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Ambien & Flying

Anonymous Visitor — Mon, 09 May 2011 06:01:09 +0000

Commercial airline pilots are allowed to take Ambien CR eople the commercial airline pilots take it and forget what they are supposed to do. Most of them drink heavily and combine the two. Too scary. It is interesting to read people defending Ambien as though it were their own child.

Side Effects Hallucinations

Anonymous Visitor — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:33:45 +0000

My recommendation to anyone taking ambien (or any other narcotic or sleep medication) is to proceed with caution. Be aware of what is happening. If you are having such things such as hallucinations or suicidal thoughts talk to your doctor immediately and try something that doesn’t cause problems. If you can have someone with you when you first start taking the medication. I saw someone mention the fact that they have not seen anyone hallucinate. I was prescribed medication of ambien while pregnant with my daughter. The first time using medication I had bad hallucinations (only know because my husband and roomate told me). The only medication I have ever taken is levothyroxine.

My mom is taking ambien now and she is having terrible hallucinations. She has fell once and the second time she almost fell and hit her head. She has had problems with this medication and we are trying to convince her to try something with less side effects. She talks about the unicorns dancing and weird things like that. She as me had no recollection of doing so aside from the people who were there to make sure she was okay. She does have a history of drug abuse and depression. Be aware of the known side effects of the medication you take and only take as prescribed.

Best sleep ever

Anonymous Visitor — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:48:17 +0000

Been on Ambien for 90 days 20mg nightly ..best sleep ever. Last time i felt this rested was preteen.

My experience with ambien: anxiety & depression

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:34:08 +0000

First off: if anyone reading this is feeling abnormal anxiety, depression or is having suicidal thoughts while on Ambien, STOP TAKING IT IMMEDIATELY.

You may well be saving your own life.

A little background: I usually do not have problems sleeping. I get insomnia very rarely.

About 4 weeks ago, I was stressing over a very long list of stuff that I needed to get done and couldn’t get to sleep. I stayed awake until 4:30am and finally got to sleep. A couple nights later, the same thing happened. My wife has a prescription for Ambien and I took one of her pills to get to sleep. At first, this seemed like a wonderful drug. I slept 8 solid hours and woke up feeling better than I had in a long time. The problem was that for the rest of the week, I’ve had a very hard time getting to sleep. I went to my doctor after about a week, who ended up prescribing Ambien because I told him that I had taken my wife’s pill and it had worked to get me to sleep. He told me to use it for 3 or so days and stop and try and get to sleep on my own.

Long story short: I ended up not being able to get to sleep without them and after 2 weeks of taking Ambien every night, I started to see a pattern: from mid-afternoon until early evening every day, I would get bad anxiety attacks, followed by some of the worst depression I’ve felt in my life. In addition, I loss all my appetite and started to feel nauseous all the time. I lost 12 1/2 pounds in 2 weeks because of it.

Fortunately, these feelings are NOT normal for me and I recognized that I needed to stop the Ambien before it caused any more problems (I was already starting to feel the beginnings of suicidal thoughts).

I told my doctor what I was feeling and he immediately told me to stop taking the Ambien. It took about 4-5 days for the effects to go away, but I’m no longer anxious or depressed every day and the suicidal thoughts are completely gone. My appetite has returned and I’ve gained back 4 of the pounds I lost. I’m stilling having problems sleeping (going to a sleep study in 2 days), but I refuse to take Ambien ever again.

Ambien Side Effects

Anonymous Visitor — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:57:40 +0000

The reason you never hear anything bad about Ambien is because the people you’re talking to have probably just started taking it or are taking it as prescribed. My husband, a life long insomniac, started taking Ambien about 2 years ago. His doctor will not prescribe more than 1.5 pills per day (135 pills for 90 days) so he buys the rest over the internet from India at $250.00 for 90 pills (as opposed to $30.00 for 90 pills from the pharmacy). Still he comes close to running out and panics. 9 out of every 10 days that he’s home from work when I get home, he’s either sleeping or crying. One of the things that attracted me to him 14 years ago when we married was his upbeat nature. That is gone since he started with this Ambien. He tried to quit in January and didn’t sleep for 3 days so he went to the doctor and begged for more. It’s hard to see anyway out of this addiction of his. My advice: NEVER START!

