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Sadly, visitors often find this site in a state of suicidal depression, and we have lost several readers along the way. If you are feeling depressed and suicidal, *please* do not do it. Your life is meaningful and important to many people, including me. In the U.S., call 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, visit contactwecare.org, or email me, David. (dpetersen@gmail.com). Suicide is a long term solution to a short term problem. No matter how bad you feel today, there is a very high chance that you will feel better (normal, even) in the future. In fact, it's likely that you are depressed because your sleep cycles are so damaged. New, credible studies are showing that there is virtually no chemical difference between depression and sleep deprivation. They are virtually the same thing. Instead of killing yourself, try changing your life. Research sleep strategies, start working out, find a hobby you are passionate about, and things will get better. I promise. About AmbienOverdose.org: This began as a relatively short article that offered basic information on the drug. Thanks to a constant stream of user comments documenting Ambien experiences good and bad, the site has become a valuable repository of information on experiences people have had with Ambien. If you have something you'd like to share, please do. All stories on AmbienOverdose.org are written, posted, and owned by our visitors. We cannot verify truthfulness or accuracy in them.
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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
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?
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!
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.
If you are thinking of suicide, then you are suicidal and need help. Life is a gift and you are precious and have a purpose in this world. I know you are hurting and feel as though it will never get better, but it will. If you don’t have the money for a therapist, talk to your family and tell them how you are feeling. Go to any church and talk to the pastor. They will talk with you and pray with you. And, they are free. Please don’t take your life. God created you and he loves you very much. Cry out to him and ask him to help you. My sister tried to overdose on ambien the other night. She has been depressed and we have been talking with her and encouraging her, but she just took a nosedive and did it. She was really crying out for help, but she almost killed herself this time. She has been in so much pain lately, but taking your life is not the answer. Life is very hard and no one said it would be easy. Reach out, talk to others, look around, there are many resources available that can help. Most of all, pray and develop a relationship with God and you will then see how valuable you really are. He paid a price for you for your life. Don’t you think it’s worth trying to live it?
You will be barfing charcoal, and in a lot of pain.
hey i want to buy them where will i get them without having to get precription. please help…..
i swallowed a ton, but drank alcohol too. and nothing is happening. blaaaah.
At the moment i am swallowing 70mg of ambien CR. I am tired of my life.
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
I really hope that you are finding th help that you need
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.
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.
x I’m esxtremely fu***** up riht now. from this. i’m seeing in 199% doubl vision. hahahha
I’m tired of life. I wish I were dead. I’m thinking about taking pills to do the job so I’m researching how much it would take to do the job. I need to be thorough so I don’t survive this. Life is just too painful anymore. I’ve got some serious mental disorders and I have so much trouble controlling my emotions and it takes so much energy to keep from flipping out and it’s nothing but a burden on my life. I’m tired of fighting just to stay in control. I’ve been on so many different meds over the years but it never helps. I’m finally ready to give up. I’m waiting till my girlfriends birthday so she feels the same hurt she caused me. She’ll go through life remembering her birthday as the day I ended my life
don’t worry it’ll be fine. tok a bunch of ambien with alco hol and nothing so..
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
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.
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?
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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 http://www.ambienoutrage.com.
devin, keep in touch sounds familiar you can e mail me
my friend just took 18 10mg ambien and i don’t know what to do for her
Give her a beer a high five and go out and party
you are the man!!!! Right on. I’m all for that!!!
My son just now was taken by ambulance and the police to a hospital for taking 10 ambien tabs. He was trying to commit suicide. From what I’ve read on this forum it’s not enough.
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.
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.
can i reply to you too? i need help
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 !!!
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.
Ambien does not get u high it will put u to sleep or unconscious of what u r doing and then u wont feel high. So whats the point? Don’t take it. You could kill someone else if u drive a car while on it. Or end up in rsst of your life and have no idea why.
I’ve take 5 ambien over the last 3 years, is this something I should be worrked about?
oops i mean last 3 years sorry!
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.
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.
i’ve taken that and it snot so bad. i’m about five four about 120 lb so yeah.
