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I just got home from the ER after my 16 year old daughter accidentally overdosed on Ambien after taking too many during a serious bout with the flu. She wasn’t trying to hurt herself, she was just very sick and trying to get some relief by sleeping. Unfortunately after she had taken two, she didn’t remember how many she took after that. It has been a horrible, scary night, with my daughter suffering severe hallucinations…Trying to escape from the hospital because she thought someone was out to kill her and many other things. She is finally sleeping soundly now after about 5 hours. This stuff should be taken off the market. And yes, this was her prescription, even though it says not to give it to her age group.
Tracy you sound kinda like an idiot. You think it should be taken off the market, then clearly recognize the fact that its not for her age group, and the fact that she took far too many.
Heres an idea, instead of having the government take it off the market and fix your problem for you… how about actually keeping an eye on your childs perscriptions that are already not meant for her age group, and prevent her from nearly overdosing, instead of taking off a perfectly good medication that performs wonders for the people who take if correctly. Weird, who wouldve thought, you ignorant moron.
who the &*(& are you to talk &(*& to her. Shes just trying to take care of her daugter!!! Ive been in the same situation where i thought i was drowning because i was stuiped and mixed too many together. I was halusinating badly. But i was ok in the end thanks to my husband. Maybe it should be taken off the market. Those that take more than they should shouldnt there doctors stop precribing them what makes them nuts. So dont be giving her shit she was just worried about her daughter. Go fuck yourself and shut the fuck up!! Tracy you go and take care of your daughter and yes get her off these meds but find somthing better for her. Ignore this ass whipe
*hallucinating, shouldn’t, something, wipe.
spell shit right if you’re trying to make a point. and you could use some grammar skills.
really, spell things right to make a point.
what ever. Spell what ever way you know how
and we will understand what you are trying to say.
LOL. No, he is right. You take medication AS PRESCRIBED. If what you people are saying is true, ALL medication should be removed from the shelf. ANY MEDICATION YOU TAKE AT HIGHER DOSES THAN YOU ARE PRESCRIBED WILL HAVE SERIOUS ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS AND THAT IS ONLY THE USER/PARENTS FAULT. NOT THE MEDICATION.
Source: I am a Pharmacy Technician.
Here is something you are failing to consider about this drug: after taking it, it impairs many people mentally to the point that they frequently engage in behavior without being conscious of it or remembering it. This often includes taking more of it.
I have read countless stories of people with the same problem, who did not deliberately overdose but rather overdosed because Ambien caused them to completely lose control of their actions. There are a LOT of Ambien horror stories posted here, many of which included taking a lot more Ambien–while under the influence of Ambien: http://rxstories.com/ambien.html
One story consisted of somebody who took it once, and woke up after an entire weekend had gone by during which she’d been taking Ambien consistently and acting like an insane person–with no memory of it. It happens, and it’s not because people deliberately overdosed.
I’m not saying it should necessarily be taken off the market but it’s definitely something you should consider before you chastise people for using the drug incorrectly. If the drug’s psychotropic effects are such that it makes some people into sleepwalking zombies who are completely out of control, then even to be capable of taking it only as prescribed obviously becomes more complicated than with most drugs.
Being worried and blame are different, preteen driver crashes car, lets ban cars really?
ambien is 100% no one has EVER DIED FROM AMBIEN. heath ledger died from benzos and opioates and ambien wassent even in him when they checked his dead body so fuck off ! dont take more then you can handle and then blame the drug. its as pathetic as people who blaim alcohol for their actions. IF YOU DONT LIKE DONT TAKE !!! and you say that its the doctors fault for giving you more…. you you have to take it cunt !! do you really feel that: “well its been prescribed now i have o take it!” then you have some really big problems and should not take anything !
You sound like the dopey kids who say the same thing about marijuana: “It’s never killed anyone!” (I used to smoke weed but even when I did I knew this was nonsense.) Newsflash, every drug with powerful psychotropic effects has killed someone, even if it was indirect.
I have heard stories of people who woke up in mental institutions, drove in their sleep, injured themselves, almost burned their house down, had group sex with strangers, got in fights, and tried to commit suicide while on Ambien and not remembering it or thinking it was a dream until they saw the evidence of their behavior or talked to other people who told them what happened.
A drug that can cause some people to do such things while asleep has absolutely killed a few others who would have similar stories but didn’t survive their trip, I guarantee it. If you would think otherwise it can only be that you just really aren’t that smart.
I mean, seriously; even coffee has killed people who drank too much of it. Every drug is dangerous under the right circumstances.
You should not talk about things you don’t know. Ambien causes amnesia in some people and they don’t know they have already taken their dose, so they take more and more and don’t even realize they are doing it. The mom probably thought it was safe, as it was prescribed to her daughter and it is listed as a non narcotic. Ambien effects people in different ways if it works great for you… GREAT! It does NOT work GREAT for all people, it causes memory loss and they do not know what they are doing when on this med. Please try to understand, don’t you see the people of all ages who have lost their will to live, personality changes and even death from this so called non narcotic sleeping pill. I think u were a little harsh on this Mother. THINK about it!
Any medication in excess can produce similar, and if not WORSE side effects than this. I do know about this stuff I work as a Pharmacy Technician. If she assumed it was okay, how is that the medications fault? I have taken it, and yes you can forget easily, However you should take your dose, and lock it up, go lay down and try and sleep.
First off, We are all adults and should be able to act like them.
I have a family member that is addicted to ambien. She has lost the ability to control herself with it. IF it is locked away she will drive to the store and get her another perscription and then have no clue that she did it the next day. They say ambien is a good med for people that have self control over thier lives. If you dont then I would not recommend taking this med. It can be very damaging to you, your life and your family.
I agree with you!! They do to some degree make you forget but there are alot of meds out there that do the same. If I am in doubt I count my ambien before taking another or I do not take it. It doesn’t make me lose that much self control. If you can’t count it probably means you’ve already taken it.
I am thinking about it. its just crazy how people must blame someone.
As with all drugs it should be monitored. It helps people, being a Rx one must accept the risks.
Lets ban the sun, i got burned
The I agree with you reply above was meant for Dan.
You must be joking. Giving your kid access to Ambien for the flu! Yeah, let’s take this extremely useful product off the market because you’re a dumb parent. I think YOU are the one that “escaped from the hospital”
Hey, let’s take Tide off the market, so you won’t feed a box of it to your kid next time her shirt gets dirty.
OK, circle the wagons, ambien ladies.
LOGIC–LOGIC–LOGIC
Figured my post deserved a banner.
You can ignore the rest. You’re wrong because you don’t undertsand what she was saying. Simple as that.
“This stuff should be taken off the market” was her passing comment at the disgust she felt for the fact that the drug can be so potent it gives a young girl hallucinations. That’s an appalling fact. Hence the statement’s existence at all.
She was giving her daughter the PRESCRIBED PILLS as her doctor recommended. But her daughter found it appropriate to take one more pill than diagnosed. That’s just silly, but not something that is taught in most schools. “Double doses” as they are called, are commonly safe in most over the counter drugs. Simply a judgement failure. Then the drug kicks in, and she forgets if she even took one, so she goes ahead and takes a new pill. And hey, if she resolves she didn’t take any at all, she can take a double dose using the same logic as earlier!
It’s unfortunate but it’s likely. Ambien’s effects are simply powerful enough to completely incapacitate you a minute or two after taking it, especially if you are a young child.
You can’t simply start calling a parent, who CLEARLY already feels bad, [due to the fact that she is posting on ambienoverdose.org about her daughter's incident] an ignorant moron right off the bat, and with a poorly argued statement at that. Please, keep your loud, boisterous self away from emotionally volatile people, and don’t leave hateful posts on a forum for people who are here BECAUSE they may be emotionally fragile. Goddammit.
p.s. it’s simply classless to insult another’s parenting without full analysis.
can you delete this post, and put mine directly beneath pete’s please?
I’m sure it would be best for everyone.
As a paramedic I have to say that Ambien overuse (NOT abuse, there is a difference) is a HUGE problem where I work. I am shocked that your daughter’s physician prescribed zolpidem, but I am appalled that he told her to take TWO of them to sleep. I’m a 165 lb, 22 year old and two of them will make me hallucinate, so if I ever use it I ask for the 5mg tabs, and usually only take 1/2 of one.
Well said.
Amen to that!! THAT COMMENT WAS VERY RUDE AND IGNORANT!! MY FIANCE WAS PRESCRIBED THE DRUG THEN BECAME ADDICTED TO IT RIGHT AWAY….IT HAS BROUGHT HIM TO SEVERAL SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND NOT TO MENTION, DRIVING ME AWAY MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY!! WHY THE HELL WOULD ANYONE BE PRESCRIBED A HALLUCINOGENIC FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES!! THE IDEA OF THE DRUG IS DAMN STUPID AND CRAZY FOR THAT MATTER!!! BET IT WOULDN’T BE SO IGNORANT TO CONCLUDE THAT MAYBE THE PEOPLE GETTING SUPER DEFENSIVE AT A MOTHER’S SAD STORY ABOUT WHAT THIS DRUG DID TO HER DAUGHTER ARE PEOPLE WHOM ARE ALSO ADDICTED TO THIS HORRIBLE IDEA OF A SLEEPING PILL!! WHY ELSE WOULD YOU BE SO UPSET BY AN INDIRECT STATEMENT?? MAYBE IT’S YOUR OWN GUILTY CONSCIOUS OR MAYBE YOU HAVE TAKEN THE DRUG SO LONG THAT IT HAS SWAYED YOUR JUDGEMENT AND PERSONALITY…..LIKE THE OTHERS!!! GO AHEAD….KEEP TAKING THIS MEDICATION AND WHEN YOU ACCIDENTALLY WALK OFF A BALCONY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU MIGHT WAKE THE F*&!@ UP!! OOPS, BUT THEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE …. WON’T IT! TAKING THIS DRUG OFF OF THE MARKET WILL POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS!!
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.
The person who introduced me to Ambien, or first recommended it to me, was a 747 captain for a major airline. I think flight crews depend on it to sleep during the day before long night flights.
Pete your kind of a Douche, cause obviously it was a prescription for her Daughter from a Doctor. What a Doctor wouldn’t prescribe it for a young girl, well there are more Douches in the World then just you.
So, blame the victim not the drug. You sound as though you love ambien more than a child. May ambien give you what it has everyone else-evil on earth. Take it as often as you can,and your life can also be ruined.
Thanks Pete, I was thinking the same thing. It is crazy to read some of these stories, and I really try to put myself in there shoes. Then I start to think, damn if I were as stupid as some of these people I would be trying to overdose too.
Tell your doctor the whole truth, follow the label that is on the prescription, and read any extra paperwork that comes with it or search online for side affects prior to taking anything.
It isn’t rocket science….. It does not need to be taken off the market.
I agree with you Tracy, this drug causes more problems than benefits. It’s a small pill that can easily be overused; not to mention it makes the cowardly decision to commit suicide extremely too easy. I bet you if these types of drugs weren’t around then there would be thousands of people still walking Earth because they would have been too afraid to take their lives in a more violent manner (which is a good thing).
Any who, this guy Pete below me just thinks his view is THE VIEW, just ignore his ignorance.
What Pete might never understand is just how powerful this drug can be for those of us that have severe sleep issues.
The first time I took Ambien I woke up 8 hours later feeling as though I had literally had the BEST night of sleep in my entire life!
I felt energized, and ready to take on the world for the first time ever upon waking up.
They say it’s not addictive, well I beg to differ. I think it is the most addictive substance I’ve ever taken from a psychological perspective.
And then thing took a dark turn for me. After using it for about a week, I stopped waking up feeling refreshed. But I was so desperate to get that feeling of really good sleep back that I kept on taking it.
And a few days later my girlfriend started telling me about how I kept her up all night insisting on talking to her, but making no coherent sense at all.
I of course had no memory of this at all, and if I’m honest, I even thought she must be making it all up or at least embellishing the story beyond all reason.
This was well over 15 years ago, and I kept on taking this pernicious drug until May 1st, 2011. To say that things got worse for me during those 15 years is sort of like saying that MicroSoft is a small business.
And if you think your problems end when you stop taking this drug, then you haven’t been taking it very often or for very long, because I spent three weeks in sleep deprivation hell after quitting.
During the first week, I never slept more than 30 minutes TOTAL in a 24 hour period. By the end of the second week I was getting about an hour of sleep each day. And by the end of the third week I felt really grateful that I was getting 3 hours of sleep, about 2 hours of contiguous sleep each day.
Over three months later I am feeling really lucky to be getting 4 hours of sleep most nights.
How can I post my thoughts and questions on her that can’t get back to my family. I have serious concerns that my decision will affect my family more than I want them to be affected. Can someone help me??
I always wished to a better like and in a way I got it but then the part time dad became a full time ow day. I haven’t dealt so well with and would just like to sleep and never come out of it. How much Ambien can I take and not be able to wake up again?
I’m stuck in KS too, and I’ve been back and forth about doing the same thing. I’ve heard of incredible cases of tolerance, like taking 30+ and coming out okay, with no long term effects. I think it’s probably pretty damn hard to do. It seems so ideal to me too, but I think I’d have to get a two month supply to make it happen. That means double dipping with doctors, or going that first month without sleep so I can get that second bottle off the original script from the original doc. Plus, you’d have to take it with an anti-nausea agent to keep from throwing back up all the pills.
Then, after all of that, if it still doesn’t work, try getting them to ever give you a prescription for something that might be abused ever again. If you’re healthy, that probably doesn’t sound so bad. If you’ve passed dozens of kidney stones (as I have), developed bunk knees (as I have), or have had 15″ of your intestine removed (as I have), there’s a handful of meds, some of them narcotic, that you NEED in your house on very short notice to maintain any sort of quality of life. Get that suicidal overdose attempt on the old medical record, and suddenly the docs are taking you off the drugs that work and moving you to drugs a rung or two down that probably won’t get the job done. Thus, everytime I look at taking my life, here’s what I come up with:
1. Your maintenance pills for Crohn’s disease and depression aren’t going to help. You’d die of asphyxiation from pouring two many pills in your system at once before you die of an actual overdose. Well, I don’t want to choke to death.
