Our users have reported Ambien & Ambien CR side effects including depression, anxiety, next day memory loss, hallucinations, sleep walking, weight gain, blood pressure, pregnancy, and other long term mental health & memory issues. Please us about your experience with the drug.
As with all medications, the truth can sometimes be more than meets the eye. Chances are Ambien users had problems to begin with or they wouldn’t have started taking the drug. Perceived side effects of ambien could actually be manifestations of problems related to the user’s inability to get proper sleep. Many Ambien users also mix Ambien with other drugs such as Xanax, Klonopin, Adderal, Ritalin, Alcohol, and other drugs that not only have side effects of their own, but can be dangerous to mix with Ambien.
“All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison….” Paracelsus (1493-1541)
If you are experiencing Ambien side effects, consider lowering your dosage to 5 mgs/night or less.
started taking ambien after a surgery now i sweat and im sick if i dont take it and without it no sleep have tried other sleeps some help signed hooked
my son took a my bottle of ambiem 10mg..between 15-25 of them..we brought him to the hospital..they did nothing..he said he wanted to die! they commited him for watch…17 hours later they discharged him within 45 minutes he shot himself!
The ER doctor said they d0n’t pump stomach’s for this? They did not charchol his stoma ch……………….i think my son would not have killed himself had he not taken the ambiem and oh yes they gave him klolipin in the hosptal…..I WONDER IF THAT INTENISIFIED THE AMBIEM?
Why would he take them from you? Dont want to minimize your pain, but why blame the Rx? sounds like his intent was assited with the ambien.
You’re an error ID10T, Dan.
I agree with Dan. Let’s act like adults and take some personal responsibility. It’s not the hospitals fault your son shot himself and it wasn’t the Ambien either.
My heart goes out to you. I am so sorry for your loss. I suffered methane gas poisoning while working for HUD in 2000 on a Desaster Response in Tarboro, NC. I have one son I can depend on but he is married to a fatally jealous woman that has a physchotic mother and sister. I then suffered accidental overdosage of antesthesia in 2002 and had to quit my HUD job. A man I met on line proposed marriage to me to take care of me as I was living alone in this condition. Of course I was rediculed beyond belief for accepting his proposal and no one “got it” that i NEEDED someone to help me in my condition. It turned into a horrible insult against me and we both went into deep depression and heartbreak from the attitudes of friends and family toward us and our prospective marriage. I left him and tried to move back to my hometown and work. I was still rediculed for leaving him and because we drank beer on the deck at sunset it was told the beer did it. It seemed that anything negative my family and my D I L ‘s mother could make bad out of my life… she said it and did it. I fortunately made a lot of money that year selling real estate and bought a home in Orange Beach, AL. No one understood the damage nurologically and cardiovascularly to my head and system from the methane gas and ansthesia but they understood perfectly the accusations of drinking beer and mixing them with antidepressants. My family began overdosing me to rob me. And they have gotten away with it for over a decade now.
I moved up north to get away from them all and be safe. I had gone through several overdoses by my cousin Kathy and I believe Diane and Donna. Police will not do anything about it. I MEAN NOTHING. NOT EVEN RIGHT A DECENT POLICE REPORT FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER.
My DIL up north wanted to turn everything I had wrong with me to DEPRESSION. The doctor there gave me celexia, ativan, ambien, and several other drugs. I was out of my mind from the mixture of these drugs and their intense strength within weeks and unable to cope with life with them on top of my nurological damages from methane gas and anesthesia. My family was attacking me from ever direction, insulting me, alienating me, misunderstanding what was wrong.
I almost died from all of this and no one believes it. They all saw me drink a beer so alcohol is their problem of choice. These drugs are fatal and hard to come off of after taking them for a month or so. They camouflage other serious medical issues and make it impossible for you to think and communicate properly. I am sure as I almost did… your son probably was very frustrated with not being able to communicate what these drugs were doing to him, his mind, and his life. It is horrible that doctors still prescribe these meds fully knowing what they do to people.
Yes. The Klonipin which is the same as ativan did intensify the Ambien and yes I know because I was prescribed both together wrongfully. Ambien and Ativan should only be administered by doctors in hospitals under care and observation of doctors and nurses. I lived ALONE sick in a state alone with only my son and his wife when I was prescribed these drugs. My heart goes out to your son and what he went through and to you for losing him. I have lost my son also who is ALIVE because he will not listen to me or believe me. His mother in law and family are having much fun overdosing me now 5 states away from him and lieing to him. I have lost everything and still fighting for my life.
