Posted by PaulB on June 30, 2001, at 15:46:36
In reply to Re: Ambien+ memory loss, posted by Autumn Despotis on June 30, 2001, at 15:14:52
> Any similar experiences here, tips to tackle these problems would be interesting to here?
> >
> >I had a horrifying experience with Ambien. Actually it wasn't horrifying for me, I don't remember a damn thing, my husband was certainly distraught, though! I had just started on Ambien, I couldn't get to sleep at all, so I stayed awake all night. Around 7 am I decided to take another pill to try to sleep again. That was my major mistake. After that I apparently forgot that I had taken a pill and took more. I ended up taking about 6 of them within the space of 2 hours. I also took an entire package of dramamine. Don't ask, I don't know why. My husband said I was running around the house looking for more pills to take. If he hadn't been home with me, I wouldn't be typing this right now! He ended up throwing me in the shower to keep me awake. He probably should have called 911 but they would have considered it a suicide attempt and locked me up for a while. That would suck. Either way, I don't have a solution for you, just be careful while taking this drug. I quit taking it, it's not worth the trouble I put my family through.You prove my point. It can be a dangerous medicine. Not that similar incidents with the benzodiazepines dont occur but when you think about Ambien, one of its clinical advantages is that tolerance to its hypnotic and sedative effect are not supposed to occur. Ambien clinical advantage may well be its clinical disadvantage. I got off lightly, but I bet there are some horror stories out there..........Just imagine, people wont be suing for addiction problems with downers anymore but dangerous behaviour under the influence of sleeping pills Oh lordy
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