2. If you try your painkillers instead (and I’ve got a nice collection), that won’t work either. At some point your body will have detected there’s a metric fuck tonne of capsules lining up at the acid pool, waiting to be dissolved into the blood stream, one by one. And next your body will stop rejecting them, sending them more or less whole (like–you can still read the imprint) to your colon, unprocessed. So somewhere in your passed out stupor from the first ten or so that made it through okay, you’ll shit your pants in a manner that will look a lot like part of the distribution line of a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
So, on the plus side, your ass may now qualify to temporarily replace one of the sorting machines at GlaxoSmithKline.
The downside is that all those narcotics you took in lieu of/in addition to the original batch of zolpidem have a heavy side dose of acetaminophen (Tylenol). That probably means your head feels fantastic. Your liver and kidneys, on the other hand, just took damage commensurate to that an alcoholic well into his 40th or 50th year of practice. Go back to your Mario days…. this is a Warp Zone…. In a few hours you can accomplish what it would have taken alcohol (not a weak drug itself) decades to do.
This is the point where docs start saying things like “in home dialysis” and “significantly impaired motor function”. No, they’re not talking short term recovery from the OD. They’re talking lifetime alterations in your body chemistry. As it turns out, the really foul fucker in the pharmaceutical world is that seemingly ineffectual cure-all acetaminophen. Great in low doses for headaches/backaches/toothaches, but in even medium doses, it’s a freaking nightmare. And it’s in everything you’re thinking about taking, and here’s why…. Doctors used to be a little more forward in indicating that “hey, you can’t abuse this…. it’ll fuck up your liver hardcore, but nowhere close to enough to kill you anytime soon.” That’s what allowed them to use it as a scare tactic to alcoholics and junkies (there were a LOT of those around back when these drugs were changed from OTC w/o acetaminophen to script only w/acetaminophen). They made those precious opioids more or less unabusable unless you took to extreme measures like cold water extractions to relieve the drug of its poisonous properties (not to say that acetaminophen is outright poison–in lower doses, it’s a miracle worker on moderate shoulder and neck pain).
Of course, the cold water extraction is practically unusable in suicidal quantities because you have to drink it…. a whole lot of it….. to make it work in any capacity. And it tastes bad. Real bad. The amount you’ll get down without ralphing is enough to get you good and fucked up…. like, lose your job fucked up…. but not enough to kill you. To get the lethal dose, you’ve gotta bypass to digestive system and go straight for a vein. Unfortunately, that cold water extraction removed enough acetaminophen to ward off complications from oral usage, but once you go IV, little powdered bits of the nasty stuff are still hanging around, and now they’re taking the express flight to the organs. And, as it turns out, they don’t need large quantities to fuck you up when they’re traveling first class.
So, yet again, you’ll live, only with the complication of self-administering dialysis for the rest of your natural life, which, I’m guessing from your post, is at least a little bit longer than you’ve already been stuck here. So say goodbye to alcohol, which, if you’re anything like me, is the drug you’ve actually got the healthiest relationship with. Eliminate that whole element that makes everything from romantic dinners to nights out with friends to mid-afternoon televised sporting events so freaking special.
Also eliminate OTC pain meds, prescription pain meds, or pretty much anything else that’s not exclusive to a hospital supply closet. That means toughing it out for any ailment that doesn’t actively make you excrete blood from one orifice or another. To say nothing of the loss of temperature regulation perception, which means you’ll feel inordinately warm or cold nearly all the time.
Color me old fashioned, but none of that sounds fun. That’s why I’ve avoided doing it so far, and I’ve got some kind of fucked up stuff going on in my life right now.
If you want to talk to a fellow Kansan about any of this, you can get in touch with me at n a t h a n k e n t 3 1 6 at yahoo dot com.
Woops…. Third paragraph should say TOO, not TWO. Grammar Nazi Fail.
At prescribed levels, they work (or it will once you get past the “no it won’t” factor). But as it turns out, no matter how long it’s been since you’ve had any sleep. A hand full or more of them will turn your life into a living hell and you probably won’t get much sleep if any.
Ruffing it out may seem almost impossible. But it beats risking an overdose or becoming an addict. And you’ll still have at least some control.
Yes, I’ve tried. Don’t remember what happen to most of the meds or my friends. Spent a several of years suicidally depressed during that time. It wasn’t fun and I don’t wish that on anyone.
Take things easy and only as directed. Dont be afraid to ask for help if you think you may need it and ignore the flaming idiots (all of us can be at times) that are probably going through/had their own problems in life.
In the end, you’ll still have sleep problems to some extent. But you’ll get use to it and learn how to live with it.
Crash. Boom.
I figure it’s the neighbors, curse them in my head and try to fall back asleep. Crash-bang-thud. What the heck…is my roommate cleaning the kitchen?
Bang-boom-bang, it is incessant, not just a dropped a remote or something, but serious, heavy, menacing sounds. And they are not stopping.
I grab a cane, my only weapon, and my heart starts racing. The sounds are vibrating through the floor boards. Bill’s bedroom door is open, lit only by computer monitors, I grip the cane and peer around the corner into his room.
And it’s just Bill, standing there looking down at his computer.
-Bill, What the hell?
“Hey, what’s up?”
-What’s up? You’re making a lot of noise, I thought someone was wrestling you and I would have to bash them. What is going on?
He looks up at me and it’s then I can see his eyes glint, they are all pupils, dark and empty. He must have taken Ambien to fight his jet lag. My hands are shaking after the rush of adrenaline.
“Will you help me find the gatekeepers?”
I notice his pants are dropped to his ankles. Thank god the boxer briefs remain in place. And suddenly everything becomes clear, he starts stumbling back and forth, crashing in the walls, the desk, the heater, his balance obliterated by drugs and jeans. I grab him, he’s slurring.
-You’re okay buddy, everything’s cool.
“I know, I just thought of great name for my blog, it’s glanderesshskjg (unintelligible)”
-That’s awesome, let’s lie down on the bed.
“Two hours ago we were in Tokyo, where are we now?”
-New Orleans.
“What are we doing here?!”
-Trying to fall asleep.
“Where’s everyone else?”
-There’s no one else.
“There were 14 people here.”
-I am the only one here.
“What about me???”
-You’re here too.
(Looks at me suspiciously) “Who are you?”
-It’s me, it’s Adam.
“Then why are there three of you?” My grip on the cane tenses, I can’t trust him right now. But he laughs this off.
I get him some water, which he drinks with heaping breaths and immediately starts hiccuping like the drunk in an early Irish novel. This is so Fear and Loathing in New Orleans, I can barely believe it.
“We’re on the cusp of (hiccup) summer.” The hiccups continue incessantly for the duration of this story.
-It’s going to be the best summer of our lives but right now we have to relax.
“I want to be so rich I won’t have to ask uncles and aunts for anything. If you go over by the computers, aunts and uncles pop up out of nowhere, does that happen for you?”
-Yeah, but right now we’re going to fall asleep.
This conversation goes on for an obscenely long time. I slowly realize that I am an active participant in a dream, which is a mind bending.
-We’re gonna watch The Girl Next Door.
“Never heard of it.”
-It’s one of your favorites.
“Oh, I love it. What?”
He’s relaxed but his hiccups are starting to make my stomach hurt and, quite frankly, they’re ruining my enjoyment of the film.
After getting spooked that a doorbell in the movie was real life, he starts to wind down and eventually he’s sleeping soundly. I hang out for awhile to make sure he doesn’t get up. Back in bed, I can’t sleep, wondering what will happen if he doesn’t wake up, wondering how I’ll explain to his father that I didn’t call an ambulance, that my intuition said he would be fine.
The next morning he doesn’t remember a frame of it, but after hearing what happened he has sworn off Ambien.
Great story
I have fibromyalgia & SEVERE back pain. I went to ER the 14th of Sept. My heart rate was 110, heavy sweating, nausea, dry mouth, Oxygen 98, PAIN bad in neck & back. I was left for hours because they said I was having side effects form “Savella” a new drug for fibromyalgia patients. I got so stressed waiting for hours, I was crying, ( oh yeah bad tremors) the machines went nuts. Nurse ran in asking what was wrong. There is more to this story but long. I now have nightmares concerning the hospital. I told her if they were not going to do anything to help me then PLEASE KILL ME!. I got a non-narcotic ( torodol, ativan for shakes, & nausea meds)then thrown into nut hatch all night. Readmitted next day when my right arm turned blue. I was crawling around on floor in psych ward begging for help for my pain & nausea at 3AM because all meds had worn off.
The matron asked me how long I have taken oxycontin. I said 10 years. She did not know I rarely take it. It has to be VERY bad pain. She dismissed me as a drug addict going through withdrawal. By 28 hours or more I left for home. As I said a lot more to it. I told my 21 year old son I would NEVER go back unless I was already dead!
Today I was doing ok. Pain but not my worst. I did something simple. Got up to get the dogs food & sneezed. EXTREME pain hit me like an electric shock. Started in low back just over butt wrapped around tops of both legs & went up my spine to my neck. Felt like little bubbles popping in there. Doctors have been trying to get an MRI but I have Windsor Medicare & they denied it telling them I need months of meds & physical therapy first. I tried to get my back doctors advice. His service says its Sunday. Go to ER. I refuse to go. I called an ask-a-nurse here, started crying, told her what happened today & what happened at hospital last time. All I wanted to know was how many Ambien I can take safely. She said how many does it say on the bottle. I said 1. She said take only 1 but in this much pain 1 won’t do it. I have taken 4 pain pills. She said go to ER. My symptoms say do that according to her protocol. I’ll take a few & if that does not do it I’ll take more. If I die I DON’T care anymore. I CAN’T DEAL WITH THE PAIN. Wish me luck.
Some of these stories are terrible. U need to find someone to talk with to get past the feeling of deparity. I am a big guy and so ambien sometimes doesn’t effect me too much. So I’ve been taking 3-5 of them and want to make sure that this shouldn’t b a problem. Anyways, if u know I’d appreciate the input. And if anyone else needs someone to talk and and doesn’t have anyone, feel free to shoot me an email. Good luck
Hey Brad,
Ambien is a horrible drug that should be taken off of the market! The first time I took Ambien I woke up in jail in my pajama’s not knowing what happened. I just posted my story today.
I continued to take ambien (dispensed by a friend and only one) for about two more months until deciding to quit. That was a mistake as I did not have any pills left and was unable to get to sleep. During this time I also started having horrible panic attacks. I went to the Emergency Room and told them everything! They gave me one Ativan and sent me home however the Ativan had NO effect at all and the panic attacks continued and became almost unbearable! finally I checked into a detox facility for one week and now all is well but if you are taking up to five pills a night be prepared for an unwelcomed event that Ambien withdrawal causes. Be somewhere safe and speak to a physician prior to stopping and don’t just “run out” of Ambien and think all will be well because it will be horrible. Just a friendly suggestion!
stop complaining about ambien. Just because you can’t handle the fun side effects of it doesn’t mean it should be outlawed. If every time you take ambien you wake up in jail or end up in rehab, maybe that’s a sign to stop using it yourself……just sayin’
Just because you have no problems with it doesnt mean others dont. This is a very bad med. if u take it the way you should take it and it is for a long time. You r now addicted and may need detox to help you get off of them. So let people tell thier stories without you being rude….
Why is bad?
Its a Rx – and it should be used with caution. take it off the market? Really?
I have no side effects, it helps me get the rest i need, whats your issue?
Dan – If you have no problems with the stuff, why are you trolling a ste called “ambienoverdose”. I do not take the stuff but have a family member deeply effected by it and I am looking for answers. It appears that people are suffering and are looking for help and answers – back off!!
ive hallucinated many times. ambien takes away my problems, benzos made them 10 times worse. but you dont se me making a pathetic website about benzo´s. seriously you have no life. more people love ambien then they hate it. many many millions take it. it will never be banned. and just because youre a stupid retard that gived your daughter ambien for the flu. (wich is totaly retarded since its a sleeping pill) and she had hallucinations THAT´S YOUR FAULT !! i dont want the worlds best anti anxiety medicine that only takes 4 days to withdraw from after many years of use and that hassent killed anyone, and that seriously bets the living hell out of depression i dont want that awsome drug to be banned because of shitheads like you.
Yea you should have no problem on 3-5.
My boyfriend is taking this ambien for a year now, because he works weird shift at work.
He seems like taking more than 2 pills at once everytime. He doesn’t tell me when he takes but I can tell seeing his eyes. Then his scary actions starts. He cannot walk straight and bounce into all the furnitures or walls in the house, and sometimes fell. Also, keep doing the same things again and again, like washing hands or going to bathroom. He wakes up and doesnt remember anything that he was doing while on the drug. I think doctors are prescripte this medicine so easy, even to the people who doesnt need this strong ones. How can I take him off from this pills?
I totally understand! My husband stumbles around also, has fallen out of chairs and won’t remember anything! The problem is that he likes the way it makes him feel and WON’T stop taking it! It is destroying my marriage. If you find a way to make him quit please tell me!
