Posted by elanor roosevelt on July 16, 2009, at 2:52:31
In reply to Thank You. , posted by John Bower on September 16, 2001, at 11:15:29
> It seems people have taken Ambien upto 2 years.
> Has anyone taken it for more ?
>
> Thanks again
> **
I took ambien for almost 10 years (with a break here and there to try other meds)this year ambien stopped working well for me and my pdoc would not let me go up to 20mg (even thought that's what I started on 10 years ago)
I tried Sonata and did fairly well but my insurance only covers 20 and I take 60 in the month
now I am off sleep meds because of $
not sleeping
am i addicted to sleeping meds?
no
before i took them i did not sleep much
even as a childa few things to watch with ambien:
1) take it when you are settled in bed w/a book cause it makes you stoned if you don't close your eyes and sleep
2) people who fight sleep on ambien experience mild hallucinations (i get wrinkly stuff in my periphery vision)
3)there is a window of opportunity to fall asleep and if you push past that you won't be able to sleep and you will have a headache
4) half life is 4 hours>
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