Ambien is a very odd drug. I think it is one of the most unpredictable as to how it is going to work. Seems to affect everyone differently. I have great difficulty falling asleep. The first time I took Ambien it knocked my socks off and I literally fell asleep in minutes & was completely knocked out. I hated it & only took it once and then not for a long,long time. The next experience was that it didn't work worth anything. I would take it with no results or sometimes I would take it after waking up at 3AM and it would NOT help me go to sleep. One of my friends had the same experience or she would fall asleep but only to wake up 4 hours later. This was brand name prescribed Ambien, not generic Zolpidem.

The weirdest thing that I find is that my sister in law swears by it and takes it every night. She has 3 small children under the age of 8. I can't imagine if it did work like it did the first time on me being knocked out like that with 3 small kids in the house. I also question how she has remained on it for over 3 years?? All the ads on TV say that you shouldn't take it for longer than 7 days, etc. She has never said but I'm wondering if she's ordering from OP's? LOL She is very naive and tells everyone that she saw a spider so she has to take a valium and that kind of thing. Gad, I wonder who her Doc is? Just a funny & ironic thing. She is a riot. Dumb as a rock but sweet. Seems to have a pill for everything & talks openly of taking them. I honestly don't think she's an abuser but she sure takes stuff at the drop of a hat! LOL