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Hello, my name is Nick, im 15 years old and I take ambien every night, and hopfully i can clear up some of your problems. First of all you have to know that ambien is not what most people think of as a ” normal ” sleeping pill. Zolpidem tartrate, the active chemical in ambien is a non-benzodiazephine hypnoyic. This means even though it binds to the GABA receptors, it will provide a different effect than a normal GABA agonist would. Further more i would like to point out that what your sister was perscribed serves as a Mild sedative and sleep regulater. The docors intention was mostly likly going to be used as a described before However i would assume that your sis made the common mistake of using it strictkly for its sedative properties. Most people who seek out sleeping medicines are in search for a magic pill that will knock them out immediatly, when the truth is what the really need to do is take a Small amount of the medicine and get in bed at around the same time every night. With this pattern it can take only a few weeks, maybe a month until they will not need to take it nightly. Your sister probably didnt have a perfect sleep cycles, many teens dont. As for her mental decline i hate to tell you but it wasnt the ambiens fault. Psychiactric dissorders such as you descibed (depresseion, schizophrenia, ocd, bipolar) can not be aquired or “gotten” but rather “chemically induced” or “brought out” espesially if theres a history of that in your family. I realizes that i am only some stupid teenager from online, but if i were you i would look into getting schizo. meds for her. As far as depression; i wouldnt worry unless she becomes suicidal. Depression, while reocurring and chronic, is never perminate and always treatable. Sorry aboutt your sis, email me for questions
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My husband of 34 years took his life after being on Ambien for sleep problems. He suffered from neuropathy from diebetes and the pain was so terrible he couldn’t sleep. He became depressed after being on the Ambien and at times if he didn’t go straight to bed he became as if he was drunk and didn’t know what was going on. The afternoon before he died he took 2 pills to help him sleep. He slept through the alarm to awaken him to get ready for work on Sunday night. I woke him up and asked him to please never take 2 pills again at a time. He said he didn’t realize he had done that. I told him I loved him and wnet to bed that night going to sleep holding his hand. The next morning I awoke to find him gone and some things in the house in dissaray. Sometime during the night he had gotten up and taken everything out of our storage shed in the back yard. He then took his car and was gone. After all the family searching and with the hellp of friends and even the police my husbands car was finally found later that afternoon on a bridge, still running. My husbands body was found a few hours later having washed up on the beach of the lake. My husband didn’t knowingly do this. He was looking forward to the birth of our granddaughter the next week, and the wedding of our daughter 3 months later. Because of this drug, I spent our 34th wedding anniversary at the funeral home receiving visitors the night before his funeral. Our grandchildren will grow up without knowing their Godly grandfather. Instead of having her father excort her down the isle at her wedding, my daughter was excorted by her two brothers. I lost the love of my life. My husband referred to us as the King and Queen of happiness. We had planned to grow old together. Now all of that is gone because of Ambien. Something needs to b done to get this drug off the market. What can we do?
-Rhonda
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My sister has always had trouble sleeping ever since we were young. She took a 1/4 Ambien a night for a few years and always raved how well it worked for her, with no sluggish feeling the next day. Then she one month she started doing little things like putting dirty dishes away, she became overly sensitive, then it escalated to spending days in bed from depression, then thinking people were trying to kill her and her family. Then one night she took 20 ambien and we almost lost her. Her organs started to shut down and it was touch and go. She does not remember taking all the pills because this drug makes you black out. She said she would never try to commit suicide. She does not remember anything of that night. She is now not the same person. She has gone from perfectly normal to being delusional. She believes she’s dead. That she died the day she overdosed and it’s not really her living in her body. She thinks God is coming for her anyday now and she won’t live much longer. She won’t eat nuts because she thinks they will make her nuts. Won’t stand in grocery isles with odd numbers because she doesn’t want to be odd. Will only eat food between 12 and 1 am because otherwise her family might die. Is sleeping all day because she’s depressed. Prior to this, she had no history of mental illness, depression, anything and now because of this drug she is a crazy person, who if not for a loving family could be eating out of dumpsters and talking to herself on street corners. She was a wonderful, loving, doting mother and now her boys are without their mother. Thank god for their dad who is doing his best to deal with all this. I miss my beautiful, loving sister. I have lost her and in a way she’s right, she did die that day, the person she was is dead. This drug has ruined our family’s lives. I am afraid she will never get better. Is there anything out there that can reverse this effect? I wake up every day thinking I had a bad dream…then I remember no it’s true…my sister is gone. Why is this dangerous drug still on the market?? How can they get away with frying peoples brains like this, all because they wanted to get some sleep! What a true nightmare!!
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I totally agree with you. The first few times I took Ambien I have NO recollection of the things I did or who I talked to. I would have a normal/abnormal conversation but do not recall of it. I would talk stupid and also do stupid craps according to others because I dont remember any of these events. I only have flash and glimpse of the conversation. It’s like I’m stoned.
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I am an emt. As of this morning i helped save a guy that tried to end his life with ambien. People do you realize that we have a friend that is the best friend of all and his name is Jesus. He promised to never leave us nor forsake us and he promised to never give us more than we can bare. And we need to realize that if we do this to ourselves we cause more pain to our friends and family than we have in our lives that we are trying to run from. Let us also remind ourselves that we cannot be saved if we take our lives into our own hands and hell is way worse place to go than here on earth no matter what we are going through. I hope and pray that if there is anyone out there that is contemplating taking their own life into their own hands that you would reconsider and cry out to god and ask Him to relieve you from your hurts. He will do that if you only ask and then let him take control of your life.
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Yeah, you really do get the goofies. I really don’t take these buggers very often but a couple night ago I took 2 10mg pills. Once they started to kick in, I was sorting through old mail and came across a dusty envelope from my grandma. It was a letter she wrote to me a couple years ago when I had to take a semester off of college because I was having some problems with anxiety. The letter talked about how sympathetic she was to my situation and how much she loved me; very poetic, very moving. However, when I started to read it again, I started laughing my ass off and could not stop for about ten minutes. This beautiful, touching letter that should have had me fogging up was making me laugh so hard I almost pissed myself. Overall, the experience was fun, but it does skew your judgement in some interesting ways.
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Most of you people frighten me. I just flushed my Ambien down the commode, today. I’ve been taking it for almost a year. When I started taking it, I would not go right to bed. I would walk to my bedroom, bouncing off the walls, running into appliances, etc. Had slurred speech, like every other drunk. My family and I thought it was funny. Here’s mom and grandma, 56 yrs old, drunk. Hilarious. NOT!! The last couple weeks, I have had a room full of people in my bedroom, at night. One lady sits on my bed beside me. My mother and grandmother have both passed on, but I’m not sure who this lady is. I feel a closeness to her, but I can’t make out her face. It has really started to bother me, then I make phone calls to my daughter, in the middle of the night and get her worried. I got on here today and read some of these stories. Oh my. Never again will I take another Ambien. If Advil PM doesn’t do it, too bad. I feel that this is as bad as alcohol. I don’t drink, and I feel that if I continued taking this medication, I would be committing a sin. I do not want to be responsible for terrible things happening to me or an innocent victim. It’s not the drug’s responsibility, or the doctor’s. We are all responsible for what we do. If we’re under the influence, we did it to ourselves. Good luck to you all. There is an answer to our problems. His name is Jesus.
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I “think” I took about 20 10mgs tablets a few nights ago, which I cannot believe, but the missing pills say otherwise. We even thought my Great Dane had eaten them! No suicide issues, but it’s not something new to me because I’ve got a history of depression. And, admittedly, I do like a good buzz.
