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Posted 5/16/2013 1:01 AM (GMT 0)
I started taking Generic Ambien Monday. After I took it It gave me a headache. It says not to take with food, so I took it an hour after eating like it says. I'm still having headaches. Do I send a note back to the nurse and let them know its causing me headaches? I don't want to take something else and have the same side effect.
Posted 5/16/2013 1:09 AM (GMT 0)
Did you read up on this medicine?I believe they are lowering the daily dose
Posted 5/16/2013 1:19 AM (GMT 0)
I read the pamplet it came with from the pharmacy. I'm only taking 5 mgs.
Posted 5/16/2013 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
I just researched it and it sounds like a lot of people have trouble with the generic. When I take it, I get hyper and makes me stay up and not go to sleep plus the headaches. Day three and no progress with headache. Think I will send them a not to see if I can get something else.
Posted 5/16/2013 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
NL

Does ambien actually make you sleep? I'm just curious because when I take it I ride it out and I'm still awake and have stupid memories of cooking something at 2AM while my wife was trying to get me to go back to bed, and I vaguely remember chatting with her about random stuff.

Not to scare anybody about ambien, I think that probably doesn't happen often and I am quite amused by it but I find it hard to sleep sometimes and ambien doesn't knock me down right away.

Joshua
Posted 5/16/2013 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
Josh,
This is the only time I have ever taken sleep meds prescription. I can't tell you if it makes you sleep or not. All I can say is I have had this stupid headache since I started taking it Monday night and nothing helps it go away. My doctors office is connected and I just emailed them a message to see if I could get something else. I can't think straight with the stupid headache!
Posted 5/16/2013 2:01 AM (GMT 0)
i use melatonin,its working well soo far
no prescription needed
Posted 5/16/2013 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
Melatonin doesn't work for me. I tried that first and was waking up at 2 in the morning and not able to go to sleep. :-(
Posted 5/16/2013 2:54 AM (GMT 0)
Yeh me too, supposedly 3mg or less of melatonin works well. The melatonin makes me kind of sleepy and comfortable but it's not enough. I feel sometimes like I need to be sandbagged in the face to fall asleep. Sorry about the headaches, obviously you're not getting any sleep on that...

If you find something that works for you please let me know, I'm trying to figure the best way to get some rest too.
Posted 5/16/2013 4:49 AM (GMT 0)
I never took but one med. it was xanax, it shut down anxiety cold but it would also put me to sleep,
haven't had one in two years, been using cheep generic benadryl from wal mart.

Larry ***
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