Yes Sherry,,,my fiance is on them and he has promised me many many times that he won’t take the again…..for instance, it’s 1am and he gets a craving for waffle house. should’ve realized something was wrong right away. I tried to be a sweet girlfriend and take him to eat some breakfast food….only it got way worse at the restaraunt….he starts saying things that make no sense what so ever then attemps to poor his tea on his waffles like syrup….everyone is staring and I just want to break out in tears at this point….I just realized that he has broken his promise to me once again and decided to take them. Not only that, but give the folks at Waffle house a humiliating show…..What a nightmare….it continued all night when we got home almost the entire weekend….staying up, talking on the phone to people that aren’t on the other end, pouring coffee grounds all over the carpet, eating deodarant, losing all of his money and prescriptions….no telling how many more he took when he got back……This is my living nightmare….don’t know what to do about it. I have given him ultimatums, but nothing works…..He started taking Lunesta and it was working great….it put him to sleep and our relationship was going so so good,….then last night, when he started mumbling about something I couldn’t make out, I looked in his eyes and could just tell he had taken it again…..and he did so well for the past 3 months….I told him….I can’t go through this crazy roller coaster ride with him one more time….It has to stop or I leave….I got fired from my job because he kept me up 2 days straight destroying the apartment and trying to kill himself….I had to call in to work because I had only maybe had one hour of sleep in a 2 day span….not enough to work effectively at the fast paced job I have…..they told me not to come back to work. it devestated me….he has devestated me….I have no one to help me with him when he gets that way….it’s very scary and frustrating. I feel all alone and I’m scared of what he might do next….he lies to me and keeps abusing these drugs….it’s tearing our relationship apart….I sadly don’t think we will make it to our wedding date if this continues
If anyone can give me advice, I could really use some….it has me majorly depressed that someone would rather have a stupid sleeping pill over his fiance. what to do……
Report your side effect to the FDA
I have a problem. I have severe depression and anxiety problems and one bitchin problem with rls. Working the grabeyard shift does not help. My brilliant doctor has prescribed me ambien. I have od’d on this stuff for almost two months now. Not remembering ANYTHING the next day. I have woke up naked in strange places. Gotten into fights with loved ones. And tried to commit suicide twice on it. Its nothing to play around with. If you or someone you know is taking it then please have them switch to a mild sedative. Melatonin also works wonders. Currently im still taking it due to the euphoric effects and its fast metabolism, to fight my panic attacks. I have many good friends looking out for me now, but sleep-driving is nothing to mess aroung with. If anyone needs more information on this drug or Anyothers or just wanna talk to someone, im here for you, chances are i need the help too.
If it’s caused you to try and commit suicide, you need to stop taking it. Talk to your doctor immediately.
I just got prescribed Zolpidem because I am suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and am having difficulty sleeping and horrible nightmares. After reading this website I feel sick even being prescribed this medication and do not plan on taking it ever. I am paranoid and the scariest thing I can think of is doing stuff I absolutely have no recollection of later. Creeps me the f out. My ex boyfriend of 3 and a half years recently killed himself, it is affecting me tremendously. If you are not elderly or in a horrific physical condition that prevents you from being physically able to be independent, wait it out. The effects your action can affect the ones who loved and cared about you most for the rest of their lives.
Hello,
I am having some problems and don’t know who to turn to. My husband and I have been together for six years, I love him very much. He is my world, we have great memories together and have always laughed and simply enjoyed being around each other. Recently he was diagnosed with a type of social anxiety, he couldn’t hold a job because he couldn’t stand to be away from me (even though I work full time). He felt safe at home waiting for me. I was patient and waited for him to find something he would be happy doing. Finally he decided to see a psychiatrist.
I am so confused, and so hurt right now! He was put on several medications, klonipin, celexa, ambien and lamictal. He is not the same person. He is so mean, he won’t hug me, or kiss me anymore. He has violent mood swings, took his wedding ring off and pretty much said it’s over. Nothing in our relationship has changed, other than these medications. He will be happy one minute and screaming at me the next, saying everything is all my fault, and that I have pushed him away for so long it’s too late. What?! He spent 75 dollars on new earrings for himself, and disappeared for two hours.
I have called his doctor, but due to hippa they will only pass a message on to the Doc to call my husband. My husband doesn’t think anything is wrong, so blows it off. He will take the ambien, not sure how much and then literally fall out of the computer chair, I have to drag him to bed. I have horrible insomnia, so I tried a half a pill for about a week, I became suicidal very quickly and stopped taking it.
I’m worried about my husband and my marriage!
Help!
My normally gentle and devoted boyfriend had the same rages, paranoia and extreme mood swings after being on Ambien, as prescribed, for a mere couple of nights while also taking Celexa. There were a few times I was scared for myself, and definitely more often I was scared for him, as he was extremely depressed and spoke openly of killing himself. I stuck by his side constantly for five days to get him through the worst (I hope!) of it, and now he hasn’t taken anything for a week, but is still feeling the effects of it. Tell your husband to stop taking the Ambien immediately! Even if he does listen to you, you may want to try getting him some inpatient psychiatric treatment for his own protection and yours. Please notify the doctors and the FDA about his behavior. This drug is dangerous!
I hope all of you out there who are contemplating OD’ing on Ambien or any type of medication seek some professional help. Take it from someone who has tried OD’ing on more than one occasion. The only thing that came of if was some very large medical bills and the loss of the custody of my little girls. Somedays I think about how many of my Ambien it would take to put myself to sleep forever, but all I have to do is recall the taste of charcoal and how it felt to have a tube down my nose to know that I don’t want to go down that path again. My prayers go out to each and every one of you that you will find someone to listen and help you through this difficult time.
thank you…
all you suiciders gotta chillll, go talk to someone. go to a meeting, if u wer serious about killing urself u wouldnt write about it on a website youd just do it. life is a gift, im only 19 and ive been there ive prayed for death before, ive tried to overdose at least 4 times, and im here to tell you that you dont need drugs to function or to even sleep. humans created drugs and we made it a thousand years without needing sleep aides im sure we can do it another thousand. main point is your not alone, and it does get better. and if u wanna die do it in a way that ur organs can go to a sick child or something. with your death bring new life. another thing, try melotonin. dont work as good as ambien but it dosnt give u that fu***** up blackout episode trying to cook eggs on a plate on the stove, true story btw
Sorry buddy, just thought you should get your facts striaght. People have been using sleep aids since they were able to figure out the right plant and form to take it in. Everything from canibus to peyote. There isa reason theres mentions of medicine men and wicth doctors. For those of you who are looking for help to sleep and can’t find it; when you do let me know. As for Ambien, at first it helped me sleep but now the same things are happening to me. Only thing you can do is stop taking it and talk to your devildoc agian and see what rabbit he pulls out of the hat this time.
Ancient Greeks and Egyptians (even note in ancient Indian sanscrit) used a substance they called Soma. They also drank a lot of wine.
lol, go along and continue justifying yourself…
users.
Well, I just was arrested for my first DUI! “Yes on Ambien” I had taken some and forgot what I took and took more and before I knew it was driving down the road with my 4 yr old in the car! Apparently I was swerving and the cops were called and when the cop lights came on my 4 yr old wanted to see the cop lights and got out of her car seat! Well when the cop came to my window she was out of her car seat! Luckily my husband came and was able to get her. Now I face DUI charges along with child endangerment charges! I am so scared, I never want to see another Ambien in my lifetime!! Its like waking up from a bad nightmare! Please think before you take it because I am your average mom and now I face having a record!
I was prescribed Ambien…Oh God….I have read some of these stories. I have drove cars, went to my mothers house to show her my cat (she gave me the cat). I went to my house from my Aunts late at night because I told my husband (at 3 in the morning ) he had a woman in the house. He told me I looked in the closet, and under the bed. I drove back too my Aunts. My cousin came home from school that next morning and noticed her moms car turned the opposite direction. She woke me up. I DID NOT REMEMBER DRIVING at all. I do not remember going to my house to accuse my husband of cheating. This drug is causing people to sleep walk and do off the wall things. Criminal or funny…Regaurdless it is very unsafe. I do not think anybody under this drug effects should be held accountable for their actions if they get in trouble. My Aunt left her children in my care not knowing the side effects….
I took ambien one night (let me preface this with the fact that I’m still taking it, regardless) and I ‘blacked out’. I ‘woke up’ at 3 am, let myself out the front door, locked it behind me from the inside, and went running down the street. (It was 25 degrees outside.) I was in very skimpy pj’s and woke up, mid-stride, running down the middle of a VERY busy road. I was terrified, and raced back to my house. I tried to get in, only to discover the door was locked, so I tried to break in my window. My fiancee thought I was still in the bed, heard someone trying to break in, and nearly shot me with a .45, because he thought I was a burglar.
Needless to say, taking it scares the hell out of me, but there’s nothing else out there that works (that docs readily write rx’s for, and I’m a nurse…) short of benzos, that they usually won’t give you indefinately…
So. Be careful. You could get run over. Or, you could have the best nights sleep ever. It’s really a gamble.
He Fired a gun with no verbal warning/announcement/question? Think him owning a gun is worst then your Ambien
She says he “nearly” shot her with a .45. Meaning maybe he went looking for the gun or maybe had it in his hands. She didn’t say that he shot and missed her.
Today, I was let go from my job. I was baffled to say the least, but not so baffled that I wasnt ready to get going towards a new direction. I went home, caught a bit of the feel sorry blues and decided to go to sleep. I cant sleep without Ambien, so I took a few the last thing I remember was pulling back the covers. I woke up seven hours later in the Emergency Room at my local hospital. I have a 6 inch shoulder wound, a bump on the head a imprint from the bottom of my glasses frame on my right cheek under the right eye and total memory loss for what happened. A friend called my daughter to come to my house when the friend could not reach me, which is highly unusual for me. My daughter and a friend banged on my house door for one hour straight. The neighbor down below said she heard loud crashes before my daughter arrived. My daughter final called the local police. They tried to no avail. My daughter stated that I finally came to the door loking very tired and bloody. An ambulance was called and I was wisked away. When I returned home tonight 11-24-2009. I found my apartment in shambles. I had trashed the place while out during the Ambien use. This scares me. I cant sleep at night if I dont take it, and yet now I am afraid I will hurt myself again. The pain from this go around is terrible. If you are sufferring the same please try something different as I will be looking for a natural remedie. Hope my story helps anyone using Ambien.
About the only natural over the counter drug would be melatonin….it’s the natural chemical your body produces to make you tired…..also the chemical that gradually decreases with age….may take a couple if you’re used to taking something as strong as Ambien. Best advice I can give, but glad you’re willing to try another rememdy. Ambien destroys lives and kills. Good luck to ya
My lunatic wife just started taking Ambien again – only 6 this time, but she’s been up and talking to herself for 5 hours. My daughter was awakened at 330am to find her mom standing next to her bed in a lighted bedroom banging her spoon on an overflowing bowl of Fruit Loops. She’s been rummaging through my junk drawer – there are letters, keys and other crap strewn all over the top of the dresser. Apparently people aren’t too smart when overdosing on this DANGEROUS DRUG as I was able to find the bottle under her mattress – filled at 5pm, and only 24 out of 30 left. She’s acting totally deranged – she said she was up (again…at 330am) getting breakfast for my daughter’s friends. There were 3 bowls of cereal out, along with a frozen pizza that she hadn’t gotten around to cooking. When confronted and asked about Ambien, she denies taking or even buying them. I can’t tell you how tired of this I’ve become – I want to leave her and hope that I can get all of our legal ties severed before she kills herself and/or someone else. Some government entity needs to step in and get this drug taken off the market. What ever happened to the good ole’ Quaalude days, and why was THAT drug discontinued???
Wow, she’s lying to you about taking it but her behavior is dramatically obvious.. Just how long does she plan on keeping up her personal charade? Seems like she might be a little bored with life and needs something… different maybe?
Duh, she probably doesn’t remember any of this.
How is it the governments problem your wife is abusing a prescription?? Quick answer: it’s not. Stop blaming others. You are enabling. She’s an addict and is abusing ambien. 6 in one night? Are you serious??
the gov. has this pill on the low cat. for being addictive. well this med. is very addictive and should be given in short doses and not for extended periods of time.
Stacy….I totally agree in every way
Wow! Don’t leave you wife because she is taking ambien!! This is when she needs you the most! What ever happened to “For better or for worse.” Sit her down, tell her you care, that you are worried because she is acting like a crazy woman in her sleep. Don’t leave her. Sheesh! Some husband…
Hi, been taking ambien for at least 5 years now. Not addicted to it… can go weeks at a time without it. I do have obstructed sleep apnea and wear a CPAP which is
why I have the ambien. Do not have the time to tell you how many stories I have about ambien, but will summarize a few: Rule #1… Ambien and alcohol do NOT mix. You will do stupid crap and make a fool of yourself. Over the years I convinced myself I only did stupid crap when I had a couple drinks in me. Wrong! Even on 1 ambien with no alcohol I woke up one morning to find well over $400.00 worth of junk from wal-mart that I did not need that ranged from bedsheets to curtains to flea collars! NO recollection of it at all. That means I drove in my sleep and went shopping. That’s probably the most dangerous thing I’ve done. But the list of stupid, embarassing, regretful things is a mile long… My wife did not appreciate the four 250 count Black Cat firework strings tied together going off in the bedroom “as a token of my love” either. Ambien is Dangerous… 5 to 6 years experience of stupid shit talking here.
Thats epic, my friend is a pharmacist, she was telling me how she blew $2000 on ebay, had no idea till UPS pulled up with a Dolley.
My sister has always had trouble sleeping ever since we were young. She took a 1/4 Ambien a night for a few years and always raved how well it worked for her, with no sluggish feeling the next day. Then she one month she started doing little things like putting dirty dishes away, she became overly sensitive, then it escalated to spending days in bed from depression, then thinking people were trying to kill her and her family. Then one night she took 20 ambien and we almost lost her. Her organs started to shut down and it was touch and go. She does not remember taking all the pills because this drug makes you black out. She said she would never try to commit suicide. She does not remember anything of that night. She is now not the same person. She has gone from perfectly normal to being delusional. She believes she’s dead. That she died the day she overdosed and it’s not really her living in her body. She thinks God is coming for her anyday now and she won’t live much longer. She won’t eat nuts because she thinks they will make her nuts. Won’t stand in grocery isles with odd numbers because she doesn’t want to be odd. Will only eat food between 12 and 1 am because otherwise her family might die. Is sleeping all day because she’s depressed. Prior to this, she had no history of mental illness, depression, anything and now because of this drug she is a crazy person, who if not for a loving family could be eating out of dumpsters and talking to herself on street corners. She was a wonderful, loving, doting mother and now her boys are without their mother. Thank god for their dad who is doing his best to deal with all this. I miss my beautiful, loving sister. I have lost her and in a way she’s right, she did die that day, the person she was is dead. This drug has ruined our family’s lives. I am afraid she will never get better. Is there anything out there that can reverse this effect? I wake up every day thinking I had a bad dream…then I remember no it’s true…my sister is gone. Why is this dangerous drug still on the market?? How can they get away with frying peoples brains like this, all because they wanted to get some sleep! What a true nightmare!!
Your Sister is obviously suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I was diagnosed with it 10 years ago, but suffered at least 15 years prior. Ambien reduces peoples inhibition. Your sister may now just be sharing fears she has always previously kept to herself.
