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Ambien stopped working

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I don’t think I have any answers but after reading all these posts, I have questions. My doctor has me on 10 mg of Ambien nightly this started in about 2013 when my best friend died. It seemed like a great solution until about two years ago when suddenly I can’t go to sleep after taking 10 mg so my routine is to get out of bed sometime around midnight watch two or three hours of TV and then take a half a dose or 5 mg at around 3 AM And get about four hours of sleep that started as an occasional fix and overtime has become a regular thing, but I then end up running out of Ambien seven or eight days before the refill is due so at least all of this year and a little bit of last year every month I have one week where I simply do not sleep at all. I stay up all night I watch TV. I work on my taxes. I’ve even bought some Gummies and melatonin and things like that and none of that works. Does anyone have any idea how to make your improvements on what I’m doing right now?

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scttdncnalan, you need to stop the Ambien and find something else that works for you. Seriously... like someone else said.... not getting sleep is way worse than taking something for sleep issues. There are lots of sleep medications. You just have to find one that works for you. Talk to your doctor. You need to find something that works for you. I take Lorazepam (1.5mg) with Amitriptyline (30mg). Good luck. Don't give up! It's important to your health to find something that works!