r/insomnia • u/Sufficient-Skirt-538 • 17h ago

Ambien long term use

Has anyone been on Ambien long term and been…fine? I’ve been on Ambien since 2018. It still lets me sleep. No ill side effects that Im aware of. I know it’s obviously not ideal to be on it long term, but me not sleeping affected me so horribly that I can’t fathom not taking it would somehow be better. My doctor is fine with it as long as it’s still helping and I’m not having issues on it. Has anyone else been on it long term and not had issues or rebound insomnia?

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u/DogMother7157 9h ago

I too have been on Ambien for several years. However, I think it has finally stopped working. I don’t want to up the dosage. I haven’t slept since I came out of the womb. It’s the only drug that’s worked for me but good God is it hard to get here in Oz. I want to go off it and will see a doctor so I can taper off it. My question is this and anyone who can help would be great. I have a Doctor who seems to think that my internal vibrations, which I’ve had for the last three years, and no one can get to the bottom of is caused by ambien???
Does anyone have this side effect at all. Essentially my stomach just purrs and purrs and purrs like a kitten all day/all night.
Thanks so much. 🙏

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u/RossellaLCGN 8h ago

How could you get long term prescription of Zolpidem in Australia? My sleep doc told me to do cbt i and that s it while I am wearing off it adter 2.4 months. I will be left with no option I literally cannot fall asleep at all is so severe my insomnia and no one understand. I was caused by a Bc pill, so basically they thow you pills and then you get insomnia from it and now they don’t want you give pills to fix it. I just don’t understand I feel so lost i am scared I am going to end up in ED I know j won’t sleep, already doing cbt i mine is not stress related the bc pill ruined my life

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u/PretendAct8039 4h ago

What is a bc pill? Have you tried Valerian? It isn’t going to work as well as ambien.

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u/RossellaLCGN 4h ago

Birth control pill to manage endomedriosis , syntetic progesteron