Get her a Psychiatric consultation. Her husband can legally have her involuntarily hospitalized if you can’t talk her into it. Psychiatric care, particularly antidepressants like Prozac can help.
Feel free to contact me if I can give you further insight. J
I’ve never used Ambien before, but I have 24 10mg of the generic kind and also some over-the-counter pills, about 20.
I know there are a lot of people in this blog who have been using the drug for a long time and experience weird reactions.
What would happen to me if I took all 24 pills and mixed them with alcohol? What about if I crushed them and mixed them with the alcohol? Would I get all funky, or would I just die?
Never mind advise about not killing myself. I’m a pretty level person who just wants out. Can’t do it anymore.
Jose
It’s strange when people talk about wanting to kill themselves. I’ve noticed that some people will fish around for the right answers. They have an idea of how they would like to go and want to make sure they do it right.
For me, it’s drowning. I’d like to conquer the fear of deep water and dive feet first into the ocean. I would slowly let the breath out of my lungs as I sunk down into the bone chilling darkness, the light growing further and further from my reach. It’s when my lungs are on fire and I can’t hold it anymore, I let it happen. A sudden burst of panic and confusion, in combination with a dizzying lack of oxygen. The muscles in my throat contract violently to dispell the water, but I force it back until I can’t take anymore.
I had other fantasies when I was younger and tried to implement them, but it was a failure time and again. I don’t want to kill myself yet. I can be patient and wait for the perfect time and place.
In the meantime, I will continue to learn from others and experience life the best way my numb brain knows how to. Lots of intarwebs.
All of you that speak of suicide or wanting to die should meet my mother. She is one of the strongest people I know not physically but spiritally. When she was 34 had to have 2 major back surgery’s, both shoulder’s replaced, bone taken out of her hips & put in her spine. She has had many other surgery’s and have almost died more than twice. She was told 15 years ago she would be in a wheel chair by now but she’s not even though she has used her walker for year’s. She is now now 64 & is the rock of our family!! Sure like most people would she gets depressed but she puts others needs in front of hers & lives her life to the best of her ability. I can see her health getting worse but there is nothing else we can do. She is a testimony to the Lord & her love for him is in everything she does. Instead of being angry about the life she was given she rejoices & gives thanks. Our lives are a gift given to us even through all the pain, tragedy, & heartbreak we have to push through it & live.
You’re a pussy;
If you wanted to kill yourself, you wouldn’t be talking about it on some website.
Go get help.
I never heard anybody dying from ambien OD. I have heard of people trying. Does anybody here know of a true OD ambien-death case?
You aren’t “level” if you’re thinking like this. You are only saying you are level.
I wish I knew enough about your situation to help you more than this, but all I can say is: there are better choices for you. Maybe what you need is to spend some time helping other people to take your mind off yourself. Maybe you just need a change. Maybe you just need time.
Start meeting new people. Learn a new trade. Move to Africa. Maybe there is something or someone you need to get away from, or maybe you need to forget the past. I’m not sure what will help you but any of these things is better than suicide.
Or maybe go skydiving. After you complete a few tandem jumps with an instructor, they’ll let you go on your own. At that point, you have the option not to pull the cord. But you know what will happen? You’ll be so alive that you will want to pull it.
I “think” I took about 20 10mgs tablets a few nights ago, which I cannot believe, but the missing pills say otherwise. We even thought my Great Dane had eaten them! No suicide issues, but it’s not something new to me because I’ve got a history of depression. And, admittedly, I do like a good buzz.
I’ve always struggled to sleep, and I’ve taken some form of sleep medication of 20 years. Anecdotally, I smoked a lot of pot as a kid to help with sleeping problems and obviously for other childish reasons. I also take a low dose of Adderall, and this exacerbates the sleeping problem. While prescribed for ADHD, the Adderall is used for enhancing cognitive ability, so my dosage fluctuates. It’s not something I can eliminate.
Long story short, I’m feeling very sluggish, for lack of better adjectives. It’s been several days since the “super” dose, and I’m taking it nightly as prescribed. In fact, I’m thinking of lower it to 10 mgs. It just works so damn well. But it’s seriously slowing my cognitive abilities; said another way, I’ve serious “brain fog.”
Obviously, no one is qualified to give a medical opinion, but I’d like to hear personal opinions. Should I flush this down the toilet? Take it as prescribed? Or lower the dose? I cannot deal with the brain fog; it’s really causing an issue with being “as sharp as possible.” Yet the lack of sleep equally screws me up… I feel caught in the cyclical catch-22. Advice welcome!
I’ve found that marijuana causes the same in myself.
You blaze it?
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 taki
ng 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 he4 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.
Sure its not the age?
I have taken Ambien occasionally for over 5 years, 5-10 mg. dose, no abuse of the drug whatsoever. I just want to sleep without my rapid thoughts driving me nuts. I take it while I am in bed, and read until I sleep, and I do not take it every night. Last Friday I took a 10 mg. dose, and have no memory of getting out of bed, going to the computer and sending my husband an email calling him terrible names, accusing him of crazy things, saying words I would never say and I have absolutely no memory of it. Thank God he understands what happened, and has forgiven me, but I still have terrible shame over this; he certainly doesn’t deserve this. It must be crazy thoughts that lurk in my unconscious that came to the surface due to the disinhibition effects, that is, Ambien somehow drops the barrier of common sense and lets craziness come through. I still cannot believe I have no memory of this. He had to tell me the next day, crying, that I had done this. Also, I have woken up in the A.M. covered in chocolate; I have woken up with the kitchen full of leftover food, I have woken up in the morning, having apparently DRIVEN to a local fast good joint AND I HAVE NO MEMORY OF ANY OF IT…GETTING OUT OF BED, DRIVING, EATING…NONE OF IT. I am done with this drug. I am trying magnesium and calcium tablets, with Valerian root tea, Advil PM or anything else, but I am NEVER taking Ambien again. By the way, my mother also has sleep problems, and takes Halcion, and does the same exact thing…eats, eats, eats, falls asleep with food in her mouth…with no memory of it.
PLEASE READ!!!! I have been taking ambien for about 5 years now, and just last month stoped, yes it finally got so bad, it scared me into stopping. Heres only a part of my story. On ambien I stripped naked entered another persons hotel room, thinking it was mine, yelling at the woman to get out of my room, she somehow, led me back to my room wich I had left the door open. She walked away, she said she heard glass shatter ran back to my room and I was climbing out the window,luckily, she ran into the romm grabbed me threw me to the floor, my room was on the third floor!! three stories high, I would have fallen to my death!!!! cops were called, I was taken to the hospital and the next morning I woke up, I was then told about what had happen the night before!!! I had no rememberance of anything. You thought that that would have stopped me hugh?? well, no, I had to again fall into a life or death situation on ambein to finally stop, last month, on ambien I walked out my door around my neighborhood in underwear and a tshirt, knocking on doors, 3:30 in the morning in a whiteout!! snow falling over a foot that night (I live in the lassen national forrest, at 6000 feet in the mountains) in the middle of snow season wonderd for hours until falling into a burm and getting buried to my shoulders. I was found by police after my daughter woke up the next morning to find the front door wide open and me gone. taken to the hospital, the next day all I can remember was going ” sledding” with my kids, and mad at the fact that they left without me. mind you, none of this was true, this is what “I” thought had happened. thank God I was found, another hour and I would have been dead. So these are just two of the many incidents ive had on ambien. need I say more? Is it worth “your” life?? If you need help stopping contact me at bridgettwagner4@gmail.com Bridgett
I’ve sat here for the last 30 minutes reading posts that finally helped me realize that I am not crazy. I have taken ambien (zolpidem) off and on for several years. I stopped taking it sometime in 2009 because I found that I had been eating, making phone calls, sending text messages and emails without knowing it. Then about a month ago I decided to try it again because I hadn’t gotten a decent nights sleep since I quit taking it. From the beginning of restarting the zolpidem prescription, I had found that one pill wasn’t doing the job and needed two to fall asleep. Didn’t really worry me too much because I didn’t seem to be exhibiting any signs of odd behavior. Then this last weekend I experienced the worst ambien blackout ever (which escalated over the weekend) while I was house-sitting for a friend. Friday night went just fine; I initially took one 10mg pill and went to bed. Everything seemed just fine and I woke the next morning feeling just a little foggy but mostly well rested. Saturday night while getting ready to turn in for the night I discovered that I had not taken just one pill but three the night before. I wasn’t really worried (again) because it didn’t seem like anything unusual had happened. So I took one pill (or at least I thought I did) and went to bed. The next morning (Sunday) I woke up at 10am (which is very late for me) totally disoriented with my cell phone laying next to me in bed showing I had one missed call a couple hours earlier from the gentleman that I had just recently started a relationship with. I worried that I had possibly done something during the night so I checked my call log but it only showed the one missed call. Then I checked my text messages which showed I had texted him shortly after his call that morning and the message was rather explicit. I called him immediately and he asked if I remembered calling him during the night, which of course I didn’t, and then he abruptly said he needed to go. Several hours later he returned my call and I have no idea where those hours went. He told me he had figured that I had butt-dialed him. However, he did say that when he heard the voicemail messages (I didn’t just call once but three times) that it sounded as if I was having a conversation with someone else. I told him it must’ve been the TV he heard in the background as I had fallen asleep with it on. I never made it out of bed that day as I was so disoriented. I never ate and could barely function enough to make my way to the bathroom. I do not remember taking any pills at all Sunday night. Monday morning I woke up late and called my office explaining that I overslept. I took a shower and headed out the door to work. I stopped at a convenience store on my way and after that everything went blurry. I started seeing double and don’t remember much of the drive there. I remember pulling into the parking lot at the office, stumbling as I got out of my car and banging on one of my co-worker’s window to let me in the building because I couldn’t find my key. I remember him opening the door but don’t know if I spoke to him. By the time I got to my office I was in a full-fledged anxiety attack and told my boss I didn’t know what was going wrong but couldn’t see straight and I thought someone should drive me home. Her and another co-worker drove me back to my friends house, which I was apparently coherent enough to give directions to. That’s all I remember until about 2pm that afternoon when I woke up. I was still very disoriented (but not to the extent had been that morning) and noticed I was having a great deal of pain in my right shoulder and arm. At that point I got up checked my prescription bottle and had found that there were a total of 15 pills missing. I had just gotten the prescription (30 pills) refilled that Friday. I flushed the rest of the prescription down the toilet, called my doctor’s office and my pharmacy and told them to never prescribe or fill any prescription for the drug again. The final ending to my story; the next day I had to somehow explain to my boss and co-workers what had happened the day before – which I told them it was a blood-pressure medication instead of the ambien. My friend called to thank me for cleaning her house and doing her laundry, which I don’t remember doing and she added, that I must’ve had a good time because all of her vodka was gone, something else I do not remember. I had to take a trip to the emergency room because I was still having extreme pain in my shoulder and found that I had somehow separated my shoulder and am now strapped into a sling and have missed even more work this last week.
Ambien took at least two days of my life and I was lucky it didn’t take more. I am a divorced mother and I have a wonderful, beautiful 5-year old daughter. I can’t imagine what this drug could have possibly done to our lives. If you are taking ambien and are experiencing even the smallest side-effect I implore you to stop taking this drug. Ambien should be taken off the market and Sanofi-Aventis (the makers of the drug) should be prosecuted for putting this drug on the market.
The only way i knew what ever happened on ambian most of the time was by looking at my recent calls or text messages to people.Even my ex who im in complete love with still called me and i had no recolection of it,etc.
I am writing this while on 5 of the 10mg ambiens. My story begins 2 years ago when i got my first prescription of ambien. The first prescription had 30 pills. Here is the low down of the first week.
Day 1
Got home and took 5 right away. 30 minutes later i go to lay down on my bed to read a book. 1 hour later I take 5 more. Continue reading. Take 8 more and begin to feel weird. My bed cover begins to look wavy so I put my head into the sheet, and a world appears in front of me. It is all animated, a description of this world is, green skies, blue & white trees, little talking birds, a fat midget was trying to talk to me but i kept walking.
(Day 2 when i wake up)
After finding this website, I thought I would share with others our tragedy that came as a result of Ambien dependency. On March 12, my daughter took her own life by accident. I know that sounds oxymoronic but let me explain. On the days leading up to that fateful night, there was no indication that my daughter was suicidal. In fact, she had plans and I had plans to do things with her. No notes, no suicide letters, no text messages to friends, no myspace blogs to indicate that a suicide was planned leading up to her death. Everything suggested just the opposite. In the month before her death, she had quit her job and consequently had lost her heath insurance. As a result, she ran out of her regular prescriptions to treat her depression and anxiety so she started to turn to alcohol to self medicate. I later found out that Ambien was involved as I’ll explain later. On the day of her death, she had been drinking quite heavily. Her fiance, with whom she was living with at the time, reported that she was totally irrational and bizarre in her behavior, much more so than in times past when she was drunk. That night, she fatally shot herself. A few days after the incident, I was puzzled over the whole thing and concluded that something else must have been in her system besides alcohol to make her take her life. Digging further, I discovered that she had a prescription of Ambien filled on March 6 which was 30 pills. The bottle was empty. She essentially consumed 30 pills of 10mg Ambien in 6 days! The toxicology report is still pending but it is possible that she consumed much more or even the entire bottle on the day of her death. Being drunk to begin with, she most likely did not know how much Ambien she was taking. Mixing all that Ambien with alcohol placed her in a state of mind that made her take her life by accident! I know my daughter and we were very close. She would NOT have taken her life if she was in her right mind and not under the influence of alcohol and so much Ambien. After having lost two good friends from suicide, she was very against it. I share this with you all so that someone out there can avoid a similar tragedy. Please, please, please don’t resort to Ambien and alcohol to self medicate. If you need help, seek out a mental health care professional to get the help you need. My daughter would be alive today if she had not overdosed on Ambien thereby putting her in a bizarre state of mind.
My heart goes out to you. I just posted my story.
