I know what you're going through. My husband doesn't drink but will take 5 x 10mg pills at a time and then stay up. He takes them during the day, sometimes all day long, dosing up again with another handful of pills in the evening. He does this until the bottle runs out. It's been a nightmare for me and makes me dread the start of every month.
My 29 year old son died from ambien addiction
How did your son die for Ambien addiction?
I tried Ambien in the past and found it to be very effective so I took the doctors advice when he prescribed it to me 6 months after I relocated to Denver CO. My prescription came with 4 additional refills that cost me only .22 with my plan. I started taking this drug every night at bedtime and before I knew it my body became dependent on it. Please be reminded that I did not take this drug with alcohol nor did I take more than the prescribed 10MG per night.
I relocated at my new companies expense.
After 6months and about the same time I started taking Ambien my job performance started to suffer. I worked as a Territory Manager so I would always meet my direct report on the road. I received constant negative feedback on my reviews. My cognitive skills suffered in the mornings, I had memory loss, major depression, loss of enjoyment, disassociation and my social skills suffered
I never associated the problems I was suffering with this drug until it was too late. This went on for over a year and it was only after losing my employment that I looked into Ambien. I fell victim to every side affect that is associated to this drug.
This all commenced in July 2015 and I stopped taking it in September of 2016 after losing my employment Since being Ambien free for over 3 months,
I now reflect in horror on the past year while taking this drug and cannot believe that I fell victim to something that was so easily prescribed to me. I am having flashbacks of major depression, loss of life enjoyment, anxiety, bouts of anger and most importantly being terminated. Basically a whole year has been erased from my life and I need answers.
This is a short -term prescription only and yet I called in for 2 new prescriptions that had 4 refills attached without consultation, or concern.
A whole year of taking it has caused me irreparable damages and I want to know what the responsibilities of the prescribing doctor and manufacturer of this drug is and why I did not receive any verbal warnings or concerns about the ramifications of long term use of this drug.I am ashamed and angry for not catching the signs until it was too late. I want to sue my Doctor as well as the manufacture for Damages. Can I do this?. I am devastated at the position this experience has left me in and I cannot forget the damages that it has caused me . Has Anyone experienced this?
can we sue
Thank you
I relocated at my new companies expense.
After 6months and about the same time I started taking Ambien my job performance started to suffer. I worked as a Territory Manager so I would always meet my direct report on the road. I received constant negative feedback on my reviews. My cognitive skills suffered in the mornings, I had memory loss, major depression, loss of enjoyment, disassociation and my social skills suffered
I never associated the problems I was suffering with this drug until it was too late. This went on for over a year and it was only after losing my employment that I looked into Ambien. I fell victim to every side affect that is associated to this drug.
This all commenced in July 2015 and I stopped taking it in September of 2016 after losing my employment Since being Ambien free for over 3 months,
I now reflect in horror on the past year while taking this drug and cannot believe that I fell victim to something that was so easily prescribed to me. I am having flashbacks of major depression, loss of life enjoyment, anxiety, bouts of anger and most importantly being terminated. Basically a whole year has been erased from my life and I need answers.
This is a short -term prescription only and yet I called in for 2 new prescriptions that had 4 refills attached without consultation, or concern.
A whole year of taking it has caused me irreparable damages and I want to know what the responsibilities of the prescribing doctor and manufacturer of this drug is and why I did not receive any verbal warnings or concerns about the ramifications of long term use of this drug.I am ashamed and angry for not catching the signs until it was too late. I want to sue my Doctor as well as the manufacture for Damages. Can I do this?. I am devastated at the position this experience has left me in and I cannot forget the damages that it has caused me . Has Anyone experienced this?
can we sue
Thank you
I'm not addicted to ambien, I had a script for a few months & did some strange things in my sleep. One night after making a Sunday roast dinner I took ambien. The roast was huge, I wrapped it up & put in fridge for leftover sandwiches etc. While asleep I went to the fridge, took out this roast & without cutting it up or anything, gave it to my dog. After that I took all the salad dressing bottles out of the fridge, went to the dining room & placed them in a row on the floor & in alphabetical order for some reason. After that I ate a lot of the other leftovers & did more crazy stuff.
Needless to say my dog very happy about me giving him about 6 lbs of perfectly cooked roast beef. When I woke up the next day I started to remember a few things. There was a huge mess of food everywhere, it took a week to remember everything.
Needless to say my dog very happy about me giving him about 6 lbs of perfectly cooked roast beef. When I woke up the next day I started to remember a few things. There was a huge mess of food everywhere, it took a week to remember everything.
