Ambien 

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.👍

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.

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.

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

What an absolutely brilliant doctor.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Excellent video, both for the professional and layperson.

Very informative presentation. 👍 👍

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).

Thanks so much for all beneficial information.

AWESOME VIDEO IT CLEARED UP A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS

Great info. Thank you Dr..

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

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

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

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.

Thanks doctor for this information

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

Thanks a bunch dr.

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

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.

Good Man! Thank you Dr

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

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.

Thanks

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

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

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

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.

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??

Your very insightful! I absolutely love you 😊

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

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.

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

If it’s so bad , BAN the dam stuff.

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

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.”

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

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.

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.

Can you do a video on THC and CBD? Thanks

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..

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

Zolpidem is the bomb!!!

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.

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.

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).

Topic about adrenal fatigue please

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.

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

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 ?

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.

How much mg as a high does

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

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

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

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

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

I’m suffering from a co morbid condition.

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.

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

Rip dr

Which is less harmful ambien or trazadone?

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

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

Ill take zolpidem over trazodone

Do triazolam (Halcion) please!!

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.

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

How does Ambien interact with Adderall in the morning?

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

Hi

👀🌞🌞two of them 😲

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

He's a cheerlead go "AMBIEN"

Another option is Xanax

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

Zolpidem helps

Hallucination for sure

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

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

low potential for abuse? hmmm

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

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.

Ambien is the worst drug I have ever taken at bedtime. The drug gave me a migraine headache the next day. I also had a Hang over! Not for me. Thanks 🙏

Zopiclone is the only thing in the uk that is mainly prescribed I use 5mg a night its helped on the days nights I so need it. But lately been using more. But if used zolpidem was prescribed it once before 5mg and it helps alot. I prefer zolpidem over zopiclone you dont get so fuzzy also tolerance builds slower.

Ambien is horrible !!!