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Ambien Abuse

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:55:52 +0000

I moved to Antwerp, Belgium, last year to do research. On my birthday I went to visit a friend in Amsterdam; on the same day I got a prescription from my doctor back home for 60 Zolpidem. I have a history of using it to get high. Last thing I remember was getting on the train to Antwerp at 16:00 – getting off at Den Haag (no idea of the time) – and then waking up in Schipol Airport the next morning. I realized I took all the pills….. IN ONE NIGHT…..

Tripping

Anonymous Visitor — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:07:33 +0000

I’m up at 230 am. And cannot sleep. Ironically, i took 30 10 mg ambians through the day. ending at about 8pm. im still tripping out pretty good but i’m definitely afraid.

god save us all!

-Brandon

Detox, Dependence & Addiction

Anonymous Visitor — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:34:43 +0000

Sixteen days ago I admitted myself to a detox hospital to get off ambien. I spent eight days in a hospital to detox. I had 2 prescriptions and was always running out. This drug was ruining my life because I constantly obsessed about how I could get more. It was all I seemed to care about. I took about 10 a day – and yes, during the day. Very few people could believe that I was able to take ambien during the day and function, however, my body built up a tolerance to this drug and towards the end, i had to take it to get my head to stop hurting. The euphoric feeling i loved somewhat disappeared and i found myself taking them just to function.

This drug changed my personality and I became a liar and untrustworthy. I would love to see this drug taken off the market. I miss the feeling I had when I first took it but even that disappears after awhile. It feels great to get that monkey off my back. Thank you God!

Information

Anonymous Visitor — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:32:47 +0000

All these stories are ridiculous and completely fabricated ambien won’t make you kill yourself if you have done something stupid on ambien it was probably already deep rooted in your head and the disorientation made you feel more okay with it. If you would try to kill yourself on ambien you would most likely do the same after consuming alcohol just as easily as the sleep medicine

-Chris

Tell Us Your Ambien Story

Anonymous AmbienOverdose.org Reader — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:59:47 +0000

Use the space below to tell us about your experiences with Ambien in as much detail as possible. Our supportive community is here to provide advice and help.

Ambien can ruin your life.

Anonymous AmbienOverdose.org Reader — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:09:53 +0000

FROM MY EXPERIENCE IF ONE PILL DOESN’T WORK, YOU .SHOULD TRY TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE. YOUR TOLERANCE WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOUR 30 DAY PERSCRIPTION WILL LAST A FEW DAYS. I BELIEVE ALL THE STORIES I HAVE READ. TRUST ME IF I KNEW WHAT I KNOW NOW ABOUT THIS DRUG, I WOULD NEVER OF TOOK IT. IT IS VERY ADDICTING AND IT CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE IF IT IS ABUSED. PLUS IT WORKS SO WELL IT IS HARD TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

Ambien for the Elderly

Anonymous AmbienOverdose.org Reader — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:43:16 +0000

I’ve watched my grandpa deteriorate lately from the use of Ambien. He’s 82 and its been months since he’s been taking ambien on and off. Last night wasn’t the first night that he fell out of his bed. I guessed that he had taken his prescribed ambien to help him with sleeping but the thing about him is that he doesn’t go straight to sleep. I kept trying to ask him how many he had consumed but he was in this like intoxicated drunk state. He must’ve taken a bunch and forgot. I was really scared because he couldn’t walk and started talking really loopy. Me and my grandma had to force him to sleep because he kept wanting to get up and do things. We finally got him to sleep. But not after drinking a lot of water. I lnow he took more than the amount he was suppose to. He couldn’t even open his eyes which scared me so much. I was wondering if taking ambien makes you dehydrated? And how long does the effects last because he is still loopy this morning but more conscience. I’ve taken all his ambien away and I don’t know what to. I’m not sure if he abusing it on purpose because this has happenend before or if he’s taking to many on accident because he doesn’t remeber. I think he. Has had suicidal thoughts before and his mood seems a lot more depressive. When he’s acting normally he never wanted to go out even when I asked him. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated and helpful. Thanks in advance.

Ambien Abuse

Anonymous AmbienOverdose.org Reader — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:50:41 +0000

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.

Ambien Abuse

Anonymous AmbienOverdose.org Reader — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:16:06 +0000

My girlfriend abuses Ambien CR for the lucid dreaming. She takes 4x the dose and uses her prescription up in a week, then doubles up on her Xanax for another week, then suffers insomnia for the next 2 weeks until she gets her Ambien CR scrip refilled. She gets extremely agitated, has written things in basically a different personality, and is extremely aggressive when on the drug.

She also suffers from sleep paralysis, which I have read can be made worse by taking Ambien CR. I have sen her get very upset when she comes out of a sleep paralysis episode, but she is so hooked on the lucid dreaming that she will not listen to my pleas to at least cut down to the prescribed dose and take it throughout the month.

I have no official capacity in her life, I am just a boyfriend – pretty much an ex because of this issue. But I think she needs rehab and she has a job that requires a security clearance. I fear she will do something to cause her clearance to be revoked because she gets wild on this stuff, and in the aftermath when she runs out.

Ambien Abuse

Anonymous AmbienOverdose.org Reader — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:06:53 +0000

I’ve been taking Ambien for years but in the last year I find I have to take more than just 1 10mg. Some nights as many as 3. But have no and have had any symptoms of sleepwalking and hallucination. Only thing I do when I wake up in the middle of the night is take a 3rd ambian and sometimes will grab something to eat. It is a short term drug, longer term with luminesta but very ixpensive without insurance.

I have tried other sleep medications and they don’t work. In fact a few of them left me in a state of high anxiety.

BTW, I have stage 4 cancer and am approaching the last stage of it and must get a good nights sleep.

Those of you who have used the drug recreationally are idiots who have made it difficult to get for the rest of us.

My opinion of teenagers who us it is that you’re going through so many harmonal changes and the combination of that with hypnol sleeping aids.

Those of you who are suicidal, I have no sympathy for you, you’re using ambian as a mechanism for denial that you have an undiagnosed mental/emotional/chemical condition.

BTW I don’t want pity for where I am now, I’m in the 1% of !% group that has made it for more than 2 years with chemo treatment.

I ask God why, and it hit me that it is God’s grace in that I have been given the opportunity for redemption for a life lived with lots of sin. My philosophy on life has become we are born we are given lots of opportunity to sin/break rules/miss the mark, and then are job in life is to look and work through a redemption process. Do keep in mind that St. Paul said ‘where sin abounds grace abounds’. Do not be an emotional coward because life is difficult. It can be very difficult…deal with it that’s what you’re here for.

I don’t know about anyone’s religous or spiritual beliefs. I have of late returned to a version of the Russian/Eastern Orthodox church because I love the Eucharist. So if you have a soul, hopefully you do as I sometiimes doubt that all humans are pocessed with one. Look for it, find it, nourish it by finding the the Grace of God that’s there…..with some work……for the taking. All you have to do is look, ask, and be prepared for the process…a rather painful one of self-evaluation that it will take you….through.

Lastely, I’ve been through drug addiction, alcohol addiction. because, yes it was fun, but I did make idiotic decissions that took me down paths that I wouldn’t wish on anybody.