My experience with Ambien: No problems.

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:14:33 +0000

I would say that I have not experienced any of the problems that have been posted, and I have taken the generic Zolpidem 10mg for more than year. I get at least 7 hours sleep and then wake up , … Continue reading →

Powerful Sedative.

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:31:45 +0000

Ambien slows my brain down and helps me with my annoying OCD, which is one of the worst things you can experience. Ambien seems to whip out those stupid irrating thoughts that waste my day. I do agree Ambien is the most powerful sedative available and it must be taken carefully. The sedative power of this drug is unbelievable – watch out!!!!

This stuff puts Xanax to shame.

Ambien on an empty stomach.

Anonymous Visitor — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:52:05 +0000

Do you have any food in your stomach when you take Ambien? It needs to be taken on an empty stomach or it goes into the food instead of your bloodstream. Food can stay in your stomach for 6 hours or more depending on what it is. Some foods like vegetables are out of your stomach quicker so you can take Ambien sooner. But basically if you just ate dinner or snacked on anything, Ambien won’t work nearly as well.

Ambien works for me despite mild side effects

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:37:29 +0000

Hey just wanted to say 2 things.

1. Getting off ambien is easy,little to no withdrawls. But since you are an insomniac like I. I suggest melatonin. IT really works!

2. I LOVE my ambien. I take 10 mgs on a normal night but sometimes another or half helps a lot. I love it compared to all the stuff i used to try. Motrin pm and sleepy robo. with ambien i am able to sleep almost normal(before 4am) To make things worst i have Tourettes syndrome/adhd/ocd/sucks. So i keep my wife up all night with my sounds, so in closing. I love ambien, but not the side effects. But they are so small fry compared to the morbid hell of barking and making loud involuntary sounds. Now i can sleep. But good luck to you . i wish you well and no pain. try the melatonin.

Ambien Reviews: I love ambien.

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:34:47 +0000

I love Ambien. I take it and suddenly my crazy mind floats away and I drift over towards my bed and lay down for a quiet slumber. Sometimes I do wake up and have to repeat the process, which is becoming quite annoying. I wish the first few times after I tried the Ambien the feeling would continue, but it seems to lose it’s sparks just after a few days.

60mg of Ambien Side Effects: Hallucinations

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:49:37 +0000

ok so i’ve been taking ambien for about two weeks. i’m about to stop cold turkey because it’s making me do strange things. i started off taking 10 mg a night then i bumped it up to 20 mg. instead of making me go to sleep it would keep me up and i would just hallucinate for a few hours before passing out. these last few nights i’ve been getting up after taking my normal dose of 20 and taking more. i don’t know why but i can’t stop myself. i end up taking 60 mg a night. this is very bad because the hallucinations keep getting more intense. i wouldn’t suggest this drug to anyone. if you start taking it absolutely do not take more than necessary. if it starts making you take more stop immediately.

Driving while drugged

Anonymous Visitor — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:54:22 +0000

I am a reporter preparing a story on driving while drugged. Ambien is part of my story. Does anyone here know someone in South Florida willing to talk to me about this? My deadline is almost immediate (it’s Feb. 4, 2001). Must talk before Feb. 7. jeff.burnside@nbc.com

Thank you.

Long Term Memory Loss

Anonymous Visitor — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:38:56 +0000

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to help me. I have been taking ambien on & off for the past couple of years. As a result, I have a total loss of short as well as long term memory. Do you have any suggesstions as how to retain my memory besides quit taking the ambien? Please help me, my work as well as my speech is deteriorating.