Robin Blum
i am depressed at this very moment. so i came to this site to see if there was a remedy for my hurt and pain. i have lost my job and i don’t have anyone to turn to. my family doesn’t care and it seems as if no one understands. my decision to take my life isn’t to hurt anyone else around me, but to put and end to the pain that i feel inside right now. people love to say that they understand,but they don’t. or they just don’t care. it really hurts when you go to people for help and they ignore you. i just wish i felt loved. i have prayed but i don’t feel like god is listening or even heard my prayers. i just want peace. i wish that when i wake up that this would all be a bad dream;but it’s not. i am living it everyday. i have lost everything that i have. i am tired. maybe this is a cry for help or attention. it is nice to know that there are other people that have thought or felt the same way that i did or do at some point.
There are a few remedies, but it really depends on what works for you. I recommend starting out by thinking about your life as a whole, see the entire picture. Find the things that aren’t part of your life – think “outside the life” – and try something new. That usually helps me.
I wish I could have helped you over a year ago when this is posted. I hope things turned out ok. My advice would be stop taking Ambien immediately, for one thing. It seems to bring these feelings out in many people who are already prone to them, and makes the feelings that much worse.
My name is Stacey. Recently an acquaintance of mine passed away from an Ambien related suicide after taking her prescription for 3 days! I knew nothing of what this drug was about until I started reading some of the stories on this web-site. Unfortunately, if she had found this web-site prior to taking the drug I know she would be alive today. I am trying to put together a publishing of stories/experiences that you all have been through to bring awareness to the general public about this drug. I believe we sometimes put our own lives in the hands of our doctors, trusting them to give us a safe answer to our problems. A class action law suit was established in 2006 and amazingly never even made it to a hearing. After reading the stories on this web-site I am convinced this drug should not be available to the general public. I am interested in your own experiences while taking Ambien or any of it’s generic forms and any experience you may have had watching a loved one or a friend on this medication. I really want to hear about your experiences and relay them to the rest of the world to show how dangerous this drug really is. All names will be kept confidential and unpublished. Please email me your story, your name and contact information and any other details you think necessary at sleep718@me.com
There was a story posted on here April 02, 2010. That story could have been told by our family as well. There was so much similarity that it was scary. My mother at 43 took her life April 04, 2010. Easter Sunday… I was not aware of Ambien or the side effects. I was not even aware that mom was taking this medication. However I did know that my mother was not herself when she was on this sleep medication if that’s what you want to call it.
I knew mother had trouble sleeping but always assumed she was taking something for sleep but did not know what. Once I found out she took her life the first thing that popped in my head was selfishness. But that my mother was not. I then found out she was under the influence of Ambien. I did my research and then everything started to make sense and started coming together. After taking her nightly meds she would get on the computer and make orders from online and wouldn’t even know it until the order came in. One time she even cooked a whole meal and didn’t even recognize what she did.
The night of April 4th she did something that I know was NOT my mom. My mom was happily married with 4 children and 4 beautiful grandkids that she adored and loved. My mother loaded a weapon; something that she would never have the nerves to do. She then took her life…I say she but it was not her. It was this so called Ambien with the mix of alcohol. Like I said at the beginning the story posted on April 2nd could relate to exactly how my mom acted. I will continue to do my research in hope to save other families from going through this heart ache, this pain, this anger, this void we have in our life.
Apparently, I am one of the very few people that do not have any “side effects” from taking Ambien. The first several times I took the 10mg dose, I felt a very great sensation of fatigue, followed by very restful sleep. I had heard stories of tripping on Ambien, and I was intrigued. At first I took 30mg just to be safe, and that night I had very vivid dreams. The entire time I was experimenting with the drug, I was monitored by a family member, and they never reported me even leaving my room. So after several nights of taking higher doses, I decided to drink Vodka and take small, singular doses. Other than the normal feelings attributed to both alcohol and ambien, the two together make a very hypnotic comination and also illicate vivid, almost hallucinagenic dreams, of which I was very fond of the experience. No one in my family ever reported me to do something strange (I experimented during the day so they could sleep at night while I was awake), and they even stated that I was more aware, quick witted, and even in a generally better mood. I did this everyday for 30 days, even going as far as taking 60mg with a liter of vodka on the final day, with little side effects other than nausea and vomiting, which I attributed to acute alcohol intoxication. Of course, I’m not a doctor, and I am a very large fellow (6ft 6, 230 pounds), but it seems to me that those who are tolerant of the drug benifit greatly from it whether recreational or medicinal. *It should also be noted that I have identic memory, and so I would have been capable of remembering something that would not be considered a dream, hallucination, or sleep attributed behavior
Why would you overdose intentionally every night for a month while drinking alcohol as well? You’re a textbook drug abuser. It’s not “recreational” when you keep doing it for that long and mixing in other drugs.
You should clean up your act; this lifestyle will catch up with you mentally and physically, even if Ambien doesn’t make you sleepwalk.
I started taking Ambien In 2007. Back then, 2 pills would do the trick. I am not proud of building up a tolerance to them now. Lets put it this way, I have to start off by taking four 10mg ambiens and that barely has an effect. I usually stop at around 7 pills. But when I wake up the next morning, 15 were taken. I have overdosed a few times..and overdose I mean that they made me throw up. I’ve never gone unconscious. I know this is a problem…but If I tell my doctor it would freak them out. One night I even took all 30 pills because they simply weren’t working.
It would freak your doctor out because it’s such dangerous behavior. You must tell him. You are an addict, buddy, exhibiting dangerous behavior. Admit it and get help.
I am a 32-year old male and have had insomnia since I was about fourteen years old or so. I have tried a variety of over-the-shelf remedies throughout the years but nothing has really worked very consistently.
I went on ambien when I was about 26 and have had very positive results. Ambien has helped me moderate my sleeping schedule and get good, consistent sleep throughout the week. The panic attacks I used to have when hit with a bout of insomnia followed by a busy day are now gone because I feel safe knowing I can get a good night’s sleep.
I am very disciplined about moderating my dosage and the schedule I take ambien on. I usually take it from Sunday through Thursday and give myself the weekend to get natural unaided sleep. Normally, I do experience sleeplessness on the first night when going off ambien but am normally fine by the second.
When I have taken ambien for prolonged amounts of time I do notice that my tolerance increases steadily so I see why it can be very addictive. I also do believe that it has a negative impact on your memory as I can clearly see a decline in my ability to recall facts that seems concurrent with my ambien usage.
After many years, I am starting to look at alternatives including meditation, valerian and melatonin but do think that I will keep the ambien handy in case I have a big day and there is the potential for a night time panic attack.
I used to be addicted to Ambien.I took it for over 7 years.At first I really did need it.I had trouble sleeping.I took it like I was supposed too.But having battling depression since I was a teenager.I started taking it during the day.And before long I was taking it everyday and I could take 15 or 20 pills a day.There was one time I took 45 pills in one night.I don’t remember taking them.I would drive while I was on Ambien.Somerimes I would wake up in the morning and find food on the counter.I don’t remember getting up to eat it.I tried to quit several times and I always failed.I liked the feeling I got when I took Ambien.Finally March 2008 I decided I couldn’t do this anymore.My marriage was falling apart.I almost lost everything.I have 3 kids and I wanted to be there for them.I have been clean since March 2008.I did it all on my own.No help from anyone.It was the hardest things I ever had to do.I had to prove to my family that I was serious this time.That I was just not saying it so my husband wouldn’t leave.I still have family and friends that don’t believe me.They still think I am still taking Ambien.
I now have memory loss.I wish I could go back and remember the things my kids did just the little things.I hate knowing that I missed some of the things they did growing up.
I want to tell my story,I know I will never be cured.I will admit there are times I wish I could have Ambien.But I have worked to hard to and don’t want to mess things up.Ambien can be very unsafe if taken too long.I don’t know if I will ever get my memory fully back but I am just glad that I am here and I take life one day at a time.Thank you taking the time to read my story.
Your story sounds good up until you say you took 45 pills a day. No doctor would ever prescribe someone that many pills and if a doctor was dumb enough to do that the pharmacy would never fill that many.
You are wrong. My doc perscribes me 60 pills a month. Directions are two at bedtime. I told my doc they only last for 4 hour and I wake up. I then take another one. My insurance does not cover the CR that is why he perscribes them this way. I bet if I told my doc that two didn’t seem to be working and I need to take one more he would give me more. It not that my doc is stupid. I tell a really good story. I have many stories about Ambien. I have small mamories of putting on shows at my house for my six friends that visit me when i take Ambien. I eat like crazy and am super messy. I like the feeling when they start to work. That is what makes them addictive.
I am so thankful that I was able to find this forum and in return was able to find the comfort and support that I am so desperately in need of.
About a month ago my dad had come back from a vacation and had a difficult time adjusting to the time difference. He started taking ambien and unfortunately we began to see that he became very withdrawn and depressed.
After about a week on ambien my mother came home and found him dead in the restroom. He had taken his life, something that if he was in the right state of mind he would never have done. He had scribbled a note that was definitely not in his typical handwriting.
I do not understand how such a dangerous drug like this is out on the market and I wake up every morning distraught over the idea that this could happen to somebody else.
I hope that this post will serve as a warning to anyone who dare attempts to take this drug in an effort to overcome sleep deprivation. Please be careful!
Thank you for your post but I am so sorry about your dad. This medication is dangerous. I found out myself but fortunately I didn’t harm anyone. I posted my story on here but basically what I did was get the 357 magnum and walk around my house saying ”get out of my house or I will shoot you”. My husband came up behind my slowly and took the gun out of my hands. I have 2 kids so thank God that they didn’t wake up and appear in front of me because I don’t remember any of it. Scary!!!!!
Ambien is a horrible drug. I was taking mine often in the day; treating them basically as though they were an anxiolitic drug like Xanax or Valium. Having an extensive history of drug abuse, I thought surely that the blackouts people talked about were just an exaggerated claim. I soon found out otherwise…
A few weeks after I started taking it I woke up disoriented and headed to the fridge the grab some of my favorite Italian bread that my mom had baked and brought over the night before. The bread was not in the fridge. I thought surely my wife and kids could not have eaten 6 loafs of bread. And had they been able to of course they knew it’s my favorite bread in the world
lol . She was not home to ask about it at the moment so I headed to work. A “blackout” still never crossed my mind at this point.
The next morning I start whining about all my missing bread, and she’s quick to inform me that we had dinner guests over and that we ate and talked for hours! Of course I freaked out and was worried that I had gotten totally messed up and may have acted rude or offended people with my lack of sobriety, but apparently aside from being a little spacey I had been a gracious host and even cooked and served all the food and drinks. No alcohol or other drugs were involved. This story may not seem all that weird or tragic as some others, but I’m telling you – not being able to remember an entire dinner that I hosted has got to be one of the strangest things I’ve experienced.
Also important to note is that this was 5 days after my refill (10mg), and after I realized what had happened I checked the bottle to find only 9 left! This is a nasty drug, not to be abused! I’m not one to ask someone to ration my medicine like I’m in a nursing home or something, but after this incident I gave the bottle to my wife so that I can ask her to grab me 1/2 to 1 when I actually need it.
Smoke marijuana!
you can’t overdose, you’ll just relax and have a good time!
side effects may include: euphoria, sleepiness, gain of appetite and many more wonderful things.
ambien should be illegal not marijuana!
afterall, it IS herbal unlike all the chemicals inside ambien that are EXTREMELY unhealthy for your body.
pathetic government we have in the US!
But.. but.. but… *puff* how in the world can they tax something that was growing EVERYWHERE back in the 50′s? It took them (da gov’nmt) a lot of long, expensive man hours to clear out all the wild growing marijuana. They can’t provide something like that to the masses! Not without TAXES!
Agree!!!
I agree marijuana should be legal. But if you think you can’t overdose, you are wrong. Maybe some people can’t; but from personal experience it has made me vomit, have chest pains, and have panic attacks and even hallucinations on a number of occasions when I smoked too much of it. No, I don’t normally experience these symptoms. I don’t smoke it anymore, and don’t encourage it. But still, lots of people I know do, and that’s their business and not the government’s.
It is really a huge relief to see all of these stories and know that I am not the only person in the world that has struggled with an addiction to Ambien and dealt with the side effects and aftermath of the drug.
I have always had a hard time sleeping, but usually managed to take an over the counter sleep aid to help me get to sleep. I first took Ambien after going across the boarder to Mexico and obtaining it without a perscription…the stuff that I got there seemed to be a lot different than what I have gotten here..Sure I went to sleep, but when I fought the sleep the hallucinations started…and they were scary!! I would see in 3-D vision snakes coming out of my alarm clock and bugs crawling on the floors and walls…not fun. I stopped taking it, but it got particullarly bad when a few years later I had my now 3 yr old son and also got laid off of my job when the real estate market took a nose dive. With so much stress my mind would not shut off at night and I would go days with out sleep. Sooo…I started out taking Lunesta but it did not seem to do much for me so then I moved on to Restoril and that was o.k. for awhile but then that lost it’s effectiveness, and so I moved onto the big guns…Ambien by a perscription this time- but my perscription is for a 90 day supply oh and another perscription for same medicine by different doctor for a 30 day supply….you see where this is going right?. It has been a nitemare of a rollercoaster taking this medicine. I could probably go on for pages with what has happened to me, but here are just a few incidents.
At one time I don’t remember even taking the Ambien but my husband came home from a friends house and found me with the bottle in my hand and passed out on the bathroom floor. No memory of what happened.
At one time I had just filled a 90 day perscription (10mg) on a Friday afternoon and took a cople that night and pretty much do not have any recolection of that enite weekend other than little snippets here and there and the fact that I saw bugs and spiders crawling on floors and me. Come Monday morning I was a wreck and only had 35 pills left to my perscription.
At one time I was on my period and taking the Ambien and took to many one night and completely blacked out. Did not remember getting up in the middle of the night to go to the restroom and change my tampon. Few weeks later I was feeling horrible- lower backaches, severe abdomin cramps, fever etc. I could not figure out what was wrong and went to the Urgent Care and told them it felt like maybe I had a bladder infection. They gave me antibotics and sent me home. Few days later still feeling horrible, and laying in bed at 2am wide awake because I was in pain…it then dawned on me that I had my period a few weeks before….went into the bathroom and sure enough..I had “forgotten” a tampon inside of my body. I was suffering from Toxic Shock Syndrome.
