ambien use

Hey was wanting to see if anyone could shed some light on this for me. I have been up 51 straight hours with one nap in between, and I have a full work day ahead of me and really in need of SOME sleep. Anyways detoxing from hydrocodien today is day 25 I've been off opiates, and didn't want to risk taking something that can affect my healing process. My uncle gave me 2, he knows my current situation and it said ambien wasn't an opiate and could help.

If he took it every day then he will definitely get some withdrawal symptoms. Ambien is generally not meant for every day long term use as a sleep aide. It can be addictive. Rozerem is a much safer option which is non addictive and works exactly like melatonin to adjust the sleep cycle. You can't determine long term side effects from a medication after two days. The body takes a while to adjust. They are always rebound symptoms as well.

s designed to help you sleep like Ambien, not a benzo. And remember, all of them are habit forming and some are addictive if you use them regularly, so natural is a better way to try first; the medications will always be there if you need them.

is it ok to use ambien to help me sleep coming off of vicodin.

Thanks for the info. I don't think I'll get over the anger or mood swings until I get off of ambien. I'm 29 days off of hydrocodone. I think ambien has the same side effects as hydrocodone. I just want to be drug free!!!

If you use it to help with withdrawals such as insomnia, that's what it sounds like you asking, you're only substituting another drug in place of the other(s) . Then again, it's probably worked as a 'bridge' for some people to make the withdrawal easier. But as mentioned above, it is addicting and often just prolongs the process more.

Thank you both for your replies.

I agree with Rosy, I took Ambien to help me sleep because of the RLS then took amitriptyline to get off the Ambien. Now I'm back on the Ambien. It's best to just bite the bullet and get it over with. Keep posting.

I'm 16+2 my dr prescribed me ambien..I'm scared to take it as I've seen what it does to my mom...anyone not have bad side effects like sleep walking, sleep driving or hillucinating?

i have been using ambien for many years now. i used the ambien and it's generic form zolpidem. it has always work up until two months ago when apparently the pharmacy changed suppliers. i took the little round purle pill up until then and now i take a white oval one. This one does not seem to be working as well and the side effect just seem wierd Does anyone think that the new manufacturer product is inferior and has anyone experienced this?

For sleeping my Dr told me unisom. It has the same stuff as benedryl to knock u out. I've heard of doctors prescribing ambien but I'm very warry about what I put into my body and I know that ambien is a benzo, same as xanax, and I wouldn't want to become dependent on it..

Is ambien good to use during withdrawl? Also does anyone know if ambien can be prescribed at dosages larger than 10 mg, like take 1-2 as needed?

While I was in the office, I forgot to ask whether this new drug could interact with the Ambien, so I stopped taking the Ambien until I could see my doctor again. About a month went by in which I did not use Ambien at all. During this time, the abdominal pains gradually lessened over a period of weeks, and eventually disappeared.

You might want to see if the Dr will switch you to say lunesta and see if you can use that while getting off ambien or when you tapered low enough to jump and switch. Good luck.

ambien, lunesta) are not addictive. Widespread Z-drug use is still kinda new in the states and some people do appear to exhibit heavily addicted behaviors. Benzo withdrawal (in this case Xanax) can kill. Be very careful with this. You might want to read the Ashton Manual (a copy can be linked to from www.benzodocs.com). It has a lot of good info. There are even sites linked to about finding Ashton friendly doctors in your area.

I saw this on ehow...anyone use melatonin to stop ambien? You take 9mg melatonin with the lowest dose of ambien for a week, the next week, 6mg everyday, with lowest dose of ambien every other day...eventually you end up only taking 3mg of melatonin. I guess I'll give it a try... I'll let you know if it works.

yes...it is less addictive...but anything that u use for sleep can cause dependence..ambien is not as addictive for most as benzodiazepines but is addictive for many especially if used over a long period of time....

I couldnt sleep last night and took an ambien for the first time in awhile and I have to say those are bad pills. I always thought they were okay for me but I made the mistake of taking one and not going to bed right away and I have no recollection of what I did for the last half hour before bed. I was just reading my post to Courtney and I cant even remember typing it -- let alone what it said.

r u sure it is the ambien? it could be a mixture? all 3 drugs aggravate depression and out of the 3 ambien is categorized as the least addictive of the three drugs u r taking.....i would talk to my doctor and find another alternative for sleep....taking these every night could get u into trouble..have u tried the natural sleep aids like melatonin, valerian, etc?

you can defintely become addited and abuse ambien, since I myslef had my own problem with ambien. I not knowingly after a year and a half of nightly use had an addiction for ambien, luneseta, any sleep aid I could gt prescribed for me. It is relatively easy to ge tthem prescribed for you, but using them in alrge amounts and every night will defintely present a problem, causing addiction and withdrawal from stopping use.

Ambien is generally meant for short term use. Lunesta can be used long term. Rozerem is another good sleep aide and specifically better than either of those two because it being derived from melatonin adjusts the sleep cycle. Anti-depressents can sometimes set off mania in a person with bipolar so I'd be concerned that's what might be going on but they are sometimes needed.

t know if the memory loss is from my prior opiate use or if it is from the ambien. It just seems like everything is foggy, and I have a hard time concentrating on little things. I usually take it around 11:30 at night, and if I wait to take it later my legs get weak, and I get really anxious. Is that my body craving it. I have tried not to take it and I was literally up all night until 6 in the morning. Could it be that I am having withdrawl from ambien just as I did from opiates.

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