Killing Myself

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:17:32 +0000

I tried killing myself with ambien and it gave me nothing but more problems. I took a whole script and ate a bunch of todem poles, I received in return cardiac arrest, charcoal, rehab, and a whole new world of hell. I woke up in peninsula, after a week of antipsychotics, not seeing any friends or family, and eating the worst food I ever had along with that small prison sentence, I quickly gained a new lease on life also. I got to see my son again, kiss the most beautiful woman in the world, and hug my mom. Nothing material but worth more than anything in the world. Also since this happened on the 10 of december I got out in just enough time to see my sons first christmas. Wow, I messed up bad and sounds like im not the only one. Look if you need someone to talk to call me eight six five five nine nine zero four four nine. Or email me ill get it instantly and will repond. Don’t do nothing you’ll regret if it doesn’t go to plan, it just makes it worse. Please this is my cry to you, I never want to read about another ambien overdose or anything else of this nature on here again. Thanks. Capt. Hover. I like alot of you also had it all at one time too, check me out on hovercraft.com that was my life and I messed it up. I built alot of those crafts and im in 90% of the photos. I live eat breath and poop hovercraft, and I alone caused me to loose one of my only loves. I was the guy on tv, in magazines, and livin large. Now im working my way back up. You can do the same.

-josh

Iraq War / Ambien

Anonymous Visitor — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:00:44 +0000

Hi, there. I’m a iraq war veteran suffering from depression after the losses close to me, and just utter hell, in a part of the world that sucks. When something fucked up is actually happening, your asking yourself, is this really going on. Yea, it is. So… been contemplating ambien overdose. Now im thinking 200x 10mg ambien should be enough to kill me?

I’ve been getting ‘therapy’, so talking doesn’t help as much as everyone thinks.

Also had a good friends mom commit suicide july 2008, everyone was distraught for quite awhile. Two years later, everyone has moved on and continued living. So yes, killing myself will cause extreme sadness for 3-4 months and after about 2 years they have continued living.

So, If someone could reference the lethal dosage for 180lbs, I’d appreciate it, and I’ll make sure its a remote area, not easily accessible by paramedics.

Have a great Christmas~

Ambien tolerance

Anonymous Visitor — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:02:45 +0000

After a while the drug does lose it’s effectiveness & so I started taking more. I feel compelled to tell you my story because I got hooked & a side effect of this drug is depression. I became severely depressed. I had everything going for me but I was sad because of over using this drug. I tried to overdose on it even after reading all of the stories here, knowing it was the drug causing my depression but not being willing to give it up. Fortunately I didn’t die but I did call the suicide hotline when I woke up. Thank God the person on the end of the line wouldn’t let me off the phone. She forced me to call my mom for help. I spent a week in a facility and while I thought it would be the worst thing that has ever happened to me, it turned out to be the best experience because it saved my life.

If you are on this pill and taking more than the doctor prescribed and hiding it from your friends and loved ones, you have a drug addiction and you need help. Don’t let your loss of sleep be what makes you want to take your life. As soon as you quit taking it, within 12 hrs it is out of your system. You do return to normal. There are other meds you can take to sleep that don’t have depression as a side effect. It makes me so sad to read all the stories here of people who want to commit suicide. It is all because of this drug. It was meant to be a short term drug so if you’ve been taking it for years and you don’t feel like your old self, please get off this medication. It can save your life like it did mine.

Ambien Facebook Rants

Anonymous Visitor — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:05:52 +0000

Dr. placed me on Ambien for chronic insomnia. It worked to an extent, but I took myself off of it after about 3 months. During that time, I sleepwalked, slept-ate, sleep-drank, sleep drove into another car, and became psychologically hooked. One day I woke up one day to a massive headache and dizziness. I quickly learned I was drunk when I found 2 empty wine bottles on the floor. This happened after I went to bed.

I found ambien induced facebook rants and inappropriate comments on my friends wall, after going to bed. Very embarrassing. I have peed on the floor in my sleep, and woke up in other rooms in the house. The final straw was waking up in my car after I cruised slowly into another vehicle (twice). I was double locking the front door and found often found one lock open in the morning.

If you take ambien – follow your dose. Place your keys someplace out of the ordinary and not by the front door. GO TO BED after taking it. Read until you sleep. Stay off the computer while you wait. Re evaluate the food and alcohol in your house or lock up the liquor cabinet. NO Alcohol before Ambien, period. DO NOT TAKE IT unless you have exhausted the simple over the counter’s first. Exercise and you will start to back off the meds too.

Melatonin is a much safer alternative to try first. 3mg’s of Melatonin from Wal-mart and I am ready for sleep in less than 30 minutes. Much cheaper and safer.

Forgetfullness

Anonymous Visitor — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:43:20 +0000

I took one pill and went into a mental state of forgettfullness of whether I took one or not and then I ended up taking two or three 10mg tablets.