I’ve always struggled to sleep, and I’ve taken some form of sleep medication of 20 years. Anecdotally, I smoked a lot of pot as a kid to help with sleeping problems and obviously for other childish reasons. I also take a low dose of Adderall, and this exacerbates the sleeping problem. While prescribed for ADHD, the Adderall is used for enhancing cognitive ability, so my dosage fluctuates. It’s not something I can eliminate.
Long story short, I’m feeling very sluggish, for lack of better adjectives. It’s been several days since the “super” dose, and I’m taking it nightly as prescribed. In fact, I’m thinking of lower it to 10 mgs. It just works so damn well. But it’s seriously slowing my cognitive abilities; said another way, I’ve serious “brain fog.”
Obviously, no one is qualified to give a medical opinion, but I’d like to hear personal opinions. Should I flush this down the toilet? Take it as prescribed? Or lower the dose? I cannot deal with the brain fog; it’s really causing an issue with being “as sharp as possible.” Yet the lack of sleep equally screws me up… I feel caught in the cyclical catch-22. Advice welcome!
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I wish i knew the answer Jose. i am in the same dilemma. I know one ambien allows me to sleep. 2 ambien and i am sleeping insanely. i even wander. am afraid that if i take more and it doesn’t work i’ll be a veggie.
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I want to tell you something a dear friend told me: Everyone who has ever committed suicide probably thought at some point that they weren’t really suicidal or that they would never actually do it. The other thing you should know is that coming up with specific suicide plans is a strong risk factor, as is having a history of attempting suicide. Please, please, get help.
There is sweetness in life, if we can just hold out for it, if we can convince ourselves to seek it out. You are loved, whether or not it’s in the romantic sense; cherish those relationships and don’t leave your loved ones until you have to.
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I’ve never used Ambien before, but I have 24 10mg of the generic kind and also some over-the-counter pills, about 20.
I know there are a lot of people in this blog who have been using the drug for a long time and experience weird reactions.
What would happen to me if I took all 24 pills and mixed them with alcohol? What about if I crushed them and mixed them with the alcohol? Would I get all funky, or would I just die?
Never mind advise about not killing myself. I’m a pretty level person who just wants out. Can’t do it anymore.
Jose
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“I do not think anybody under this drug effects should be held accountable for their actions if they get in trouble.”
I agree with this comment! Once this drug gets in we are not responsible for what we do. The doctors prescribing this need to wear the responsibility – or the drug companies. It’s not that you know what you’re doing but feel like being silly or naughty or dangerous…the capacity to make the decisions is NOT THERE once the drug is taken. I’ts simply NOT THERE!! and neither is the recollection the following day.
–Becky
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I feel your pain too. but i’m on ambien right now. and its just some pepole go at it in a differents perspective. like i’m a stoner. so when i ambien trip. i just trip chill shit. i dont go all psycho black out. i keep it chill. like 10-30mg will do it for me, snorting some popping the rest. and your gonna have the “goofies”
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Wow. Reading these stories is amazing. There are some people here that need help in a very serious way! Some of these posts are old. I wonder how the people are doing today that were talking about suicide? If you are on outside looking in, these posts are people that are in serious need of professional help, counsling, rehab. My mother died of alcoholism, and I am extremel empathic. I am not judging but I am extremely alarmed at the way some of you are talking. How many have tried to get off the ambien? Not sleeping is terrible but losing your life and everything you hold dear is worse?! God bless and I hope that you wake up literally and figuratively and get yourself some help before you do something you can never take back.
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Not enough at all. In an ambien blackout I took about 40 10 mg tablets. I know of nothing that occured between taking my prescribed 20 mg dose Friday night and waking up in the emergency room Sunday. My baby girl and my 3 yr old are in CPS custody. I hate ambien more than I hate my ex husband and that is saying a LOT.
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Hi, been taking ambien for at least 5 years now. Not addicted to it… can go weeks at a time without it. I do have obstructed sleep apnea and wear a CPAP which is
why I have the ambien. Do not have the time to tell you how many stories I have about ambien, but will summarize a few: Rule #1… Ambien and alcohol do NOT mix. You will do stupid crap and make a fool of yourself. Over the years I convinced myself I only did stupid crap when I had a couple drinks in me. Wrong! Even on 1 ambien with no alcohol I woke up one morning to find well over $400.00 worth of junk from wal-mart that I did not need that ranged from bedsheets to curtains to flea collars! NO recollection of it at all. That means I drove in my sleep and went shopping. That’s probably the most dangerous thing I’ve done. But the list of stupid, embarassing, regretful things is a mile long… My wife did not appreciate the four 250 count Black Cat firework strings tied together going off in the bedroom “as a token of my love” either. Ambien is Dangerous… 5 to 6 years experience of stupid shit talking here.
-Bryan
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I have had sleeping problems since I can remember. After serching with and without insurance I found a great doctor. I get medicaid now so I can continue to see here. I also make payment plans to the clinics that will work with you (like 10 dollars a month).
Alas the extreme, if you really are on edge and NEES some help NOW. Go to the Emergency Room. Most ER’s have a place for people like us. Quiet rooms that are comfortable, they bring you water and evaluate you on what your needs are. Payment is not important at that point YOU are. They have connections everywhere for what your problems are. Different Dr to treatment centers, inpaitent and out paitent.
O have gone twice when my docter left state. the doctor is back now and happy with me. But I have gone twice to get help. Do to my financial problems they wavied all of the fees associated with it.
Also Emergency Rooms cannot deny you servise. I hate to put this out there for people who work really hard and get very little back for the lives they save. But the hospitals now days care about thier city and thier communities.
Good luck!
Cynthia
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My friend recently tired to harm herself by taking 3 to 5 Ambien 6.5..she had been drinking that night too and was probably to the legal point of intoxication. Got her to vomit sveral times but did’nt really see the pills-it was only maybe 10 min between when she took them and i got her to vomit several times. She was really lethargic but able to walk with assistance. She went to to ER and they monitored. Could that dosage-3 to 5 or 6 of those 6.5 have killed her? She’s about 5′4″ and thin to medium build. Just wondering if anyone out there had similar experience. This is driving me absolutely crazy that she could have done something like this and I just live in constant fear for her safety. She was counseled and is going for more counseling…she contacted me after what she had done so I don’t think she really wanted to end it but I need to hear from anyone with similar experiences. It that just a cry for help? Is there a good chance she wouldn’t have been harmed? What is the likelyhood she would do something like this again. She says she has leaned and would NEVER do this again but i just feel like I don’t know her anyomre and I just worry constantly.
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I have been taking Ambien for over 5 yrs. now and to put it straight if I didnt take it , I would get NO sleep at all, I have a severe case of insomnia, I do have a tendency to get up in the night and take a half of a pill again because it didnt work the whole night but, I had my husband put it up where I didnt know where it was, I know this may sound weird and wonder why I would take something if I felt I needed more during the night, the truth is not getting sleep for days on end is soo frustrating that I have to do what I got to do, but, for these people who say they are thinking of committing suicide while on Ambien there is diffently a lying medical condition that I dont think Ambien is causing.I do believe Ambien cr works the best but if you have a sucky insurance plan like mine that it will only cover the regular generic ambien.
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I became addicted to ambien Ambien and it ruined my life.
It was a very gradual addiction. Started using it a few times a year when I traveled. Then it was a few times per week at home… And I needed more of it to get me to sleep.
