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Sleep Health | Last Active: Oct 1 7:53am | Replies (460)
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I been on it for years as well. I can't sleep without of them. But going try to cut my in half for aweek then going try stop completing. Been so long on it and with this sleep apnea started fell more tired and sleepy doing the day. So going get off of it. I afraid to do it cold turkey.
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@lisalovestim & @kelbel Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, a place to give and get support.
@lisalovestim You mentioned that you have been on Ambien for years and want to get off of it. Have you discussed this with your provider? Sometimes can help with the tapering process, as @sndishpr said. I'm not sure about Ambien but I do know that some medications can be dangerous to go off of without a provider's guidance.
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I was able to wean off ambien by substituting trazodone. I read here that someone had a bad reaction from the Trazodone. I was lucky. You can read about my journey on this blog. I am ecstatic to be off Ambien. It’s close to 2 years now and I may have taken Ambien 3 x during this period (for emergency purposes). Good luck. It can be done.