Ambien Discussion & Q/A

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It started with a case of insomnia. My daughter was taking ambien then. However, she became addicted to it. I saw a stash in her room and she’s always up and about. I already talked to her and she’s already confessed that she is indeed using the drug for the euphoric effects that it imparts. I would like to find a treatment center for her.

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Does she want to get herself treated? If not, you might have a hard time in getting her to acquiesce to the prospect of treatment. If that happens, maybe you can do an intervention for her with the help of an intervention specialist. As for finding addiction treatment centers, the links below can help you. You can also take her to a doctor and ask for recommendations. I do hope that she gets treated soon. It must be really tough for you. Good luck!

Even if it’s less powerful low dosage version.

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Because it is a controlled substance and can be abused. Even when not abused, the side effects such as short term amnesia (sleep eating, sleep driving, etc) should not be taken lightly. A lower dose over the counter version still could be abused. All someone has to do is take more than 1 tablet. Also, over the counter medications do not require consultation with a doctor or a pharmacist, and some people just do not pay attention to the label side effects and warnings and ambien is just too strong to take that risk.

the letters kinda look like they are float and are tinged and in a fish bowl where you can see it all in three dim. every night same thing. i like it. hare to work on football answers. forgot were i was. i will just say i think pats are real good and i want to kiss that quarterback someday.

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If so did you have the same side effects on both? I am currently taking Ambien but get most of the side effects. I see Lunesta is a different drug but it lists the same side effects as Ambien. Have you had side effects with one and not the other?

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My boyfriend was taking Lunesta, and it helped him get to sleep pretty easily. My boyfriend’s stepmother took Ambien and said she couldn’t sleep. On the other hand. my stepfather took Ambien and it helped him. So everyone’s different. You may not be able to take one for various reasons, especially if you are on other meds that can’t be mixed with certain others, such as a sleeping pill. While they may have the same solution to put you to sleep, their overall chemical composition could be completely different.

I know you can take it with either, I’m just wondering if there could be weird side effects from mixing them -all- together.

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Here is an awesome drug interactions site. I have used it for years. First click on “check interactions” at the top and then just click on all the drugs you take at once, and it will tell you all about any possible problems or dangers. It’s a very useful site.

http://www.drugdigest.org/wps/portal/ddigest

What were the side effects, good and bad, if u had any?

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for co-morbid diagnoses
Because sleep disturbances may be the presenting manifestation of a physical and/or psychiatric disorder, symptomatic treatment of insomnia should be initiated only after a careful evaluation of the patient. The failure of insomnia to remit after 7 to 10 days of treatment may indicate the presence of a primary psychiatric and/or medical illness that should be evaluated. Worsening of insomnia or the emergence of new thinking or behavior abnormalities may be the consequence of an unrecognized psychiatric or physical disorder. Such findings have emerged during the course of treatment with sedative/hypnotic drugs, including zolpidem.

Severe anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions
Rare cases of angioedema involving the tongue, glottis or larynx have been reported in patients after taking the first or subsequent doses of sedative-hypnotics, including zolpidem. Some patients have had additional symptoms such as dyspnea, throat closing or nausea and vomiting that suggest anaphylaxis. Some patients have required medical therapy in the emergency department. If angioedema involves the throat, glottis or larynx, airway obstruction may occur and be fatal. Patients who develop angioedema after treatment with zolpidem should not be rechallenged with the drug.

Abnormal thinking and behavioral changes
A variety of abnormal thinking and behavior changes have been reported to occur in association with the use of sedative/hypnotics. Some of these changes may be characterized by decreased inhibition (e.g., aggressiveness and extroversion that seemed out of character), similar to effects produced by alcohol and other CNS depressants. Visual and auditory hallucinations have been reported as well as behavioral changes such as bizarre behavior, agitation and depersonalization. In controlled trials, < 1% of adults with insomnia who received zolpidem reported hallucinations. In a clinical trial, 7.4% of pediatric patients with insomnia associated with attention­deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), who received zolpidem reported hallucinations [see Use in Specific Populations].