While using Ambien, I always felt uncertain and agitated. My judgement and thinking became disorganized. My short term memory got very bad…thoughts would evaporate and disappear. That I could not concentrate at work is an understatement. My firm terminated my employment due to my inability to form cogent thought patterns and utilize sound judgement.
If I could get a do-over, I would gladly take a couple nights of little or no sleep and have my life back !
Please beware of this drug.
–Patrick
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My lunatic wife just started taking Ambien again – only 6 this time, but she’s been up and talking to herself for 5 hours. My daughter was awakened at 330am to find her mom standing next to her bed in a lighted bedroom banging her spoon on an overflowing bowl of Fruit Loops. She’s been rummaging through my junk drawer – there are letters, keys and other crap strewn all over the top of the dresser. Apparently people aren’t too smart when overdosing on this DANGEROUS DRUG as I was able to find the bottle under her mattress – filled at 5pm, and only 24 out of 30 left. She’s acting totally deranged – she said she was up (again…at 330am) getting breakfast for my daughter’s friends. There were 3 bowls of cereal out, along with a frozen pizza that she hadn’t gotten around to cooking. When confronted and asked about Ambien, she denies taking or even buying them. I can’t tell you how tired of this I’ve become – I want to leave her and hope that I can get all of our legal ties severed before she kills herself and/or someone else. Some government entity needs to step in and get this drug taken off the market. What ever happened to the good ole’ Quaalude days, and why was THAT drug discontinued???
-Mike
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Was Tiger Woods the latest victim of an overdose on Ambien? It’s being reported on a variety of news outlets, including The Huffington Post.
If so, he would join many members of this site in the club of people who have crashed a car, or worse, under the influence of Ambien.
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I believe that no one can die from Ambien no matter how many they take. I took 200 10mg ambien and woke up the next morning as if nothing has ever happened.
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I took Ambien for a while when I was 17. I purposely overdosed one day to reach the euphoric feeling I had been feeling more of when I took my normal dose at night. For 12 hours my parents had to take care of me because I went out of my mind, had little balance, and was very demanding. I blacked out for almost all of it and only remember a few odd things that I did. I felt good during my overdose, but realizing what I had done and what had happened over the next few days was one of the scariest experiences of my life.
Do you know of any long lasting effects this drug could have on me, especially since I read that it shouldn’t be given to people under the age of 18 (I’m also very small)? If anyone knows and could e-mail me, I’d appreciate it.
Thanks
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Wow it’s so sad that many are seeking help to kill themselves. Look people you need to talk to someone and soon. A good start would be with your doctor! I have been taking ambien for over four years now. I have never thought of killing myself. I am always worried if I already took on that night, if I can’t remember then I don’t take one.
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IM SORRY EVERYONE FEELS THAT WAY BUT I FEEL IT TOO AND IT HURTS, I WONDER TOO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I TOOK MY BOTTLE OF AMBIEN AND OTHER MEDS. IM SCARED AND I DONT WANT TO LEAVE MY LOVED ONES ALONE BECAUSE THEY WOULDNT BE ABLY TO MOVE ON BUT I HATE THIS FEELING AND CONTEMPLATION OVER IT, IS THAT SUICIDAL, EVEN THOUGH IVE NEVER DONE IT? I WISH I HAD INSURANCE OR MONEY FOR A THERAPIST BUT I DONT AND SO I DONT KNOW WHO TO TALK TO, WHO WILL UNDERSTAND, I REALLY NEED A HUG, AND I HATE THIS FEELING. I JUST DONT WANT TO DO ANYTHING STUPID AND END UP IN A LOONEY BEEN.
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Today, I was let go from my job. I was baffled to say the least, but not so baffled that I wasnt ready to get going towards a new direction. I went home, caught a bit of the feel sorry blues and decided to go to sleep. I cant sleep without Ambien, so I took a few the last thing I remember was pulling back the covers. I woke up seven hours later in the Emergency Room at my local hospital. I have a 6 inch shoulder wound, a bump on the head a imprint from the bottom of my glasses frame on my right cheek under the right eye and total memory loss for what happened. A friend called my daughter to come to my house when the friend could not reach me, which is highly unusual for me. My daughter and a friend banged on my house door for one hour straight. The neighbor down below said she heard loud crashes before my daughter arrived. My daughter final called the local police. They tried to no avail. My daughter stated that I finally came to the door loking very tired and bloody. An ambulance was called and I was wisked away. When I returned home tonight 11-24-2009. I found my apartment in shambles. I had trashed the place while out during the Ambien use. This scares me. I cant sleep at night if I dont take it, and yet now I am afraid I will hurt myself again. The pain from this go around is terrible. If you are sufferring the same please try something different as I will be looking for a natural remedie. Hope my story helps anyone using Ambien.
-Darrel
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Sorry buddy, just thought you should get your facts striaght. People have been using sleep aids since they were able to figure out the right plant and form to take it in. Everything from canibus to peyote. There isa reason theres mentions of medicine men and wicth doctors. For those of you who are looking for help to sleep and can’t find it; when you do let me know. As for Ambien, at first it helped me sleep but now the same things are happening to me. Only thing you can do is stop taking it and talk to your devildoc agian and see what rabbit he pulls out of the hat this time.
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I wish not to survive so I’m just wondering. I think about it every day. This past week has put me over the edge. Not sure I can really go on. I’m not a bad person. And I have a family who loves me but I’ve been internally and emotionally dying for years.
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How much Ambien and alcohol do I have to take to do and make it final?
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Sherry {and all other Women ~ A MUST read},
Several of your husband’s symptoms might possibly be related to a larger under diagnosed issue. Many Drs don’t even have the right answers.
This issue is Hormones ~ but wait before you roll your eyes and blow this off you should know this is from personal experience. So Much misunderstood ANDROPAUSE problems cause so many changes in a man’s body & mind IT IS BOGGLING! That’s right, its similar to the women’s Pause.
I experienced loss of so many things ~ didn’t want to go anywhere, didn’t want to call anyone, even my own family, irrational decisions, loss of energy, didn’t want to accomplish anything, hot flashes and more, however Sleep-Problems are also related to LOW TESTOSTERONE. This can begin at nearly any man’s age. To find out it’s a simple Blood-Test. In fact, if blood is drawn for ANY test all you need do is ask – it’s just a stupid box they check off; no extra cost.
Not going to give a lesson in the two types of TESTOSTERONE Tests ~ Normal and Free. The regular
or Normal range is about 200 to 800. The lower the number the worst it is. There are many meds that can be given and I went through them all until I found the one that works best for me.
One thing that many MD’s do is right away put a man on an AntiDepressant. Maybe good, maybe not.
I looked for an age in your post, but didn’t see one. I’ll let you know that my TESTOSTERONE problems started when I was 44, and widely thought that it could have begun years before. So, the last thought is you can at least get a base number, even if the Doc says he’s ok.
Good Doc Hunting,
Buck from Texas
November 15,2009
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I am thinking that using Ambien to OD outright will never work, no one seems to have much luck doing it. I tried once by taking a whole box of dramamine (Dimenhydrinate) many many years ago. All it did was give me nasty convulsions (like suffocating/choking nasty things). Now I have Ambien, and I THINK, IF I were to try to die again, I would just go outside in the winter in the forest where no one will find me and too far for me to hike back out in time (if I sleep walk) and just lay down and go to sleep and die from exposure/hypothermia. Three would knock me out really solid, and so long as it’s cold enough, it should work. Or I could take them and then jump off the top of the mountain, but that takes guts, and even sleep walking on Ambien, I’d probably still never be able to jump. All I really want is to not be alone, and to be loved, but that never seems to happen. So I have these thoughts. I don’t think I AM suicidal, but the thoughts do run through my head on IF I were HOW would I try it. I tried to OD once, it wasn’t awesome, it sucked. Has to be a better way.
