Ambien

[@Lopsa192]

These videos are perhaps the most helpful I have ever seen on these topics. As a chronic insomniac myself I always feel torn between taking medication and feeling fearful of becoming dependent on the meds. But he is right....really the insomnia doesn't just go away by itself and it is worse not to sleep in the long run. Ambien puts me out for 3 hours if I'm lucky. But some nights even to get that amount is better than none at all.

[@sidka84]

No,best were from Dr Mark Winer aka doctorofmind

[@8QQ8]

@Loops exactly! Im in the same boat...

[@vikrambansal1375]

Try mirtazipine

[@pmh1nic]

I don't think dependence should be an issue. Lack of sleep is terrible and CA really put stress on you physically and mentally. If you're not abusing it (taking more than you're prescribed) and you're getting the benefit (a good night's sleep) it seems to be a better option than suffering the damage done via lack of sleep.

[@johnylalrina1451]

Get well soon my friend. Only the one who suffers knows how you feel.

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

10 years on it. It is a life saver for me. When I first started it I would eat snacks at night right after I took it. I no longer have those issues. If you take it just make sure you get right in bed and go to sleep. Don't drink alcohol or mix with other benzos. This medicine gets a bad rap but it has been a life saver for Me and it is very effective.

[@Dlangguth]

Its great until it stops working. Then nothing works

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

@@Dlangguth what do you do now? I'm worried it will stop working for me. How do you cope now?

[@sl4983]

​@@DlangguthIt's worked for me for 5 years, perfectly.

[@Dlangguth]

@@sl4983 great, and if you're still on it I hope it stays that way and you don't become one of the people who struggles to get 3 hours of sleep.

[@Dlangguth]

@@isabellaflorentina7574 thankfully I don't have this but I've talked to a lot of people who do. Best thing to do is work with your dr to find something else.

[@steveburnett2019]

Starting my third year on Ambien, it continues to work most nights. Not happy being dependent but thankful to have it. No crazy stories or side effects. Ambien receives tons of bad press and testimonials online but Dr. Landows presentation here makes me feel better about my situation. Thankful for him.👍

[@LivHard]

My sentiments as well. Nothing’s worse than starting the day with only 3 or 4 hours sleep.

[@jenniferlee9029]

Do you take it every night . Thanks❤

[@steveburnett2019]

@@jenniferlee9029 yes, pretty much..otherwise it might take 3 hours of lying there to drift off, or seeing 5 am roll by and still no sleep.

[@sl4983]

Same here, thankful for him.

[@jgboys1]

Same here! It helps me decompress and get a good nights sleep. I could go days without out sleeping if I didn’t have Ambien.

[@SteveSnowman]

Nice. This Dr. has an incredible Brain. He nailed-it for us true sufferers of chronic sleep disorders ; sleep-onset and sleep maintenance.

[@sl4983]

He really does have an incredible brain and levelheadedness.

[@anitasanders4267]

BIG PHARMA IS AT FAUGHT! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SLEEPLESNESS DOES IN A LIFE TIME

[@anitasanders4267]

Every medication is just as bad!!!!!!!

[@anitasanders4267]

You have no idea how to talk to people

[@sl4983]

What an absolutely brilliant doctor.

[@themauriciobunch2442]

Ambien has really helped my sleeping patterns. Thank god for it. SO much better than Xanax or Ativan.

[@Magar6]

Hi Vicat, can I ask: How has it helped with your sleeping? (Since I have read that it's not advisable to take on a regular basis).

[@minkahed6724]

I don't know... sure, it works, but impacts from this drug is a lifelong battle. Trust me, as a former user, I know. Don't recommend it all.

[@bickyboo7789]

@@minkahed6724 like what impacts for example? Did you get physically addicted to the point of withdrawals or something? Is it too hard to sleep without it? Rebound anxiety after usage? I am curious.

[@minkahed6724]

@@bickyboo7789 All of it !!! If ya don't need it, don't use it. There's always a risk for addiction and it got me into a ton of trouble... almost ruined me permanently.

[@lukealadeen7836]

@@minkahed6724 how provide details

[@LeonardoLua]

Thank you doctor; every single video I find all the info I usually don't hear from my doctor.

[@DanielSRosehill]

As always, absolutely packed full of helpful information. Thank you!

[@jdryak]

Excellent video, both for the professional and layperson.

[@simonmortiz7428]

AWESOME VIDEO IT CLEARED UP A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS

[@surkey5055]

I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE VIDEO

[@freddydee270]

Great video. This, the guy gives the most information I've ever heard when he speaks about drugs.... Nothing is left to guess.

