Ambien Side Effects in Teenagers

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