My husband has been addicted to Ambien for about eight years. This addiction has caused him to do things he would never do otherwise. Doctor shopping for as many as four prescriptions at a time, eating massive amounts of food at night and making a huge mess, knocking over dressers, falling down the stairs; and when he does get his prescription filled he takes up to 20 in a night if I do not take hide them from him! He has completely lost his ability to fall asleep on his own. When he did try to go off of ambien, he ended up in a psych ward for 72 hours. He threatened suicide several times and we had to remove all of our firearms from the house. It seems to me that a person who uses ambien, ends up abusing ambien. It’s sad to watch my husband’s downward spiral into insanity.
-Amanda
This was very difficult for me to read. My husband is starting along that path Andy washing it down with gobs of alcohol. I regret the day I sent him to That Dr for insomnia. Thank you for sharing.
-Kelly