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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Insomnia | Hallucinations. Memory Loss. Cannot control body - I only experience these if I haven't ate within the past few hours, and am not laying in bed. If you stay up and have an empty stomach you will more than likely experience Farries dancing, impersonaiting stars, odd behavior, falling. If you take it correctly you are fine, but it's fun to get a lil high off it ever once in a while! | F | 20 | 4 months | 8/2/2006 | 1 | insomnia | Paranoia, severe depression, hallucinations. I almost killed myself because I started fighting with my evil twin in the mirror and started choking him but it was me I was choking. Then I thought that aliens were coming out of my closet so I tried jumping out of my 3rd floor window but then it turned into a jail cell and I was stuck inside but then my fingers turned into snakes and started biting me all over. I'm in Ohio and I tried to get to Arizona for some antidote for the snakes biting me. That didn't work. | On my way to Arizona I felt like I was on the moon bouncing in low gravity. Then suddenly I was in my bathroom and Andrew Jackson (twenty dollar bill) came out of the tub and tried to eat me. I ran to my bedroom and realized that I was in touch with everyone on the planet and I could see the collective consciousness of the whole world. I woke up the next day naked on my couch. | M | 24 | 1 months | 8/2/2006 | 3 | for insomnia | No initial side effects if medicine was taken as directed. | Ambien in my case became and addictive drug. one that i craved because it made me sleep well. but i also had a bad experience with it. My prescriber never told me that ambien worked immediatley. so because i took it a half hour before bed i experienced major diorientation and a panic attak. I had no sense of direction. I didnt know where i was, and i was disoriented. soon after, i could contol this feeling and i learned to like the feeling i recieved if i didnt go to bed right after taking it. i craved the disoriented "high" feeling. Because i would only take it within an hour before bed i got loopy and pleasurably disoriented and then put myself to bed. i eventually was tkaing 25 mg before bed. I found that a 5 or 10 mg tablet wouldnt keep me sleeping all night. i have been tkaing this medication for one year and 7 months. | F | 16 | 1 years | 7/26/2006 | 5 | insomnia due to travel | vivid dreams | been very helpful with my frequent travel and time zone changes, if i can sleep on a regular basis I feel better and maintain good health | M | 62 | 2 years | 7/24/2006 | 5 | Sleep Loss | Well, the side effect usualy are less potent after a few days of use but I've had some crazy shit happen. After about 25minute if I'm sitting at my computer, say looking at a myspace picture it starts talking to me. And the sad part is, i have a full conversation with it in my head, other voices feel like im in a bar/and or where picture was at. The one nite i thought my monitor was a fishtank and tried feeding it paperclips. However, doenst always make me fall asleep, sometimes im up a few hours before i Fall asleep...but your half asleep with your eyes open. Holding conversations with people that are in your head but your not even talking, its like your really somewhere else but you know your in your bed as well. | I don't sleep well, maybe 90minutes to 2hours a nite for the last 5yrs untill i found ambien then i get about 4 hours | M | 27 | 12 months | 7/22/2006 | 1 | Recreational | I was cooking dinner and having cocktails with my cousin Abby and her sister Sara's husband Jeff. Sara was out for the night with girlfriends and Abby and I thought we'd help Jeff put the kids to bed and hang out for the night. Jeff has chronic backpain as well as insomnia and takes Ambien as well as other pain medication regularly. After about 2 or 3 cocktails Jeff suggested that Abby and I have and Ambien with our drinks. He said it would only intensify the effects of the alcohol and that he does it all the time. Abby and I were a little wary at first, being that neither of us used prescription drugs for fun before. Then Abby suggested that we split one. The pill was so small I figured it wouldn't do much but get me drunk quicker. Since I was already feeling buzzed I was a lot more willing than I would probably be sober. Then Jeff, Abby, and I went out on the back deck, smoked some cigarettes and chatted. I remember the conversation well and it was pretty normal. Then it started to g | which I would always answer and I had missed calls as of 10 oclock, one being from my boyfriend who I'd never refuse to pick up for. So I'm hoping I passed out shortly after being on the front porch. So after I woke up I hopped in my car and went back to Abby's where I was staying. I go to her room and she said that she was tripping out and never made it back until Sara called her to come down the street at 11:30. She said it was all pretty fuzzy to her and she wasnt much help to them. Apparently, Jeff and I had broken some glasses and we were found passed out on the living room carpet. Sara was pretty upset, rightfully so. Especially since we were left responsible for the kids, and we were anything but responsible. So after Abby told me all this, I went to my room and went back to sleep b/c it was way too early to try to figure this all out. There's a bit more to it, but basically, I have no recollection of those few hours and it freaks me out. | F | 25 | 1 days | 7/20/2006 | 1 | EXTEND LENGTH OF SLEEP TIME | 18 HOURS AFTER MEDICATION WAS TAKEN, THAT IS AFTER BREAKFAST, SHOWER AND LUNCH I WAS KNOCKED OUT BY AMBIEN WHILE DRIVING HAD A BAD CAR ACCIDENT. BROKEN HEEL, BROKEN ARM, BROKEN RIBS, LACERATION ON THE FACE. RECOMENDATION STAY AWAY FROM THIS MEDICATION IT CAN BE VERY DAMEGING | M | 3 days | 7/19/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | Hallucinations, some other crazy stuff. | I love this drug! Makes me sleep like a baby, makes me sexually aroused, gives me awesome hallucinations, and an equally awesome high. Even better when NOT taken at night for sleep. Chills me out. No negative side effects, mild memory loss. Highly recommended for a benzo-effect; that is, taken during the day to relax and hallucinate. | M | 22 | 1 years | 7/15/2006 | 5 | Get to sleep fast | Ambien works great. I got bold and stayed up past 20 mins one night. I guess I got on the computer and send my boss an email. I