rare I guess. | M | 2 weeks | 9/12/2006 | 3 | Problems staying asleep | Ive been taking this drug on and off for about 8 months, everytime I take it I always find myself in lala land and I tend to pick up the phone and have crazy conversations and not remembering them the next day. But the sleep is awesome! I dont feel groggy the next day | Be carful! DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, Driving under the drug really makes you do crazy things. | M | 20 | 8 months | 9/12/2006 | 3 | Insomnia/Jet Lag | My most recent experience with the drug is that I had a very vivid hallucination of James Earl Jones tucking me into bed. He talked to me and told me that I was going to be OK. If I did not know better, I would swear that he was there. I take the drug pretty infrequently but seem to be having more and more strange side effects with each use. I like the drug but am afraid I am through after the Darth Vader experience. | F | 37 | 1 years | 9/12/2006 | 1 | Inability to go to/stay asleep | It put me right to sleep, no problems the first night. The second morning, I woke up to find candy wrappers all over the buffet. I had NO memory of waking up. The third day, I found peanut butter and a knife on the kitchen counter. I started thinking about what to do--how can you hide things from your own brain? Finally it hit me that I might actually get in my car to go get a hamburger--without any way to stop myself. I threw the rest away. This was way before I started reading about the bizarre stories, and I don't drink. I told my daughter about it--she said she tried it and put on all her jewelry, makeup like Liza Minelli, then looked in her mirror and saw her face melting. She doesn't drink either. | I'm sure not all people have these side effects, but it can be dangerous for some people. And it seems to be too many people. | F | 50 | 4 days | 9/12/2006 | 5 | Trouble falling asleep | Memory Loss. Scarily vivid, unusual dreams. Dizzy if not laying down. | The first few nights were freaky. Woke, after crazy dreams, to find things written in my handwriting that I didn't remember writing (was that guy in Momento on Ambien?). Was sure that someone was moving my bookmark forward because I couldn't remeber reading chapters (actaully though the maid in the hotel I was staying at might be messing with me). 10mg completely knocks me out consistantly. Never thought such a small bit of anything could have such an effect on a person. | M | 39 | 10 days | 9/8/2006 | 4 | Sleep Deprevation | I take TRAZADONE to help me fall asleep. To keep from waking every hour with a hot flash, I periodically take 2.5 mg of AMBIEN. Initially, the only side effect I noticed was the vivid dreaming prior to wakening. I ascribed this to finally getting some REM sleep. After taking AMBIEN for an extended period of time to help deal with family crises, I am experiencing daily headaches which are similar to migraines but not as severe. Getting about 8-10 hours of sleep makes the headaches less likely | F | 55 | 4 months | 9/7/2006 | 1 | insomnia | I'm writing on behalf of an elderly lady who took this drug. While on Ambien, she would hallucinate and get up from bed and fall down - to the point of injuring herself. She suffered several falls during the night while on Ambien. After discontinuing the drug, she has had no more falls or hallucinations. | I think it's over-prescribed and would never recommend anyone take this. Some hospitals sneak it into their patients' daily pills, without even consulting family. | F | 84 | 30 days | 9/4/2006 | 5 | Insomia related to Prednisone | The usual, dizziness, loss of balance, double vision, and I wouldn't call them hallucinations like others, but more of a change of perception. I didn't have any side-effects in bad sense, except that I like this drug too much. I guess I'll just have to deal when I run out. | I love to write and stay up at least an hour before I go to bed. Sometimes I would wake up in the morning to find I had written the wildest things, includiding e-mails I normally would never have sent. Not good. I've been taking it over a month now and am pretty acclimated to the drug, but I still like it. Someone said they like to take it in the middle of the day...you have to have some problems to be taking something this powerful for a recreational purpose, at least during daylight. I can't imagine not being able to go to be after the main effects wear off. | M | 19 | 30 days | 9/2/2006 | 1 | My son--sleep cycle problems | On 5 milligrams, my 18-year-old son only experienced dizziness and loss of coordination. We know this because it didn't make him sleepy. After two hours in the bed, it wore off and he was up on the computer. Next night 10 milligrams. Wham! Still no sleep, but extremely dizzy, threw up, room spinning, things moving, hallucinations. I've taken it in the past with no probems, but no more for him. (He was still dizzy some the next day.) | M | 18 | 2 days | 8/31/2006 | 5 | insomnia | early morning awakening when more stressed than usual | F | 38 | 4 days | 8/29/2006 | 4 | insomnia | When I'm more stressed than usual, I will sleep only about five or six hours after taking it. If I don't go to bed within a one hour window of taking it I often wake up the next morning and hear from my husband about things I have done that I do not remember. So I make sure I get to bed quickly after