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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR AMBIEN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Insomnia | euphoria, sexual arrousal, when staying awake feeling as if there are other people with you even though you are alone... the next day, a bit of sinus headache..amnesia from events while awake and had taken ambien. | I sincerely believe that if you try to stay awake while taking this drug it brings your conscious and subconsious to the same level making you do things that you would never do consciously, but subconsciously want to do, it makes you primal..and you can hallucinate things (dreaming while awake) because youre mind is put to sleep but your body is not. staying awake on ambien can be very very dangerous if you are not supervised. (and i love it) | M | 21 | 1 years | 10/4/2005 | 4 | Insomnia/Restless Leg Syndrome | Complete blackouts (VERY frequent, especially with doses exceeding 10mg), occasional hallucinations (especially with higher dosages, such as 15mg+), and very bizarre behavior. With proper doses and discipline however (going to bed within 15 to 30 minutes of taking it) I find that it's HIGHLY effective and works wonderfully. | This drug works amazingly well, *IF* the user takes it and goes immediately to bed! If you're an idiot like myself and take it but then stay up, you will suffer complete blackouts with very bizarre behavior and possible hallucinations. This requires responsibility on the user's part! Go to bed immediately, and you will likely find that this drug is very beneficial. The blackouts are especially insidious though, because I typically don't feel as if the drug is affecting me (even though it is), so I'll take another pill. This can easily result in an unintentionally large dosage, even when intending to be responsible. It's very easy to take 5mg, and then wake up the next morning only to discover that I've taken 15mg or 20mg, without any recollection of doing so! When I DO exceed 10mg, I'm highly prone to hallucinations and/or bizarre behavior. I've watched entire movies, cooked entire meals, played entire computer games, et cetera, without recalling doing so. (And performed fairly prof | M | 33 | 12 months | 10/4/2005 | 3 | insomnia | If I take only 1/3 10mg. tablet and go to bed right away, this drug is very effective. I am grateful for this site because I was taking this drug and staying up and didn't realize what I felt was euphoria. I would take it with alcohol and then take a bath and now realize I could have slipped and drowned. I looked in the mirror and looked like I weighed 300 pounds. I have walked to McDonalds and ordered four orders of fries and then walked down a busy street literally stuffing them in my mouth, wondering what everyone was looking at, all the time stumbling like a drunk. Then the next day wondering if it happened or not. when I later found out about the amnesia, I realized it had indeed happened. I could not deal with the guilt of hitting someone with my car, but I could see how it could easily happen because you don't know what you are doing, you are uninhibited and just want to have fun, and obviously the results could be tragic. | Take the smallest possible amount necessary to fall asleep and go right to bed. Take only when really needed. Like any drug, it depends on the responsibility of the user. | M | 2 years | 9/24/2005 | 3 | inability to sleep | Drowsiness, hallucinations, anxiety, grogginess, hangover. | It made me overly drowsy-- if I took it when I was not already laying in bed I would start hallucinating/dreaming while still awake. Don't take it unless you are already in bed, preferably supervised. I took it when I was plucking my eyebrows before bed and I hallucinated that they were talking to me....not a pleasant experience. I was missing half of my eyebrows for my senior pictures.The side effects outweighed the benefits for me. Yes, it made me sleepy, but it made me drowsy and groggy | F | 18 | 1 years | 9/22/2005 | 3 | sleep problems | F | 35 | 380 days | 9/21/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | After taking the med for over two years it is losing it's effect to keep me asleep all night. However, when I first started this med it was a blessing to get some sleep. I have developed a need for this med. It seems to be the only way I can go into deep sleep. I have never had any hang over feeling the next day, however I do sometimes see an increase to get irritable. I have anxiety and Ambien relaxes me at night way more than anything else I ever had. For this reason, this is the only med in my whole life that I have ever stayed on for years. My husband hates me on it for it makes me act as if I'm drunk. The longer I am on it, I'm realizing it is harder to remember what I did before I fell asleep. Many times I pick up the phone and say things I normally wouldn't. This is definately the truth med. I tell people things deep in my heart that I normally wouldn't. Do not drive on this med. You don't realize the way your acting. You feel fine but it is no different then a drunk | I think the med may contribute to worsening my IBS. However, I can't imagine life without my Ambien. I think the med also effects my memory in general, this did start until I was on the med for over 2 years. | F | 33 | 2 years | 9/20/2005 | 2 | Sleep | Uncontrollable hicopps, nausiated feeling, dry heaves. | Ambien worked great for me for the first year, but I only took it a couple of times a month. By the third year I was taking it 3 times a month...all in one week of a month and then the negative drug simptoms reared their ugly heads. By the 4 fourth year I couldn't stand to hear the name "ambien". | M | 58 | 5 years | 9/19/2005 | 3 | Depression-induced insomia | Hallucinations if I didn't go to bed and fall asleep immediately after taking 2 pills. I thought all the books on my shelf were falling down and going to smother me. THe biggest problem was that I was unable to have orgasms consistently. It would take lots of work and then it was weird, lots of pre-ejaculate and very little semen and sperm, followed by an anticlimax. The sensitivity is so great it is almostg numbing | I did get twenty pages out of my book on ambien and they're some of the best stuff I've written in a while. I remember writing this, but only faintly, | M | 20 | 1 days | 9/17/2005 | 1 | for insomnia | HALLUCINATIONS!!!!!!!I only took the medicine a few times. At first my experience was pretty good. I slept well and woke up rested. Then it happened....One night I didn't go right to bed after taking the pill. Instead I went into our home office where my husband was working. I think I wanted to ask him a question, but before I had a chance, the walls sprouted electric pink shag carpeting....and