Well I have tried stopping on my own several times, and have done ok for a few days or weeks, but this time I am hoping to really truely stop. It’s been about a month and half since the last time I took Ambien, and what is so amazing is that yes I actually can sleep on my own!! THere are nights when I sleep for crap, but I had nights like that with Ambien because my tolerance had built up. Just this last week though I have been obsessing over wanting to take an Ambien, so went to the internet to try and find something to help me thru this…found this website and after reading all of the stories and horrible outcomes it has reaffirmed my comittment to myself to not take Ambien.
Thank you to all of you who are brave enought to share your stories with us here.
The proof that this drug is addictive is the fact that people can have stories like yours and still want to take more Ambien. If it’s caused you to lose control so that you overdose by like 50 pills in a weekend without knowing it, you’re in danger. You need to stop taking these crazy pills immediately, while you still have your sanity and your life. I’m not sure what to do about sleep but daily exercise, a strict bedtime routine, and a “blackout” time during which no TV screens or computer monitors are viewed for a certain amount of time before bed can help.
I can not believe that it has happened to me twice. I had my first prescription of (ambiencr) filled while I was going through my divorce in ’06. I have since had a second refill of ambien cr 12.5 mg (30 pills) filled in Nov. ’09 (with 4 refills remaining).
I am pleased to say that I still have 13 pills left and I wonder if I’ll ever take another pill. My first experience with blacking out/not remembering what I did happened last summer (2009). I was really tired so I took a pill to get to sleep early. I have weeks where I can’t fall asleep very well and then I wake up early. I can’t begin to add up all the hours of sleep I loose a week or even in a month.
Well when my boyfriend came home, we talked and while having our conversation I feel asleep but I still proceeded to go out to the kitchen, make dinner, continue my conversation(s), do the dishes, prepare lunches for the next day and well I guess go to bed. I have absolutely no recollection or memory of the evening. That was not a good feeling but I just shrugged it off . The second episode happened to me just last night.
I had had a nice long day at work and a busy evening, got home about 9:30 pm took an ambien and wound up going to the kitchen and pouring myself some kahula and vodka— that’s the last thing I barely remember!! My boyfriend told me that I was a wild thing and that I was funny. I wound up throwing up (not sure how much I drank) and sleeping on the bathroom floor. I DON”T REMEMBER ANYTHING! This is scary stuff folks and now after talking with a fellow co-worker who informed me that people have killed other people while being on ambien and do not remember it. I could see how easily that could happen. I have a lot of research to do and will have to learn to fall asleep with out taking a pill. This is very serious. Be careful folks.
My teenage son was given ambien cr as a sample at a doctor’s office. I was unaware that he had been given this medication. He took the pill and had a psychotic reaction. He dreamed he was being threatened by aliens and he swallowed the rest of the pills to try to get away. Luckily he realized what he had done and went for help.
I find this medication to be truly scary. We were lucky. My son survived. He spent a week in a mental institution, but he is okay now. Please get this medication off the market.
I took Ambien CR for a short time because I was having trouble sleeping. One morning I got up and went out to the garage to do some woodworking, which is my hobby. I got several tools and other things out and set them on my workbench but then I went back in the house for something. A few minutes later I came back out to the gargage and began to look for the same tools and things that I had already set out to work with. Unable to find any of the things I was looking for in the places I usually keep them I became extremely frustrated only to discover after a few minutes that I had already set them all out and completely forgotten that I had done so.
Another time I was supposed to speak at church at a certain time and I got up and began to speak and I noticed that people were looking at me strangely. Turns out I had gotten up at the wrong time and talked about something other than what I was supposed to talk about. I’m usually very careful about timing, etc, but that day I just got up and starting in without giving it a second’s thought.
I quit taking it because I was afraid of what could happen.
If a person were to overdose ambien, how many tablets would it take to lead to death? Taking into consideration that the person does not consume alcohol, take any additional medications, and is perfectly healthy?
This question is for a project on what common household medications can cause death. I am really looking forward to read some responses.
Anything can cause death. Have you ever seen the show 1000 ways to die? The kitchen sink has a treasure trove of deadly chemicals hidden in it’s dark under belly…
You sound like you’re really looking forward to taking that much Ambien. Anyway, I don’t know if the drug has an official LD50 because I doubt they’ve done studies where they intentionally overdosed humans to see where it becomes lethal. There are many stories on here of people taking way too much (30 pills or more) and surviving; I have no idea if there are others who didn’t survive that much that just aren’t around to tell the story.
My dear friend, 46, beautiful, confident, happy and loving life was having trouble sleeping. Dr. prescribed Ambien. She slept but had vivid, hallucinating filled dreams. Then terrible migraines started. The same Dr. who was poisoning her with Ambien sent her for MRI. The results were negative & that Dr. sent her off with a refill of Ambien too. At a baseball game, I noticed she was limping & the whole bottom of her foot was bloody. She had given herself a pedicure before she went to bed & after Ambien but did not feel the pain or realize she was mutilating her foot with a file. She was surprised to wake up in a pool of blood. She defended the Ambien because she believed it gave her a full night’s sleep. The headaches got worse the longer she ate the sleeping pills. They would hit her hard at all times of the day so she stopped driving as much as a precaution. Last Wednesday night after going to bed we think the pills sent her into an nightmare wracked with hallucinations of intense headache pain that became reality.
She stopped her headaches by blowing her brains out with her service revolver. Her beloved dog Jack lay on her body as she died.
The detectives have ruled it an “Accidental Suicide”
TAKE THIS DRUG OFF THE MARKET!
I just read your story about your friend and I am literally crying right now. I picked up a 357 magnum about 3 weeks ago while asleep on Ambien and my husband woke up to me walking around the house pointing the gun saying “Get out of my house or I will shoot you”. He slowly came up behind me and took the gun out of my hands. I have 2 kids who thankfully did not wake up to me pointing my gun. If I had shot my husband or one of my kids I could not live with myself. I stopped taking the Ambien after my husband told me just tonight what I had done. Granted he told me the next day but I don’t remember that either. When he told me what I did, I was horrified. This is one lethal drug. I can’t believe the people that are defending this medication. It needs to be taken of the market. I can’t believe it is still being prescribed after reading all these stories. It is just awful!!
I am so scared right now.
Reading these stories…I can so relate. It is very sad, what Ambien has done to me. And yet I love it, love it, love it.
I should know better. I am in the medical field, and very specifically due to my field, believe me, I should know better…
I’ve been on Ambien for years. Started as a way to help me care for my parents as they were dying. Lots of tragic scenes that even Shakespeare never imagined.
But since then, I continue to crave it. And last night for the first time I apparently took most of a whole bottle over the evening, with alcohol, of course…God, how am I still here? How can I manage to work, even half a day as I did today?
It’s amazing I’m still alive. But I don’t feel alive. I thoroughly agree with those who’ve said that there need not have been mental problems for this drug to have taken control of their loved ones. I was a happy person, despite some traumas, but since discovering Ambien I have been “in love”, have spurned any human contact, have become a workaholic, and between prescriptions–which seem to run out earlier and earlier now–I don’t see the point in living.
Yet I have people I do love. And I have failed them all–due, I am sorry to say, to Ambien. It is my only true love. It blocks out all that is wrong, and makes everything disappear.
Due to my profession I dare not say these things. Thank you for this forum.
Tess
Tess,
Please call me nite or day if you need help-I can’t see another good person die from addiction.
Robin
respond asasp for my phone number!
I know how you feel,Everyday all i ever looked forward too after work and school was being able to take my ambian at the end of the night.
And that’s how I feel about heroin. Even with it gone now, I still miss it and long for it.
I took ambien a minute ago and did some research on it cause I was curious but after reading these posts it really freaked me out so I fed all my ambien to my pet dog. He weighs about 70 pounds. I was so relieved when he ate those for me cause it woulda been bad if I had done it.
Was your dog okay…?
I don’t want this so lets feed it to my dog! Good idea! riiiiiight….. dumb ass.
apparently some people can’t take a joke.
If the guy was already on Ambien when he wrote this it may not have been a joke at all.
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
I did not believe half the bs that these stories entail either…
I use Ambien and had my first truly scary experience 2 nights ago. I completely blacked out so this information is courtesy of my husband. Apparently I took my nightly dose (2 10mg pills) along with my vitamins, nothing out of the ordinary. About 45 minutes after I took the pills I blacked out. My husband and I went to bed to watch tv and I started thinking people were in the room with us. He was messing with me saying our friends were downstairs. We were intimate (which is something I like to do on Ambien), he went down for water and I followed him down the stairs. I made him turn on all the lights to see if there really were people in the house. He tried to take me back upstairs and I was fighting him, not wanting to go upstairs. I am completely naked by the way. I set my sons alarm clock for 11pm, apparently I was crying at one point. He says I had what he called “seizures” all night long. I kept sitting up in bed through the night and he had to push me back down on my pillow. Last night I looked in the medicine cabinet and apparently I had taken more pills after I blacked out.
I know these things aren’t what one would call crazy but I have no memory of anything that happened. The fact that I could carry on conversations, walk around the house, have sex, cry, take more pills etc… with no memory of anything is scary enough for me. I have been on Ambien on and off for several years now and the craziest thing I have done is order stuff off ebay and not remember until it was delivered. What I think happens is you do go to sleep and you are in some sort of dream state. Like your brain is asleep. My husband said I looked like a zombie ( thats awful to think I was walking around my house naked looking like a zombie, I bet that was hot). They tell you to go to bed within 20 minutes of taking the medicine. That is probably why.
All the people on here talking about taking 30 – 45 pills a night is full of shit, you would throw up all night long. I read a blog on WebMD that said Ambien is only supposed to be taken for a week at a time and is not intended for long term use. WTF is wrong with my doctor and all these other nut jobs out there prescribing this to people for years on end!! They should have their licenses revoked. I agree with the statement that its the persons fault, not the drug, when its abused but doctors are handing out prescriptions like its candy.
My doctor has never warned me about possible addiction or any of the side effects of this extremely dangerous “non narcotic” sleep aid.
I have awful insomnia but I think I am done with Ambien. I will find another way to fall asleep.
I posted a reply to someone else saying “you are so wrong”. It was not meant for you but after posting it, it showed up on my computer under your post. wierd right?
You are so wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First, I never abused it, took more than prescribed, or during the day, but would often drink a glass of wine before bed, and occasionally mixed with hydrocodone, tramadol, and/or prednisone. I’m a college educated, classic type A workaholic, who has struggled with Systemic Lupus and Fibromyalgia for 14 years, both of which cause chronic pain and sleep disturbances. I used marijuana for years, with excellent results, but decided to give it up because I was tired of living under the threat of job loss and criminal prosecution (hopefully we can relocate to a medical state in the near future). My husband travels extensively, so he wasn’t home to see much of this, or it never would have escalated like it did. I first tried Ambien in 2007 because my doctor suggested it. I found out quickly it would make me hallucinate before I fell asleep, but remembered most of it. I would freak out my mom and sister on the phone, telling them about chairs running around the room and other oddities. It was funny at first. My sister-in-law has MS and has taken it for years. She’s always quite amusing when she doesn’t go right to bed, gets all giggly, sweet and lovey (she’s normally pretty aloof). Then the ebay packages started arriving. Apparently I was ordering things online with no memory of it. Hideous fabric (I don’t sew), ugly used clothes in sizes that fit no one I know. Weird things I would never buy. Hundreds of dollars wasted. And the hangover/headaches/bodyaches became worse than not sleeping. So I quit taking it in 2008 and went back to the standard tricyclic antidepressants, SSRI’s, SSNRI’s. Frustrating because first of all, I’m not depressed or crazy, and it made me feel that something was wrong with me mentally. I just wanted to be able to sleep. The weight gain, dry mouth (and subsequent dental bills), and sexual problems were not worth it. Benadryl and herbals helped a little, but only lasted a few hours at best. Back to Ambien in early 2010. Always made sure I was in bed, under the covers and about to turn off the light before I took the meds. No wine or pain meds. The first couple weeks, I would find food and dishes that I had used in the middle of the night, no memory of cooking or eating (explained why none of the diets were working!). A couple times I had left the stove on – frightening. Every morning, I would go to turn on the news (same channel as before I went to bed), only to find my tv on a televangelist station, volume full blast (odd, mainly because we’re not Christian, and I’m not deaf). My teenage daughter said she would hear the preaching and come turn the tv off in the middle of the night. I would be sitting up in bed, wide eyed, unresponsive, and staring at a blank wall. It scared her. Again, no recollection of any of this. I keep a gun locked in my nightstand and was extremely worried that with me in that state something horrible would happen. So I started locking my bedroom door and told her not to worry about the tv. One night, my brother came over late in the evening after I had taken the Ambien (he didn’t know), and brought some beer. He was having girlfriend issues and wanted to talk. Apparently I broke out the vodka, drank the entire bottle, threw up all over the bathroom, scrubbed the entire bathroom, then went to sleep. I woke up to find the bathroom rugs were in the washing machine and no clue how they got there. He called the next day to check on me, which I thought was odd, as I had no recollection of ever seeing him that night. He told me the whole story and said while it was highly out of character for me, I had been highly entertaining. I blew it off, telling myself a girl needs sleep if she’s going to function, and sometimes I did actually sleep on the stuff. Then finally, the last straw. After a couple months, I started having horrible, evil nightmares. I would wake up in the middle of the night, haunted with suicidal, even homicidal plans. Detailed, awful plans. I obsessed about how to kill myself during the day. It was all consuming. I thought I was going crazy, but luckily know myself well enough to recognize that something was horribly wrong. I told my husband, who immediately suggested it could be the meds. The only thing new or different in an otherwise great and rewarding (if stressful and sleepless) life was the Ambien. I did more research (had done a little on starting it, but barely scratched the surface), and found that psychotic episodes are actually quite common. I gave my brand new refill to my sister-in-law because she has never had a problem with it. Talked to the doctor, who suggested a trial of Lunesta. It didn’t really help much, and is non-formulary with my insurance plan and therefore prohibitively expensive for the minor benefits it offered. After 2 months of almost no sleep and on the verge of a nervous breakdown from the exhaustion and stress of managing a chronic illness, demanding job, aging parents, and raising 2 teenagers with a husband overseas, doc gave me Xanax today, so we’ll see. Sometimes I think the societal risks of marijuana are almost worth it. Almost. At least it works, and doesn’t have any horrible side effects, other than the occasional bout of laziness and munchies, which actually work out quite well when I’m overstressed and my stomach flares. Anyway, just wanted to share my experience with Ambien, because I was lucky enough to recognize that the dark thoughts were a side effect of the drug before something awful happened. Tragically, lots of others haven’t been so lucky. Ambien does work wonders for some people, and should be an option, but not the first line choice. And people who take it, along with their families MUST be educated to watch out for the potentially life-threatening psychological side effects. And not just with the tiny print in the pharmacy write up or on obscure websites. This is a powerful, hypnotic, mind altering substance and not something to be prescribed to just anyone who complains about a few sleepless nights. My thoughts go out to all who struggle with sleeplessness. Talk to your doctor about ALL the options. If they won’t talk to you, or they talk down to you, find a new one. Remember, your doctor is your partner for wellness, not just someone who prescribes whatever the latest drug rep has sold them on and pushes you out the door.
