Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
During the time my son was in Iraq, I took Ambien. I had pretty fitful dreams on that stuff. He came home and I stopped taking it and a couple of months later the symptoms came back (I'm definitely perimenopausal). I tried Tylenol PM (the same ingredient as Benadryl) and I have never looked back. I cleared with my doc that it is safe to take every night. I've been taking it for 3 years, maybe? Every once in a while I go without, and I sleep through for a couple of nights, but then I'm right back where I started. So I keep taking it.

I'd try that if I were you, but not at the same time as the Ambien.

Karen
More than any other sleep aid, I see people that get really jacked up with Ambien...be very careful. It seems to work well for some, but others do very odd things during the night...some combine it with alcohol (NOT good) but some just react to it. Sleepwalking, sleepeating, and sometimes violent, irrational behavior can result from taking it. Especially if you are on other meds or enjoy a glass of red wine before bed. ONE glass of wine will react with Ambien. I am not a doctor, but when you see person after person in JAIL after taking Ambien and then wandering naked amongst the briars (or other strange behavior), you start to draw some conclusions.

Tylenol PM rocks. I sleep odd hours due to my shift work, and one Tylenol PM knocks me out.