Then a few nights later I have even more insomnia and a cold I find, I was unadvisded of combinding nychyl and ambien and put me into a mental state to end upto ten 10mg tablets. Next thing I know I have a large bruise on my knee. I fell in the last twenty four hours from intermitent black outs. And now after a hospital stay and two days later I am still having sleep disturbances.

I took one pill and went into a mental state of forgettfullness of whether I took one or not and then I ended up taking two or three 10mg tablets. Then a few nights later I have even more insomnia and a cold I find, I was unadvisded of combinding nychyl and ambien and put me into a mental state to end upto ten 10mg tablets. Next thing I know I have a large bruise on my knee. I fell in the last twenty four hours from intermitent black outs. And now after a hospital stay and two days later I am still having sleep disturbances.

Ambien Overdose

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:39:07 +0000

I took 30 10mg ambien two weeks ago and woke up the next day in icu. I’ve done two weeks of inpatient psych. I feel no better. I’ve lost my job, I’ve put my family through hell. I am a burden to everyone I know and they would be better off without me. I am so tired of hurting and struggling everyday just to get through. And all the time there’s this never ending pain and sadness. I just can’t do it anymore. I want to go home to my Father, heaven is suppose to be a place with no sorrow or pain. I want to be there.

The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills

Anonymous Visitor — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:47:25 +0000

For a few years Ambien worked well for me for when I took it on an infrequent, as-needed basis, but I had very rough time with it this last refill. I started taking Ambien in my pre-menopausal years when I went from a sleep queen to a hyper insomniac. This fall, when my life seemed to be making my head spin at bedtime, I went to my doctor to get a new prescription. (To her credit, she will not prescribe or refill it over the phone.) I easily got a new prescription for Ambien. Pretty soon I started having some very, very dark and scary moods and thoughts. I was weepy, confused, panicky and all over the place with my moods….up and then very down within hours for no apparent reason. I wrote off my roller coaster feelings as a being caused by an increased workload, eldercare concerns and not always loving my “empty nest.” My dear husband and I have a large network of caring, wonderful friends and family members, but that was not enough to keep me buoyed up. I began wondering if anyone would miss me if I was gone, feeling insecure and worthless at work, feeling old and ugly and all I saw in the mirror was a 55 year old failure. I erroneously thought my friends only acted like they cared about me because they felt sorry for me. These new, depressed, black thoughts were darker than I have ever had. Fortunately, I started analyzing things and putting the pieces together with Ambien factored in. Pretty soon I realized the only thing it could be was Ambien. I got rid of the Ambien and my scary thoughts are history. I still have some rough nights when sleep is wacky and my mind races, but, if need be, I resort to an over counter sleep aid like Tylenol PM.
Doctors don’t tell patients enough about prescriptions so we all must research any medicines that we or family members take.

Share this website with any friends who take Ambien so they are aware of possible side effects. Please be careful and aware of any changes in your thoughts or behaviors. Also, make sure your children do not know where you keep your medicines because kids will be kids.

Check out this link about the dark side of sleeping pills http://www.darksideofsleepingpills.com/ .

Ambien

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:12:03 +0000

Your son had an awful reaction, that’s true. But that’s no reason to take a truly helpful and effective pill off the market. My brother almost died from taking pennicillin but I don’t want it off the market. Ambien has side effects. Some are rarer than others but all of them are possible. I feel bad for your son for what he went through, really. But it is a rare occurrance. For others, like me, ambien is a way to get 4 good hours of sleep after running around chasing kids all day and then picking up the house after they go to bed.

Ambien Side Effects

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:29:40 +0000

wow I took ambien for the first time last wk lost my soul mate the love of my life had just been together for 3-4 months but seemed like we had know each other for all of our lives!we got woke up very unexpectedly and right from to start i was a asshole cops were called my lady said i tried to choke her. and i was like she must have lost her mind.cause I did not touch her but she is no longer with me she took her self back to wv so am going nuts trying to think why in the hell would she pull this shit?so i call her all kinds of name and hurtful stuff post shit on her facebook page just being a total ass hole of a man like am 5-6 yrs old so the more am thinking about this all day and start thinking man it is kind of seeming like i was missing a lot of that night so i start looking on the internet about side effects.and son of a bitch! i lost the Love of my life my soul mate my sun, my air,my moon .my life that i never would have thought i would find love at 45 yrs old and not dating for 9yrs i just gave up and this awesome lady works in the store where i get my coffee.well it was turning out to be the best love story of all time and now she is gone due to this drug!if she could only see this or know that this drug could do this to you?but she just thinks am crazies.which i dont blame her