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I take Ambien, I have reduced my dose to 1/2 a pill at night, but I still OFTEN get up in middle of the night and eat, or surf the internet (I find bizarre chat transcripts the next day), and once or twice, I know I have had sex I can’t really recall happening. I am dependent on it to sleep now, if I do not take it, I do not sleep for days, or maybe sleep 2-4 hours for several days straight, until I take one and then sleep a whole sleep cycle (6-8 hours generally). I was prescribed them because my nightmares are so bad that I was avoiding sleeping. I know I still have the nightmares, but at least I do not wake up in a panic from them anymore, and I do not remember most of them. I also take Temazepam for this, WITH the Ambien. It’s a pretty heavy sedative cocktail.
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Ive taken ambien before and it is NOT something you take and then go do activities like driving, or any other activity where you need your full attention for because ambien is only for helping you fall asleep. You are a scumbag whos trying to make the company pay for your mistake. I hope you never get enough evidence to bring up a reasonable suit and even if you do I hope the judge just laughs at you and throws out the case from the beginning.
–David
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After reading your story I had to reread it again because i found that what you are describing is very similiar to how I’ve felt these past few years too. I am also a college student. Going into college i had visions of having alot of great friends and things to always occupy my time, but when reality kicked in it was almost like i forgot how to socialize and meeting new people was impossible for me because like you said “I sometimes feel that i souldnt even talk b/c i’m stupid and no one really cares what i’m saying.” There have been other issues too with my family and old friends from high school that started to bother me too and that would increase my frustration. What I want to tell you is that you are not alone. You are not a loser, or a nobody. I know, even without knowing you, that there’s something about you that makes you special in you own way and whether society, friends, or family agree or not. WHO CARES. If you email me at bballman50424@comcast.net I will listen to what you have to say. Whether you decide to open up,or not, or how much you open up is up to you alone. I will not judge you, critisize you, or try to analyse you. I will just listen to what you have to say. Having these types of feelings myself I know how hard it is to open up to somoene because I’m afraid they will look at me differently and treat me different because of what ive opened up to them. People should not be afraid to open up. They should be praised for it because it takes alot of guts. Im sorry this is so long, but finally please seriously consider emailing me if you are still having these same feelings.
–David M.
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I have really 2 options at this point. Dont take the ambian and dont sleep.And then be a misreably mean basket case. Or continue to take it and its power.Which wil either get me promoted to the CEO of the company on a good day, but on a bad day I may be coo coo for coa coa puffs. I ride the fine line…….
–CJ
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I took ambien one night (let me preface this with the fact that I’m still taking it, regardless) and I ‘blacked out’. I ‘woke up’ at 3 am, let myself out the front door, locked it behind me from the inside, and went running down the street. (It was 25 degrees outside.) I was in very skimpy pj’s and woke up, mid-stride, running down the middle of a VERY busy road. I was terrified, and raced back to my house. I tried to get in, only to discover the door was locked, so I tried to break in my window. My fiancee thought I was still in the bed, heard someone trying to break in, and nearly shot me with a .45, because he thought I was a burglar.
Needless to say, taking it scares the hell out of me, but there’s nothing else out there that works (that docs readily write rx’s for, and I’m a nurse…) short of benzos, that they usually won’t give you indefinately…
So. Be careful. You could get run over. Or, you could have the best nights sleep ever. It’s really a gamble.
-Holly
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I was prescribed Ambien…Oh God….I have read some of these stories. I have drove cars, went to my mothers house to show her my cat (she gave me the cat). I went to my house from my Aunts late at night because I told my husband (at 3 in the morning ) he had a woman in the house. He told me I looked in the closet, and under the bed. I drove back too my Aunts. My cousin came home from school that next morning and noticed her moms car turned the opposite direction. She woke me up. I DID NOT REMEMBER DRIVING at all. I do not remember going to my house to accuse my husband of cheating. This drug is causing people to sleep walk and do off the wall things. Criminal or funny…Regaurdless it is very unsafe. I do not think anybody under this drug effects should be held accountable for their actions if they get in trouble. My Aunt left her children in my care not knowing the side effects….
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Well, I just was arrested for my first DUI! “Yes on Ambien” I had taken some and forgot what I took and took more and before I knew it was driving down the road with my 4 yr old in the car! Apparently I was swerving and the cops were called and when the cop lights came on my 4 yr old wanted to see the cop lights and got out of her car seat! Well when the cop came to my window she was out of her car seat! Luckily my husband came and was able to get her. Now I face DUI charges along with child endangerment charges! I am so scared, I never want to see another Ambien in my lifetime!! Its like waking up from a bad nightmare! Please think before you take it because I am your average mom and now I face having a record!
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Hi, My name is Matthew Chance. I am 18 and currently a freshman in college. I was prescribed ambien yesterday, and I had similar effects. It scared the crap out of me this morning to see 21 10mg ambien gone as well as some of my Adderall XR. I also had a 12 pack of beer with 8 missing in my fridge and I don’t even like to drink. I am so grateful that God kept me through that. This medicine definately causes you to loose all reasoning. Thanks to the lord I was still able to wake up this morning at 7am and take a pre-cal test efficiently. I know he was with me through that, and I’m glad he kept you safe also. God Bless,
Matt
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all you suiciders gotta chillll, go talk to someone. go to a meeting, if u wer serious about killing urself u wouldnt write about it on a website youd just do it. life is a gift, im only 19 and ive been there ive prayed for death before, ive tried to overdose at least 4 times, and im here to tell you that you dont need drugs to function or to even sleep. humans created drugs and we made it a thousand years without needing sleep aides im sure we can do it another thousand. main point is your not alone, and it does get better. and if u wanna die do it in a way that ur organs can go to a sick child or something. with your death bring new life. another thing, try melotonin. dont work as good as ambien but it dosnt give u that fucked up blackout episode trying to cook eggs on a plate on the stove, true story btw
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Kris:
My god, I feel for you. I’ve got legal problems too, and I know nothing is worse than being accused of something you didn’t do. I wish you the best with your case. I hope the morning brings you some kind of hope. I am very sorry for your troubles.
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I hope all of you out there who are contemplating OD’ing on Ambien or any type of medication seek some professional help. Take it from someone who has tried OD’ing on more than one occasion. The only thing that came of if was some very large medical bills and the loss of the custody of my little girls. Somedays I think about how many of my Ambien it would take to put myself to sleep forever, but all I have to do is recall the taste of charcoal and how it felt to have a tube down my nose to know that I don’t want to go down that path again. My prayers go out to each and every one of you that you will find someone to listen and help you through this difficult time.
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Hello,
I am having some problems and don’t know who to turn to. My husband and I have been together for six years, I love him very much. He is my world, we have great memories together and have always laughed and simply enjoyed being around each other. Recently he was diagnosed with a type of social anxiety, he couldn’t hold a job because he couldn’t stand to be away from me (even though I work full time). He felt safe at home waiting for me. I was patient and waited for him to find something he would be happy doing. Finally he decided to see a psychiatrist.
