Wellness

[SANNA]

I have been using Ambien for a few years now. It helps me through my menopausal time. Except for night munchies I did not have any side effects. Some days it almost doesn't work, but 99.9 % time it works. I also use it on my international flights. I take 5 mg.

[this is my nic]

Ambien caused me to walk in my sleep!  One morning my husband asked me if i was waxing the kitchen counter with honey.  Evidently, I got up during the night and spread honey all over the counter.  It happened one more time, although not with honey!  That's when i did some research and learned that sleepwalking is a common side effect with Ambien.  I stopped taking it! 

[ladygirl]

I love ambien.  Used to cut the 10 mgs in half and now doctors will only prescribe the 5 mg and so it then costs more money cause you get less.  But I prefer the 5.  I can't even text or read FB on my phone 10 minutes after taking it.  I have to go to sleep, I cannot function!  

I had better figure out what to do and eveyrone else, my doctor informed me that they lowered the dosage allowed to 5 mg because patients complained to manufacturer of sleep walking and now they are taking it off the market soon.  Bummer.  It's awesome.  Why can't people who sleep eat and sleep walk just NOT TAKE IT!  Geez.  So start hoarding! lol

Doctors make money off the drugs companies by selling drugs.  I have mentioned many times to the doctors once when I took restoril for my crohns because they say I need way more sleep than I was getting, and that I feel like I'm dependent,  and now with the ambien as well.  They say as long as you work and can function normally, continue to take it!  So now I just agree, its way better to sleep than not sleep.