In July 2015, I was experiencing some difficulties with having a good nights rest and after receiving a clean bill of health during my annual physical I was prescribed Zolpidem by my doctor. I managed to take this medication for a little over 13 months and suffered adverse reactions to the many side effects associated to this drug. It was only after my termination that I would realize the irreparable damages to both my personal and professional life and I can only reflect on the past year in horror.
I associated the problems that I was experiencing to some personal issues that I was facing and failed to realize the severity of my behavior that was a direct result from taking this prescription. In fact, after doing research, I found that this drug is for short-term use only and should only be prescribed for 4 to 6 weeks without additional consultation. I not only received 5 refills on my first prescription, I managed to get an additional 10 more by just calling into to my doctors office. Each refill cost only .22 with my prescription plan. Within 2 weeks your body becomes dependent and since I have never taken a prescribed medication for anything other than sleeping I am ashamed for failing to learn more about the consequences of taking this drug. After all I did not drive a car while sleeping nor found myself cooking strange things late at night. I did however ,suffer a perpetual feeling of depression throughout the year and I experienced morning cognitive impairment, memory loss, and disassociation. As a responsible health conscious adult, it is incomprehensible to me that I failed to correlate my problems to a sleeping aide. I lost my JOB and am could have taken a FMLA had I known this f*****g drug was wreaking havoc on my body, STAY away from this drug. the FDA and the makers of this drug know that it is a problem in so many lives and yet they still allow it to be prescribed.
I associated the problems that I was experiencing to some personal issues that I was facing and failed to realize the severity of my behavior that was a direct result from taking this prescription. In fact, after doing research, I found that this drug is for short-term use only and should only be prescribed for 4 to 6 weeks without additional consultation. I not only received 5 refills on my first prescription, I managed to get an additional 10 more by just calling into to my doctors office. Each refill cost only .22 with my prescription plan. Within 2 weeks your body becomes dependent and since I have never taken a prescribed medication for anything other than sleeping I am ashamed for failing to learn more about the consequences of taking this drug. After all I did not drive a car while sleeping nor found myself cooking strange things late at night. I did however ,suffer a perpetual feeling of depression throughout the year and I experienced morning cognitive impairment, memory loss, and disassociation. As a responsible health conscious adult, it is incomprehensible to me that I failed to correlate my problems to a sleeping aide. I lost my JOB and am could have taken a FMLA had I known this f*****g drug was wreaking havoc on my body, STAY away from this drug. the FDA and the makers of this drug know that it is a problem in so many lives and yet they still allow it to be prescribed.
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I bout commited suicide because ambien ruined my life
How long was you on ambien? How did you get off of it? I've been using it for 7+ years.
Hi. I am struggling with Zolpidem for 14 years now. My addiction is way out of control. I need to take 10mg in the morning, 10mg during the day and at night 10mg just to sleep. I still keep on waking up and don't use the drug as a sleeping pill but more as a anxiety pill. It only makes me relax, but sometimes during the day, I can't remember some details of things that happend. I really need help to get of this addiction
Hello- my name is Marisa Mostek and I struggled with ambien addiction for seven years. I am a writer and editior as a profession and would love to share my story or collaborate.
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This is for the Guest/author,
If your book isn't finished, I'm also a writer. I wrote, exclusively, under the influence from the time I was 16 (when I was first published- magazine) up until last year when I ghost authored my first book (I'm 23 now). I've also been to treatment, not solely for ambien, but she was was always who I kissed at night. I have some pretty intense stories I would like to share with you, and also hear yours, whether or not they would make it in your chronicles? I also have stacks and stacks of poetry inspired by the drug. Would you consider posting your email?
If your book isn't finished, I'm also a writer. I wrote, exclusively, under the influence from the time I was 16 (when I was first published- magazine) up until last year when I ghost authored my first book (I'm 23 now). I've also been to treatment, not solely for ambien, but she was was always who I kissed at night. I have some pretty intense stories I would like to share with you, and also hear yours, whether or not they would make it in your chronicles? I also have stacks and stacks of poetry inspired by the drug. Would you consider posting your email?
Did you wind up with your brain all screwed up after like depression lost sense of well being? I'd did and I also have hypertension that developed over 8 years of use very similar to you I got the hypertension 2 years into taking ambien I still exercise now but when I developed the hypertension I had been running regularly lifting weights 5-6 days a week and eating almost nothing but fruit spinach and fish for over a year straight totally feel taken advantage of by zolpidem in the worst way they lied and took my health in my prime
Did your wife ever have a seizure while being addicted to ambien?