I am so confused, and so hurt right now! He was put on several medications, klonipin, celexa, ambien and lamictal. He is not the same person. He is so mean, he won’t hug me, or kiss me anymore. He has violent mood swings, took his wedding ring off and pretty much said it’s over. Nothing in our relationship has changed, other than these medications. He will be happy one minute and screaming at me the next, saying everything is all my fault, and that I have pushed him away for so long it’s too late. What?! He spent 75 dollars on new earrings for himself, and disappeared for two hours.
I have called his doctor, but due to hippa they will only pass a message on to the Doc to call my husband. My husband doesn’t think anything is wrong, so blows it off. He will take the ambien, not sure how much and then literally fall out of the computer chair, I have to drag him to bed. I have horrible insomnia, so I tried a half a pill for about a week, I became suicidal very quickly and stopped taking it.
I’m worried about my husband and my marriage!
Help!
–Sherry
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i can’t take it anymore. i’ve tried different overdoses; the worst was asprin! i ordeed a large order of ambien. i’ve treid ten at most with no results. do you know how much it would take? i can’t take the memories, i can’t take one more second of being alive. i want to go to sleep and not wake up. this isn’t going to blow over and i don’t want to get ‘accidently’ found this time. have any segs?
-Alison
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Dear Sad,
I was reading your story and it broke my heart. I have five beautiful children and when I read your story I stopped them and asked them to come over to the computer, so I could read what you wrote. I’m so sorry that you feel this way and I remember being 18 one time as well and hating high School and not having a boyfriend. However, if you could here my sucess story now and a picture of me know you would be shocked…I am 34 and my oldest daughter is almost 13. If you need to talk and email someone just to vent, feel free to email me at anytime at hunter.marguerite@gmail.com…My daughter who is 6 said to say to your dad that you really love him. My son who is 8 said to tell you, p.s. please don’t kill yourself. I pray that life will bring you joy and happiness and even though I don’t know you, I will pray for your safety and strength everyday. I don’t know your name, but will title you sad…yesterday I thought I had the worst day of my life and I have a step-son who is dieing right now of Chronic Kidney Disease, next week he might start the process for a kidney transplant, he is only three. His daddy is fighting in the war at Iraq and recieved the bad news last week. I was doing research on ambien and ran across this website. I then read your story and realized that there’s always someone out there that is suffering more than me. Remember that, when your suffering…I’m not sure your religious preference, but always remember that God says “What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee”. I know at times you feel as if you can’t take anymore, but God would never give you more than you can handle. please know that you are being prayed for by five little hearts and one big one. Stay safe.
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I have a problem. I have severe depression and anxiety problems and one bitchin problem with rls. Working the grabeyard shift does not help. My brilliant doctor has prescribed me ambien. I have od’d on this stuff for almost two months now. Not remembering ANYTHING the next day. I have woke up naked in strange places. Gotten into fights with loved ones. And tried to commit suicide twice on it. Its nothing to play around with. If you or someone you know is taking it then please have them switch to a mild sedative. Melatonin also works wonders. Currently im still taking it due to the euphoric effects and its fast metabolism, to fight my panic attacks. I have many good friends looking out for me now, but sleep-driving is nothing to mess aroung with. If anyone needs more information on this drug or Anyothers or just wanna talk to someone, im here for you, chances are i need the help too.
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Well, i have to say i’m always thinking about whether i should try and overdose on some ambien or something.My life is surely not as horrible as some people’s but i just dont feel satisfied with how i am.I’m always say to myself that its pathetic that i dont have a bunch of close friends or that i havent even gotten a boyfriend yet.I sometimes feel that i souldnt even talk b/c i’m stupid and no one really cares what i’m saying. I dont know if i really would want to die or if i just want attention.I just keep picturing myself doing it at school so my dad wouldnt find me.I’m just so confused right now…oh by the way i’m only 18..sad!
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I just got prescribed Zolpidem because I am suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and am having difficulty sleeping and horrible nightmares. After reading this website I feel sick even being prescribed this medication and do not plan on taking it ever. I am paranoid and the scariest thing I can think of is doing stuff I absolutely have no recollection of later. Creeps me the f out. My ex boyfriend of 3 and a half years recently killed himself, it is affecting me tremendously. If you are not elderly or in a horrific physical condition that prevents you from being physically able to be independent, wait it out. The effects your action can affect the ones who loved and cared about you most for the rest of their lives.
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Some of these stories are terrible. U need to find someone to talk with to get past the feeling of despair. I am a big guy and so ambien sometimes doesn’t effect me too much. So I’ve been taking 3-5 of them and want to make sure that this shouldn’t be a problem. Anyways, if u know I’d appreciate the input. And if anyone else needs someone to talk and and doesn’t have anyone, feel free to shoot me an email. Good luck
–Brad
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Crash. Boom.
I figure it’s the neighbors, curse them in my head and try to fall back asleep. Crash-bang-thud. What the heck…is my roommate cleaning the kitchen?
Bang-boom-bang, it is incessant, not just a dropped a remote or something, but serious, heavy, menacing sounds. And they are not stopping.
I grab a cane, my only weapon, and my heart starts racing. The sounds are vibrating through the floor boards. Bill’s bedroom door is open, lit only by computer monitors, I grip the cane and peer around the corner into his room.
And it’s just Bill, standing there looking down at his computer.
-Bill, What the hell?
“Hey, what’s up?”
-What’s up? You’re making a lot of noise, I thought someone was wrestling you and I would have to bash them. What is going on?
He looks up at me and it’s then I can see his eyes glint, they are all pupils, dark and empty. He must have taken Ambien to fight his jet lag. My hands are shaking after the rush of adrenaline.
“Will you help me find the gatekeepers?”
I notice his pants are dropped to his ankles. Thank god the boxer briefs remain in place. And suddenly everything becomes clear, he starts stumbling back and forth, crashing in the walls, the desk, the heater, his balance obliterated by drugs and jeans. I grab him, he’s slurring.
-You’re okay buddy, everything’s cool.
“I know, I just thought of great name for my blog, it’s glanderesshskjg (unintelligible)”
-That’s awesome, let’s lie down on the bed.
“Two hours ago we were in Tokyo, where are we now?”
-New Orleans.
“What are we doing here?!”
-Trying to fall asleep.
“Where’s everyone else?”
-There’s no one else.
“There were 14 people here.”
-I am the only one here.
“What about me???”
-You’re here too.
(Looks at me suspiciously) “Who are you?”
-It’s me, it’s Adam.
“Then why are there three of you?” My grip on the cane tenses, I can’t trust him right now. But he laughs this off.
I get him some water, which he drinks with heaping breaths and immediately starts hiccuping like the drunk in an early Irish novel. This is so Fear and Loathing in New Orleans, I can barely believe it.
“We’re on the cusp of (hiccup) summer.” The hiccups continue incessantly for the duration of this story.
-It’s going to be the best summer of our lives but right now we have to relax.
“I want to be so rich I won’t have to ask uncles and aunts for anything. If you go over by the computers, aunts and uncles pop up out of nowhere, does that happen for you?”
-Yeah, but right now we’re going to fall asleep.
This conversation goes on for an obscenely long time. I slowly realize that I am an active participant in a dream, which is a mind bending.
-We’re gonna watch The Girl Next Door.
“Never heard of it.”
-It’s one of your favorites.
“Oh, I love it. What?”
He’s relaxed but his hiccups are starting to make my stomach hurt and, quite frankly, they’re ruining my enjoyment of the film.
