Purposes:Fibromyalgia, Insomnia, and Restless feeling in legs(Started Jan 31, 2000)
Date
Dosage
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Insomnia
Perceived effectiveness
Restless feeling in legs
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Jan 04, 2011
10 mg
Daily
Jun 22, 2010
10 mg
Daily
Side effects:
Feel like a zombie, Bad mood, Feeling like a Zoombie and Hangover...., Tiredness, Feeling like I was hit by a Mac Truck
Date
Jan 04, 2011
Advice & Tips
If I can get 3 or 4 hrs. Yes! It's better then not having any. Taking this med. I make sure I'm in bed... It does make u do strange things....so that scared me. My granddaughter told me and my daughter.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Jun 22, 2010
Advice & Tips
I do sleep for 3 or 4 hours... It's better then NOT sleeping....
Purposes:Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Sleep problems(Started May 19, 2010)
Date
Dosage
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Pain
Perceived effectiveness
Sleep problems
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Dec 15, 2010
As needed
?
Sep 24, 2010
10 mg
Daily
Aug 18, 2010
10 mg
Daily
Jul 15, 2010
10 mg
Daily
Jul 09, 2010
10 mg
Daily
Jun 15, 2010
10 mg
Daily
Jun 02, 2010
10 mg
Daily
Date
Sep 24, 2010
Advice & Tips
This stuff erases my pain and stiffness and sometimes my depression, too. I developed a tolerance to the sleepiness.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Aug 18, 2010
Advice & Tips
It helps a lot with the pain but not with sleeping. So I have been taking it once a day as a pain reliever.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Jul 15, 2010
Advice & Tips
I have built a tolerance and almost all effects are gone now.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Jul 09, 2010
Advice & Tips
This medication takes away my pain completely. I have built a tolerance so that it doesn't put me to sleep as well anymore but I can take it in the evening and stay up till midnight and have all of that time pain free. I wish it was ok to take this stuff all the time as a pain reliever. I'm going to ask my doctor about all this next week when I see him.
Purposes:Fibromyalgia and Insomnia(Started Jan 01, 2008)
Date
Dosage
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Insomnia
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Aug 28, 2010
As needed
Slight
Moderate
Mild
Always
Not at all
Jul 27, 2010
As needed
None
Slight
None
Always
Not at all
Side effects:
Hangover effect in morning
Date
Aug 28, 2010
Advice & Tips
I've noticed two things:
Despite instructions to take and go directly to bed, this works best for me if I take about an HOUR before bed. (My Psych Doc said he's heard this often.)
This becomes LESS effective if I take for more than three days without a break of at least two days.
I love ambiem but it does have all the crazy side affects people talk about. Night eating that you don't remember. It will make you feel high if you don't fall asleep. Make sure you do not drive or leave your house on this stuff! Really, it can put you into a blackout state where you sleep walk and don't remember it. On the good side; it's the best sleep aid out there. You can fall asleep with-in a half an hour, sleep for a solid 6-8 hours and wake well rested. Also, sometimes I feel alot better (fibromyalgia wise) after taking it.
Purposes:Fibromyalgia and Sleep problems(Started Nov 21, 2008)
Date
Dosage
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Sleep problems
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Dec 12, 2008
10 mg
Daily
None
Moderate
Mild
Usually
Not at all
Side effects:
Grogginess
Date
Dec 12, 2008
Advice & Tips
It worked great initially, in fact the original dosage was too much but then after awhile it didn't really work at all. And when I do take it I have to be careful that I get AT LEAST 8 hrs or sleep or it makes my daytime sleepiness worse. Sometimes I have trouble falling asleep due to thinking about things I have to do the next day or other things going on in my life.
Updating results…
Moderate
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