[@tyrel-fg7zf]

His dead

[@freddydee270]

@@tyrel-fg7zf He'll live on through these videos

[@alexelliottloughran93]

The part about developing bad habit after insomnia sets is was something new to me - after 12 years of Ambien use and lots of doctors (inc psychiatrists).

[@sl4983]

Psychiatrists? I thought they were for depression

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

@@sl4983 no my psychiatrist treats my insomnia. My regular doctor doesn't feel comfortable prescribing sleep medications. So I was forced to go to a psychiatrist. Psychiatrists help with all types of mental illnesses, but they are for medication management, not for counseling.

[@MyBenzoHell]

Best Dr period. You have taught me more than my counselor and my dr combined! I put them to shame now and Dr's don't like it when you tell them how ineffective some drugs are I love debating with my counselor haha. Great vids

[@beatriz-pt4zj]

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[@tyrel-fg7zf]

Valium uhmmm❤❤❤

[@LivHard]

Dr. Ken, thanks for the presentation. I’m 69 years old & prescribed Zolpidem over 3 years ago. I’ve tried heavy exercise as a remedy to anxiety, which works most days. Although Zolpidem 5 mg works well for sleep onset, I occasionally struggle with sleep maintenance when my sleep is interrupted for a bathroom break. I’m worried about the potential for dementia from long term use.

[@Spork123able]

Exactly the same for me

[@sl4983]

The medicines that can put someone at risk for dementia are the OTC meds like unisom or Benadryl, not Ambien. Even my sleep doctor agreed that ambien was safer and less harsh.

[@sl4983]

​@@Spork123ablewhat's the same for you?

[@hilljayden2122]

Many thanks, Dr. I appreciate your clear presentation and detailed information.

[@ericfelds6291]

Thank you for your comments about how irresponsible it is to prescribe antipsychotics for mild sleeping disorders, I have a tremor in both of my hands now that is currently making it difficult to type this reply due to a comically incompetent psychiatrist I had in boarding school prescribing. He prescribed seroquel and later olanzapine for the mild trouble I had initiating sleep for years

[@mqurashi8368]

Using this drug since 15 years. 5 mg every night. Helped me a lot. No major issue.

[@ahlemkht1054]

do u still take it?

[@sl4983]

It's the bomb

[@jenniferlee9029]

Are you still taking it?

[@BalkanDeputy]

He passed away at age 73, on March 11, 2022.

[@BalkanDeputy]

Dr Ken Landow.

[@leorospigg4520]

Man really? Rest in Peace 😢 He seemed like such a cool doc

[@sl4983]

There's a new study by the institute of psychopharmacology, showing that women actually do metabolize it faster and that the danger was overstated. It recommends treating with an effective amount rather than undertreating which leads to dangerous effects from prolonged less than optimal sleep.

[@lindawilson2589]

I really need 7-8 mg. My doctor tried prescribing that and it had to be 45 pills every 30 days. Insurance rarely paid that way though. I'm trying to get by on 5

[@sl4983]

@@lindawilson2589 My insurance gives a special authorization, thankfully

[@sl4983]

@@lindawilson2589 I need 10 at minimum

[@sl4983]

​@@lindawilson2589mdx

[@zakarestoffle3060]

I take ambein and I've been on it since 2007 and still works along side my halcion and trazadone and Ativan cause I have really bad chronic insomnia and I can stay awake for days if I didn't have n y sleeping medications mainly ambein thanks for the knowledge dr

[@winnysneece694]

Ambien saved my life. FELL ASLEEP TWICE DRIVING.. I had severe insomnia. DR at the time put me on Ambien. No adverse reactions. Depending when i ate supper. 5 mg Ambien would work and slept 4-6 hrs. NEVER felt humg over when i woke up. I lost weight anf felt great. Ambien Worked for 3 years. But then my doctor wanted to change my medication for NO REASON. NONE! Im BIOLOGICAL FEMALE AND next med Dr wanted to try nee med and it never worked. Now i suffer with anxiety BECAUSE OF SEVERE INSOMNIA and gained all my weight back. Thankful that dr retired. Terrible experience with that Dr.

[@williampatrick2971]

Doctors do that all the time. It sucks. It especially happens when you get a NEW doctor. Even if you’re prescribed something that you love and that works, they’ll get a power trip and take you off it so they can prescribe something THEY want.

[@sl4983]

I feel very well slept the next morning.

[@sl4983]

I hate when doctors try to change up what is clearly working. It's horrible.

[@sl4983]

Were you able to get the ambien again?

[@TitanicExpertJamesGrass]

I been on Ambien since it hit the market. Then switched to Ambien Cr when it was released. Been on 12.5 mg every night always works for me so been on ambien for many years

[@sl4983]

I don't like the extended release, too many colorings and extra ingredients. I prefer to break it apart and take a third or so if I wake up at night. More control and safer.