Ambien Horror Story

Anonymous Visitor — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:59:17 +0000

I was prescribed Ambien for about a year. The whole while I found in the morning that I had made phone calls or meals I didn’t remember. Nothing serious…until December 24, 2009. I was a trained ballet dancer and after a performance took an Ambien to sleep. From there I blacked out and do not have any memory, but ended up taking the rest of the bottle of Ambien, other prescribed meds, and an entire large bottle of Tylenol PM.

I spent four months in the hospital, the first two in kidney and liver failure – the doctors uncertain whether I would make it. After about two and a half months I came out of a coma to see both legs cut open on both sides of the quad and calves. Apparently the way that I had fallen that night (with pasta in hand?) cut circulation off to my legs and created what’s called compartmental syndrome. With the loss of circulation the muscle tissue began to break down and became toxic. Attached to these huge opening were vacs responsbile for drawing the toxic breakdown out.

Miraculously, my kidney and liver came back and the tissue in my legs began to regenerate in a way docs had never seen. Unfortunately an infection they had been treating for the entire four months suddenly went septic and overnight they had to amputate my right leg.

I am 24 years old – 23 at the time – and was just beginning my career as a dancer after years of hard and passionate training. Things were looking promising as I was rising within the dance world quickly and compared (though I would never say so myself) to some of the greats. I absolutely never meant to hurt myself that night, but under the hypnosis of Ambien my life was forever changed. In time I pray to be happy and create new dreams. For now each day is a struggle and a reminder of a terrible choice made that was not even mine (if you will). I urge everyone, to be very, very careful. And my heart goes out to all those that have lost loved ones in similar situations. Thank you for sharing . It brings some comfort to my heart and appreciation that I was fortunate to make it out of that terrible black out. God Bless..

Dosage

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:19:32 +0000

I just took 300 mg of ambien…what will happen??

Heroin & Ambien Similarities

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:18:17 +0000

You want to know what’s weird? I haven’t really had the chance to read through all of the experiences, but I’m finding a striking resemblance to another chemical that I am all too familiar with.

Years ago, I was a flat out junkie. A functional junkie, but a junkie nonetheless. I had a good job and selling drugs on the side kept my heroin addiction well lubricated. I was easily burning through thousands a month while keeping up with bills.

The side effects that are repeated over and over on this page remind me of so many heroin induced days. When you do enough of it (a lot of it actually), you experience pipe dreaming. You’re awake, but not really. You’re asleep, but not actual asleep – stuck in limbo, that area in between. You can talk to people that aren’t there and you swear that you’re doing things that you really aren’t doing (that’s more like the opposite of the Ambien sleep walking). While on heroin, you can do things that you don’t remember doing, including the sleep walking. It’s all fun and games until someone needs rehab though.

The withdrawls from heroin are exactly as described for Ambien. I’m not too sure if they are as severe, but they are real regardless. At $6 for a 30 script though, Ambien is much less expensive – heroin generally runs $10 a balloon if you were wondering. Some dealers are nice enough to give you free ones if you spend more than $50 or $100 though. I’m surprised pharmacists don’t do that. Wait… Doctors do though – FREE SAMPLES!

My curiosity is more about the side effects and the withdrawls. It’s disconcerting that Ambien so closely resembles heroin. It really is a tragedy that people would rather die than have to give up their chemical vice; but when you’re comfortably numb like that, everything you’ve failed at in life or sad about can’t laugh in your face.

