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Anyone else having nightmares while using Ambien?

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deleted_user
I am not one to use sleeping meds but broke down and asked for something my last visit to the pain clinic. They gave me Ambien. I take it occasionally...maybe twice a week at the very most. I have been having some intense heart rending dreams...very vivid. The kind you wake up from and no matter how long you are awake, as soon as you close your eyes you fall right back into it. Is anyone else having this problem??
deleted_user
deleted_user
I had this problem on Ambien and on Trazadone. Didn't even matter if I lower my does. I quit taking both of these for this reason.
Hugs
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have this same thing, but I am taking Trazadone for sleep. I don't know why it causes such intense dreams. Usually I wake up feeling painicked, and anxious. Maybe it's because we get to that deep stage of sleep, I don't know??
LaurieG
LaurieG
Saw this about Ambien, online:

Continue taking Ambien and talk to your doctor if you have any of these less serious side effects:

daytime drowsiness, dizziness, weakness, feeling "drugged" or light-headed;

weakness, lack of coordination;

amnesia, forgetfulness;

vivid or abnormal dreams;

diarrhea, nausea, vomiting;

headache, muscle pain; or

blurred vision.

xx
deleted_user
deleted_user
There is a man who killed his wife who is using Ambien as his excuse. He claims that he did many things while using Ambien and that he was sleep walking when he attacked and killed his wife. He claims that he had severe horrible nightmares while on the drug. I don't know the outcome of the case but thought that was very scary!

I used Ambien a couple years ago and just quit using it. I hated the dreams.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I GET NIGHTMARES IF MY ANXIETY/STRESS GETS BAD. MY LAST LOT WERE VERY FRIGHTENING I SPOKE TO MY DOCTOR WHO FEELS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN UNDER A GET DEAL OF STRESS LATELY THAT IT SPARKED OF THE NIGHTMARES, ALSO CAUSED A FIBRO FLARE, BUT THEY WERE SO BAD I WOULDN,T GO TO BED WITH THE LIGHT OFF, AND THATS FROM A WOMAN OF MY AGE, I'M ON AMITRIPYLENE BUT ONLY A LOW DOSE AT NIGHT. LOVE AND HUGS TO ALL
deleted_user
deleted_user
JUST KEEP TRYING OTHERS UNTIL YOU FIND ONE DESIGNED FOR YOU PRESIOUS ONE...LOVE...HELEN
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