[@Goldmanvision]

Anyone else check all the titles of the books on this Doc's shelf? namely the giant gynecology book right next to the giant geriatric health book, front and center? It's like those two and a couple dictionaries. Doc's Bookshelf reveal at 20k subs. On a serious note, awesome video. Very informative and in-depth. Thanks doc.

[@freakydeaky2316]

I have a script for this drug, but am fearful becaues im taking other medications, and I don't want to sleep walk. My sister was taking it, and she got up in the middle of the night and left the house and walked through town to my brother's house and then back. She said she remembers a police cruser following slowly behind her, but that's all she remembers.

[@sl4983]

​@@freakydeaky2316 you can break it in half and start with a small dose.

[@greggucwa4543]

Great info. Thank you Dr..

[@wendylee635]

I took Ambien for 21 years , 1/4 or 1/3 of 10 mg two or three time a week approximately. Don’t have any side effects and it’s effective. Now I am trying to listen sleep music before I go to sleep , it seems work too.

[@victasshort1484]

Same here, I use 1/4 of 10 mg for about 10 years, but now switched to Kirkland signature sleep aid. 1/8 of 25mg help me sleep.

[@sl4983]

Yes I break it in half or thirds also

[@sl4983]

​@@victasshort1484What's the ingredient in that?

[@sl4983]

How is it going?

[@sl4983]

@@victasshort1484 What's the ingredient in the Kirkland?

[@y66llhuaweu98]

I love you doctor. Thank you for all your efforts.

[@szwedzkiPL]

Dr's passed

[@szwedzkiPL]

Dr's dead

[@y66llhuaweu98]

@@szwedzkiPL So sad to hear that. When did he pass? Was he ill?

[@sl4983]

​@@y66llhuaweu98 He was a brilliant doctor, hope there was no foul play.

[@garypalmer890]

If it’s so bad , BAN the dam stuff.

[@joshuaharrington5994]

I hate it how all the doctors do is tell you how bad sleeping pills are try being an insomniac more than half your life than doctor we’ll talk side effects

[@marichristian1072]

Exactly! I've had insomnia since I was a child. As a result, I was extremely accident prone because I was so sleep deprived. Ambien is a miracle drug for me.

[@yosoyatabey]

Exactly! Some people take and abuse these drugs and because they really don’t need it, is easy for them to be opinionated and have fun about it, for someone who cannot sleep without meds or someone who sometimes even on meds have a hard time sleeping, is a different story. I have been insomniac since I was 10 years old due to trauma, so I have spent about 21 years of my life without knowing how it feels to sleep and be rested unless I have meds to help it. I was on trazadone and after increasing my dose 3 times my doctor prescribed another med, but that one did not do it either, my doctor has now suggested this one and if that will help me sleep, I am down to try it, I don’t care about tripping, seeing aliens or having fun with a pill, all I need is to sleep. Only insomniacs will understand how important this is.

[@sl4983]

​@atabeyhealing2442 Yes!! How is it going?

[@pauliesarni]

Such Awesome Information!! 👏 Thanks So Much for your fabulous Counsel&Sharing Dr Ken.👍

[@jimfoster7986]

I took Ambien once or twice a week for nearly 15 years. I was prescribed 10 mg, but I cut them in quarters. A quarter was all I needed. It was a godsend. When I moved to another state my doctor refused to prescribe it. Instead he gave me Trazadone. I have to take it every night. It’s bizarre how doctors ignore what you tell them.

[@victasshort1484]

Try Kirkland Signature Sleep Aid. 1/4 of 25mg will knock you out. I used to take Ambien for 10 years, 1/4 of 10 mg but now switched to Kirkland sleep aid brand.

[@Look-at-yourself87]

Trazadone is an anti depressant with tiredness being a side effect… not a good medication for sleep

[@maristella287]

But Trazadone can be used to quit smoking ir alcohol, or benzodiazalibes. I quit a small amount if alprazolam this summer by using Trazodone. I am so grateful that I quit the Alprazolam. I figured it out on my own. I was more depressed during g the summer so we added Trazodobe and since I already wanted to quit the venzo I was using for sleep, and I read that it can be used to quit alcohol, I went ahead and over two to three weeks used it to quit alprazolam to sleep. I am relieved that I did that. I have never tried Ambien.

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

Wow. Trazodone was horrible for me. Could not get up the next day. I was so sedated during the day but I never actually helped me fall asleep at night. I hated trazodone. How do you like it? I like ambien because I have no hangover the next day. I usually wake up without any grogginess.

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

@@victasshort1484 what is it made of? Is it a supplement?

