I was originally prescribed Ambien a few months ago, as I am an appallingly light sleeper, and constantly awaken when my neighbors, who live in close proximity to me, go about their ways to work in the early morning. That's when my life/health took a turn for the worse. I think it's accurate in stating that before I started Ambien I had a mild lung inflammation.
Every single day afterward, my health declined, it's difficult to properly describe the way I was feeling. Physically, I was probably the same, but mentally was a totally different scenario. For the first five or six hours upon awakening I was totally lethargic and drained of energy. It was a chore for me to get up and go to the bathroom. I called out of work 3 times when I was on Ambien, and have only called off a handful of times in 7 ½ years, so it was out of character for me. I would constantly dream and scheme up different scenarios in which to kill myself. I would say things I normally wouldn't, as I had the mentality that I was going to kill myself soon so why would I care. I would constantly manufacture thoughts to justify me committing suicide. I would tell myself that the life expectancy of a CF'r is 30, so me being 28 am in the 4th quarter of my life.
I was hospitalized March 24th with a mild lung infliction. I was a resident there for 10 days. I was not on Ambien at all, but when I left the hospital I felt 100% better. The night I went home I swallowed 1 Ambien pill to aid me in going to sleep. I slept like a baby, but thats rather here nor there. When I woke up I was extremely lethargic, felt like a waste of space. I kept questioning if I needed to go right back into the hospital. About 6 or 7 at night, when I started feeling better, I was trying to figure out exactly what I did differently that I felt like utter pigeon excrement. Then the thought hit me like a ton of bricks. I immediately checked on the net for all the information on Ambien. Lo and behold a lot of the side effects were exactly what I was experiencing. After reading this I flushed the remainder of the pills down the toilet. I have been off of Ambien for 4 days now and am feeling spectacular.
My closing point being I realize not everybody will experience the same symptoms. Ambien does exactly what it is prescribed to do, but I know of nothing that's not natural that isn't free of side effects. It is of my belief that Ambien should be illegal and the FDA needs to place more importance on it's side effects instead of allocating so many finances to promote a restful nights sleep. I'm writing this because I want to shout from all the rooftops and inform everyone of its dangerous aftertaste.
Every single day afterward, my health declined, it's difficult to properly describe the way I was feeling. Physically, I was probably the same, but mentally was a totally different scenario. For the first five or six hours upon awakening I was totally lethargic and drained of energy. It was a chore for me to get up and go to the bathroom. I called out of work 3 times when I was on Ambien, and have only called off a handful of times in 7 ½ years, so it was out of character for me. I would constantly dream and scheme up different scenarios in which to kill myself. I would say things I normally wouldn't, as I had the mentality that I was going to kill myself soon so why would I care. I would constantly manufacture thoughts to justify me committing suicide. I would tell myself that the life expectancy of a CF'r is 30, so me being 28 am in the 4th quarter of my life.
I was hospitalized March 24th with a mild lung infliction. I was a resident there for 10 days. I was not on Ambien at all, but when I left the hospital I felt 100% better. The night I went home I swallowed 1 Ambien pill to aid me in going to sleep. I slept like a baby, but thats rather here nor there. When I woke up I was extremely lethargic, felt like a waste of space. I kept questioning if I needed to go right back into the hospital. About 6 or 7 at night, when I started feeling better, I was trying to figure out exactly what I did differently that I felt like utter pigeon excrement. Then the thought hit me like a ton of bricks. I immediately checked on the net for all the information on Ambien. Lo and behold a lot of the side effects were exactly what I was experiencing. After reading this I flushed the remainder of the pills down the toilet. I have been off of Ambien for 4 days now and am feeling spectacular.
My closing point being I realize not everybody will experience the same symptoms. Ambien does exactly what it is prescribed to do, but I know of nothing that's not natural that isn't free of side effects. It is of my belief that Ambien should be illegal and the FDA needs to place more importance on it's side effects instead of allocating so many finances to promote a restful nights sleep. I'm writing this because I want to shout from all the rooftops and inform everyone of its dangerous aftertaste.