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.
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.
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.
Tedd,
really man, shit i would love to be like you. lucky to be happy, but most of us aren’t. Depression, Anxiety, Psychosis, is not something that you just get over. they can be so debilitating that every second of your life is pain. yes, tedd even physical pain.
and an alternate to us being selfish, maybe it’s you whom are being selfish. If they loved that person who killed themselves they could understand the PAIN that was their life. right now the reason I’m living is because of those people who would be hurt. and that’s not fair
you’re cold and heartless. that’s all i have t say
you r cold and heartless. people who kill themselves, its because no one is there for them. so, all those around them actually deserve it. karma.
Some people are completely incapable of feeling compassion. Tedd is just like my roommate, and I have met many others like him. They all have one thing in common: they are incapable of being concerned about the feelings of anyone other than themselves.
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.
did u have any other prob after drinking with these drugs?
cuz they say kill u or coma?
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.
I don’t for sorry for you because you are one of the many people that get to live a normal life one without constant pain. You also don’t have to be in physical pain to have a reason for the attempts or successful attempt. Some people have something wrong with the wiring in their brain. It’s like a computer, if you get a virus or a boost of voltage the PC will start to freeze up then slowly move but move the wrong way. You don’t have to feel sorry for anyone, but please keep those comments to your self it does no good to anyone. Someday I hope you understand why this behavior goes on.
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.
thank you for sharing your technique; I will try it at once!
Probably the placebo affect rplays a role, with such a small dosa
Youre smarter than the ambient— You Go Girl!
Teresa
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.
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!!!!!!!
Damn it fight. What are you going to teach your children. the guilt your son will live with. They say that people thst commit suicide are very selfish. Great! That is the memory u want to leave with your children. Damn it get off your ass get help and show your kids what a real dad is. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Get to a good Shrink get some meds for depression and get to a talk therapist and fix it.
wonder if i will die after drinking & taking way 2 many ambien
I know the feeling. Been through it. Please stay strong.
I have MS no chidren, divorced. well my story is to long to tell. I’m so tired of being trapped in this body that no longer allow me to be the person I was. I can not enjoy life and all the wonders of it anymore. I’m numb all over, no balance, can hardly walk. my lower back is in constant pain. Life as I knew it is a distant memory.I’m so tired, and no one really understands. I jusst want to check out.I’m 5’8″ about 145lbs. I wonder how many 10mg ambien would it take to put me out of this misery?
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?
I feel the same way. I want to go to sleep and never wake up. People would be better off without me. I would like to figue out a combination of pills that works and no vomitting and going to the hospital.
i feel the same way. you’re not alone. want to end this as soon as possible een though i have a bbright future aheard of me i feel like such a fail ure. and i’m eart broken. so eyah
Are you okay now? Just read your post, from last year this time…Hoping things are better now…Tess
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
It would depend on many factors. Consider ht, weight, extensive knowledge of pharmacology.
If you simultaneously work on how you can avoid ambien as much as possible.
See a dietitian.
Best of luck!@
Feel free to contact me for support.
liar… 200 10mg and woke up the next morning… whatever…. like woke up the next year or so..
You really woke up the next day and nothing happened? Not even going to the hospital? I was thinking about taking ambien and xanax. But if it’s not worth it because I do need these medications on a day to day basis.
200 huh? I took 100 and woke up fine, a little shocked I was alive, but fine.
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!
Britney…That is sad that you feel that way. Maybe you should tell your father how you are feeling and get some help. I would like to say that even if your father doesnt find you, he will still suffer unbelievable pain of your loss. For the rest of his life he will grieve. I know, because someone I loved and that I was very close to commited suicide. I have suffered many days and nights due to his actions. Please get help and dont give up…Life does and will get better. God Bless
What the hell?? This website is not real. This is all made up. I don’t believe a word of it. (Except that if abused Ambien is dangerous.) Stupid.
Hi Rachel,
The comments on this site may or may not be true, but they are all from visitors to the website. If they are fictional, it is our users who are being dishonest, not the site staff.
