Weaseltine Cracker Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 In today's New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/14/health/1...artner=homepage A choice quote from the article about a 57 y.o. woman: "One day," she said, "I got up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latin Girl Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 This pill is wicked and evil!!!!!! I have done some crazy shit on this. I am on 10mg I have stop taking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 It just keeps me awake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Century Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 yeah, i used to wake up in the AM and find an empty fridge and a very messy kitchen. i also once bit a boyfriend and said "oh, i'm sorry, i thought you were a blue berry muffin." i've known a few people who have gained quite a bit of weight on ambien. i just think it's evil b/c i don't actually sleep on it, i just do insane shit while hallucinating, and then don't remember any of it the next day. bad news bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaRufina Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 The doctor from the Mayo Clinic wrote the paper based on five case studies over an 11 month period. Here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...l=pubmed_docsum And Dr. Carlos Schneck, who heads up the other study [which involves a whole 32 people who have sleep eating disorders and also use Ambien] estimates that ''thousands of Ambien users in the United States experience sleep-related eating disorders while taking the drug." Based on what? There are certain to be more complaints and more info on this specific medication right now regardless of whether its side effects are more distruptive or not simply because it is one of the most widely use hypnotic. While they did offer a differing explanation- sort of- it was weak, vague, and from a questionable source. Just please note the amount of spin that is often in these stories and check the sources. A lot of people are getting really upset over things that are very unlikely to occur. If you are going to choose treatment like that, there will be no options. It's best to find out the accuracy of the statements for yourself. There may be a link, but I don't see a reasonable article here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latin Girl Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 i also once bit a boyfriend and said "oh, i'm sorry, i thought you were a blue berry muffin." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophelia Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 i just think it's evil b/c i don't actually sleep on it, i just do insane shit while hallucinating, and then don't remember any of it the next day. bad news bears. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> same thing happens with me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybetinymaybesad Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 The doctor from the Mayo Clinic wrote the paper based on five case studies over an 11 month period. Here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...l=pubmed_docsum And Dr. Carlos Schneck, who heads up the other study [which involves a whole 32 people who have sleep eating disorders and also use Ambien] estimates that ''thousands of Ambien users in the United States experience sleep-related eating disorders while taking the drug." Based on what? There are certain to be more complaints and more info on this specific medication right now regardless of whether its side effects are more distruptive or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millie_O Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I haven't had unconscious food forays but I've definitely had memory loss, not to mention the addiction. It may not be a physiological addiction, but I'm totally hooked emotionally. I can't imagine life without ambien, which has never been a good sign in my experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikeMinded Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 That's odd, I've noticed the same on anything that's GABA-activating (zolpidem a year ago, but more frequently gabapentin or clonazepam these days). I've got the propensity to eat like all hell between the hours of 10 PM and 5 AM. Between 10PM-12AM it's definitely conscious (as I'm still awake and not too zonked from the meds), but I've occasionally awakened and eaten closer to 5 AM, only later the next morning to have recalled fragments of the event and note discrepancies in my kitchen. Fortunately (at least for me), I think my circadian clock plays a part in this - Any food I eat in what we call the 'morning' (5AM - 12PM) wreaks havoc on my stomach; I have no appetite then and always fast. I've never eaten 'breakfast' at a conventional time the past seven years (at most my morning meal's been a protein shake or small energy bar). I'm 'DSPS' anyways - I'd rather go to bed after 4 AM and wake up around noon. I think my body's just trying to compensate for the missing third meal (sometimes my stomach's so sleepy that I also can't take meal #2, aka lunch!!). Somehow, somewhere, I hear the world's smallest violin playing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realitytest Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 My son became psychotic on ambien (ages 14-15). That is, it triggered it. Did NOT go away when the ambien was discontinued. Keep meaning to write the company. Should be in their database. It's a strange drug. Mostly it's worked great for me (have been taking it regularly since it came out almost 10 years ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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