God bless you Judy
Like your son I am about to take my bottle of ambien that I have, hoping it will kill me. Its really unfortunate that Its probably not going to work and going to give me even more brain damage than I already have. I can’t think straight or focus on anything and everyone around me wants to help me but its so hard to even believe that life is really in existence. I used to get pleasure out of being outdoors and spending time with others. Now I can’t leave my house unless its to order food. I find some pleasure in eating and thats what I do all day. Hoping that I might die from a heart attack while I sleep. I’ve gained about 30 lbs in 4 months. I take ambien every night but don’t sleep. I wish my family could live without me I feel so sorry that I was even born for them to deal with, I hate that I have to be in their lives ruining their lives too. Hopefully the 18 ambien and xanax i have left will do the trick.
go to sleep your letting the drug control you and your getting high of it and your not thinking right . you need to wean yourself off this drug nobody should take this drug if they have a history of depression or who become depressed on it.dont give in get off your ass and throw those pussy ambien pills out the damn window lets be real fuck them, they dont make you who you are only you do and only you can makr yourself happy. sadness only last if you let it. love your self think about the things you enjoyed in your life and the person you wanna be in th future, its not a impossible dream its reality and your stuck in a dream of misery and lonlyness from the drug . get rid of them and remember who you are. email me. XxMissCaKesxX@aol.com
Plez don’t feel that way if u die ur family will be devastated, I’m very depressed right now but I can’t leave my sons no matter how I feel. They need me. So I take ambian to relax and sleep, we hafa learn to function with barely any sleep and try and b positive for our families. Plez don’t do it… Angie
I think those should do the trick. I really hope this works out for you
good Luck! Just remember that your family will be sad for a fairly short amount of time and will move on with their lives almost immediately. They might even be able to sell some of your belongings and make out with a little extra cash. So don’t be concerned about this having very much effect on their lives. I really hope this is what you want because it’s a final decision. Just make sure it’s done properly or you might end up in a permanent coma 
Please just throw the ambien away!!! Please turn to Jesus and ask him to help you. Get up early in the morning and go for a long walk outside and walk all day long til 8 pm if you can where you live. Talk to God in your mind and heart along the way and drink plenty of water. When you get home eat asparagus, chicken or fish and rice and drink lots of water. Take a long soothing hot bath or shower and tell yourself you forgive everyone and everything and yourself and you love everyone and yourself. Go to bed and listen to soft relaxing music. I pray God gives you the rest that only he can give and your life changes TOTALLY.
ambien is a good and bad drug. I like the why it relaxs the whole body and slows down the brain so annoying OCD thoughts don’t pop in The bad is that you have to take a great deal of the stuff over time to get any effect. Stop taking it suddenly and you we end up in hell.
Hi. Almost everyone’s comments that I read brings tears to my eyes. I know that I know know who you are exactly. But Understand that I have been there. I have been so low I was digging my own grave, and it took a professional to see what was going on. Yes, I have a hole hell of a lot of pills at night, but they make me feel almost normal. I still have my down days but I expect them and force myself to go buy some flowers that my father would have bought for me if he were still around. Living with chronic pain is one of the hardest things to do in out life time, but I will not let my depression take the life out of me before I am ready to go. If you are having a had time please email me. ladycaspia1@yahoo.com
I won’t judge, I will just try to encourage listen, and tell you a little about my story. We all have one. Lets not let them get lost in the blackness.
Have not taken Ambien for 8 days now, but I am tough and will survive this. What hell I have been going through. Soon my new shipment from india will be here. Relief is on the way. Ambien is the only way I know that controls OCD.
For some Ambien is a life destroyer, but for me it is a relief from horrible ocd pain.
Someday this madness will end and I won’t need any drugs. Maybe God is the answer not drugs. For now I need my ambien, eight days of pain is enough!
Nobody wants to die! I use Ambien to improve my quality of life. However, someday I will be strong enough to live without it. People take drugs to relieve cancer pain so why can’t a drug be taken for emotional pain and sleeping disorders.
BTW, stay far..far..away from Zoloft and Abilify. Those are the real deadly drugs. More lifes have been destroyed by those SSRIS than any other. If it weren’t for zoloft the Columbine shooting probably would never of taken place.