After getting spooked that a doorbell in the movie was real life, he starts to wind down and eventually he’s sleeping soundly. I hang out for awhile to make sure he doesn’t get up. Back in bed, I can’t sleep, wondering what will happen if he doesn’t wake up, wondering how I’ll explain to his father that I didn’t call an ambulance, that my intuition said he would be fine.
The next morning he doesn’t remember a frame of it, but after hearing what happened he has sworn off Ambien.
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Please don’t kill yourself. I know it may seem hopeless and I’ve been there, but I made it through and I’m so glad I did. Please talk to someone. Talk to me.
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I just got home from the ER after my 16 year old daughter accidentally overdosed on Ambien after taking too many during a serious bout with the flu. She wasn’t trying to hurt herself, she was just very sick and trying to get some relief by sleeping. Unfortunately after she had taken two, she didn’t remember how many she took after that. It has been a horrible, scary night, with my daughter suffering severe hallucinations…Trying to escape from the hospital because she thought someone was out to kill her and many other things. She is finally sleeping soundly now after about 5 hours. This stuff should be taken off the market. And yes, this was her prescription, even though it says not to give it to her age group.
–Tracy
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I took Ambien for a while when I was 17. I purposely overdosed one day to reach the euphoric feeling I had been feeling more of when I took my normal dose at night. For 12 hours my parents had to take care of me because I went out of my mind, had little balance, and was very demanding. I blacked out for almost all of it and only remember a few odd things that I did. I felt good during my overdose, but realizing what I had done and what had happened over the next few days was one of the scariest experiences of my life.
Do you know of any long lasting effects this drug could have on me, especially since I read that it shouldn’t be given to people under the age of 18 (I’m also very small)? If anyone knows and could e-mail me, I’d appreciate it.
–Alison
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any information you can provide me on the ambien and sleepwalking. My goddaghter’s father has been taking ambien since it came out, recently he took ambien and can’t remember the remainder of the day until he awoke in the hospital. What he doesn’t remember is his inlaws gave dropped his daughter back home for him to care for, he took a gun and started shooting outside at his dog, he walked and purchased beer — he doesn’t remember any of this other than taking the ambien and then was in the hospital — apparently he remembers taking 1 ambien and then another one 1 hr later — when we found the bottle it appears he may have taken more which he states he only took two — needless to say he is facing criminal charges and may never see his baby daughter again.
We need whatever information out there for him. When he found out what happened he broke down crying because he has no recollection. Please help.
–Ellen
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At the moment i am swallowing 70mg of ambien CR. I am tired of my life.
–Arjun
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I hope you are not serious. Ive been there before and i know the feeling of helplessness but there is always hope..
“its always darkest before the dawn”..African proverb
–Liana
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I am trying to find some information myself on Ambien CR 12.5. I feel like I may have taken 2 tonight by mistake. If anything weird happens I will try to get back to you.
I wish I had some information to pass on to you. All I can do is pray for your Goddaughter’s father. Maybe someone will be able to help with the information you need.
–Sue
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I really hope that you are finding the help that you need
–Josh
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My name is Arjun Chhabra.
Arjun Chhabra loves his life.
Arjun Chhabra does not do things like that.
Arjun Chhabra does not have any ambien.
If Arjun Chhabra tried to kill himself he would probably take more then that.
Arjun Chhabra did not approve of this message.
Arjun Chhabra signing out.
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I thought I was loosing my mind!! I woke up one morning last year to find an empty bag of Doritoes and and a half empty glass of Pepsi on the table next to my bed. Another time I woke up in the morning and there was one of my long sleeve flannel shirts all buttoned up and folded into a neat little square on the bed next to me. I had no recollection of doing these things, none whatsoever! One night at around 2:00 in the morning I found myself on my ‘backside’ on the floor in my office which is just across the hall from my bedroom. I must have tried to sit down at my desk and missed my desk chair, and ended up on the floor. This woke me up and I couldn’t remember how I got into my office. I had a huge bruise on my tailbone as a result of this mishap. One day about a week later I was sitting in my Lazy-Boy chair watching tv. I have this little gold filagree butterfly necklace that I wear on a gold chain around my neck. As I took the butterfly in my hand to meditate (I use it as a “calming token”) I noticed it didn’t feel right. I looked at it and it wasn’t the butterfly, it was my little gold Woodstock charm, and it was on a different gold chain too!! I freaked out, where the heck was my butterfly, and how did this get on my neck??? Eventually I found my butterfly necklace under the blankets near the foot of my bed. And eventually, after thinking I was losing my mind, I found out that I was sleepwalking while under the influence of Ambien CR. This stuff should be taken off the market. People have been known to get in their cars and drive while sleepwalking because of this drug.
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I used to get monthly ’scripts for zolpidem to counteract the sleeplessness associated with being on an SSRI for a few years. I had already used xanax to counter the anxiety portion and i eventually started abusing that. Either way, the anxiety went away after a while so I quit using the xanax, but months later the insomnia started so I got the zolpidem. Point being: I have a history of overdoing it.
Well, zolpidem definatly tickled the same euphoria receptors that xanax, klonopin, etc did and I found myself easily staying awake on the stuff. And yes, I got high on it for sure.
I eventually got a script for Ambien CR while at the same time I still had several refills on the zolpidem. Since they where both active scripts and of different “formulations” I could take 30 doses in 10 to 15 days, then get the other formulation filled without my insurance or the Walgreens computer freaking out, filling in an every-other-one fashion.
I remember one time I took an entire month’s worth in a week! I went to the pharm for a refill after that week and the tech looked at me and said, “Sir, exactly how many of these do you take each night?”
“Um…what’s that?”, I asked, as if I didn’t know exactly what they had said. I knew they had me there!
“We can’t sell this to you sir, you filled last week.”
The withdrawal from that week was horrendous! I had the dizziness and brain shocks so bad I was pretty much useless. My psych prescribed me a valium (very small amount) taper, but first said incredulously, “You took 6 ambien a night for 5 days, that worries me.” I don’t remember getting any more ambien from him after that. Trazodone turned out to be a safer alternative.
Some days I would wake up to find as many as 9 pills gone and try to figure out how I would be able to have enough to last me until refill time.
I usually went for walks. One vague memory I have is being utterly lost about a block from my house one summer night. I remember squinting up at the street sign with the orange street lamp halo behind it and thinking, “Now, where am I?”
I consider myself lucky, and don’t take the fact that I’m still alive for granted. I never had bad hang overs, always woke up at a descent time, never missed work. But if I had gotten in my car one of those nights I have no doubt I’d either be in prison for manslaughter or dead myself.
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x I’m esxtremely fucked up riht now. from this. i’m seeing in 199% doubl vision. hahahha
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As I sit here typing this comment i have already taken my ambien about 45 minutes ago. If I do not lay down right after taking it i am bacically wide awake , or so i think….
I wont remember typing this post. If my mom is unfortunate enough to get one of my Ambien call similar to “DRUNK DIALING” I will not remember what i said but she says its always somethig “SOOO IMPORTANT”” , now, once i do stop trying to type which im sure im making a few mistake the screen is kinda blurry, I will go outside smoke a ciggarette. Then I will crawl in bed slepp till about 2:30 or 3 and zig zag into my kitchen and eat anything that i can find. Now, this I dont remember either but my husband has seen it, and when he doesnt catch me getting out of bed he finds the evidence in the morning such as cookie crumbs, dropped candy, and Krispie Kremes washed in the sink…yep washed in the sink. How can something knock you out so hard, but if i dont lay down i’m sitting here doing this, but will have no memory of it?? Anybody else, or am i the only one who can semi-focus on ambien
–Rayne
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John…reconsider taking your life. When is your girlfriends birthday? I hope there is enough time for you to find someone to listen to you and to help you out.