taking it. | It it easier to take ambien than work on the root cause of one's insomnia. I know that once I stop taking it, I will experience weeks or months of not being able to sleep well before I can settle into a regular sleep routine. I used to be able to fall asleep naturally years ago, but now I fear I won't be able to, so the Ambien cycle continues. It is a certainty that I am not yet ready to do without. | F | 38 | 4 days | 8/29/2006 | 1 | chronic insomnia | Amnesia, Progressive Memory Loss, First-time Suicide Thoughts Leading to Detailed Suicide Planning, Addiction, Progressively-deepening Depression, Wicked Rebound Insomnia Effect During Cessation of its Use, Weight Gain | Ambien is pure evil. However, if you are looking for a medication that will create dangerous situations from the amnesia it induces, suicide thoughts and planning, depression, loss of your memory, weight gain, or just plain old-fashioned addiction, try this one. It does work for a few days but will become a dreaded enemy that creeps into your life for the kill if used long-term and you try to discontinue its use. The real fun of this drug begins during withdrawl. It is prescribed like harmless candy by doctors -- it is not. I first was awakened to the horrors of the amnesia from ambien after taking one one evening and climbing into bed for sleep. My alter-ego was doing other things though. He got into a car and drove somewhere hitting a bridge along the way. I woke in the hospital with no memory whatsoever, even to this day, of the event. The only thing I can remember of the event is taking an ambien and climbing into bed. I then started putting things together about my depress | M | 52 | 5 years | 8/24/2006 | 1 | Insomnia | Lethargy,weakness, itchy burning sensation in hands,pain all over. | Get this drug off the market | F | 46 | 6 months | 8/21/2006 | 5 | cancer related insomnia | No side effects | I took as prescribed ... 5 mg on an empty stomach when I was ready to go to sleep. Took less than 15 minutes to work. Still woke up during the night, but fell asleep again right away. Gave me 7 hours of a well rested type of sleep. Voluntarily stopped after 5 days because I felt my system was back to normal. | F | 56 | 5 days | 8/19/2006 | 5 | insomnia | The side effects of ambien are minimal. Makes me sleepy, drowsy, relaxed and able to fall asleep, everything its supposed to do. However, as with any drug, if you dont use it as it is directed it may have undesired effects. For example, people say it causes amnesia, well you are supposed to be in bed after taking the medication, not cleaning the house. | This medication changed my whole life. Insomnia was ruining my family life, school, work, it was horrible. Been on it for a little over 2 years now, and I was able to go back to school (nursing school). Does NOT effect my memory what so ever and does not make me sleepy during the day. | F | 34 | 2 years | 8/19/2006 | 2 | insomnia | I originally rated this higher but have since discovered that it is the cause of significant intestinal problems. Even at 5mg my stomach feels like it is all shakey and the last time I took 10mg my whole body felt like a bowl of jello inside and my wrists were so weak I could not type. It takes about 3 days to get back to completely normal. I had suspected it but it never was that bad till I took it the other night and then the next day took my regular meds(Nexium, Avelox and Prednisone for infection) and in a couple hours I almost had to go to ER as I thought I might be having a stroke then realized it was the Ambien. Took some Pepto and it started to subside. It is a very weird feeling as my hand don't shake just feel like everything is going at top speed but pulse rate is not high. It does make me sleep well though but will have to give it up. I never took more than twice a week. | F | 70 | | 8/15/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | memory loss. Have said crazy things after taking it. have cooked food after taking it and woken up to dirty pots and pans. (scary. I could have burned my house down) and have been raped a number of times after taking it. (friends know i take it, boyfriends know i take it, and they all know i have no memory after taking it) | although the side effects are horrible i still feel that ambien is a god send. I would say i am addicted.. but is that really saying I am addicted to sleep? Its true, I have to have sleep and cant live with out it! :-) | F | 28 | 2 years | 8/8/2006 | 4 | anxiety / sleeplesness | I took the pill right before finishing dinner. I just remember being very dizzy, walking towards the sofa, where I completely past out. I woke up about 4 hours later, with an empty bag of pastries ( which was new, I know for a fact) I had in the pantry, in front of me. All the pastries where gone. The sofa was full of crumbles, as well as the floor and my clothes. The kitchen counter had more crumbs, plus traits of the fumble I had to open the bag, which was tightly closed. For a moment, I thought somebody was inside my home. I had no recollection whatsoever of the bulging. I also took my pc and placed it by the sofa, but I did not write anything, as some of the stories in this site. This has been one of the scariest and weirdiest experiences of my life, being completely out of control of my actions and not remembering a thing. | F | 43 | 3 days | 8/7/2006 |