It’s 9:38 PM and this will be my second night with no ambien. Last night was pure hell. My restless legs were killing me and I could not sleep to save my life. I’m so scared for tonight. I’ve been using 10-20 mg a night for two years often with a glass of wine. How many nights will I go through this to get this out of my body.. I could relate to all your stories.. Scares me..
Withdrawls are usually 2 weeks of physical aches and anxiety. It’s at it’s peak about 48 to 72 hours after your last dosage. Through this time, you will also have the depression. The depression lingers for months though if you don’t find someway to pull yourself out of the funk.
I’m truly touched by everything I’ve read in this blog;
and the kind of literature that is being gathered.
I’ve been using this drug for almost 11 years now.
And, yes, there is a strong bond between this drug and suicide,
but I was a suicidal teen way before zolpidem was prescribed to me,
and I think (from my very personal point of view); zolpidem actually helped me.
With time, I quitted all other drugs and anti-depressives, but I kept this one only.
I use it everyday. Obviously, 10mg is like drinking water, at this point. I have to take at least 30mg. (Yes, it is an addiction, but it is much more than that…)
Even though zolpidem causes memory loss,
I will NEVER forget the night I said to my mom “mooom… the wall is talking”.
That day I understood there was much more than whatever I was born to see under the poor capacities of my eyes…
that’s the real problem, the real challenge… you become an hallucinogener,
and that is not an easy spot to fill in nowadays.
I have experienced many of the side-effects.
I’ve spoken to people, but as if I were an alien, speaking in a truly “profound” language
(and understand profoundness as something as intelluctual and as stupid, idiotic, imbecile as a language can become)
I’ve written thousand e-mails with no-sense (if you read for the first time),
and I’ve been writing a book of poetry for the past 3 years… everytime I become that zelf. (Z-self)
I’m sure I’ve experienced MANY things I do not remember,
but I can tell you this: I’ve never hurt any form of life (though some people believe I’m hurting mine) and I’ve never driven, because I make sure my keys are impossible to find if I’m sleep-walking.
Hallucinations under the effects of zolpidem breaks every inner barrier,
but I always have control of myself in the sense that l don’t do things I wouldn’t do on a clean day… they are messy, hard to understand for the one who’s watching you… but probably the most bizarre is starring at walls, for hours (and falling asleep) because there are new worlds opening in front of you.
In this very intense journey (because it’s been quite a trip!) I’ve discovered that the main problem is comming back from the hallucination. It’s a very hard landing… and believe me, that after 11 years, I’ve had to deal with a lot of shit and damage.
Because for short (and little) moments,
we go beyond words,
we experience beauty,
colors, smells,
and for some reason (I don’t have much scientific knowledge)
the pain (both emotional and phisical pain) dissapears.
We feel in harmony, because we are hallucinogeners.
Landing is a major disappointment, we feel frustrated, depressed, repressed, because we are trapped in a very sad culture that has narrowed the pontential capacities of our bodies… always thinking that without barriers there would be no respect. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Killing yourself is not a smart sollution to anything; that I can tell (maybe in scenarios such as Walter Benjamin’s… but it is usually not a good thing) because even though I don’t believe in any form of God (and atheists are commonly said to believe in suicide), I do believe in cycles… life begins as it ends. The most important events in your life are simply not up to you… and believe, I’ve come a looong way for me to able to say this… that it took me a lot to understand. I do believe in running away. Start from 0, in a city of nowhere. After dealing with hallucinations AND my very critical view of the world (meaning, dealing with my zelf and myself); there’s something good that can come out of it…. there’s a new sort of wisdom… and to transmit it, it is not necessary to have others to take the drug too… you become a much more sensilbe (and borderline) human being… so you develop a great capacity, for example, to listen, and to understand what others call bizarre. The world becomes very small, as “normality” becomes strange. Normality… what an odd word!
Yes, from times to times, from dissapointment to dissapointment, you suffer from periods of depression; but in 15 years (because I had it, before zolpidem, as I said), I’ve survived ALL of them… all the dark moments, when you are almost loosing it… I’ve controled it, and it’s worked. And whenever something good happens to me, I say “Hmmm… glad I was around for this”….. For other things…. not so much… that’s why I don’t have a television, for example. What for? If I can experience the “real” effect television is suppose to offer you.
I take the decisions.
I manage my life.
I respect others as others respect me.
I live with these ghosts… but they are not hunting anymore…
now, with this drug, I can color them.
It was, FOR ME, a way OUT of that dark, dark, place I used to live.
So, yes, I agree that zolpidem is a very serious drug. Yes, I believe it has to be treated with care… and that it is not for everyone maybe. But, for those who believe that the drug leads you to be suicidal… no, not necesarilly. Just try to learn how to control your own expansions, and everything will be fine…. and no matter what, you’ll end up sleeping…. as I’m about to, in a few minutes.
Good luck to all of you.
I wish you my best.
Live the strongest, feel the strongest, and cause no harm.
I will be praying for you!
It seems to me that you might not remember having written this, later on. Did you pop a few Ambien first?
AMBIEN WITHDRAWAL HAS TO BE UNDER A DOCTORS SUPERVISION!
I took Ambien for several months and was up to 5-6 10mg pills each night! In order to support my addiction I started doctor shopping. Well, eventually I did run out with no where to turn so felt that I would be O.K. Boy was I wrong!
The first night I slept for a couple of hours but had vivid nightmares. I guess I still had a little Ambien in my system.
Starting the second night I did not sleep at all! I decided to stay awake, make it through the next day and SHOULD be tired the next evening.
Well, I did not sleep that next evening and started having severe panic attacks! I think sleep deprovation was totally in effect.
I took two Tylenol PM thinking that it would get me to sleep but man was I wrong! It had a totally reverse effect so now was going crazy! I ended up having a friend drive me to the hospital the next evening after the panic attacks became unbearable as well as on day three with no sleep. I felt like I was clostorphoebic and could not breath!.
In the emergency room I told the truth about my Ambien habit! By this time it was around 2AM. The doctor came in and gave me orally 1mg of Ativan and sent me home. I thought I would be o.k. but it did not even put a dent in my needed sleep and at this point was about to go crazy again! I ended up in a different hospital and given Ativan via intravenously which did help vs the oral dose the first time at the ER.
From there I did go to a Detox facility for one week and was given Tranzene and Flexeril for one week while there. If It was not for the second hospital and the Detox I think that I would have commited suicide!
PLEASE! Anyone out there that is taking Ambien each night my guess is that you are probably up to atleast 2-3 pills a night by now. If so, please get help and DO NOT RUN OUT OF THE MEDICATION AND TRY TO FACE WITHDRAWAL ON YOUR OWN! Trust me on this and get help! You will not be able to wean yourself off of this medication as your habit will say “go ahead and take 3 tonight” and you will go insane!
Just my thoughts and experience.
I am now 1 year Ambien free and take a mild prescription (restoril) that does not have the euphoric side effects or memory loss AND, I only take one a night and have been for the past 8 months. You take it and just get sleepy which is how a sleep aid should work.
Ambien is an evil medication!
I just told mine here: http://irememberthealamo.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/ambien-things-done-and-forgotten/
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 …
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.
It may interest you to know that the FDA does not perform any clinical trials on drugs itself; rather, the company that makes the drug performs the trials and submits the paperwork to the FDA. So they obviously have huge vested interest in making the drug seem safe since they are the ones who stand to make many millions–or even billions–from the sale of the drug they have created.
Our FDA does little to protect Americans from dangerous drugs, and does much more to come down on non-prescription alternatives to these drugs after being lobbied by the pharmaceutical industry to do so.
There have also been many allegations of corruption and bribery at FDA.
Of course, there is also the fact that most doctors get most of their info about these drugs from the trials conducted by the drug company itself! They get pharma reps in giving them tons of samples, urging the drug’s prescription, and telling them of all the wonderful effects of their drug, and many swallow it hook, line, and sinker and start prescribing it. Not to mention kickbacks, which I believe often occur in the medical industry with less scrupulous doctors, as well.
A century ago doctors were prescribing heroin all the time for pain, sleeplessness, alcoholism, and even morphine addiction (hilarious because as it turns out, heroin quickly metabolizes into morphine in the body). Doctors aren’t infallible, and people aren’t any smarter than they were back then. Mistakes are being made. Corruption and misinformation are rife in our system.
For any people having a problem with Ambien, the best advice I can give is that you need a second, third and fourth opinion from other doctors. Be honest and tell them what this drug has done to you, how you’ve abused it, and that you aren’t sure you trust your original doctor. Many doctors just aren’t very good and only know how to prescribe pills and in reality they are destroying their patients with addiction, not making them whole.
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
Fuck off sanofi aventis
My father gambled all his life savings away and then committed suicide on the 17th of December 2010. Leaving his wife of 25 years with worse than nothing. My entire family is totally shocked. This was not the kind of man he was in his life. My step-mother told me he was taking Ambien for quite some time, along with other drugs he was prescribed. I would really like to know if this is happening to other people. My father supposedly gambled away hundreds of thousands of dollars away in a matter of months. This tragedy has rocked my family and left my step mother destitute. I would hate to think that my father could not control his actions due to this drug as some of the other stories I have read.
Was he taking Requip as well? I know that drug has been known to cause people to gamble. I don’t know if Ambien could cause this as well but it’s possible.
Brad,
I think your post has gotten my attention more than anyone. You said you take 3-5 ambiens. This absolutely is NOT necessary. The active ingredient in Ambien has its maximum effect at 10 mg…..period. I have taken 10 mg everynight for 19 months. It works everynight just as it should. Also important to say is that I weighed 505 lbs for the first year before my weight loss surgery and it worked well then too. Just play it safe man and stick with 10 mg. Hope this helps.
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.
I’m a chronic insomniac it’s sounds so cool to say but it would send me on a breakdown if I had to stay awake 3+ days. I have to stay responsible for my duties in work and cannot afford to be making mistakes due to no sleep. I’ve been on ambien for about a year -yeah I’ve taken up to 9 to abuse them twice before for the high but end up picking the pieces of that the next day. That taught me to use the prescribed 1 a night. So I’m thankful for ambien if those who do have problems its likely they are abusing it. Then that’s there choice. I’m thankful for this medication.
Sicko poeple belong where they have places for such poeple as you and your dirty mouth.She needs to go to church and meet some clean thinking poeple her age and be involved in some clean living,and not listen to morons like you.Your mouth tells me what kind of trailer trash you are.
Alright, guys. Hate to burst bubbles, but I found this strange blog and had to chime in. I’m a 3rd year medical student with a MS in Pharmacology (BS in Neuroscience). Ambien, like any other drug, can be harmful when not used as prescribed. Most physicians prescribe a specific amount based on your therapeutic need, body weight, age, etc. and almost always advise that its use be limited to < 2 weeks. If you use ambien outside of these parameters, you should EXPECT problems. Duh. There is nothing wrong with ambien. It is a safe drug, and is actually a wonderdrug compared to its predecessors…
You are so wrong! Is that what they’re teaching you? You should ask for a tuition refund. For all our sakes, I hope you never practice.
So, how is it that everyone that I know, personally, that is currrently taking Ambien, seems to not have stories like this. They say it puts them to sleep in minutes and have not complained of having memory loss? They have not noticed anything more than finding it a little difficult to walk straight to go pee at night and maybe taking a little longer to wake up when disturbed in the middle of the night…like a phone ringing, a child coughing in the other room, ect… How is it that when I research stories about this drug, I get CRAZY stories like this!? Which one is it, A GREAT sleep aid, or a nightmare drug that wrecks your life? Thank you in advance for any future response.
I have the impression that taking ambien gives us the traits of a single unit. Everybody acts the same way. There are some stories which are rare (hallucination of other people), but i think in those cases, the mix of other substances or the mental condition might have triggered.
Hiding and seeking objects, Purchasing, Need to drive, Social extension, Sex disfunction, Memory lost, Purging, Cleaning, suicidal thougths… The whole thing just remind me off alzheimer.
Ok Ladies and Gentlemen.
I’m not sure if I want to die or not. Maybe ending up in the ER would be good for me. I think I’ll take either outcome. Regardless, I’ve come to ask you a question. I have about 120 mg of Ambien. From what I’ve read, this is not enough to kill me. However I also have a shitload of my Fluoxetine and Oxcarbezapine (for bipolar) that I have not been taking in months. Hell I even have Mucinex, Aleve and Ibuprofen. My roommates may also have some liquor that I can grab if need be.
My question is, will any combination of the aforementioned kill me? If not, what will it do? Please don’t bother telling me how awesome life is and that I shouldn’t do it, and for fuck’s sake do NOT talk about god or prayer. Trust me, I’ll just ignore you. I truly don’t care what you think about me, all I want from you is information NOT inspiration. I do not care, you cannot make me care, so don’t even.
Love and Hate,
NdM
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You should at least consider the possibility that you wouldn’t think this way if it weren’t for the drugs in your system.
But I do think that people who are serious about killing themselves don’t think about OD’ing on prescription meds. The Ancient Roman Cato the Younger stabbed himself with a knife and when failed the first time, and his friends took his knife away, he got another knife as soon as possible and opened up his throat. This is a person who really wants to die. (It was for reasons of honor–not being willing to submit alive to Julius Caesar who had defeated him.)