ZOLOFT IS THE DANGEROUS DRUG – NOT AMBIEN!!!!!!!!!!!! Three days on Zoloft nearly ruined me.
Ambien is my friend, when I cant handl lif e I kag large amounts of it, to sooth my calms, then I wasit here laying sown to gho to bed for the deep knifge slitt away i nthe silky pool of blood.
I feel it is wrong what hospitals do when people see a doctor in hospitals. I feel it is wrong what doctor do just to get money from drug companies. I am allergic to drugs. I noted that we used to be able to turn down the drugs and that we had the legal right to say NO! To a drug and state why the doctor would listen. Now they force it into your body like a animal. I warn them I would drop like a fly. I walk down the hall IN TEN MINUTES I HIT THE FLOOR. I CAN NOT TAKE THIS PILL. I AM SENATIVE TO DRUGS. THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE RULES ALLOW PEOPLE TO SAY NO TO THINGS , WE HAVE RIGHTS. PROTECT YOUR FAMILY MEMEBERS , OK.
I HAD TO PUT IT INTO WRITING ON SOME OF THE DRUGS TO STOP SOME OF THE DRUGS KEEP THEM FROM FORCING INTO MY BODY; AGAINEST MY WILL. DRUGS I AM ALLEGERIC TOO. THANK GOD I DID AND HAD THEM CALL MY DRUG STORE THE NEXT MORNING. OR I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY TO TYPE THIS MESSAGE TO YOU. SOME OF MY PROBLEM ARE FROM DRUGS THAT I WAS AN THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN AT ALL.
I HAVE SEIZURES , THAT SOME TIMES CAUSES DEPRESSION. I CAN NOT HAVE ANITDEPRESSION MEDICATIONS AT ALL. ZERO !!!!! ALLERGIC TO ALL OF THEM. MANY MEDICATIONS I HAD CAUSED ME PROBLEMS. I LOST ME THIS YEAR. LAMICAL CAUSED ME TO BECOME CRAZY IN MANY WAYS. I HEARD VOICES ON IT. NO ONE TOLD ME THE SIDE EFFECTS. ONLY OF THE RASH. I COULD NOT WALK NOR TALK , MY SEIZURES GOT WORSE. NO ONE HELP ME , YET I WAS DOCTORS OFTEN , FOR HEAD HITTING INTO THINGS.
BLUR VISIONS , LOSS OF WEIGHT, ETC……. I AM NOW HOMELESS. WHO FAULT THAT ALL THIS TOOK PLACE. COMBINATION OF EVERY THING. I AM A VICTIM, IDENITY THEFT , NO ONE CARING ABOUT ME, STUDENT , THAT SOME ONE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF AT COLLEGE, VERIZON , VERIZON WIRELESS, DID NOT DO THEIR JOB, PEOPLE ALL FAILED ME. I NEED YOU ALL TO PROTECT ME. I PAID YOU TO DO SO. MY QUESTION IS WHERE YOU IN THE YEAR 2008 , 2009, AND LIFE LOCK WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, STATE FARM , ALL THE POLICE , FEDERAL GOVERNMENT , WHAT IS GOING ON THAT I A CITIZEN OF THE USA. WHO IS DISABLED ON S. S. I . AND A STUDENT WHO CALLED YOU FOR HELP DID NOT RECEIVE THAT HELP? HUD WHERE ARE YOU , I CALLED YOU APPLIED FOR HELP SEVERAL TIMES FOR HOUSING ! UNDER THESE VOUCHER ACTS TOO. WHAT DID I DO THAT NO ONE IS REPLYING ?
I’ve been taking Ambien for 6 months now on a nightly basis. 5 mg did nothing for me, but 10 mg works like a charm. If anyone find they’re not getting a somniac effect, try taking it with a FULL glass of water; just chug that puppy down after swallowing the pill, no matter how much you hate drinking water. It truly does make a difference; it helps the medication to be absorbed into the bloodstream.
I also get my best effects by taking it a half hour before I lay down. That way, I can notice the drowsy effect, and WANT to lay down. Others will tell you to lay down immediately after taking the pill, so play around with it and see what works for you.
I am addicted; I can rarely sleep without taking my pill, regardless of how tired I am. However, this drug has changed my life for the better. I’ve always had insomnia, and now that I’m going through a very scary divorce and custody battle it’s even worse. I thank God every night that I am able to finally get the rest I need in order to face the next day. I am not suicidal, just very stressed and anxious, and would quickly sink if I wasn’t able to replenish my body and brain with sleep each night. This is the first time in my life I’ve been able to lay down in bed at night and just go to sleep!