[@EdwardRhoads]

Rest in Peace. Dr Robert Kenneth Landow. Passed away on 3-11-22 at age 73.

[@sl4983]

😢😢

[@Callmethebreeze902]

I have super bad bipolar insomnia and my psychiatrist tried many different medications and finally the ambien cr did the trick. He didn’t just start me out on that med and dose. Bipolar patients that don’t sleep run the risk of mania which in my experience was pretty pretty bad.

[@Endtimescoming]

So I have apnea got on the machine ....a little over 2 years ago after falling asleep at the wheel going in the ditch luckily nobody was hurt. C-pap has worked great for me but several months ago now I took a new much more stressful job and I find I can no longer sleep through the night, Oh I can ussually fall asleep alright and on the machine I have very few apnea episodes less than is normal for normal sleepers even most of the time but I can no longer stay asleep past a few hours at night...I wake up my brain starts going and thinking on work and thats pretty much it for sleep. My sleep Dr the one who set me up with the machine just prescribed ambien. Last night was the first night I took it. I can tell you I slept mostly through the night woke up once but went back to sleep quickly. How ever my number of apnea events were significantly increased from one or 2 or sometimes even less up to 23 an hour. I decided tonight I will try the pill again if the apnea which has been low on the machine for a long time is significantly increased again I will go tomorrow night without the pill and just deal with being awake half the night and see how many apenea events I end up with....half a night of good sleep I am positive is worse than a full night of restless sleep.

[@GhostbusterGuy1986]

Sounds like the doc had some good things to say about ambien.

[@sl4983]

@@GhostbusterGuy1986 I consider it necessary.

[@johnmitchell8925]

I am so glad i found your channel cause it looks like i have to diagnose all my own ailments since my doctors are now lost in lol lol land

[@szwedzkiPL]

Dr is dead

[@sl4983]

Lol that is so true!

[@clintparsons3989]

I’ve been on it for years. Still works as good as it did the first time. I have bipolar disorder and good sleep is as important as any of by bipolar meds, so I take an ambien every night to make damn sure I get good sleep haha. You could say I use ambien as a preventative measure to keep my moods stabil. I don’t actually have a diagnosed sleep disorder like chronic insomnia Finding a doctor who was willing to prescribe it was very hard. Most doctors acted like I may as well be asking for crack. I have no idea why so many doctors are so hesitant to prescribe it because it has zero recreational value, to me at least. It doesn’t make me high and I never have the desire/need to take more than one pill. it just knocks me out and I sleep like a baby. I think it’s reputation for addiction and sleepwalking/driving/eating is greatly exaggerated. I DO let the regular generic pill dissolve under my tongue, though. I don’t swallow the pill whole. If you want to call that abuse you can but it works for me and has for years.I let it dissolve and absorb under my tongue that way it isn’t affected by what or how much I ate for dinner, which makes a huge difference in how well and fast it works.

[@minkahed6724]

You obviously didn't watch this video. 🙄 Get smart.

[@clintparsons3989]

@@minkahed6724 enlighten me with what I missed, oh learned scholar.

[@minkahed6724]

@@clintparsons3989 My comment went right over you and I dare say under you as well.

[@clintparsons3989]

@@minkahed6724 k

[@sl4983]

​@@minkahed6724 No it's more like you didn't.

[@akishab1]

Thanks so much for all beneficial information.

[@joeygamio4716]

Thanks doctor for this information

[@amirhosseinheidary2020]

Thanks a bunch dr.

[@59Disciple]

Good Man! Thank you Dr

[@alexisaac9032]

Ambian is a great medical intervention for sleep. It helps me.

[@PatrickOCnMD]

Helped me a lot too. Been on it safely for nearly 15 years. My prescribing Doctor just died recently. New Doctor says she just refuses to prescribe it for me. Am beside myself. Have 2 refills left then I will be without and will be a suffering insomniac once again. Am starting to really hate Doctors and Mainstream Medicine. Mainstream medicine sucks as far as I am concerned.

[@lukealadeen7836]

@@PatrickOCnMD 15 years is a long time. I just started. Has the medicine changed your cognitive abilities?

[@PatrickOCnMD]

@@lukealadeen7836 It might have had I not started supplementation for brain/cognitive functionality several years ago. I take a really good one. But I started supplementing because of my advancing age, not because I was taking Zolpidiem.

[@sl4983]

Amen to that, thank you Aventi-Sanofi

[@jenniferlee9029]

​@@PatrickOCnMDdo you take it every night?

[@vikasgupta1828]

Thanks

[@Eflodur]

They dont wear out. But a lot of people say that they have to raise the dosage to have effects after month of consume of ambien.

[@sl4983]

But then the doseage levels out at the appropriate amount for that person.

