Tell Us Your Story

Please tell us about your experiences with Ambien – good or bad. The purpose of this site is to collect information and encourage discussion, not to cast judgment. Thanks for contributing!

11 Responses to Tell Us Your Story

  1. jennifer faubert says:

    your drug as easily as proscribed by any doctor made one of my friends commit suicide. A thought i will never forget.

  2. Jennie says:

    My mom took ambien and I am very scared, b/c she overdosed tonight and she could barely walk. Her eyes were like a fish, like she was trying to close them but couldn’t. She was asking the same questions over and over. She sounds crazy. Her and my dad were arguing. She cried alot. I think she’s suicidal, I need help. What should I do. I can’ t call the police b/c I don’t want her to go to a psych hospital like last time. And I can’t make the problems of her and my dad disappear. I just want her to be happy and I don’t know how to that. PLEASE HELP!!!!

  3. depression since birth - YAY! says:

    Perhaps I am lost in this site but I would like to contribute if it will help others with depression, which seems to be very common theme when discussing sleep problems. I have been through childhood, teen and now adult depression, all slightly different i guess. I”m sad so many commentors are obviously deep into those feelings. Depression is terrible and I get how you are feeling. I have described myself as suicidal before but I hope i dont have to again. PLEASE guys, i dont even know you and I care that you are in pain. People care. Here are some really basic tricks I learned just this year to help me sleep at least – working late? Use the “flux” program on your computer to automatically change the color and contrast of your monitor, or wear some orange glasses to watch tv. Turn on a fan in your bedroom.

  4. Pyotyr says:

    To keep it short: I misused it (by not much…2 or 3 times the dose) had awful withdrawals and almost died from a massive seizure.

    This is a serious drug that has earned my respect. I’m the only one who knows why I had the seizure. The toxicology screens came back normal. I still use it, responsibly. 12.5mg per night, MAX!

    • Mike says:

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

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

  5. Amy says:

    Help me, i don’t know what to do. I can’t tell my husband about over using my abien. He thinks he has it hidden. I have servere headaches and have had them for years. I have what it callpuseotumor cycerabal (spelling isn’t right) i have been given a VP shunt and it is on the right side of my head behind my ear. it drain fuild down into my artery in my necck. Any way back to the ambien, when i sleep I DON”T HURT!!! I have been on it for years and have tried to talk to my dortcor in around about way but he dosen’t talk me serious! I’m on 10mg. at night but if i can find them i will take three a day. I sleepwalk, have memory lapses. I have done many cazy things that my family doesn’t know ab out. I have a problem with short term memoery. I was a school teacher and i can’t even spell descently. HELP I don’t know what to do!

  6. Ashley says:

    I have suffered from depression for years, it has effected many things in my life including sleep. I recently started taking ambien for my sleep issues and now my depression is a hundred times worse. I wake up every morning in tears and I am always dealing with suicidal thoughts. This medicine is NOT for anyone who deals with depression!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Kerry says:

    I want to know if my kids will hate me if I take my own life? They are grown and have thier own children and I worry about my grandkids too. I just seem to think this is my only option.

  8. Amanda says:

    My husband has been addicted to Ambien for about eight years. This addiction has caused him to do things he would never do otherwise. Doctor shopping for as many as four prescriptions at a time, eating massive amounts of food at night and making a huge mess, knocking over dressers, falling down the stairs; and when he does get his prescription filled he takes up to 20 in a night if I do not take hide them from him! He has completely lost his ability to fall asleep on his own. When he did try to go off of ambien, he ended up in a psych ward for 72 hours. He threatened suicide several times and we had to remove all of our firearms from the house. It seems to me that a person who uses ambien, ends up abusing ambien. It’s sad to watch my husband’s downward spiral into insanity.

  9. siobhan says:

    I am from London – doctors don’t sell drugs in the UK. I know I was stupid and nieve but the doctor gave me ambien to help me sleep and I was pleased…
    I have had problems with addiction in the past – my doctor didn’t ask so I didn’t say.
    I took ambien as directed. Did not mix with drink or other drugs and I totally lost control of my life within 4 months.
    I cooked a dinner and made love to my boyfriend and had no memory. I woke up on Monday morning and thought it was Sunday – I had lost and forgotten Sunday!
    It wasn’t until I was found naked on the roof of my building that i realised this drug is more serous than anything I have ever taken.
    I think I was going to jump… but I don’t know. The worst thing is not knowing.

  10. ty says:

    I have taken ambien for a couple of years sometimes it doesn’t do anything others I have to double the dose. I think it makes my depression worse.

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