–Kat
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Not sure how I landed here. I have chronic persistent insomnia, and only seem to find peace, releif, peace and that ever relusive sleep when taking original recipe ambien.
Increasingly, as I’ve gotten deeper and deeper in to the world of persistent insomnia, I’ve found that 10mg of regular ambien doesn’t touch me. AT ALL.
20mg gave me a handful of interesting experiences followed by pretty solid sleep.
However, to get the original buzz, the full hypnotic effect of seeing carpets and carpet drapes sway and move and seem like they are somehow alive, I need 30mg of my ambien. Is this dangerous?
–Anne
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My name is Devin. After sleep driving and crashing on Ambien, I was given a DUI. I’ve started an Ambien victims database. If you’ve been injured in any way by Ambien please contact me: 435-668-7050 or devindove@yahoo.com, or go to the website www.ambienoutrage.com.
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my friend just took 18 10mg ambien and i don’t know what to do for her
–frog
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I am an addict and alcoholic. I am over 35 yrs old. It sounds like a lot of you are pretty young, younger than I. If I could tell you this and you could REALLY understand and take it to heart…you might have a chance. Any drug taken to get a ‘high’ is deadly. Ambien is especially dangerous. I have been abusing it on and off since it first came out. I’m sure you know by now, Ambien numbs the part of your brain and you lose all…I mean ALL inhibitions. It doesn’t sound like most of you are taking the doses I have taken, than God! When I do get it, I usually get 30 – 10 mg pills and I take them throughout the period of one day, the next day I get one of the two refills and take another 30 that day, and then the last 30 over the 3rd day. I have no idea how I have survived, other than a very high tolerance. I have done some crazy things while on ambien that has brought me to my knees and to tears. I’ve gone to jail for driving while on Ambien. I don’t think I even understood what was going on nor did i care until it wore off in jail. I have almost hit my mother while she tried to keep me from doing some pretty crazy things. One time I was trying to let an elephant in my bathroom window and had the window wide open in the cold of winter. She came in the living room late at night b/cuz the tv was LOUD as HELL and I told her I couldn’t b/cuz of ‘them’, the people in the room with me said they couldn’t hear the tv…there was noone there. I had another episode last night. I have a family and it scares me to think of what might happen one of these times. Last night, took all 30 and ended up going to a restaurant and going table to table and telling my life story to people! Yea, IDIOT or addict. Sad, pathetic. Then, left with a guy’s wife who was much younger than I and we went looking for more drugs. We went to a bar and I KNOW I was asking LOUDLY if anyone had something. We were asked to leave. We left with 3 young guys in my car, me driving. Stupid. I am blessed I did not get pulled over or killed someone or died from overdose. I guess we were on our way to have sex with guys we didn’t know! I remember catching my senses and ended up going home to my ‘family’. I’m afraid to give too much away. Paranoid, I suppose. If you have depression, ambien will make that worse. If you mix it with the wrong meds, you can die. Funny thing, one day I might only take 6 and for some reason my heart will stop. YOURS MIGHT TOO! Go to a meeting you younger people. You have a chance to live a GOOD and PEACEFUL and HAPPY life. Don’t fall into this trap of addiction that I have. It ruins any happiness or hope for a good life. I prayed tonight for God to help me not pick up my refill. I pray you STOP taking this drug, it kills, it makes you do things like I’ve told you. And, thats not even the worst. My Mom and I were on a road trip and I was in the back seat eating my cigs!!!! Then, I was trying to jump out of the car and she had to pull over and talk me into laying down..lasting maybe a minute. Asking people at gas stations for drugs in FRONT of my poor Mother. She’s been thru this so much with me, I feel so bad for her. Anyway, this is the first time I’ve let all this out, about the ambien. I have been apart of AA on and off for almost 20 years now. It’s not so cute when you’re out of control at my age. PLEASE, I ask you from the bottom of my heart to stop this ambien or any substance abuse. It only gets worse and I mean more WORSE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
Peace and love to all.
–Lee
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my dearset john,
I am so there with you consciensely
but please help me to help you stay alive and maybe you can do the same for me my e-mail is joy6666@aol.com please e-mail me if your still alive PLEASE !!!
–Joyce
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Holy Shit, I came across this page looking up a safe dosage of Ambien, cuz i wanna get high but i really, really dont wanna die or anything, so just wanna keep it safe. Hey John, Joyce, I understand this message isn`t goung to make any difference but please, please don`t harm urselvs. Find someone to talk to. Each Other, Me, whatever. god, don`t kill urselves.
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I just recently had an episode in which, after a bit of a stressful afternoon, I decided I needed to go to bed a bit eariler, and so took my Ambien, Unfortunately, I felt like it wasn’t working, after looking at the clock for a while, and unbeknownst to me, took some more. I remember trying to talk to my family – then remember walking up in the hospital with a breathing tube down my throat – being accused to attempting to take me life. Try getting that removed from your medical records. What a mess. I have done the eating in the middle of the night things, once sleeping with an ice cream bar, and making strange phone calls. Now after this very tramatic event (and being afraid to even go to sleep now), It certainly is “World Beware”.
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I’ve take 5 ambien over the last 3 years, is this something I should be worrked about?
–Debbie
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Ambien is a very good drug when taken in the prescribed dosage. Yes it does have risk…however the benefits greatly out wiegh the risk…I do not feel that I would be making it through Medical School if I did not take it.
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Unfortunately I had a very bad scenario. I have had two DUI accidents in 2 weeks. I have never been in trouble before and to wake up in jail is definitely a huge shock. Both times I only made it a few houses away from mine and side swiped cars. Luckily no one was injured. But the 2nd accident totalled my car. I don’t remember any of it. Please, do not take Ambien. It has basically has caused a huge nightmare for me and my family.
-Mel
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Sometimes death is the only thing you feel will stop the pain I see john side as I am also very depressed due to a woman in my life. I have taken 3 ambein so far an thing are going in and out of focus. I doubt its enough to kill me but it should atleast take my mind off the girl that ripped my heart out by cheating on me.
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what was the outcome of waking up in jail?
Has this been judicated yet? Please reply.I have a similar problem with ambien cr only I didn’t total my car
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I have a terrible case of insomnia — it is horrible. When I don’t take a sleep aid, I lay down barely fall asleep, I am barely unconscious. I put the sleep timer on the TV, I awake at the “sound” of the TV turning off. I’m in and out of sleep all night. It is the worst feeling in the work to wake up more tired then when you went to bed. I started taking Ambien CR 12.5 mg and it works pretty well, probably too well. I scared my boyfriend to death one night while we were on vacation — the fire alarm went off in the hotel room, the rest of the hotel. The hotel had to be evacuated. I slept through the entire thing on Ambien CR. He had to carry me out of the hotel. I am a pretty thin girl, and really think it is just too much drug for my system, I get terrible “hangovers” the next day from Ambien CR too. So, I’m damned if I do, damned if I don’t. Anyway, wondering if anyone has tried the Ambien CR 6.25 mg dose? From what I’ve read that dosage is only used in the elderly. Curious if anyone has taken both dosages and what they think.