My side effect is the amnesia. I do not do anything I regret, but I do find texts the next morning that I don’t remember sending, or journal entries I have no recollection of writing. The things they say are perfectly normal, I just don’t remember typing them. And my lips tend to be a bit looser after the Ambien kicks in; I would hate for anyone to interrogate me about my secrets when I’m loopy! The best way to avoid these problems would be to lay down immediately after taking the pill, but I find I get better results when I stay up for a half hour or so.
In a nutshell, I am addicted, and do have some side effects, but am not noticing a tolerance buildup, and am very grateful to the Ambien, as the positives far outweigh the negatives in my case.
My doctor prescribed me Ambien to help me sleep all night because I wake up at all hours with chronic pain. I took an Ambien and nothing happened. I waiting until the next night and ended up taking two and a half and all I got from them was two or three great big yawns and still awake. Strange…
I have been taking ambien on and off since February 2011 after having a hysterectomy. I began to notice and finally made mention of not being able to sleep to my gynecologist. He 1st prescribe ambein 5 mg and it did nothing. Then he prescribed 10 mg and it allows me to sleep pretty well however, I have noticed a change of some things. I have a lot of nightmares, I have gained about 30lbs, my lobito is low,I sweat whent I sleep (not sure if that’s due to my hysterctomy) and my bones ache. I am not sure that my bone ache because of the extra weight I have to carry or because of some type of deterioration going on with my bones. I do know that before taking the ambien I was not experiencing these things. I have gained too much weight. I am 48 yrs old and have never been so heavy, even when I was pregnant. I do, however carry it well (not flabby weight gain)I have always been pretty active. I understand that as we grow older our bone do the same, but the daily pain I experience is hard to beleive that it’s from aging. I hurt when I stand, walk, type..my back, knees, hands and wrist, etc.. FYI– Only if I take 2 pills (that’s when I really can’t sleep) do I experience amneisia. I am trying to lose weight but I hurt when I exercise and that’s why I decided to really start doing some research on ambeim which is what led me to this page. I have an appointment with an orthopedic specialist and and will update you guys on the results of my eximination. If anyone is experiecing the anything similar with you bones please let me know.
sorry for the typos–at work multitasking (smile)
Hi, I have been experiencing bone ache for the past several months. It was really severe at times and I finally thought it might be the ambien. I have been off of it for three days and the pain is pretty much gone. Don’t know if the ambien was the cause, but I’m giving it more time. Not sleeping right now, but want to try and get through this and get off this stuff. I’ve been on it for two years and the sleep has been great, but not worth the pain.
I have been taking ambien for about a year now my husband has recently came home and said I act diffrent after about a week of being home he has decided it was the ambien personally I think I’m just fine on it and it helps me sleep by reading all these stories I hve a lot of the same side effects as everyone else but they don’t really bother me anyway my husband flushed all my ambien last night I cried for hours got terrible sleep I still feel misrable that small pill is all I can think about any ideas on what to do help please
I am 53, I was prescribed Ambien for a sleep disorder. I had a total ankle replacement 2 years ago and have had sleep problems since then, I have experienced depression because of my diminished mobility and even once thought about suicide. But those thoughts have gone away and I have been pretty stable.
I took an Ambien one night about a month ago. My wife and I had a wonderful evening, I wasn’t upset about anything, I remember taking the Ambien , going to bed and turning off the TV.
I woke up in the emergency room! Apparently, I had gotten up, gone to our entertainment cabinet and pulled down a bottle of wine, drank the whole thing , and then decided to take the remaining 14 pills left in the bottle, and then went back to bed.
My wife (who is an ER nurse) woke up because I was laying on top of her, I was unresponsive and had urinated on the bed. She called the ambulance, and I don’t remember a single bit of it! Kind of scary! I really don’t know what to say about this other than, I”m glad the bottle of Ambien wasn’t full!!!
People who type in ALL CAPS should learn some basic grammar skills and not get on a computer until you are ready to use them. If you have side effects of Ambien you don’t like, then stop taking them. Unfortunately you aren’t required to have common sense before you take medication. If your son committed suicide maybe he wanted to die, not the hospitals fault. If you want to committ suicide then hurry up and get to it instead of telling strangers about it on the internet like they really give a shit about you.