[@Fliim]

Unfortunately I’m pretty reliant on Zolpidem to sleep. I have most definitely had a lot of amnesia moments. Nothing serious. Just stuff like watching tv in bed and not remember any of it besides I know what show I was watching.

[@fergalbrennan4914]

How's your sleep now? I'm on Zopiclone, works well. Would be lost without it. I think that Zopiclone = Lunesta in the US.

[@sl4983]

Don't watch TV in bed when you've taken it to sleep.

[@sl4983]

@@fergalbrennan4914 Lunesta works well for you? What dose?

[@steveburnett2019]

Best information on the internet, he seems a bit more negative about sleeping pills in general on the other post, here he says Ambiens a “relatively safe drug.”

[@sl4983]

It is.

[@evanrudibaugh8772]

Two questions: What advice is there when even 10mg isn't enough to get to sleep? (On a bad night, I might need 20mg) Does anyone else feel a little grumpy/exhausted/tired/irritable the next day? Ambien has probably been the best fast-acting sleeping pill I've used. What experience do people have with other ones? I was not a fan of lunesta, but have not tried sonata, or restoril (which is a benzodiazepine instead).

[@clintparsons3989]

They make a 12.5 controlled release pill. Restoril doesn’t work as well, and is even more habit forming, but worth a shot.everyone react differently.

[@Jiu-Jitsu-Robot]

Tell you what, find a doctor that will prescribe the 10mg and 12.5 together. The pharmacy will fill them because they aren’t technically the same drug so state dispensing laws and pharmacy dispensing policy has no bearing on the combination. So that’s 22.5 mg a night that will certainly do the trick.

[@leahdavis8446]

@@clintparsons3989 I take the 12.5 Zolpidem CR I think it's called? I started off with regular Zolpidem, but it wasn't helping me stay asleep. These ones work a lot better in my opinion, but everyone is different! 😊

[@sl4983]

​@@leahdavis8446 Are they the blue round ones

[@sl4983]

No grumpiness or tiredness at all the next morning as you get good rest when you take the right amount.

[@danigirl22]

Your very insightful! I absolutely love you 😊

[@lilm1234]

Works okay for me in the CR. Not the immediate. Sonata work relatively well but it didn’t keep you asleep. Lunesta was a lost cause IMO..

[@bashasline]

I was able to quit smoking on CR.

[@jenniferbryn]

lunesta has a yuck taste. i could never get it out of my mouth. even throughout the morning i would taste it until it totally got out of my system.

[@sl4983]

11:55 How it works. Works on the alpha 1 gaba A receptor.

[@larrytate1657]

Can you do a video on THC and CBD? Thanks

[@nathanialbroadway2719]

No he won’t do those two lol !!!

[@nathanialbroadway2719]

Big Pharma wants you on there drugs !!!

[@sl4983]

​​@@nathanialbroadway2719No, actually the cbd makers want you using their products cause they're more expensive, and the sellers make the profit. I'd rather pay $2 for my zolpidem.

[@notnecessarily3681]

wonderful doctor highly informative...I have a question I used sleep with no problems..but last year I done an ear flush on both ears don't know what happened but after that I got extreme head pain in the back part of my head and at the top...went to e.r. done a cat scan but nothing was found...but ever since then I've developed chronic insomnia every night I will get 2-4 hrs of sleep every day...my eyes are sleepy but I can't even get drowsy to fall asleep ..now I'm on zolpidem 10 mg...it's works on and off because sometimes it doesn't help me fall asleep quickly as other times it does..plus I get a maximum of 6hr. top while on this..maybe I need to try the extended release or something else...but the mystery is why will all this happened after an ear flush or did the cat scan had something to do with it??

[@laveyan4353]

The CR is more expensive but way more effective. Half the pill puts you to sleep, the other half keeps you from waking up. You'd probably have better luck. Old comment just thought I'd share. ✌🏻

[@roscoebuns5264]

I need some so bad please help me!!!I can't sleep

[@priwncess]

You need Ambien?

[@roscoebuns5264]

@@priwncess yes

[@jacquelineentwistle5091]

I have zero sleep am suffering ended up in accident emergency ambulance took me there the doctor said to me he will get one of the mental health nurses to see me he said if they say you can have medication to help he said they will priscribe it when I spoke with the nurse I stressed it to her that I can not go on like this I told her if they won't help me I'm taking my own life can't remember the name of the drug she said they would give me she said it will help with anxiety make me relax help sleep she got the chemist to get it ready and she said she will bring it to me I was waiting she called me on my phone and said she spoke to the psychiatrist he told her I can't have it because its addictive if it help people they refuse to give it to me and its there that medication had more value on it than my life that nurse betrayed me and even told me I can trust her she could not even come to me in person and say it to my face she did on the phone that is really bad that they would not help me they wounder why the suicide rate is high they don't care

[@williampatrick2971]

When I ran out, I used wine- a lot of it. It took away the withdrawals and put me to sleep.