Complex behaviors such as “sleep-driving” (i.e., driving while not fully awake after ingestion of a sedative-hypnotic, with amnesia for the event) have been reported with sedative-hypnotics, including zolpidem. These events can occur in sedative-hypnotic-naive as well as in sedative-hypnotic-experienced persons. Although behaviors such as “sleep-driving” may occur with Ambien alone at therapeutic doses, the use of alcohol and other CNS depressants with Ambien appears to increase the risk of such behaviors, as does the use of Ambien at doses exceeding the maximum recommended dose. Due to the risk to the patient and the community, discontinuation of Ambien should be strongly considered for patients who report a “sleep-driving” episode. Other complex behaviors (e.g., preparing and eating food, making phone calls, or having sex) have been reported in patients who are not fully awake after taking a sedative-hypnotic. As with “sleep-driving”, patients usually do not remember these events. Amnesia, anxiety and other neuro-psychiatric symptoms may occur unpredictably.

In primarily depressed patients, worsening of depression, including suicidal thoughts and actions (including completed suicides), has been reported in association with the use of sedative/hypnotics.

It can rarely be determined with certainty whether a particular instance of the abnormal behaviors listed above is drug induced, spontaneous in origin, or a result of an underlying psychiatric or physical disorder. Nonetheless, the emergence of any new behavioral sign or symptom of concern requires careful and immediate evaluation.

Withdrawal effects
Following the rapid dose decrease or abrupt discontinuation of sedative/hypnotics, there have been reports of signs and symptoms similar to those associated with withdrawal from other CNS-depressant drugs [see Drug Abuse and Dependence].

CNS depressant effects
Ambien, like other sedative/hypnotic drugs, has CNS-depressant effects. Due to the rapid onset of action, Ambien should only be taken immediately prior to going to bed. Patients should be cautioned against engaging in hazardous occupations requiring complete mental alertness or motor coordination such as operating machinery or driving a motor vehicle after ingesting the drug, including potential impairment of the performance of such activities that may occur the day following ingestion of Ambien. Ambien showed additive effects when combined with alcohol and should not be taken with alcohol. Patients should also be cautioned about possible combined effects with other CNS-depressant drugs. Dosage adjustments may be necessary when Ambien is administered with such agents because of the potentially additive effects.

What one do you like, if you know a different one that works well mention that too.

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Lunesta. Ambien gave me weird dangerous side effects. I ate in my sleep. I even drove in my sleep. I stopped them when that happened!

Do you hallucinate if you don’t go straight to sleep or what happens?

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I’ve never hallucinated. It’s made me feel dizzy…like I’ve had a few drinks too many. The closest thing to hallucinating I’ve experienced is sort of an illusion that things are moving. Like one night I was sitting on my couch, and I looked into my dining room and it looked like the chandelier was swinging back and forth. And because I can’t really think straight, I remember one night thinking that there was a person sitting next to me on the couch, when I was actually by myself watching television. It’s not that I actually “saw” a person…there was a pillow next to me, and I could see the outline through the corner of my eye, and I thought it was a person. It didn’t even occur to me that there wasn’t supposed to BE a person sitting there because I was home alone. I sat there for probably about twenty minutes, thinking that someone was watching TV with me, and then it dawned on me that it was just a pillow. I’ve had the same thing happen with other objects…thinking they were something they weren’t if I wasn’t looking straight at them. So it’s not exactly a “hallucination”, it’s more my brain not being able to properly identify objects unless I’m looking right at it.

Does this pill make you cry one minute and then laugh the next. ambien that my 15 yr. old daughter takes seems to do this to her. and I was told it’s not suppose to. She also has heart disease and takes other meds. Procardia 60 mg. Asprin 81 mg. , also get the Deppo, shot every 3 months.

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i would talk to her doctor that does not sound normal

just give me the side-effects in points form as i have to prepare an assignment.Paste link if possible

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dizzyness
low breathing and low Heartbit rate
sometimes coma

if you wanna to do Suiside then take the overdose of this two