There are plenty enough surefire ways to do it, but you’re thinking about pills and posting in a forum about it. You don’t want to die.
You want to care–which means you care even if you don’t feel like you do.
My advice: get off the crazy pills. I’m not sure how that’s done successfully because so many have withdrawal effects. You need a trusted friend or relative to take control of this situation and can find you a rehab place that will not just pump you full of other drugs but will rather wean you off the pills….unless you have some form of psychosis that is controlled by antipsychotics, in which case I have no idea what you should do, but you MUST talk with your doctor and tell him everything you are thinking and feeling.
Wow, I have been on 5mg (1/2 pill) every night and I am fine. I feel sleepy but don’t zone out or get up and do things in my sleep.
I am thinking some of the doctors are overprescribing these meds. I can’t even imagine taking 5-6 10mgs a night. I do know it can be habit forming. Whenever there is a night I can’t or try not to take it, I am literally up all night long.
My point is that this can be beneficial, but my advice would be if you can’t be successful with 10mg then maybe you should try something else. Don’t take more and more. Who knows what could happen.
answer to Me : 120 mg are like 12 pills…. far too little to die. I’m taking these on a daily basis. There are so many other ways to die that you shouldn’t count on these. if you really want to die, you could mix alcohol, benzos and hydromorphe, maybe some methadone on the top. But still, I’m such in the same situation that you are… Do you want to meet? Things are better at two, and just like those cheezy books, we could fall in love with our hate. ahahahah just give me a call, ill help you
I’m now at 70mg/day. Sometimes up to 280mg a day, that’s when I swallow the 4 pakets. I will end up swallowing everything in my possession anyway. I should hide it though. I am having this habits since a month and a half. I t just makes me feel happy, you know? Like I didn’t loose heart, which i did long time ago using heroin. I’m off heroin because of Ambien, benzo didn’t work enough for me. I’m working oversea now and I truly need to sleep at strange times. I’ll just need to clean up in a month from now. Of course, I have MILLIONS crazy stories in only 1 month and a half of use… But do you really want to know them?
Once upon a time heroin was prescribed for alcohol addiction, too. You’re on a different drug than heroin now but you are still taking way too much and obviously showing signs of abuse and addiction. Addiction to another drug instead: This is not a solution.
You need to get off the pills. If that means you can’t keep working your job with its weird hours, so be it. You’ll be better off for it. A long stint in a rehab facility that doesn’t just get you addicted to a different set of meds is probably the best thing for you.
I doubt that would kill you but will put you in liver failure which is a painful way to die instead of putting all the effort in thinking of ways to kill you why don’t you seek help I have recently started to sor myself out and can see outside of the bubble. Hope you are well Ndm
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.
Wow, there are some obvious paid trolls here. I’m lookin at you, “Dan” and “Niimo”.
Try the “it’s your fault” posts all you like. You’re obviously immune to the stories where people are taking the drug as described. But try to find similar horror stories about Prozac.
Ever wonder why Ambien in particular seems to have so many horror stories associated with it? You should.
where is my post? I wrote it a week ago and it never went on the site
Mine hasnt either..
I’m 15 years old and a friend brought me 1 ambien to take at school. This is my first experience with ambien and i suffer with psychological problems as well. I only weigh 90 pounds and don’t know if this affects my issue with ambien. I took the pill at 8:30 and at around 9:15 I started to get vivid hallucinations at school. Everyone in the hallway had 2 heads and 4 arms. I can only remember a slight portion of my day. I felt the visions wear off at around 2:45 but realized yet another side effect of ambien, loss of inhibition. I’m normally a very quiet kid but I have a very strong feeling of dislike for my chemistry teacher, and today was the last day of his class before exams. I told him he was an awful teacher and other things I shouldn’t have said. When I got home I argued with my mom for an hour for seemingly no reason. After this I took a nap for a few hours then played some videogames and studied for my Spanish exam tomorrow. When i got into bed I felt tired but couldn’t fall asleep. When I closed my eyes for a little bit and reopened them I saw things and heard things that give me chills down my spine to even think about. I had a panic attack and am staying up writing this shaking in fear of closing my eyes. Anyone out there care to help me or give some advice? Thanks in advance.
Here’s some advice that will be 100% true all the time: DON’T TAKE PILLS THAT YOUR FRIEND GIVES YOU JUST FOR FUN.
I’m sure that if you just stay off the drug you’ll feel normal again eventually. Give it a few days. DON’T TAKE MORE.
I did very stupid things on abien. Running out in thunderstorms and tornadoes, cooking and satying tings wthout remembering what I said to the caller the night before. It was a gread euphoria that noone would wanna miss. A great song cam eon in mu house “who lovs you” it was awesome, having fun, untill I needed my cgigarrette, and rang everyones bell in my area becaue I had no more cigarretes. The whiole area knows about this, but I forgot. I fell many time and I’ve had sex on this.
I’ve been taking Ambien for a number of years and only had minor incidents. One night I ate a jar of pickles…then drank all the juice lol. I Fell out of bed once… and of course did the classic facebooking and texting to numerous girls from my past. But if I get myself to bed, I read a book, I’m fine and I’m out. As far as these people talking about suicide, yeah um no, ambien isn’t going to help you. I’d say in the days before they put bittering agents in Ethylene Glycol (anti-freeze) you’d have a good bet of dying from 16 oz. of that. Really, if you want to kill yourself and you’re scared…car in the garage. Attach round duct tubing to tailpipe, run back in through car window…and it’s nappy nap time.
As I do gov’t science work, my brain doesnt shut down…hence the Ambien (doc also gives me Ativan). I think I’ll eventually grow out of it (I’m 35) and not need to take it anymore. I eat healthy, I work out 5 days a week and run, I dont do drugs (minus prescription), and I’m a happy person. I think many of these people with predisposed psychological disorders want to blame Ambien for their actions. I do get some side effects like the temporary amnesia, but I never got up and drove my car anywhere, or took 29 ambiens lol. Really? If you have a good ambien story send it to In2Slayer@aol.com..I’d like to hear. Entitle it Ambien Story so I know it’s not junkmail. BTW: there is a better website for funny Ambien stories: http://rxstories.com/ambien.html
P.S. if the DOD is reading this post, you’re lucky to have me on that site in the CA desert.
For those of you who don’t think Ambien is dangerous then you obviously didn’t get the gist of this site. Oh, by the way if your going to comment try to spell at least three words correctly. If you want to hear dangerous then I will tell you my story:
After taking my PRESCRIBED dose of Ambien I got up in the middle of the night and picked up our 357 magnum which was under the bed and walked around my house saying “Get out of my house or I will shoot you”. My husband had to come up from behind me and slowly take the gun out of my hands. Thank God my children did not wake up and appear in front of me. I don’t remember any of it. Now that is dangerous. I no longer take it. I think this drug is over used. That is my OPINION so don’t get snippy. Everyone has an opinion just like everyone has an ……………..(need I say more).
I want a mysteries story
I think Ambien should absolutely be taken off of the market! Ambien is dangerous. It is very easy for someone who has never had a bad experience with the drug to chastise others for their beliefs about how potentially harmful it can be or how horrible the experience was, and who is, or should be at fault. I dated a guy who was in the military, seemed very likable and honorable and trustworthy. He drugged me with Ambien and assaulted me. It was not our first date, I felt as though I knew him and could trust him, and he raped me. For this reason Ambien is dangerous. I’m not whining, or saying that I possibly could have taken even better precautions. I’m not the type to let a scumbag like him effect me or ruin my life. I’m far too strong for that, but perhaps there are women/people out there who are not. Why let people like this douche take advantage of others by keeping a dangerous drug like Ambien on the market! Ambien may be helpful to many, but it is PROVEN to cause amnesia in many takers. Let’s at least regulate its sale better! As long as there are tools out for people to take advantage of and harm others with, sick people will find and use them! Why give them any help?!
I have finally come off these tablets, I think in the end it was an addiction, I began lying to my dr and really panicking and obsessing about how many pills I had left. I am thankful for them as i would have gone crazy without sleep however I did some crazy things when I abused them i lost a good friend as a result of the side effects it gave me. I read about how people underwent detox from ambien in America however they do not offer such programs in the uk I requested my tablets to be changed to a benzodiazepine he gave me 10mg and I self reduced the dose over 14 days I am on the last few 2,5mg my sleep is not the best but eventually hope to develope a normal sleep pattern. It’s hard but sleeping pills are a temporary measure and should not be prescribed longterm. I had been on them for 5 years! Thanks for people stories on here glad to know we are not alone. Take Care
Ambien has been effective in waking people up who are in a minimally conscious state. Ambien’s future maybe in this area rather than helping people sleep.
Below is a 60 minute peice on Ambien wakenings. The Ambien part of the story starts at 5:25.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4402014n
Anyone that lets their child administer his/her own prescriptions is a MORON!!! Here honey, take what you want and give some to your friends. Oh boo-hoo, your daughter hallucinated. Sure it wasn’t her first time. “What can I do to fall asleep so daddy won’t touch me tonight?” Is that why she’s taking them? Does she have insomnia from being stupid? Missing sleep from a flu, but NyQuil wont work? Fuck her!!! Try some Valerian root and leave the prescriptions to the grown-ups. Fucking Cry-babies need babysitters to hold their hands. Did anyone actually get educated when they went to school?
Wow, going through these comments have me literally shaking my head at the audacity of some people. All of you who’ve outright insulted the OP, I’ll start with you Pete–Are a socially inept cowards. Not one of you would dare speak to a person in that way in real life regardless of how passionate you are about the issue. I doubt you’d even have the courage to disagree with Tracy’s view let alone outright insult her and call her names. Was that really necessary? She expressed a legitimate view / concern. You don’t agree with her, then DISAGREE. There are diplomatic ways of doing so, oddly enough. And to speak to a woman like that, tsk tsk.
People who use their computer as a tool to live out their fantasies of being able to interact with another human (and fail miserably) should have their computers taken away from them and finish the job by shipping the socially defunct artards off to the middle east to be used as human shields. At least your useless existance would be worth something constructive.
It sounds if Ambiens is drug that could be used to control the subconscious mind. I thought ambien sleep walking was an urban myth until I heard about a friend who cooked a pizza in their sleep under its influence. Remember, the movie the Manchurian Candidate, when a certain card was pulled from a deck of cards it would trigger the individual to perform certain activities without them knowing it. The only difference here is that Ambien triggers off subconscious thoughts without the assistance of another individual. When you play around with the subconscious mind you enter dangerous territory. Ambien seems to reach this part of the mind and reveal things we never knew about ourselves. Unfortunately, some of those revelations are sometime things we don’t want to know about.
For me I have never experienced ambien sleep walking. On the whole Ambien feels like Xanax with an added euphoria effect.
One thing we can agree on is that Ambien is one of the most controversial drugs ever produced for mass consumption, and its hard to believe an astounding 35 million Ambien subscription are filled annually. For tiny percentage of those there are unfortunate side effects.
Before you venture into your subconscious mind be a little wary, you might not like what you find. Some Ambien users have already found this out the hard way.
For me it is just another sedative.
Holy crap, this is quite possibly the funniest forum ever. Thank you all.
I didn’t overdose but I took an extra one on accident….
In Turlock.. Search it, its breaking news.
Well, I just found myself today in the local papers here. Dad goes to bar to get drunk and leaves kid at fast food joint.
I couldn’t tell you what all happened or what I was doing. The last thing I remember was being on my computer and taking my ambien, then a while later I wasn’t sure if I had taken it or not so I took another. I found out I’d probably taken two, when I counted the pills after I got out of jail. I left the house with my son and apparently walked halfway across town with him. Stopped at a bar thinking it was the perfect place to advertise my website so I wrote it down on a couple of their flyers and ordered a beer so I could stay in. I had $300 on me and came out with $289 so I couldn’t have bought that much. Needless to say, with the ambien and other meds I’m on mixing it with alcohol is disasterous. Everyone around here just reads I’m a neglectful dunk father. It sucks…
Plan and simple. ALL PSYCHIATRY DRUGS ARE ALL SHIT AND DO NOT WORK AT ALL. They kill people. And the Psychs make money.
I do not even understand how I stopped up here, but I assumed this put up was once good. I don’t recognize who you’re however certainly you’re going to a well-known blogger if you aren’t already. Cheers!
Started taking Ambien 4 years ago. Was great at first. After about a year I slowly startedgot more sensitive to stress, light, sound etc. My doctor said I had some fattigue syndrome from stress. At the time I was CEO for a management consulting firm and studying for an MBA, had a lot of things to do so it made sense. Had to quit my job and studies, could only work halftime as an consultant during 2 years, almost lost my marriage. Started taking less Ambien (or Stilnocht as it’s called over here), got my old me back after 2 weeks. Convinced myself it wasn’t the pills that was the problem. Started taking more of them, a month later
I couldn’t work. Realized this is not for me. Back as a manager today and life is good.
Still taking very small doses, can’t sleep without them.
Just saying that the side effects can build up slowly, at least that seems to be thhe case for me. Thanks for reading
Tracy, Don’t Let The Comments Of These Obvious BONEHEADS Humiliate You.I Don’t See The Selfishness That They Have Created In Fear Of Loosing The Drug They Are Probably Hopelessly ADDICTED To In your Comment About Ambien Being Taken Off The Market. I AM Intelligent Enough To Understand That “Off The Market” Translates: “Out Of Your Life” And I Know That You Have Done That And Could Care Less About these Addicts. But Have A Concern For Other “Wrong Persons Finding Out The Hard Way!! Take The Care Of Your Child In Your Own Healthy Way! Merry Christmas From Dan Simon Schuster & Blacky(My Three Cats)
Guys, it’s Ambien…I mean..it’s JUST AMBIEN. Is it really worth fighting about? Every ingredient necessary to make methamphetamine is available in Wal-Mart 24/7 and this is your biggest concern? You guys need to just relax.
Makes the room spin a the pretty colours show <3 I wish you would just stop fighting, listen to some dope tune and be happy! I love my ambien. I'm 17. Fuck off.