[@sl4983]

Zolpidem is the bomb!!!

[@germanshepherdmom1143]

But it has horrible side effects. Not worth taking it.

[@sl4983]

​​@@germanshepherdmom1143No, it does not have terrible side effects, at all. Very worth taking, for me and others here.

[@sl4983]

No it does not

[@mickcv4554]

Kinda trippin me out doc, wasn’t ready for this in your face speech. Side note: it can be incredibly addictive, at first seemed like why would you ever abuse this but one night a person could stay up accidentally and then they get that buzz and then they see why.

[@sl4983]

Couldn't understand a word you said

[@mickcv4554]

@@sl4983 ? Then you must be on it haha

[@annaberg1200]

This is a deadly tablet! I don't know how to get out of this hell they've created!

[@luavasconcelos1637]

How does one taper off ambien? I’ve been on Zolpidem for 6 months. I had no idea about all these drugs my doctor has prescribing me.

[@galacticwarrior7573]

Im not a med pro but I have experience in tapering off usually they lower ur dose at a slow and steady rate depending on the reason y ur quitting if ur quitting for health reasons they'll taper u off at a quicker rate than a person with no issues

[@stephaniesteed7653]

Did you get off the ambien?

[@sl4983]

Update?

[@luavasconcelos1637]

@@sl4983 yes, i am off since years now. I just quit.

[@stephaniesteed7653]

@@luavasconcelos1637 I am tapering right now and being successful so far but It took me longer than usual to get to sleep last night. Did you have any rough nights when you stopped? Please share it helps others.

[@daltonedenfield4601]

How much mg as a high does

[@sl4983]

Depends off if it's ER or immediate release

[@jimbrow83]

Generic ambien didn't work both nights up all night slept better before using it

[@59Disciple]

Yes you can get clumsy and fall the next morning you won’t realize there is some impairment good point.

[@24bellers20]

Zopiclone ruined my life. Horrible anxiety as it wore off. I was waiting for the next dose. Addiction is too easy with that drug.

[@sl4983]

That's not zolpidem. Is that Lunesta?

[@Tesseramous]

That was like a 90s informercial the best ad for ambien ive ever seen. I wonder if he gets paid by Sanofi. Saying ambien has no dependence/withdrawal issue a strong statement - I sure wish it didnt.

[@szwedzkiPL]

Rip dr

[@Magar6]

Is Ambien really as good as this doctor makes out in this video?

[@lukealadeen7836]

Yes it works. Take 10mg before sleep and put down your phone

[@sl4983]

Yes it is

[@DucatiQueen]

I been on Ambien 10mg for over two decades. Now they say long term use can cause Alzheimer’s 🤪 yay

[@bohomaturebabe]

I've been on it same length of time. Still got full cognitive ability and I'm 78. If I'd not taken it, I would have no cognitive ability!

[@sl4983]

I don't think that's true.

[@germanshepherdmom1143]

I’m suffering from a co morbid condition.

[@dreit899]

Topic about adrenal fatigue please

[@MikeyBAAZ]

Ill take zolpidem over trazodone

[@Callmethebreeze902]

Trazodone gave me the creepiest disturbing dreams when I woke up I was still freaked out.

[@brianseohio]

Please do a video on minocycline. I am using it for Lyme Disease.

[@DeviantMotives]

I try not to take it. I have tried everything, and they don’t work. Ambien sometimes work, but a lot of times it doesn’t. I just don’t get much sleep. I’m scared to take it with my breathing issues

[@isabelflowers2585]

Yes it was very helpful but what would happen if u take 2 ambien? Any body know?

[@bashasline]

I take a whole bottle in 3 or 4 days.The I've had insomnia since I was a preteen. I can't wait to have it filled every month and all I can think is "I'm going to get some sleep". I'm thinking that over and over till I get in bed. I think I take too many because they don't make me sleepy. I set traps for myself to see if I've gotten up. My sleep walking is always in the kitchen. Why can't I sleep walk and vacuum the whole house? I've woken up to food in the strangest places. I just rough it out when they're gone.

[@Mythics1]

@@bashasline you just spoke to me

[@vikrambansal1375]

@@bashasline how are you

[@crysstoll1191]

@@bashasline You are taking way too much zolpidem, talk with you dr. or do some research.

[@crysstoll1191]

2 (are you saying 6.25mg or 10mg.?) is not a big deal but you may develop a tolerance (sooner).