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.
we are exactly alike…..but still no-one has answered my q.
You probably feel much better now, than when you posted on this site in the fall of 2009. But I loved your wit–probably unintentional–and I hope that you are feeling more hopeful now. You’re a smart person… i do hope that you are feeling better these days…Tess
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.
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.
Bulls*** !! There are no addictions to Ambien. Maybe your short term memory was never up to par. Perhaps they should have fired you long before now.
John, you are a very angry person. Yes, it is a fact that you can get addicted to Ambien and if you are a long term users, you will get withdrawals, bad enough that you may need to go to rehab. Get your facts straight.
same here
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.
dont worry, the dosage on those pills was relatively low, and even mixing them with the alcohol, she’d probably be very tired, kinda out of it, and maybe a lil sick, but she would definately be ok…what you need to worry about is if she really learned her lesson or not because if she didnt. unfortunately shell have learned what doesnt do it for her and she will try harder
Don’t hold yourself responsible for another’s life. This person had no right to impose her pain on you. I am such a person, wanting to suicide, but I would never share that to anyone I know. It’s way too much of a burden for any friend or relative to live with, very unfair. Whether or not your friend tries again is her responsibility, and that of her counselors, not yours.
I’m off to bed now I take one ambien a night and have for years. I don’t have a problem with it but my son does. I wish I could do more for him. We’ve offered free counseling for him and have taken him to some counseling services. He just got out of rehab for prescription overdose. We had to kick him out because of his anger problem. He was threatening to hit me. I think we’ve tried everything.
Perhaps you should get rid of the son Ambien is not the demon. People like you should not procreate.
Perhaps _you_ should learn to construct proper sentences, John…
if you wanna kill yourself. dont try ambien. its not going to work. go to walgreens and buy 3 bottles of advil and take all three bottles. that shit ill kill you. not ambien….
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.
Thank you keven, no words could of said it better. I am a preacher’s wife and still have thoughts of sucide but I know the truth and God has definitly pulled me out of a bad place. The fear of Hell I have to say is what kept me (also the fear of pain) People please listen to him and realize there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I have been at the bottom and on my way up. Ending your life is not the answer. No matter what you have done, Jesus has always been there with open arms waiting for you. He does not care what you have done in the past cause he forgives. Please anyone that would like to talk to me please feel free to email me at kajama75@yahoo.com, I will most definity e-mail back. Everyone of you are special to him… please realize that you were created a purpose. God Bless you all
Kevin, thank you!! Thank you for showing me Jesus! If you’ve never shown him before, you led me to Jesus. I pray he helps me and I give it all to him. He has GOT to help me.
Excellent reply, Kevin. We could all use more EMTs and Paramedics with your compassion and insight. Listen up everyone: this is a man to pay attention to…
GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOB
Jesus can rest assured, he won’t kill himself with Ambien It would be like killing yourself with garlic.
LISTEN! suicide is not the way to “get back” at someone or make them feel the same pain you felt. If you want her/him to really understand things, let his/her birthday come and go and all the while, you be growing in confidence, talking to other girls or even telling her that you wish her the best and had some good times but it’s for the best. all suicide will do is hurt YOU and your FAMILY. It’s the most irresponsible, wreckless and cowardly act to leave your family to remember you by. show everyone how mature you are and how much you really DID care and you never know what the future will bring back to you. that girl/boy may just come crawling back into your life if you’re as mature and responsible as you can be. peace and love.
I came to this site to find out how many ambien were need to end it all. I am sitting here crying because from what I read it is impossible. Guess I’ll have to find another way.
Things are not that bad ever. You must expect to have things happen, that’s life. They will be resolved as days go by. Love yourself, I know you deserve it. God bless you and keep you save.
Just figured out benzos cant kill you and you are crying because for some reason you cant find another way. Just another overly emotional female crying wolf. ALCOHOL!!
You, sir, are the worst sort of fool: you pass on your ignorance to others.
Bravo, Dr.Jack!
you will die. trust me. i know my pills. please dont though. thanx for listening.