Painkillers & Ambien

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:16:27 +0000

Hi, 2 weeks ago I overdosed on painkillers after taking 2 ambien in order to sleep. I was distraught afte a fight with my boyfriend, sounds silly but as anyone that has suffered a terrible breakup knows, I wanted to die, even thought about taking pills and going to sleep. However, I was not about to take my life, I think the term is ideation. Wanting just to sleep and think more clearly in the morning I took 2 ambien but I wasn’t yet in bed. The last thing I remember was taking those pills when I finally awoke many hours later I found cough syrup bottles, vitamins, candy warppers, and a nearly empty contianer of codeine by my bed. I think about 14-16 pills were missing. I was sick for days. But more upsetting was that I should have died from this amount of medication and everyone would have believed it was an intentional suicide. It was not, I vaguely remember dreaming about the medications but that’s what i thought it was a dream! I saw evidence of other activity, moved items, opened packages, even a few text messages I don’t recall sending. Please know that on Ambien it is possible to hurt yourself withhout intention. I suffer from depression and have considered suicide but I will not act on it, at least not consciously.

Ambien & ecstacy

Anonymous Visitor — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:56:35 +0000

So last night, I took a 10mg generic ambien with (2) 600 mg lithium tablets, this is my normal ritual (the one 10 mg ambien, two 600 mg lithium tablets for insomnia and bipolar). I passed the falling asleep point 30 minutes later and took another ambien after that. That puts me at 20 mg, I believe I ended up taking 2 more, so that put me at 40 mg and I started hallucinating and randomly bought a coffeemaker online (wtf?). It felt similar to doing ecstasy (did this a handful of times like 6 years ago), even though my intention wasn’t to get loaded. I remember laying in bed with my girlfriend and trying to talk to her at like 2AM in the morning, about God only knows what. I felt like there were other people in the room and I was in some cove on a beach or something. Totally tripped out. Anyway, I apparently eventually fell asleep and apparentlly have a new coffeemaker on it’s way. Today I feel like shit. I work out of my home and today and I have felt a little ill, like the beginnings of a cold and have had no motivation to do anything save play on facebook, music, blah blah.

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

Ambien & Prozac

Anonymous Visitor — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:05:44 +0000

I was in a car wreck and had broken leg, ribs, hand, and other painful abrasions. The docs were not big on giving out pain meds. They gave me some vicodin (puked) and something else (more puke). I told them that I had percocet a long time ago and didn’t get sick. This possibly put me in the “addict suspect” catagory. The doc instead gave me prozac and ambien. I went crazy~I mean really crazy! My Dad had to tackle me to stop me from taking a header off my deck. I am told that I turned into someone else wiith a different voice and even looked different. My Mom described it as “a monster”. they took me to the ER, and was IVed up on benadryl and morphine and some other drugs. After they did this, I started to cry and wanted to know where I was and why I was not home. If my family had not been there, I don’t know if I could have handled the missing time block of memory. The docs went on and on about taking too high dosage and allergies and many more words and more words; until I sat up and said, “I took half the dosage that was prescribed”. I do not believe in taking drugs unless you hurt badly. However, my firm and solid belief is that people should not be pushed into taking new designer drugs. My real question is, “what are docs getting out of dispensing drugs that have hurt and even killed people”? A good friend of mine went to doc for headaches and was given prozac. He asked to stop taking it, but docs told him to take for 30 days. After 16 days on prozac, he shot himself and died two days later. I will do everything I can to fight these “designer drugs”. Think about what what has happened with the use of methadone! I have read that methadone gets people off heroin and saves their lives~so why kill them with a different drug?

Cry for help

Anonymous Visitor — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:57:33 +0000

I tried to OD last night. I took around 100mg of ambien and all I got was a really bad headache, however I believe I passed out and hit my head on the tub woke up hair was soaked. It sucks, to wake up time and time again after an OD I dont go to the ER for them to shove tubes down my nose for the lovely charcoal I just want to end my life and my counselor just allows me to do this over and over and its getting worse each time. I CANT STOP HELP ME IM SOOOOOOO SCARED!

swimmerlu123@att.net

Andy Irons & Ambien

Anonymous Visitor — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:02:56 +0000

TMZ reports that generic Ambien & Xanax were found near the bed of Andy Irons after his death.

There is currently no information to suggest that his death was a drug overdose.