[@melwilliford2492]

I recommend a low dose clonazepam for people who have a history of sleepwalking 😍

[@alisonarmstrong8421]

It caused (ambulatory) sleep walking in an elderly friend who walked and fell down a long cement staircase and spent month in hospital as a result.

[@vondabyers9425]

My friend drives on it... its caused her to total her car... oh boy... cops just ask about drinking

[@laveyan4353]

It shouldn't be prescribed to the elderly. Same with benzos. Sounds like the prescribers fault. Most people don't experience those kind of side effects. They've been reported sure, though 99 percent of the time you'll be fine. Hope she recovered well.

[@pmh1nic]

I think that has more to do with the individual than the drug. The objective is to take Ambien to fall asleep. You take it after you're in bed ready to go to sleep.

[@jdoyle4811]

I came here because I visited a relative and he seemed to abuse the Zolpidem in a situation where insomnia is family problem. I was in the clinical research field so I felt like I could open his eyes after I educated myself on Zolpidem. Each person must make their decisions based on what their doctor tells them, what other educated people suggest, and more importantly what your body tells you. Zolpidem is addictive in some people so one cannot just seek information from biased sides.

[@ericfelds6291]

Based on this comment, I’m highly incredulous that you work in clinical research in any legitimate capacity. You sound like some college aged simpleton who’s trying to appear smart by writing a gargantuan wall of text to make this brilliant observation: ‘sometimes people abuse ambien.’ Wow you should win a Nobel prize, it’s not like it’s already a controlled substance. I’m stunned by how dumb you are, I’m trying to imagine myself in your head

[@dorothyschmahl8378]

I take 15mg Zolpidem js that bad I am 84 jrs old

[@TitanicExpertJamesGrass]

You are past the maximum dose you are supposed to take

[@sl4983]

Lucky you!!

[@maybenotsure5380]

I just take about 10 of em but they just make me feel happy nd like I'm neo from matrix.

[@TitanicExpertJamesGrass]

That's too high. You are ABUSING it.

[@bradleygovender5895]

I have been on 7.5mg for 2 weeks works like a bomb. . But last 3 days really not working . Could I be immune already ?

[@williampatrick2971]

Yep, time to take a full 10

[@Callmethebreeze902]

You can build up a tolerance. I was waking up at 2am again and my psychiatrist ordered a really low dose of remeron to take with it. It’s awful waking up at 2 every night and your body feels dead but your brain goes back to a spinning hamster wheel. It didn’t happen when I first started it.

[@sl4983]

​@@Callmethebreeze902So ambien to go to sleep and remeron if you woke up? Can you update?

[@Callmethebreeze902]

@@sl4983 even with the ambien cr I began waking up around 2 or 3 in the morning. It couldn’t keep me asleep as long as it was supposed to over time, so the remeron was added and now I do sleep solid all night and wake up at a normal time. And this is weird but the lower the dose of remeron it’s more likely to make you sleep. Can someone explain that? Lol

[@lakhbinderjitsingh7795]

👀🌞🌞two of them 😲

[@aqualane1]

Which is less harmful ambien or trazadone?

[@sidka84]

trazodone,that s for sure

[@CommonSenseIsntTooCommon]

Trazadone

[@lilm1234]

Trazodone for sure. It's not even a sleeping pill. It works, but you're better off with Zolpidem or Sonata. Doc's even use Seroquel for sleep. It's Ludacris. That's like giving clozapine for insomnia because of its sedation. Melatonin helps same with Valerian. If you wanna try OTC.

[@sl4983]

Less? Ambien

[@Rmon_34]

How does Ambien interact with Adderall in the morning?

[@MRGEEE3K]

Thats a good question, I was wondering that myself. I feel like the adderall doesn't work as well from a night after a night of ambien.

[@jukkao.parviainen8669]

Zolpidem is not accumulating like benzodiazepines. So surely you are clean after 14 days. My record for the day is 120+ zolpidem and still drove to home. Tolerance is going extremely fast through the roof, it has been said that zolpidem is hooking as fast as meth. Anxiety increases more you take.

[@Magar6]

This doctor is very positive about Ambien. He's an Only Fan lol.

[@sl4983]

What's that. And yes ambiens good

[@amberlorrainetennant2150]

Hi

[@inayakazi8330]

No it's addictive for me I started just for six month I took daily of 60 to 70 mg of zolpedium. When I get to know I am now a zombie behave like a Clam zombie. I quit the drug that day for a week or so I was experiencing strange feeling. I can't explain a week or so I was good . It's a good in small amount only. And 100 percent addictive

[@mechey10]

My Dr. is a real turd just prescribing 10 mg. You would think I was asking her for a million dollars.

