My dad took his own life Aug.8 after being on Ambien for only a few days. My dad loved life and was a joker and prankster. My mom got up to go to the restroom and that’s when it happened. No sooner did she close the door to the restroom she heard the back door shut and a “pop”.
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My husband took Ambien to help him sleep due to a stressful job. After having meetings/conversations with customers and not remembering he stopped taking it. My dad wasn’t so lucky. He recently started taking Ambien and after only a few days he took his own life on Aug. 8, 2010. My dad enjoyed life and the last thing he would do is end his own life. My dad would never intentionally cause the hurt and pain our family is in. We miss him dearly.
-Christina
Christina
Please know that your father did not mean to cause the hurt and pain that this has brought your family. I know this because the same thing happend to my husband when on Ambien. I found him the next morning. Everyday I live with what this drug has done to my husband and to my life which is filled with extreme sadness wishing I could go back and never let him take the Ambien. What people need to understand is that this drug affects everyone in different ways. I have heard this story too many times to think it could be anything else other than the Ambien. My husband was a happy go lucky guy who also loved life. There is no explanation, but we need to remember the way they were in life and not how it ended. Keep forever the good memories and do not give the bad memory any power over you. Take care.
hi Christina! I lost my father on Aug. 2, 2010! He took his life and he wasn’t the depressed type until the Ambien! If you need someone to talk to, I’m here, because I need someone who understands EXACTLY the situation!
My father was taking Ambien CR to help him sleep! He ended up in the hospital on a WED. because he had been out “sleep driving.” After that Wed. in the hospital he was never the same! My father was full of life and lived for his children! He inspired hundreds of people at his work through his leadership and high-spirits, he raised money for numerous charities such as Race for the Cure and Make a Wish Foundation. He was an active member at church and taught children’s church! After that Wed. he was never the same. By Monday Aug. 2, 2010 he took his own life……
Since then everyone around me knows someone who has taken Ambien or Ambien CR and experienced or witnessed loved ones doing things and not remembering. That alone is a serious side effect and you definitely don’t want it to lead to putting your loved one in a confused state of hallucinations and psychosis and then they end up taking their own life because their minds can no longer understand what is going on.
The FDA doesn’t know about these things if no one reports the side effects!
Please report the side effects if have ever taken Ambien/Ambien CR!
And if you have a loved one taking it, educate yourself on the side-effects so that you can keep a better eye on it!
I was uneducated about the side-effects and what was happing to my dad until it was too late. Don’t let that happen to you! God Bless you
My lover passed away this past November. She was in the throes of seasonal affected depression and was taking Ambien to help with her insomnia. Beautiful, brilliant, a hunger for life unlike anything I’ve ever seen nor expect to see again, and an absolute brilliant light in my heart. Somebody who made me a better person and together we were unrelenting in our thirst for life.
She had had at least one episode of sleep driving and there were a few other unusual late night occurrences over the past year while she was on this stuff. I can’t believe I didn’t key off of it. I can’t believe I didn’t recognize that these were extremely dangerous incidents and laughed it off to bizarre side effect. Symptoms of a huge type A personality and somebody at the top of their game much like myself I thought. I don’t sleep well but I’m used to it. I never put these things together.
She was found in her car, in her garage, packed and ready to go to the gym. To meet me. She had our sports drinks ready and her clothing set. Sadly she never made it out of the garage before she passed away. I’ve been reliving that morning over and over and over knowing the second she didn’t show up something was very wrong and awful. How is it possible that today M is not here? If anybody should be here, she should be. It makes no sense at all. None.
I’m struggling with the worst feelings I’ve ever felt in my life and my job requires me to be around tragedy so whatever resistance I’ve built up over the years is of no use. I stay active and run and run and run because otherwise I start losing it. I hope this little posting helps me because I know M would hate to see me like this. I refuse to go on anything despite what my shrink has advised but I don’t feel like it’s getting better. Maybe knowing that I’m not alone is the best help I can get.
Tell all of your friends, family, and especially loved ones that if they’re taking Ambien they are seriously at risk. Find an alternative because I would not wish what I’m dealing with, almost two months later, upon anyone.
I love you M and now always will.