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Ok, so I went to the doctor at the beginning of the month, I started ambien (generic form zlpidem 10mg) on 10-13-09. I'm suppose to sleep better, but I wrapped my cord around my neck one time and another time I would take my mask off in the middle of the night and wake up in the morning without it on. I also think my cat hit my surge protector button and turned it off. My mom woke up around 5am and heard me snoring I woke up with a sore throat. I was dragging all day at work. Last Friday, I got a headache and I lost my energy. I found some candy and I ate it and it helped. Took my headache away and brought my energy up, it was a quick high, but good enough to get me home alive. So next time you have a headache maybe your sugar is low. I left a message with my doctor; she hasn't responded yet.
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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Wow! You are having a rough time. Are you a restless sleeper or what? sounds to me like you may still be having arousals of some sort.
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Permalink Reply by gordon on
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All I know about Ambien is not to drink alcohol with it, it does weird things, it basically cancels it out. I see Ambien works and hope you don't have more days like this one Victoria . here's an article>
By Michael Smith, MedPage Today Staff Writer
Published: June 22, 2006
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine . Earn CME/CE credit
for reading medical news
SALT LAKE CITY, June 22 — The sedative Ambien (zolpidem) appears to reduce the symptoms of central sleep apnea, according to a small open-label study reported here.
Action Points
* Explain to interested patients that central sleep apnea appeared to respond to the sedative Ambien (zolpidem).
* Note that the safety of Ambien for long-term use in these patients was not tested.
* This study was published as an abstract and presented orally at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary as they have not yet been reviewed and published in a peer-reviewed publication.
Patients taking the medication saw both total sleep apnea and central sleep apnea events fall significantly after six weeks of treatment, reported Syed Quadri, M.D., of Henry Ford Hospital at Sleep 2006, the joint meeting of the Sleep Research Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
The reduction in central apnea events appeared, in turn, to improve several other sleep parameters, including total arousals, sleep latency, and sleep efficiency, Dr. Quadri said.
Central sleep apnea is a rarer condition than obstructive sleep apnea, involving a dysfunction in the brain systems that govern breathing rather than a blockage of the airway. Many patients with central sleep apnea also have some obstructive apnea. In this study, patients were classified as having the central form if they had 10 or more central events an hour, but five or fewer obstructive events.
Because of earlier studies suggesting the sedative-hypnotic drugs might help central sleep apnea, Dr. Quadri and colleagues established a protocol under which eligible central sleep apnea patients were given Ambien for six weeks—10 mg/day 30 minutes before bedtime—after an eight-hour polysomnographic exam.
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