[@inkey2]

@@mechey10 you are lucky to get 10mgs in this era of paranoid doctors. I only get 5mg pills.

[@mechey10]

inkey2 , have you noticed all the people on here who abuse this drug, just wanting to get high. Amazing

[@SR-ws7ef]

@@inkey2 Right?!

[@crysstoll1191]

60-70mg of zolpidem is absurdly high dose. Strange how when things are done wrong we get wrong results.

[@MikeyBAAZ]

Zolpidem helps

[@picantel]

Tried trazadone, Ambien, and Xanax and none of them worked at all. I use 30mg of temazapam and that works for me. I fall asleep in maybe 30m instead of hours but only sleep maybe 6 hours. I never got tired once on Ambien.

[@sl4983]

It's never made me tired either. I actually feel very well rested the next morning when I've taken enough of the zolpidem to get the right amount of sleep, more than 10 mg.

[@daniellehinton1286]

You should have not allowed doctor to change your medication!!

[@sgouletas1]

sounds like a shelf for drug companies as he's under playing the significant addictive effects and withdrawals symptoms that you get when you go off of it as well as underplaying how many people are ending up in the hospital because of this drug.

[@garyhubbard3459]

He's a cheerlead go "AMBIEN"

[@sl4983]

Here here!

[@sheilamore3261]

Trazadone 50mg seems to help me sleep so far it hasn’t called me no problem what do you think of that one?

[@sl4983]

I think he has a video on it

[@MrOsasco]

If you take a drug that creates dependence, you will never know.

[@daltonedenfield4601]

I took like 1 then 30 min felt non pooped 2 more waited a hour a lil different then popped more

[@___blaggard999___8]

Its not really a recreational drug, and if it does give you a high it wont be a nice one. Smoke weed drink beer dont take hypnotic sleep meds for a high, you lose control of yourself your memory goes and your brain goes doing weird and dangerous shit and you wont be able to stop it.

[@MrCyberShow]

Melt under tongue. Wait 10 minutes

[@tyrel-fg7zf]

​@@MrCyberShowHere you are again you drug addict

[@TitanicExpertJamesGrass]

Drug abuser

[@primeminister66]

Hallucination for sure

[@sweetwaterfilm]

Please GOD take Ambien off market/ loved one was in coma...!

[@Magar6]

I am sad to hear about that. Was the person driving when they had the accident? (One should not take Ambien 8 hours before driving?)

[@sl4983]

Uhh what happened

[@mikelopez3731]

I have not slept in 2 days and took a 10mg ambian and still no sleep...feels like i took nothing at all

[@sl4983]

Are you a big guy. Maybe you need 1 and 1/4

[@davidtodora6173]

Ambien work’s horrible on me. It gives me bad headaches! Including a hangover, as if you had 6 alcohol shots. The Dr gave me 60. I flushed them. And they call it a scheduled drug? Its not addictive to me at all. It should be illegal or taken off the shelf. Thank you Doctor!

[@michaelgeorge4643]

I used to do sooo many things to try to sleep, none of it worked. I read an hour before bed (paper books, not on a screen), I did vigorous exercise at the gym for 40 minutes 5-6x/week, I eat very healthy, I keep my mind stimulated. Melatonin and antihistamines gave me horrible side effects. Ambien has had ZERO side effects for me, in fact has improved my sleep and as a result, my quality of life. People who think drugs should be made illegal or extremely hard to get because of "addiction" need to get a grip. There are people who can't get benzodiazepines, opioids, or sleeping pills from awful doctors (EVERY time the young ones with zero clue or experience and watch too much news), and those people then go and ruin their own lives searching for street alternatives. These drugs were invented for a reason! The issue is addiction, not the drugs, because they work so well for many (myself included)

[@williampatrick2971]

SIXTY? They must be 5 mg then.

[@sl4983]

You must have been prescribed 1-2 per night as needed.

[@notyouagain7220]

Another option is Xanax

[@iitzfizz]

low potential for abuse? hmmm

[@MikeyBAAZ]

Sch IV

[@sl4983]

What's abuse

[@kennethsouthard6042]

I took a low dose of this stuff for two nights and it was like living in Alice in Wonderland. LIke a low-grade LSD. I didn't want to touch it again.

[@elinoreberkley1643]

It is worthless. took two and nothing.. made me a liitle sleepy but no sleep

[@ernestoconsuegra1970]

Ambien is horrible !!!

[@willieboyd79]

Why i have some havent tried it yet

[@ritajones7063]

I fully agree I took it and sleep walked.I wrecked my car in my drive way and don’t remember it also I lived by myself and I would get up in the morning after taking ambient and find shoes outside my closet lined in a row just strange I will never take it again.

[@dannywelsh9321]

cant wait too test it out