Side Effects of Ambien

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:39:15 +0000

How tragic. My grandmother took her life while on ambien. 2 weeks before her death I started to realize she was out of it. She couldn’t answer questions and was generally confused. I asked her what was wrong, and she told me she took ambien. It was only 10am. Immediately I sensed danger and picked her up from her home. She was a strong, vibrant woman. A writer and artists with no previous psych problems or medication addictions. While at my parents house she was angry and annoyed that we took her ambien bottle. She had more pills than prescribed to her(thinking she got some from her friends). We told her she couldnt take ambien in the AM and that we would only allow her one pill at night. She agreed sensibly and said she didnt know it was such an issue since it helped her deal with pains she was having. After that night we called her home attendant and asked her to watch for signs of unusal behavior and to also keep all ambien from my grandmother since her friends were passing them on to my grandma through the home attendent. She assured me no more ambien would be given to her and that she would make sure only one tablet will be alloted per night. Because of the phone call to the home attendent my grandmother decided she did not want anything to do with me or my family and that we were her enemies for trying to take the medication. This was not my grandmother, she loved us dearly. We continued to call and come to her house but she avoided us at all cost. Even advised her friends not to answer out phone call.She overdosed shortly after. Leaving a note and a voicemail. She said she couldnt live with the pain, that she loved us but it was her decision to go. It was NOT her decision. I realize that now after reading this forum. There was no pain, she was healthy. She didnt know what she was doing, im certain of that.

Prescription trashed

Anonymous Visitor — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:38:31 +0000

Thanks to these websites I threw away my first prescribed ambien without taking a single one. I was taking Lunesta for sleep problems for a couple of months, with zero side effects, but Lunesta is a very expensive drug, so my friendly drug dealers, i mean the nice pharmacists at my local drug store, offered to call my doctors office and switch me to Ambien. “Ambien is a very good drug”, my dealer, I mean my pharmasist told me over the phone. Well I paid my $6 for thirty of the legal drugs and took them home. Suspicious I checked online for adverse reactions, after 1 hour reading blogs and victim sites such as this I threw them all in the trash. How can the FDA approve of this poison and yet go after natural herbal remedies with zero side effects. This Ambien poison has got to go.

Ambien Side Effects

Anonymous Visitor — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:25:56 +0000

I’m really glad I found this website; I can really empathize with all of you. I’ve been taking Ambien for seven years now. I’ve had insomnia for as long as I can remember, but was first prescribed it in 2003. I’ve pretty much been on every drug under the sun for insomnia and/or anxiety – but nothing (except for maybe Ativan), nothing works/worked as well and as life-ruining as Ambien. At first I took it as prescribed, just 10mg and everything was perfect – though terribly suicidal and having an eating disorder (I weighed 86lbs) – the Ambien, I believe, actually kept me from killing myself though agonizing because I gained a lot of weight from night-eating. I’d wake up horrified the next morning to find empty food containers and food scattered on the floor. I’ve driven around – even managed to dent my car (thank goodness I never hurt anyone) – I’ve locked myself out my place numerous times – I’ve called/emailed/texted anyone and everyone rambling nonsense and declaring things I’d later regret. Soon I was drinking vodka and taking Ambien. I did anything to get it – ashamedly, doctor shopping – even pleading with the pharmacists (doesn’t work). It ruined my marriage. Yet even after all of these negative things, I still have strong cravings for it. Of course I have to use many 10mgs to get even close to the effect I once felt. There have been many times where I’d drink, take Ambien, only to wake up to find half the bottle of pills empty. I fell down the stairs and broke my ankle. The only thing worse than the idea of how much you’re ruining your liver and your life by drinking and taking mountains of Ambien – is Ambien withdrawal. THE worst feeling ever. Headaches, shocking electric pulse pains when you close your eyes, panic attacks, inability to sleep for days, horrific nightmares, feel sick, feel like you’re going to die, etc. So yes, coming off Ambien cold turkey is definitely not a good idea if you can prevent it. I love Ambien and the feeling it gives me, but I know it’s also a very dangerous drug and my heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone because of it. Thanks for reading …

Car crash

Anonymous Visitor — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:15:44 +0000

On October 13, 2010 I was involved in a severe car accident and it was due to taking an Ambien earlier that morning. My suburban was totaled and i was airlifted to the nearest trauma center with a very grim prognosis. Since then, medical bills have accumulated, as well as being without a vehicle which was paid for.

Ambien should be removed from the market.

-Dawn