I take regular Ambien, and my family freaked out because my aunt took the CR and she got so mean, that she almost lost her teaching job. Just becareful that someone is watching your moods. If you start to notice that you are doing things even in the daytime, that you don't remember doing, like calling people or having converstations with people that you later don't remember having, then it's probably the CR. Just be aware, that's all. I do those sorts of things while under the effects of the Ambien at night, so my house has a "once I have taken the ambien, my butt better be in bed" rule. LOL!

ambien cr worked great for me, then the new doc tried me on something else that didnt help at all, they say when you dont sleep the fibro gets worse. so like all meds you never know till you try it, and im glad it worked for you,,,hugs

I tried it about 1 1/2 years ago. Unfortunatly I was being poisoned by my x at the time (he was putting his bipolar meds in my food) so it had no effect on me.

I take Ambien every night for the last few months. It does help me sleep well. I don't notice any side effects at all.

I'm the same as Aspire...I did take ambien cr for awhile but it didn't make me go to sleep. They put me back on the regular ambien (10mg) and it works like a charm (most of the time).

It didn't help me stay asleep like it is supposed to, so every morning I felt hungover and needed extra coffee.

Much better results with zanaflex, it isn't a sleeping pill but it is a muscle relaxer that kicks me in the butt.

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I was on Ambien for awhile but started waking at 2 am and couldn't get back to sleep so the doc put me on Ambien Cr. It knocks me out for a good 6-7 hours. So far I haven't noticed any side effects (about 2 months of cr now). Good luck!

I ususally will get about 4 to 4.5 hrs sleep when I take that, then wake up and have a real hard time going back to sleep and feel very tired the next day

Ambien is a godsend to me.But I have taken it for almost a year that it doesnt work as well would like to try ambien cr but having doc troubles so cant do anything right now.But ambien does work they had a study on the news the other night some women gave to her son he was in a accident and considered a vegetable.So one night he was moanig and just acting irritable and she gave him a dose and that night he spoke for the first time and was calm and alert.So they are researching it for brain injuries.Amazing what drugs can do for different problems.

I have taken a number of various drugs for my insomnia. I took Ambien and eventually it didn't seem to work so well. I asked my doc about the CR when they were advertising it and she said it was just Ambien repackaged in two differnt strengths. She went on to say that they did this because the patent expired and they needed to create a new drug, because they don't make as much on the generic. IF it is working for you that is great! I never had any weird side affects like binge eating or driving my car while asleep, lol.
Having said that, recently my rheumatologist put me on elavil at night to help me sleep and it has worked wonders! After 2 years of solid insomnia I am finally sleeping - THANK GOD!!!!!! The only thing is that I had to take it earlier in the evening (9pm instead of later) because I was waking up groggy. Now I have no trouble waking up and I sleep beautifully. Glad the AMbien is working for you, I still take it once in a while when I can't sleep...hugs jilly