Comments on: Medication for Insomnia – What Drug Companies Don’t Want You to Think About When You Can’t Sleep

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:34:54 +0000

So if I am considering asking my doctor for a prescription for one of these drugs what kinds of things should I ask him?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:10:41 +0000

I am just going out on a limb and stating that there is really something wrong when you have to have that much help going to sleep at night. Are these people who are just not working hard enough in the day time, because I never seem to have these many issues at night. Maybe I could understand when people work third shift and it throws their internal clocks way off but the others I just do not get. I know that my wife sometimes wishes I had a little more trouble sleeping because she says I fall asleep every night at 8pm and could sleep the rest of the night soundly.

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:26:27 +0000

I take Ambien and have never experienced anything like this. And honestly I have gotten to the point where I am not so sure I could sleep without one though. I have been taking them for so long that the thought of what the night would be like without one frightens me a little. I mean I was a terrible insomniac and could not make it through the day without feeling tired and cranky. For me Ambien gave me back some normalcy. I guess maybe I need to start looking for other sleep alternatives before the FDA yanks the rug out from under me and takes this off the market.

By: Kimber

Kimber — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:53:35 +0000

I know people may need help falling asleep, and there are side effects to the drugs, but you would think the doctors would prescribe something safer.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:03:46 +0000

I’m glad this article is out. This just encourages me not to take any kind of sleeping pills. Thankfully I have no problems in falling to sleep and hope I never do.

By: Kylie

Kylie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:01:22 +0000

Although I have never taken sleeping pills, the thought of Ambien now scares me. I would have never thought that this drug would effect people this way. I have always tried to rely on meditation techniques to help me fall asleep and although it does take some practice and some work, it is well worth it after reading the above.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:10:05 +0000

Scary stuff!! Are these side-effects published? It should be if proved as literature that comes along with the drug. Its a personal choice for medical reasons to take to sleeping pills or not. Doctors should educate themselves and their patients. Any medical discovery is a question of ethics and if this is common knowledge available to doctors, it is their duty to let a patient know of the repercussions.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:46:45 +0000

I used to have a problem putting my sub-conscious to sleep. I learnt yoga and meditation a year ago and today I am calmer, better rested and happier. Medication doesnt help at all on a regular basis. Personally its ok once in a while. Helped me sleep after 4 days of sleeplessness post my dad’s passing away.

By: Dale

Dale — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:47:39 +0000

My mther takes Lunesta and she has to be immediately ready for bed once she takes it otherwise she cannot function. I do not know what I would do if she ever starts getting up in the middle of the night cooking or doing something crazy like that and does not even remember. This is so dangerous it is like those who take it almost need someone to babysit them at night until it is determined how they will react to the drug. I am the kind of person who cannot even take a Tylenol PM because of the hungover feeling that I have the day after so I am amazed at how well most of these people after taking prescription drugs feel in the morning.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:28:40 +0000

Yikes! this is scary! I thought that if these things had FDA approval and that you see ads for them almost everywhere that they are bound to be safe but now I know different. There is nothing that could ever make me take any kind of these sleep meds now that I know all of the dangers that are involved with them and I really hope that more doctors take a closer look at these before continuin to prescribe them to others. These pills are a danger and should be taken off the market if there are indeed other ways to handle the issue of sleeplessness.

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:02:18 +0000

I was shocked to read about all of this. I take Ambien almost every night and have never had any of these things happen to me (that I know of!) but now I am scared and think I want to try to stop taking it. But I just can’t go back to all of those long nights with my mind racing and not being able to sleep. What can I do?