Winter, little ones, and ambien don't mix

[Beamers Mom]

I never had any problems falling asleep - always used to have warm malted milk at night. But when I went to see my rheumatologist back in 2006 he asked if I had pain and stiffness on waking. My husband (bless his little cotton socks!!!) was with me and told the doctor that I would wake crying in the night every night in pain. So, the doctor put me on Ambien, told me to take one every night so I would sleep through the night. It got to the point when I couldn't sleep without it. I tried several times to come off it but ended up not sleeping and having terrible headaches from not sleeping. One of the 4 day cruises we went on (thank goodness it was only 4 days), I forgot to take the ambien with me and I couldn't enjoy the cruise as I had headaches every day from not sleeping.
My primary care physician told me a couple of years ago that I had been on it so long that I couldn't come off it.
So, I have been on ambien since 2006.
But, never had any hallucinations or raiding the refrigerator in the night. (That may be the ambien CR - I am on regular ambien - the generic zolpidem)

[Ringo1]

Oh my gosh; my elderly father took Ambien and was having horrible hallunications with it.

We took him out of town one week-end with us and shared a hotel room. One minute he was my regular father and the next . . he was talking nonsense; seeing people that weren't there and scared me to death.

His doctor switched him to another med.

[Britster]

Ambien scares the crap out of me! My mom used to take it and I had a conversation with her one night and she was even eating a hamburger with me and had NO recollection of it the next morning (we were on a cruise- hence the 1am hamburger eating). Not to be graphic, my moms open about this stuff, lol, but she even had intimate relationship on it once with her husband without even remembering! That scared her and she stopped taking it.

Btw, this thread is from 2007!

[miabellaamoure]

Originally Posted by Britster

Ambien scares the crap out of me! My mom used to take it and I had a conversation with her one night and she was even eating a hamburger with me and had NO recollection of it the next morning (we were on a cruise- hence the 1am hamburger eating). Not to be graphic, my moms open about this stuff, lol, but she even had intimate relationship on it once with her husband without even remembering! That scared her and she stopped taking it.

Btw, this thread is from 2007!

hahaha...makes ya wonder what the makers (sanofi-aventis) of Ambien have collected in the way of patient data on side effects and the weirdest things reportedly having been done.

I've used it before and thought......I slept like a rock but, who knows what I might have done or said now since there was nobody there to report it...except, for three lil' -girls & one

Guess I could rig my video camera and test it out again...but, I'd probably freak myself out if I saw myself doing anything too, too weird...like grabbing my keys and going for an Ambien-Intoxicated midnight run to Del Taco!!!

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by miabellaamoure

hahaha...makes ya wonder what the makers (sanofi-aventis) of Ambien have collected in the way of patient data on side effects and the weirdest things reportedly having been done.

I've used it before and thought......I slept like a rock but, who knows what I might have done or said now since there was nobody there to report it...except, for three lil' -girls & one

Guess I could rig my video camera and test it out again...but, I'd probably freak myself out if I saw myself doing anything too, too weird...like grabbing my keys and going for an Ambien-Intoxicated midnight run to Del Taco!!!

You would be ordering Full on 24 hour pizza delivery and finishing the whole pie

I don't dare try it.....MY brother tells me about the "Ambien Sex" when DW doesn't fall asleep right away

[Beamers Mom]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

I don't dare try it.....MY brother tells me about the "Ambien Sex" when DW doesn't fall asleep right away

Now why doesn't it work that way for me!!!

[diannenet]

I have been on the regular Ambien for years (ever since the wonderful phase of life called Menopause). I take the generic version, Zolpidem. I can't go to sleep without it but I take 1/2 pill and about 1/2 hour later I take the other half. I can NOT take a whole one all at once as it makes me dizzy. I have severe insomnia and have had since menopause so I'm not sure I could go to sleep without it.

Now my husband on the other hand who takes 1/2 pill sometimes, becomes very generous when he takes it. So if I ever need or want anything (including money!), I wait until he's taken his Ambien and then ask him for it. LOL Of course he conveniently never remembers the conversation the next morning.

Fortunately I've never hallucinated or had any weird dreams or done any crazy things.