Good grief people. Life has its up and downs for everyone; don’t focus on being stuck in a hole. No matter what situation you are in you can fix it. Just try smiling more; meeting new people, seeing new places, change your job. Life has so much joy and love in store for everyone and its very easy to see if you just allow yourself to remain optimistic and view life in a positive way. Learn to not take things so seriously, join a church and meet some people there.
You will lose everything if you actually killed yourself. And everyone who knows and loves you will lose that to. The world is amazing, don’t let yourself give up. Things get better eventually I promise, but you just have to work for it.
Incredibly shallow response. I have been suffering from depression for 20years, “smiling” and “not taking things so seriously” really shows your lack of understanding and empathy for this disease. Unless you have yourself recovered from serious mental illness or are pshyciatrist/ clinical pschycologist you should refrain from giving advice.
I am posting partly because I want to see if these comments are real or made up.
If they are real, I have to agree with glassparrow, that unless you are a professional, or someone who has been severely depressed, you can’t and shouldn’t comment.
Patrick
10 years ago I may have said this same thing. I was strong, self sufficient, I had never run into ANYTHING that could get me down.
And then it happened to me…
Your response isn’t “horrible” but it clearly shows a lack of understanding. May I say ignorance.
Severe clinical depression can take you down to a hell you can’t imagine unless it’s happened to you. Things often don’t get better without some sort of intervention. And suicide seems like a perfectly logical method to stop the pain.
I lost over 5 years of my life to it.
no. tired of asking him for guidance, just tired of everything.
bp,
We have a saying in EMS when we are called to the scene of a potential overdose. I always remind my patients that suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems.
I will tell you that for over 7 years, I lived in the same mind set you are living in now and although it was not easy, I made it through to the other side and now I am as happy as I have every been. If I can pull myself up from that dark deep hole, you can too. I don’t know if you are a christian. But I consider myself a “non committed Christian”, but I prayed to God a lot every night for his help and guidance in my daily life and eventually he did. There are a lot of people that have attempted suicide and failed, only to end up malformed or brain damaged from the attempt.
No matter if you feel no one cares, everyone has some family, co-workers, or friends that would be affected by your actions, plus you have to stick around to see what life has planned for your next life chapter. I’m glad I did.
Just remember, once your are at rock bottom, there’s only one way left to go…..up.
I hope you give this some serious thought. And remember GOD loves you more than anyone else and his love is unconditional love.
Are you for real!? Depression is not a temporary problem. It is permanent. Depression cannot be cured like the common cold. It can only be repressed through drugs and therapy and like cancer can always come back and not respond to any drug or therapy. The only cure is death. It is genetically passed down like any other incurable disease. A person doesn’t just decide they are going to make their lives harder and become depressed. THEY ARE BORN WITH IT YOU S— FOR BRAINS OF A HUMAN BEING.
this is very disturbing not enough advice on the gifts to follow when you choose to live your life no matter what comes your way. it always gets better when you choose life. you have made a descision that there are two choices life or death. and that descision means that you are worth it!!
listen up!!!! there are two descisions life or death.
Choose life and you have decided that you are worth it .
Life always gets better, maybe not in your time but it does get better. decide that you matter. you r at a turning point
where one descision ends and the other is a new begginning. a new you. You matter from now on !! trust me i have been there
hi, I am here to help in any way I can! I used to use Ambein, and have had two failed suicide attemps,THANK GOD!!! I didnt even know what I was doing. Ambein has a memory blocking effect, so thats why I cant remember the attemps on my life. Any way I have written on this bog before and my story is under” sharon coop” tues. march09, 1:42a.m. Please read!!!!!! If you cant find it email me and Ill share it with you. My purpose is help others into stopping this deadly drug. If you need help? EMAIL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have two amazing kids that i was blessed to be given, but i also have an extremely mentally abusive husband that thrives on my demise. tonight i couldn’t take the hurt anymore, the pain he has put me through is too much to deal with. i really don’t want to leave this world, but i want this pain to go away. i took three 12.5mg amb. with a glass of wine and am scared that i’ve went too far.
