Posted by terra miller on June 29, 2001, at 21:44:47
In reply to Ambien+ memory loss, posted by PaulB on June 29, 2001, at 18:55:33
I'm not sure how helpful this will be. I don't take ambien every night. Initially I was put on it for two straight weeks because I wasn't sleeping and I needed to rework my inner sleep clock (it worked). Since then I take it when I need it.
I notice that the more nights in a row I take it, the more likely the shortterm memory loss is. Also, the higher the dose the more likely as well. I can do fine at 10mg, but I've had to take 15mg a few times.
One suggestion I have, which I follow myself, is to go directly to bed once you take the ambien. Don't go anywhere else! Don't putter around. Go directly to bed. Otherwise, you can end up all over the house, on the computer, on the phone, who knows where and you think you are fine at the time but you are NOT. You wake up in the morning and then you begin to discover "what you did last night." If I go directly to bed, I don't have shortterm memory loss because I've been sleeping.
That's what I recommend anyway. Really. Go straight to bed. -Terra
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