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Originally Posted by Shadiyah
Sorry Erika to here about your problems. I have been taking Ambein on and off for yrs. I mean when you first take it you will have to get use to it but once it gets in your system you will be able to sleep for 8 hrs and get up and do what you have to do. At first it will feel like you are sleeping all the time but it will past but you have to sleep 8 hrs.
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I had originally started with Ambien; but the pain (PN) and spine issues would wake me from my sleep around 4:00 a.m. For the past two years, take Ambien CR. (the CR releases an effect during that time so I can sleep thru until 6:30 or so) I take the Ambien CR every evening around midnight, along with my pain meds. Since it is painful for my to lay down; the Ambien has really helped me get sleep. My pain seems to disappear with it.
It really is much safer to go to bed within 20 - 30 min. after taking Ambien since many people get a bit unsteady on their feet.
Since I have taken Ambien CR for a long period of time, i can handle it much better than some; although sometimes I fall asleep in my lounge chair and then wake up to go to bed and am unsteady at times myself. I would say that is something one can control just by going to bed shortly after taking the Ambien.