Well, I am a an RN in Pschiatric Family Practice NP schoo, so if those credentails help-coool.
If not, BECKY, what do you want out of life? do you ant he im to just care for your children for a while until you cna get it toghter? There is so much more to this…….plese call 720854904 if questions, ETC.
Ambien adn wine dont really work BTW, you just sleepier…………..:)
Melissa
How did you get through nursing school being unable to compose a proper sentence?
I would like he lp with this issue
Can I( kill myself with ambien
I have been on Ambien CR for three to four years. I have tried many times to get off of it with no success. They say it is non-additive, but I don’t believe it. Some have said that instead, it is habbit forming. Habit forming or additive, whichever, it is all the same to me. It is though I have been trapped by the medical community, Dr. Haynes (sleep specialist) in particular. I realize that their original intentions may have come accross as trying to help, yet on the darker side, it is all about the money. The doctor gets you hooked, the drug company is guarnteed to make money, as well as the doctor is assured of repeat business against the patient’s will. What more could these people ask for. I am not saying that ambien is bad in and of itself, it is just that I want to use it on my terms; that is to say that if I want to take two of them in a single night, who the hell is the DEA to say otherwise. The tolorence can become so great that taking ambien is like taking nothing at all. But dare to go without it, and you could risk a heart attack according to my pharmacist, because doing without this addidictive drug (ambien) increases heart rate and increases anxiety, etc. When I take ambien, I become more of a compulsive eater late at night, making me fatter that ever. I feel life is not worth living anymore. My wife seems to care, but she really doesn’t understand, so I am totally alone in this.I suppose the only real revenge I can achieve regarding ambien is to check out with the whole lot of them as my last and final friend.
hey,
Ambien does increase depression, anxiey, but what the heck, you can requst Xananx 0.25 or 0.5 BID for anxiety. give it a shot, let me know what happens. I started the Xanax, dont take any othe it beftore heading to work (7p=7a) but do when I do home. I sleep longer with the Xananz.
Hows it going I have been navigating your blog for the past week or two and it is , how many followers do you receive?
On Thursday I was given a prescription for Ambien CR. I was given 30 12.5 mg. The first night I took them I thought I feel asleep, but when I woke up the next morning there were over 10 tablets missing. I went to work… feeling like crud. I had overslept. That evening I was so exhausted so I took one, which was what it asked for, and the next thing I remember was my friend had driven over 30 min to come check up on me. I woke up and she was looking right at me. By the next morning I had 1 Ambien CR left in the bottle. I’m not a druggie. I feel horrible about this. This means that in two days I took almost 30 Ambien CR. I feel horrible. I can’t talk about it because it will just sound horrible to other people. Is there anyone who can at least tell me i’m not nuts here? I fear that this is still in my blood killing me even if I don’t want it to.
B
I have been depressed for 45 years. Doctors and therapy have not helped. I am alone and almost to the end of my rope. I think about suicide constantly. How many ambiens will do the job?
Oh please do not be thinking that way–I understand completely but I hope that you will stop this with all the strength that you have within you, and that God can give.
I know how painful it can be–I’m older than you, I’m sure, and have been “faking it” for many years–scared to death that people would see what happened in the very distant past…I am certainly not in a position to tell you what to do, as Ambien has been a major factor in my life, too…But could you just check yourself in to a hospital, and tell them how you are feeling? Please please do not give up. We have to believe in ourselves….and in hope…Love, Tess
ambien cant kill you. there is a report of someone taking 4000mg, they just slept for a few days. stop trying to talk these people out of suicide, yall. all this life gets better crap, no, sometimes it gets worse, or stays the same unendingly. i want to go to sleep every night and never wake up. my life is ok, but i have no one and get no joy out of it what-so-ever.