checked my send mail and saw it. The letters were out of place and a lot of extra words not in order. I think my mind was already out cold. I had to explain in morning. The good news was all my clothes were laid out and I can watch the same movie over and over again. The wife not big on the way I get when I take one. Works great! | 2 years, 2-3x a week. | M | 38 | | 7/13/2006 | 5 | anxiety panic disorder | Doc gave me Rx for sleep aid. Just 10mg. I took the dosage and ended up acting like a prositute with my husband in bed. A very good paid one at that. He told me all about it in the morning because I had no idea it even happened. After that, I take HALF of a 10mg dosage and sleep fine. As one person clearly stated "Recommend going straight to bed within 20-30 minutes, or you can be an endless source of family entertainment." TRUE. I think this stuff could be pretty dangerous, the memory loss freaked me out. | Watch out and have someone lock the doors and hide the key! | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 7/3/2006 | 5 | anxiety | Sleep fine but made my IBS and gut really burn and act up. I do not suggest this for those with abdominal issues. Makes your symptoms worse the next day. Had to stop because the IBS symptoms became so bad. | Great for sleeping and acting like an idiot if you try to stay awake. | M | 35 | 2 months | 7/3/2006 | 4 | difficult for me to fall asleep | The only side effect I have noticed is stomach distress almost an IBS type of feeling. Stomach feels actually a little shakey and just not quite normal. Feels like I need to go to bathroom even though I have just gone. | It works well and I only take it when I have an extra big day scheduled the next day as I am retired so most days I don't have to get up early. Maybe twice a week and I take when I get into bed only. IT IS A SLEEPING PILL. I beleive that my stomach problems over the last 9 months are somewhat related to Ambien use as it started after I got out of hospital for something unrelated and they gave me Ambien for sleep abaout a year ago. since then I have had numerous tests for stomach problems and diagnosed with IBS. Seem to be symptom free now except when I take the Ambien I have minor distress. Bad nausea originally during night but now it is only minimal. I need my sleep and without something I can lie there all night long awake regardless of how busy and how tired I am when I go to bed. A double edged sword. Probably have some memmory loss but I am old so expect a little. | F | 70 | 1 years | 7/2/2006 | 4 | insomnia | none | This is the most effective med. I've taken for insomnia, however, I can't sleep over 5 hours with 5mg., and then must take another 5mg to get back to sleep. If I take 10mg. in one dose, I wake up in 4 hours so rested that I can't go back to sleep, then I'm tired the next day. I'm in need of a med. that would keep me asleep 8 or 9 hours. I would appreciate it if anyone had a med. idea that would keep me asleep for longer periods. Please email me if you do. | F | 60 | 5 years | 6/30/2006 | 1 | insomnia | Ambien users have been found sleep walking and sleep driving while under the influence of the drug. These side effects have caused horrible auto accidents and other life-threatening events. | M | 29 | | 6/30/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | None | I love Ambien! Makes me so horny and chill. Almost like bud without the anxiety or munchies. Ambien is just fine, day or night! | M | 21 | 2 months | 6/29/2006 | 1 | work schedule | Night eating, memory loss, AGRESSIVE behavior (threated to kill a family pet and pinching) | My girlfriend is afraid for her life and her cat because I take this drug. I don't blame her. | M | 46 | 9 months | 6/28/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | I have noticed no side effects from Ambian, I take 1 10mg pill before bed time, it does however take about 2 hours before I feel like I can go to sleep. | I have Sleep Apnea and some people dont believe it is a good idea to use the two, but it is the only way I sleep, I have tried many other generic meds as well as Lunesta. I have heard from the Pharmist that Ambien might be coming out in a generic form somethime this year. | F | 35 | 3 months | 6/27/2006 | 5 | I have gotten major bloating and what seems to be constipation since I have taken ambien, and it hurts constantly. | I love this medicine. Other than the side effects I have personally experienced, I have gotten wonderful nights of sleep. Every now and then I have quite vivid dreams.... some bad, but it's a choice you have to make on your own... are the side effects worth enduring... I think so! | F | 25 | 4 months | 6/25/2006 | 1 | Insomia | My mother-in-law was prescribed Ambien this past week for insomia. She is a breast cancer patient whose cancer recently metathesized to her liver. After three days of taking Ambien she did not fall asleep, rather began to hallucinate that there were people in her room scarring her, including images of the devil. She also saw people doing various activities in paintings and believed that loved ones in photographs were talking to her. She suffered great anxiety trying to understand why she was the only seeing these people and became defensive and angry when we tried to console her. This was a terrible experience for her, especially when the medication was suppose to help her get rest after trying to emotionally deal with the recurrance of her cancer. | I think people should be very careful in using this drug. It is obviously a godsend for many, including my own father who uses it for chronic insomia. It's too bad my mother-in-law had to find out the hard way that this medication can cause serious side effects for some. | M | 73 | 3 days | 6/25/2006 | 1 | lifetime trouble sleeping | Daytime drowsiness, irritability, memory loss, headaches, horrible ambien-drug feeling in my upper system, and addiction. | It's a horrible drug, way over-prescribed. Tried other drugs to wean off of it to no avail. Getting off of it is extremely difficult to do but I keep trying but reducing the amount I take from the prescribed to less than the prescribed. Understand that the new Ambien CR adds @4 mins. of sleep and is probably new because their patent is running or ran out. It keeps the money coming in. Why doctors keep allowing it to be refilled and refilled over years and years is beyond me. I'd rather be tired without the drug than tired because of it! | F | 52 | 10 years | 6/25/2006 |