You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser. PatientsLikeMe relies on JavaScript and Cookies to deliver the best possible experience to you. How do I enable JavaScript?

Zolpidem Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

Most Popular Types: Ambien, Ambien CR, Zolpidem ER (Show all)

See patients taking Zolpidem

Sort by: Helpfulness | Most Recent

151 patient evaluations for Zolpidem

perlevennen

Data Quality: 0 stars
- Sex: Female
- Age: 47y
Condition: Hypothyroidism 3 additional condition(s)
Quality of Life:
- Social: None
- Mental: None
- Physical: None
I am: Very good
by perlevennen
See perlevennen's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Insomnia *(Started Aug 24, 2001)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 10, 2011	15 mg Daily	Major	Moderate	Always	Not at all

Date: Sep 10, 2011
Advice & Tips: Don't like to take these, but can't go to sleep without. Easy to get addicted
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

BlessedByTheThorn

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Some

Fatigue: Some

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: Most

function: Some

external_stress: Most

Stickman: some
Description:F50y
FM:6y Dx
by BlessedByTheThorn
See BlessedByTheThorn's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Unrefreshing or poor sleep *(Started Jan 01, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 05, 2011	5 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	A little

Side effects:: Groggy in morning

Date: Sep 05, 2011
Advice & Tips: I've found that to take a whole one, even followed by 8 hours of sleep, leaves me feeling hung-over in the morning and concerned about driving. When I break it in half I'm not hung over but I don't sleep as well.
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

Mrpag13

Data Quality: 1 star
- Sex: M
- Age: 25y
- Duration: 16 yrs
PRO survey: PRO 3
Quality of Life:
- Social: Severe
- Mental: Moderate
- Physical: None
0 seizures

85 weeks ago
by Mrpag13
See Mrpag13's full Zolpidem history

**Purposes:** Insomnia and Insomnia *(Started Dec 06, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Insomnia Perceived effectiveness	Insomnia Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 01, 2011	10 mg Daily	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Somewhat
Jan 13, 2011	10 mg Daily		Major	None	Always	Not at all
Dec 27, 2010	10 mg Daily		Major	None	Always	A little
Dec 20, 2010	10 mg Daily		Major	None	Always	Not at all
Dec 13, 2010	10 mg Daily		Moderate	Moderate	Always	A little

0 helpful marks

dsseak

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Most

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: Little

Stiffness: All

function: Little

external_stress: Some

Stickman: most
Description:F45y
CFS:4y Dx
FM:4y Dx
by dsseak
See dsseak's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Insomnia *(Started Sep 01, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 05, 2011	12.5 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all
Dec 04, 2010	12.5 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all
Oct 04, 2010	12.5 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all
Aug 20, 2010	12.5 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all
Jun 05, 2010	12.5 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Dec 04, 2010
Advice & Tips: I am hoping to cut back and my doctor has said I can start taking it every other day. As long as I take my muscle relaxant and pain meds this works pretty well. After a couple weeks I cut back to every 2 nights and got very sick. We are not sure if it was a withdrawal reaction, which we think is unlikely, or something else. With fibromyalgia it is hard to tell. Now I have to take a blood pressure med 3 times a day to keep the cold, clammy, sweats and unbearable weakness away, and I am back to taking the ambien every night.
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Date: Oct 04, 2010
Advice & Tips: I am gradually cutting down. I am currently taking the Ambien CR every other night. That wasn't an option under dosage.
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Date: Aug 20, 2010
Advice & Tips: Works well when I take it with 15 mg MS Contin. Alone was better than nothing, but I was still waking in pain often and hurt so much by about 4AM that I still wasn't getting enough sleep. It wasn't strong enough to overcome the pain.
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Date: Jun 05, 2010
Advice & Tips: With fibromialgia we need more non-REM sleep. I don't think it is give me that, I still talk and toss and turn, but some sleep is better than no sleep. I used to sleep 3-4 hours if I was lucky, now I can generally sleep 7 with only waking up about 2 times. Even then I fall back to sleep quickly.
Cost: $50-99 monthly

