Posted by SLS on May 7, 2000, at 20:52:28
In reply to Re: ambien and memory loss, posted by LK on April 29, 2000, at 15:09:44
> > Please let me know if anyone else out there has had "blackouts" from ambien. I literally have no recollection of certain events, although people tell me about them. Like not remembering phoning people. I just started ambien less than a week ago to help with micro awakenings from celexa. I still wake up 2x a night, but am a bit scared of this ambien. Please help if you can. Thanks very much. Jacquie
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> I took ambien for about a year. The whole year is almost lost to my memory. I have forgotten even seeing movies I have seen before, and I saw them during the day when theoretically no ambien was in my system. I went sailing in the Caribbean (I remember I went) but dont remember what islands I visited. I have been off it for three months now, and am fine again with a good memory, but a whole year of my life is lost to my recollection.
> LK
Just an observation:Amnesia emerged as was one of the biggest complaints of people who were taking Halcion (triazolam), a potent benzodiazepine used for sleep. This would even occur to people who used it only occasionally to prevent jet-lag during air travel. Like Ambien (zolpidem), people often awaken just a few hours after taking it. Although belonging to different drug classes, both Ambien and Halcion have extremely short half-lives. Perhaps there is a connection.
Does anyone know if there are any similarities between Ambien and Halcion with regard to the "truth-serum" effect?
- Scott
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