Ambien Zolpidem Tartrate Medication Reviews

My doctor prescribed ambien (zolpidem for generic) as I developed insomnia after a year of have my son.  I have always been a very active, healthy. About a year in I started developing neck pain.  Thought nothing of it. I thought it was from stress or the fact that I'm not getting any younger......2 years passed and the pain was getting extreme.  I was having cervial injections, several addictive narcotics prescribed to me, even trips to the E.R!!!!!!  This pain made me so depressed and I knew that I needed to stop taking all the pain meds.  So after 3 years of chronic pain my husband and...

I have a horrible time sleeping, so I took Ambien. I started to mysteriously gain weight. It was because I was "sleep eating." Not a few cookies or some candy. How about an entire rotisserie chicken and a cherry pie? I was eating SO much food! I was eating more than I even thought could fit in my stomach. How was I not vomiting? I didn't figure it out until I woke up with pie all over my night shirt. I had just assumed the other residents of the house were eating the food. I had total amnesia for the event. I had conversations and wrote emails while sleeping. No memory.

Then one night I was jarred...

I've never slept well my entire life.  A propensity to night terrors, sleepwalking, and general restless combined with some painful chronic health conditions makes it hard to fall asleep and hard to stay asleep.  I was desperate until I was prescribed Ambien.  It was quite a regular thing for me to be up for three days at a time.

Ambien is designed to be a sleeping pill by operating as a hypnotic on your system.  I don't understand all the mechanics of it, but essentially it can relax your body and mind to help you sleep.  But if you read any news, you've probably read about the strange side...

I have been taking Ambien for about four years now and it is the only thing that works for me. I wake up refreshed every morning without that over the counter sleep medicine hangover. It isn't right for everyone, if you are prone to night time snacking or sleepwalking then you don't even want to try this product. It has gotten a bad rap lately for some people that have driven while under the influence of this product. If you are a sensible person and monitor your medication intake and use it responsibly, it is a wonderful medicine and has been very helpful in maintaining a healthy life for me....

I have been battling with insomnia and hypomania since I was a child.  When you don't sleep, it worsens your depression, diminishes you capacity to think, digest food, and makes the cycle of bipolar disorder or cyclothymic disorder even worse.  I was prescribed all of these awful mood stabalizers that make you nasty, mean, and honery in many cases.  I have heard the same from a few others I know in my situation.  I don't truly get full blown manias, so if I can get slowed down enough to the point where I get to sleep and stay asleep, I am golden.  I am feeling so much better!  I definitely...

Ambien (not CR) has been a really good drug for helping me fall asleep.  Prior to taking Ambien, I had taken a few other drugs that made me sleep for waaay too long.  Sometimes I slept for 18 hours or more and woke up thinking I only slept 8 hours!

When I mentioned this to my doctor, he suggested Ambien because of its short half-life (4 hours).  He prescribed it to me with a warning that after taking a dose, I should go to bed immediately to prevent side effects.  Usually when I take it I WANT to go to bed pretty soon because it helps me get tired within minutes!  Sometimes I experience a...

Ambien is a prescription drug that helps you fall asleep if you have insomnia or trouble falling asllep for more than 3 days.  If you take the medicine as perscribed it works very well, you fall asleep within fifteen to thirty minutes of taking it, but you have to make sure that you are able to get at least eight hours of sleep.  When you wake up you do not feel drowsy or have any effect from the drug.  If you take more than prescribed it get result in you sleep walking and while sleep walking you may do things that you will not remember doing the next day.  I have taken more than prescribed...

I often use the prescription medication Ambien (generic name is zolpidem).  It is available as a regular release tablet in 5mg or 10mg, and also as a controlled release tablet in 6.25mg or 12.5mg strength.  Without a sleep aid, I toss and turn all night long, and my sleep is shallow and unrestful.  This one is great because it works really quickly.  You take it right before you lay down to go to sleep. If you take it before you are ready to go to sleep and wander around for awhile (half hour or more) it seems not to work as well.  The controlled release lasts all thru the night, but is only...

I have been using Ambien for the past two weeks and its probably one of the worst decisions I have ever made.  My insurance carrier was switched at work (HAP over Blue Cross).  I used to take Lunesta due to severe insomnia.  HAP doesn't cover Lunesta so my doctor prescribed me Ambien.  BIG MISTAKE.  After taking the first pill I woke up in the morning with the worst headache.  My neck was so sore and I could barely function.  The headache lasted all day.  The so called "sleep specialists" have advised me that I have to give up one thing so I could gain another.  Basically, I have to give...

I was skeptical about using a sleep aid as I had heard that one of the side effects was a sluggish feeling the next day.  My doctor suggested I try Ambien as I was having difficulty sleeping as a result of my Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.  I began using it occassionally as I did not want to become dependent.  However, I would never kow for sure when I would need it--as you are supposed to allow at leat 7 - 8 hours of sleep time in order for it to be most effective.  If you can't sleep at least that amount of time, it doesn't help to take it at midnight if you have to be up by 5:00 am!  So,...