_Sky
Legendary Wise Elder
Registered: December 2003
Posts: 26566
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Review Date: Mon November 6, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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none
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Causes amnesic sleep walking, eating, driving
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This medicine is a combo of the regular ambien touted to help you fall asleep within ten minutes, and another time release that keeps you asleep. It did neither for me.
While taking this medicine I gained 18 lbs in less than 4 weeks, due to my (amnesic) going out (driving an auto) and eating at all night fast food joints. My only "rememberances" were the receipts or bags from the places I found the next day. It did not help me fall asleep fast, and after an hour when I thought I was going to sleep is the usual time I was going out and about!!! Horrible.
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Pshack777
New Member
Registered: November 2006
Location: Missouri
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Fri November 17, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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????
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Maybe I was jus one of the few, but ambien cr neva worked for me. I had no success w/ this drug. I still had racing thoughts and paranoia that kept me up.
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okiedokie
Poohbah
Registered: November 2006
Posts: 1441
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Review Date: Tue November 21, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Gets to sleep quickly
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Develop dependence.
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Recommend for short term use only.
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Review Date: Thu December 28, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $30.00| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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works great...
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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...only if I take it w/ Trazadone as well
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Ambien CR + Trazadone worked great as a sleeping pill. Random thing... my pain doc suggested it. Have been taking it on and off since it came out and no tolerance yet.
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adamsgirl
Junior Member
Registered: July 2006
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 25
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Review Date: Sat March 3, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $3.00| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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it worked
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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i had to continually increase the medicine over time
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helped me immensely
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lunakit
Visitor
Registered: April 2007
Posts: 12
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Review Date: Thu April 12, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 6
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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fell asleep FAST!
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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didn't last all night
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Ambien put me to sleep FAST but didn't last all night and the longer I took it the shorter my sleeptime became. For me, Lunesta works better.
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infinitetherapy
Visitor
Registered: June 2007
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Fri June 8, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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can work long-term
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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not for everyone
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I took ambien for years, worked great, now take ambien cr, works great, take a short drug holiday occasionally. Tried everything with sleep doc...finally can sleep after 35 years of insomnia.
My father had the severe side effects...amnesia, cravings, etc. Had to stop immediately. It was NOT for him.
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DavidL
Visitor
Registered: June 2007
Location: Boca Raton, Florida 33433
Posts: 6
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Review Date: Tue June 12, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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So far, Ambien is the only sleep medication that consistently helps me fall asleep. Actually it puts me out like a light! My tolerance has increased, but not by drastic proportions relative to how long I've been taking it. I'm lucky, in that I don't ha
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Like several others who have posted, I too, have experienced a definite amnesic effect-something as slight as not remember what I was watching on TV when I fell asleep, to the more severe-like making phone calls, with no recollection of doing so the next
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My most severe experience, was an e-mail that I sent to my brother one night, which was complete & utter gibberish. I have absolutely no recollection of sending it & certainly would not purposely do so. I have found it relatively easy to control this, as long as I wait to take it until I am IN BED!
Despite these cirucumstances, it is by far the best sleep aid I've ever taken & I feel fully refreshed the next day. (This is probably the result of its shorter half-life). Every other treatment I've tried made me groggy & irritable the next morning.
(I too, have been instructed to take it with Trazodone).
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Prada
Member
Registered: August 2007
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Posts: 33
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Review Date: Fri September 14, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Actually helped me fall asleep and stay asleep all night.
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Didn't seem to work after a month of taking it.
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I know many people that have taken it with success. I, however, did not. Didn't seem to help me after the first month or so.
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Sultrysorrow
Member
Registered: October 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 50
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Review Date: Mon October 22, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Are you kidding?
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Put in a hypnotic state and you won't know what happened until the next morning.
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This stuff is the worst stuff I've ever taken to help with insomnia.
It would work for a day or two and if you wake up in the middle of the night. Might as well stay up cause you ain't goin back to sleep.
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haleyshea
Visitor
Registered: December 2007
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Tue December 4, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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I slept like a baby, but I didn't feel drugged
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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very odd dreams
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I only took this medication for a little while because I had to switch off of it because of potential drug interactions with a new medicine I'm on.
However, I really enjoyed it and it helped my insomnia. I took it and I didn't feel like I was being sedated, I could stay up if I wanted to. But once I went to sleep I slept all night where before I would wake up about once every 2 or 3 hours.
I did have really strange, slightly frightening dreams though.
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MellyCat
Visitor
Registered: February 2008
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Wed February 13, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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sleep a full 7-8 hours and wake up refreshed (see review), doesn't make me feel loopy, has helped my insomnia
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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only works if you're ready to go to sleep, binge-eating right before falling asleep, falling asleep with food, talking nonsense
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While Ambien CR has definitely helped ease my insomnia, alone it often does not have any effect. Until recently I was taking Ambien CR (12.5mg) plus 300mg Seroquel and 100mg Trazadone to be able to sleep somewhat regularly. I am happy to say I'm weening off of Seroquel and have been off the Traz. for several months. I don't feel dependent upon Ambien, mostly because I know it isn't a fool-proof solution to insomnia. Also, and this may be a side-effect of the Seroquel as well, I have gained a lot of weight because of late-night cravings for high-fat foods (like peanut butter...half a JAR at a time!).
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thalia23
Visitor
Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Wed February 27, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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fall asleep in about an hour
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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feel groogy next day and i don't recall events when i take it
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i think it works except i dont remember things within 10 mins of taking(my husband tells me what i'd say and do) i do sleep all night i just feel groggy the next morning.i also take lexapro.but i think that in the evening.i dont binge eat ..i just go to bed.
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adjuster
Junior Member
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 18
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Review Date: Fri March 7, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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I sleep hard and wake up rested
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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I have amnesic. I feel like I am on acid.
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I liek the fact that I really sleep well. But the amnesic is really bad. I have left my house 4 times and have had my husband or kids tell me about it the next day. I have shopped, drove, eatin and don't remember any of it. My husband says I seem so drunk after I take it then anything he has ever seen. He says I am difficult to deal with. And I now tell him when I am planning on taking it and he makes sure I don't leave the bedroom.
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Gianna
Visitor
Registered: October 2007
Location: NC
Posts: 11
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Review Date: Wed July 23, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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helped me sleep 2 nights
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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extremely addictive if used daily
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addictive substance that was ineffective as well
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skittleburst14
Visitor
Registered: August 2008
Posts: 9
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Review Date: Thu August 14, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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perhaps good for very occasional use?
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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amnesic states, terrible sleep quality, EXTREMELY addictive, pro-depressive
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I was actually prescribed this medication at the max dose for a year, if you can believe that (by a psychopharmacologist, no less!) I have spent many years struggling with insomnia - late sleep onset, or waking up too early, or too many times, etc. The first week I was on this, I thought, WOW! This is FANTASTIC!!!! I'm finally falling asleep, and it's soooo good to sleep for nearly 8 hours at a time! And then... very soon after that it was impossible to sleep for any amount of time without it. My doctor increased the dose. That worked for a month, after that I needed it just to get 4 hours of straight sleep, and after THAT, I went through a prolonged depression and was barely functional in school/work. Lunesta is MUCH better as an occasional sleep aid, but the BEST sleep aid on the market right now I'd really have to say is Provigil. Nothing has ever allowed me to sleep and wake up normally. I don't know how it works, it just does.
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