As soon as you get the answer let me know…
i hear so much pain in the these emails and it gives me hope. for a person to feel such desolation opens the mind to the capacity of true joy. true freedom comes from letting go of this obsession of what we ‘think’ we are supposed to be, and accepting ‘now’ as it comes each moment. i hear many wonderful questions, and assure you there are answers for what you seek. the buddha and krishna and jesus are all great beginnings and have been my guide, but in the end you are your greatest teacher. find something that feels healthy and right and keep doing it. for me exercise, meditation, yoga and surrender to God have given me much peace after my tragedy. i wish you luck. swami vivekananda told us that this life is a great gymnasium of pain, in which we grow stronger. happiness is perspective, the good news is we have 100% control over our perspective, what else can you say that about?
namaste
you know sometimes you know it’s your time….life has lost all value and your mission on earth is accomplished….and you know it…now I just want to gracefully and comfortably move on to the next stage. My hopes are to do it in a seemingly comfortable manner with Ambien/mix but will resort to a firearm if necessary….would someone please help me with a recommendation to help ensure my first attempt is a successful attempt …thank you for any advise…
Greg, I’m not sure if you did this. But my father killed himself Monday morning, June 21st. He was 68 years old and loved by many. He copied your words to the letter and pasted them into his suicide note. Please if you are still alive, please know this is not a solution. Our family will never be the same. I will never be the same and my father will never be with me again. I’m giving birth to my second child on July 20th and he never even got to hear that I was going to name the child after him. Your words meant something to him, enough that in his darkest hour he chose them as his own. What a shame. Don’t do it.
I understand how greg feels. i have started therapy to get out of my depression but i feel like i am only getting worst. i am extremely successful in the external world and no one imagines how sad, lonely, and depressed i am. as a matter of fact everyone always says i have the kind of life that most people would trade for. yet everyday i get home and close the doors the demons inside of me take over. I have forgiven the past but the past refuses to forgive me. I truly dont know what to do. I just feel like I am holding on to the inevitable. My partnre has kept me from killing myself for almost four years now and she herself is tired. As soon as she gives up on me which she has began I know I will loose the anchor that has kept me afloat in the short term. I am hoping to make it to 30 but I dont know if I can make it that far.
I have taken 20 mg of ambien and only slept 2 hours. You build up a tolerance to it. YES!! It is addictive. I am hurting now to say that I am addictive. My wife is an RN and she sees my addiction now and how badly it is hurting me. I’ve had quadruple heart bypass, lost my wife of 18 years, my father, 2 house fires, and my kids are stronger than I am. I should be the “man”. I should be the “tough” guy for our family. Now, here I am fighting depression. Kill myself? NO WAY! Lucy and I have been married for 2 years, now we find out we have a baby together on the way. You’d think I would snap out of it. I hurt. I have forgiven the things of the past, but I still hurt. Depression is very real and everyone hanldles it differently. I know what Jesus has done for me and my life. I pray that all of us here readijg these bloggers read, study, find what you are looking for and KNOW THAT JESUS LOVES YOU SO MUCN. Talk to Him like you would me. He is there, waiting to hear from you. We are none her by mistake. I am praying for all of you and you do the same for myself and my family. We just foud out wa are havinf a bby Bella or Baby Caydenl Please keep my family in you prauers. we Need fjem
tired of my life too. I want to go to sleep and never wake up on earth again. i am so sick of letting my family and friends down
I feel the same way. I have battled depression since my teen years, I am so tired now. All I do is let my daughter down, my husband down…
If been taking large doses of trazodone,zolpidem, trying to commit suicide becuse a girl named jenny loveridge used me and now i cant sleep, cant even think without thinking of her
awww…..please don’t feel badly…please. talk to me first.
I want to die . period. Ambien use to be my praise God drug…I got SOME sleep!Now I am so depressed I don’t know what to do with myself. I need more of the 10 mg to work. I’m afraid I’m going to od on taking too much and adding alchohol with it. Pray with me yall…it’s a serious thing…I think it throws you into a deeper spiral of deep depression
Godbless us all….we are stronger than this!
oh my i have rx’s for trazodone 100mg is this worse?
oh geeez we need to start a lil’ group for all of us…for real! I’ll rent a hotel room or put up a garage for us to hang in….any takers??
I hope I can find this page again!!!!! yall better keep my email plz!
love to all