0 helpful marks

1988transplantpatient

Data Quality: 1 star
- Sex: M
- Age: 26y
- Organ: Kidney
Quality of Life:
- Social: None
- Mental: None
- Physical: None
1. Kidney : 24y Transplanted
by 1988transplantpatient
See 1988transplantpatient's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Insomnia *(Started Apr 04, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 01, 2011		Major	Moderate	Always	Not at all
Apr 30, 2011	As needed	Major	Mild	Always	Not at all
Apr 02, 2011		Major	Moderate	Sometimes	Not at all
Apr 14, 2010		Major	Moderate	Sometimes	Not at all

Date: May 01, 2011
Advice & Tips: I started getting panic attacks for no reason. I suspected possible interaction with atenolol so the dr offered me trazodone since its like a 2 in one for anxiety and insomnia.

Date: Apr 14, 2010
Advice & Tips: I RARELY take this. Only if I REALLY need to and I'm having severe sleep trouble where I need one night of good rest, or I have something important the next day where I NEED good uninterrupted sleep. The side effects are you get high off of it and you hallucinate. It's strange and yet another reason why I rarely take it.

0 helpful marks

sleavell1

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 19 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by sleavell1
See sleavell1's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Doctor recommendation *(Started Sep 02, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 19, 2011	10 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Somewhat

Side effects:: Excessive sleeping (hypersomnia)

Date: Apr 19, 2011
Advice & Tips: accept higher dose for first few weeks, then lower it.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

0 helpful marks

Txredhead

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Most

Fatigue: All

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: All

Stickman: all
Description:F51y
FM:22y Dx
CFS:25y Dx
by Txredhead
See Txredhead's full Zolpidem history

**Purposes:** Increase effect of another treatment and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome *(Started Jun 16, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Increase effect of another treatment Perceived effectiveness	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 23, 2011	10 mg Daily	Major	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Drowsiness, Sluggishness, Dizziness, Headaches

Date: Mar 23, 2011
Advice & Tips: Taking the Ambien along with the Temazepam, helps me sleep deeper. Taking one or the other, I continued to have interrupted sleep.
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

kkate7

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Some

Fatigue: Most

Sleep: None

Stiffness: Some

function: All

external_stress: Most

Stickman: some
Description:F31y
CFS:?y
FM:12y Dx
by kkate7
See kkate7's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Insomnia *(Started Dec 21, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 20, 2011	5 mg Daily	Major	Moderate	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

Mrs. Rickster

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Little

Fatigue: Little

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: Most

function: Some

external_stress: Most

Stickman: some
Description:F52y
FM:21y Dx
by Mrs. Rickster
See Mrs. Rickster's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Insomnia *(Started Oct 20, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 15, 2011	10 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Mild	Sometimes	Very

Side effects:: Sleep-related eating with amnesia

Date: Mar 15, 2011
Advice & Tips: One 10mg tab was never enough to induce sleep. I always had to take another tab about 6 hours later, which would allow about 3 hours of sleep. Just not enough. If the doctor would have allowed me to take 2 tabs at once, it would have worked well, as it used to with my Doc in Cincinnati. Early years taking Ambien caused amnesia if my husband were to wake me up for one reason or another, and I did get up and eat at times without memory, but I never left the house as I have heard reported. The sleep was very comfortable when the drug worked. And no morning hangover effect. My new primary phys. rec. I stop the Ambien, and try Deseryl, even though I've tried it in the past without effective results. But, maybe with my different regime of meds at the present, will make a difference.

0 helpful marks

kenny a

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

ALS: 11 yrs

Ventilator Wheelchair Feeding tube

Bulbar: moderate

Arms: severe

Chest: moderate

Legs: severe
by kenny a
See kenny a's full Zolpidem history

**Purpose:** Insomnia *(Started Feb 22, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 15, 2011	5 mg Daily	Moderate	Severe	Usually	Not at all

0 helpful marks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 16 Go to the first page

First

Prev | Next Go to the next page

Last