anyone takeing the sleep med ambien, get addicted to it and if so how did u stop taking it?
2006-08-17 07:42:09 · 7 answers · asked by woohooo 4 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Addiction is listed as a possible affect of taking Ambien. It's on the freakin' commercial, for goodness sakes.
I'd never recommend taking any Rx drug for something that may be helped by a change in your habits/routine and herbal solutions.
If you are having trouble sleeping:
1. Get up early. Nice and early. Take a shower, eat a balenced breakfast and get outside to help wake yourself up.
2. Don't consume caffine after 3 pm. (No coffee, pop, chocolate) And nothing with a lot of artificial colors/ flavors/ sugar, either.
3. Eat a healthy, well-balenced diet during the day, including a good dinner between 5:30 and 6.
4. Get some exercise during the day. Hit the gym after work, go for a walk on your lunch break (very big in the Chicago area), turn on the radio and dance around in your kitchen while you make dinner. Anything that gets your blood flowing through your muscles.
5. Stop undue stimulation as much as 2 hours before bed. No tv, no loud music, no company. Hang out in your house. Read, take a bath, do soduku puzzles, write in a journal. What you're doing during this time is giving your brain a chance to process your day, so you aren't laying in bed with your mind racing for 2 hours after you turn in.
6. Have a low-sugar, healthy snack an hour before bed. (ie a healthy cereal, whole-wheat crackers and cheese, a piece of fruit and a handful of nuts) This keeps you from being awakened during the night from hunger. (Stay away from banannas, they'll keep you awake.) This is also a good time for a cup of decaf or herbal hot tea. Camomile is popular and easy, but I'd sugest a decaf black tea with a little jasmine tea thrown in. Mmmm. Or a glass of wine works well, too.
If you've tried all that (and I mean, actually tried it) keep it up, and add an alternative medicine.
Buy St John's Wort, or the stronger Valerian Root at any grocery store or WalMart, etc. Take two an hour before you go to bed. And give it a full week or two before you give up. Kava Kava works best, but it's hard to find. But don't take it if you have a personal or family history of liver problems.
Sleeping is a skill, like any other. You have to teach yourself to do it.
2006-08-17 08:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by kate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All sleeping pills are addictive. I know because as a homeopath I have treated more then enough people for addiction to sleeping pills with NUX VOMICA and new ones keep coming in with sleep disorders created by the long use of sleeping pills and relaxants etc most of them complain that they cant even sleep after taking sleeping pills now. I don't know what good they do but after seeing so many people sick of using them I know what bad they can really do ! God Forbid . Enough said !
Take care and God Bless
2006-08-17 08:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take Soul Doctor's advice. Yes, sleeping pills are addictive -- why do you think they're trying to market the new ones as "less addictive"?
2006-08-17 10:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by ohio healer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, nicotine and caffeine are my 2 majors, I dont drink but ive been smoking since I was 14 and I have no intention of giving them up yet, I did go through a phase of taking xanax and valium a few years ago, just for recreational use of course, everyone has done something in their lives at least one time.
2016-03-27 06:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not addicted lol
2006-08-17 08:20:52 · answer #5 · answered by sicilianaforlife 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u can be addicted
2006-08-17 07:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by sunny 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im not familiar with that medication, but if you are dependant on it its best to seek help and counseling.
2006-08-17 07:49:06 · answer #7 · answered by versailles_za 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