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I Have Primary Insomnia. Take Ambien. Dr.wants Me Off Of These. Any Others Have Problem.what Can I Take?
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Am going to new dr. Only seen her once so doesn't know all my health problems with fibro or even if she'll believe me. After my refill said wont refill this mess again. Even with ambien I sleep 4 hrs 5 if lucky. If I don't get that amount of sleep I feel more pain, worse headache irritability, dizziness and symptoms are more intense. Have been on ambien for seven years and I know it's not recommended for seniors. Have heard about belsomra which seniors can take but don't know if it's generic… read more

posted June 6, 2017
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try trazadone. of course I have to add melatonin and unisom to it. without the mix, I don't sleep at all

posted June 12, 2017
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I took Ambien for years and the side effects are not worth it. Trust me on that. Back in January this year I decided to quit cold turkey. Happily NO nasty withdrawal symptoms. I am now taking a natural supplement called Melatonin and I LOVE it! I also take Trazodone 100mg which is a lot milder than ambien and not addicting. Talk to your doctor.πŸ‘πŸŒΉ

posted June 7, 2017
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I am one of those people taking ambien and cooking and cleaning with NO recollection until I wake up the next day and you have to taper off from it as your body becomes addicted to it..I then tried Belsomara and I was having nightmares waking up covered in sweat and sometimes crying so I stopped that trust me I have tried every drug and even trazadone fine if you want to be a walking zombie everyone is effected diffently by drugs especially with fibromyalgia but they might work for you trial and error it's seems with me I am done with all the drugs and dry try this or let's try this and I am done

posted June 7, 2017
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When I did go . Had a lot of things going on . Pink eye. Real bad burning down there and real bad irritable bladder .also some spotting I'm 65 yrs old so that was a concern.. Did mention I had bad fibro but too much discussing on what my issues were that day. Do have an apt. To see her Friday . Will discuss all my issues with fibro.

posted June 6, 2017
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Melatonon is good and Valerian Root as well, My teenage daughters doctor put her on Melatonin. It worked wonders. I take if from time to time. The only issue with the Valerian Root is that it may give you that "hangover" feeling in the morning.

posted June 9, 2017

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