my husband turned into a furry Hobbit! And I couldn't understand why he kept asking me if I wanted to go to the emergency room! | The next morning I threw out the rest of the prescription, called my doctor (who had never heard of such a side effect). I would never endorse taking such a debilitating medicine - a medication that impairs judgement to a dangerous degree. It's unfathomable that this side effect isn't well known. | F | 45 | 5 days | 9/12/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Memory loss (not only after taking the medication, but also during daily activities), built up tolerance after 6 months, inability to achieve orgasm, psychological addiction to drug, weight gain | Even though I put a rating of | F | 33 | 6 months | 8/26/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Memory loss (not only after taking the medication, but also during daily activities), built up tolerance after 6 months, inability to achieve orgasm, psychological addiction to drug, weight gain | Trying again (don't use quotation marks in post!) Even though I put a rating of 5, I actually rate this a 3. I don't think people should have to read through 100 5s before being able to read a lower rating. They should be listed as-posted. My doctor prescribed Ambien because I would go to bed and not be able to stop my mind from racing. I started with 5mg/night. Positive- it knocked me out within 20-30 minutes. I slept better than I ever have/no grogginess, even with an avg. of only 6 hours sleep/night. Negative- I would do things that I didn't remember the next day. Nothing too extreme, but I would have conversations with my husband that I couldn't remember, eat uncontrollably, trip over furniture, etc. I learned to go to bed immediately after taking - | F | 33 | 6 months | 8/26/2005 | 4 | sleep problems after surgery | Complete destruction of sleep patterns after 2 months of hospitalization and two surgeries | M | 56 | 1 years | 8/26/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | I've been taking Ambien for almost four weeks, every night; starting with 10mg. After one week, moved to 15mg (a night). Twice I've taken 20mg. It generally only creates a sleepy-dreamy euphoric state until I fall asleep, which generally takes about two hours after taking one (and a half) pills. On one occasion, I began to hallucinate and thought a house plant was talking to me and begging me to water/prune it. At least...I think it was a hallucination! | For about two weeks, my left hand (middle, ring, and pinky fingers) have been almost totally numb and tingly. After reading a similar statement on this page, I can only assume it is from the drug. | M | 31 | 25 days | 8/24/2005 | 5 | depression/stress-induced insomnia | I suffered from absolutely no harmful side effects; the | Doctors expect their patients to follow directions. Ambien is meant to help you get back on track. That's why its suggested dosage period is only 7-10 days. You take it at the same time every night and establish a good sleep cycle. Then save the rest for the really bad nights. Everyone's body is different, so some people's bodies will react negatively, others positively. So some may find physical/psychological dependence, others may not. Take it as directed, not to stay awake through. I took this years ago (on and off for a few weeks at a time, only a couple nights a week), and the times my body did fight the sleep, the most I got out of it were hilarious e-mails to my best friends and making real sure that my mom noticed how pretty the stairs were. Like with any drug, just be smart about it. Ambien helped me get back on track, and I had no problems | F | 22 | | 8/23/2005 | 4 | insomnia | drugged behavior, incoherant. Take occasionally. Life long sleep problems. Ambien worked great. | good sleep, clear head and energetic in morning. Follow the advice here, take 1/2 dosage and immediately go to bed. Best if spouse home. | M | 41 | 2 months | 8/23/2005 | 5 | insomnia | a little | A miracle drug for me. I take it when I know I may have trouble sleeping through the night. Works 90% of the time without grogginess the next day. | F | 44 | 1 years | 8/22/2005 | 3 | Insomnia | If staying up: TOTAL amnesia. While under it's effect (even on ~15mg) my short term memory is so severely affected I can't function coherently or rationally. Also some strange but fun mental imagery (*NOT* the same as hallucinations). If sleeping: Very, very strange dreams, otherwise nothing. | The guy who said it was a dangerous drug and should be taken off the market wasn't too far off. It's great at what it does; I haven't found a better hypnotic; but if you resist sleep or are kept up for some reason, things can get very, very strange or in some cases, dangerous... and worst of all you won't remember a thing. Be careful with this drug. | M | 16 | 1 months | 8/22/2005 | 4 | Fibromyalgia/ Insomnia | total loss of memory when on the drug | I take ambien almost every night becuase I often have chronic pain and it makes it difficult to sleep. I have read many comments about people stating that they have had hallucinations etc and yes this is true if you take it when youre not in bed!! Its not meant to be taken to stay awake on. | F | 25 | 1 years | 8/21/2005 | 1 | Back pain, frequent urination | Amnesia, hallucinations, numbness & tingling in extremities, headaches, insomnia,panic attacks, blackouts, low oxygen intake contributing to low blood pressure contributing to blackouts, waking after a blackout not knowing what happened, grogginess the next day | Short term use 7-10 days may be okay but long term use I believe is extremely dangerous and maybe deadly. The link just hasn't been made yet. It will because too many people are having serious side effects from the long term usage of Ambien, Use Caution. Also, no problem stopping. | F | 35 | 9 months | 8/8/2005 | 1 | arthritis and | suicidal thoughts, inability to think clearly | At first this medication worked great- I took it for months every night without problems (except the amnesia if I didn't get to bed right away). After about 3 months, my life changed dramatically- my mood became very somber, I was tearfull all the time and began to think about suicide. I was groggy all day and couldn't concentrate or think clearly. One day I just had this idea that it could be the ambien, and as soon as I stopped taking it my suicidal thoughts went away. I was shocked but comforted to see other posts about this reaction. The tricky part about this effect is that it doesn't occur immediately, so it may be hard to figure out the cause is the ambien. I haven't told anyone in my life about these experiences, but I thought it was really important to get this out to others who might be in a similar situation. | F | 30 | 3 months | 8/7/2005 |