–Jennifer
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I’ve taken Ambien for nearly 3 months now and a week or so ago I started having episodes of sleepwalking. I was waking up with cuts and bruises on my shins and sore spots elsewhere on my body. One night my wife heard me banging around downstairs and looked out the window to find me standing outside beside the car with keys in hand. She managed to get me back inside and back to bed, but I had no memory of the incident or of the conversation that took place between us. Thank God she caught me before I hurt myself or someone else. After reporting this and several similar incidents to my doctor, he changed my prescription to restaril. We’ll see how that goes.
–Tedd
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To those who would use this medicine or another means to end your life: You are pathetic, self-centered and selfish individuals. People like you never think about the ones you leave behind to clean up and deal with your messes. Suck it up, learn to stand on your own two feet and stop feeling sorry for yourself. People like you make me sick.
Editor’s Note: Tedd, you should understand that most of the people making comments like this are having serious emotional problems that they don’t have a lot of control over. Perhaps you should search your soul for greater compassion.
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I just got out of rehab and talked to many people there who would take Ambien and drive to the store etc. and wake up the next morning and find huge dents in their cars. Also a guy in rehab drove his car off a cliff two times and crashed into a Fed Ex truck and a car while on Ambien and OxyContin.
Before I went to rehab I was taking up to 12 Ambien a night with alcohol and also over a dozen benzodiazepines, like xanax, during the day. I was so addicted to sleeping pills I could not imagine sleeping without them and have been using them for 10 years.
I’m so happy that I can finally sleep without sleeping pills and am off prescription drugs for the first time in ten years. It was well worth $40,000 for rehab! Prescription drugs (including Ambien) led to many problems for me such as failed relationships, near death, seizures, an eating disorder, crashing a car, legal problems and wasting much of my time taking pills, getting pills, etc.
Ambien is very addictive and I want to warn everyone about the dangers of this drug.
–Cara
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Ted, the comments that you made shows you don’t understand why people do these types of things. Many suicide attempts or successions do think about the people they leave behind. You tell me that if someone very, very close to you were in agonizing pain 24/7 365 days a year for many years that you would love watching them suffer just as long as they live just for you. Now put yourself in those people’s shoes. You can hardly walk because of the pain so you use a cane, crutches or a walker to get around. Sitting or even laying in bed or chair hurts and sometimes bad enough you start crying. Then you have an episode that is the mother of all episodes that you vomit and have a bowl movement all over yourself. Your spouse, significant other has to clean up after you because you can barely move and need help. You sleep in separate bedrooms because of the moaning and screaming in pain when you move. So you sleep away from everyone because you don’t want to keep them awake, since they need the sleep to go to work. Your family is possibly going to be put out on the street because you can’t work anymore and you are a two income family so you can pay bills and purchase food. Lets not forget the conversations being had behind your back about the suffering the family is being put through because of your pain, and you get to hear it on occasion because they forget you are in the other room or just an ear shot away. It goes on and on and this just started four years ago and you have a lifetime of this left. These people do think about others and the hell YOU are putting them through, forget your suffering because there are three being put through HELL and you are only one. This is only ONE GOOD REASON for attempting or succeeding suicide.
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I was looking on the web for some particular lethal dosages but haven’t found any, so the best would be, I think, just take alcohol bottle on the night and in the morning swallow ~20 pills before the last sleep. This should work fine, I hope. I will be back here to let you know if I will stay alive after this.
–Kato
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I have taken ambien 10mg for several years. One day after I didn’t get the required 8 hours of sleep that you need when you take one of them, I almost hit a car head on and it didn’t even scare me. I tried sleeping without them and couldn’t do it so I cut the pill in half and only take 5 mg a night and it works great for me. It helps me get to sleep and I easily sleep from 10:00 to 5 and I don’t have that hung over, groggy feeling and my memory is back to normal. Hope this suggestion is helpful to someone.
–Ronna
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I am very serious. I have 100 2mg. klonipin, 60 10mg ambien, 120 200 mg tegretol, 30 lame paxil.
Please someone tell me. Will this kill me or am I gonna be stuck in an ER barfing charcoal?
–Ronna
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I am contemplating taking 30 or perhaps 60 10mg of ambien if I can get another refill in a month or so. I am recently divorced, my mother just passed away and my ex wife convinced my 12 year old son, and through him the police, that I abused him by pulling his ear and grabbing his collar after he lied [again] about his homework. It was the first time I ever disciplined him in this manner. I never even spanked him before. I face six years in prison and am now being denied access to both him and my other daughter who is 15 months old. I have a prior domestic battery that I plead to rather than fight and now it looks like I am losing everything.
–Kris S
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has anyone heard from kato? i think he offed himself with an ambien od. just was tryinig to confirm he’s not comotose. i have over 200 ambien crs and i want to make sure that i don’t wake up. i’m crushing them all so they can be absorbed in water. i’m going to inject myself with the concentrated liquid. i dont think that ill wake up.
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DEAR ACE FREHLEY last month i almost died from ambien od . i took one went to bed forgot if i took it so i took another then the next thing i was taking all my medicines. 30 ambien cr,lorcet 10 #25,klonopin1mg#25 toprol xl50@30 and i done it in a hotel with my autistic son and loving husband (they deserved better than that and god willing my husband heard me cring and called police because i wouldn t open the door and i spent 5 days in ICU then %in PSCH hospital. iam now having more health problems than ever but i will tell you THE FOG CLOUD I WAS UNDER FROM THE AMBIEN AND PAIN MEDICINE IS GONE AND NO MATTER WHAT I WILL NEVER TAKE THAT STUFF AGAIN ESPECIALLY THE AMBIEN ITS LIKE I HAVE LOST HALF OF MY LIFE AND TO THINK WHAT I DONE TO MY FAMILY …………………………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU , ME , THEM , WE ARE ALL WORTH LIVING FOR SINCERELY MICHELLE – GEORGIA
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wonder if i will die after drinking & taking way 2 many ambien
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did u have any other prob after drinking with these drugs?
cuz they say kill u or coma?
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How many ambien 10 mg. does it take to over dose?
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I think we should all keep going to this site and start a club called thewakeupclub 
no more overdosing but we shall hug , talk , and get through this hard tough experience called life!
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Dave. Please do not end your life!! I am in the same situation as you with my three children. My ex husband has a lot of money and like you, i was acused of child abuse, but never had a charge. I have not been able to see my children for almost 6 years due to the court system. I still have joint custody, but my ex has totally denied me any visitation or talking to them on the phone. believe me i have thought about killing myself, but then i look for the bright side of maybe one day seeing my children and having all the paperwork to show them of what their father has done to keep us apart. I pleaded to a charge that i never should have also, but at the time it seemed to be better than going through more divorce problems and hurting the kids even more. I have just had to finally realize that i will see my children one day and i am sure they will have so many questions, where i will be able to show them the truth. I am an EMT and i save lives, ironic how I feel like ending mine too. We have to be strong because there is a light at the end of the tunnel!!!!!!!
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devin, keep in touch sounds familiar you can e mail me
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I recently took 60 ambien crs in attempt to kill myself. I swallowed the 60 pills with a pint of alcohol. Unfortunately, I woke up. To make it even worse, I woke up in a strange city in a shit hole of a hospital. So next time…. I’ll try 100 or more with all the other dope I have accumulated in pill form all at the same time. and I’ll try a liter of alcohol next time. I don’t expect to see this web site again. If for some reason I do, I’ll let you know that you just may as well blow your fucking brains out. While I was trying to kill myself the easier softer way, someone I used to work with killed herself with 1 try. A shot gun blast in the mouth. Blew half her fuckin’ head off. And by the way….she’s dead.
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