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Should I worry about withdraw from stopping Ambien cold turkey

Should I worry about withdraw from stopping Ambien cold turkey ? I have been on this drug for 5 years every night and since im getting offf Oxy and percs and working out again I find sleeping meds are turning me into a Zombie ! Oxy and Precs gave me the energy so I never felt the after effects of Ambien the next day .... Now that Im down 20 mills and today 10 mil my body feels hungover making me want oxy more .

Ambien CR is what im taking right now and I have the other Ambien


Anyone out there who had  addiction ?
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highest dose was 170 oxy last year
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Are you still taking the ox's and percs?
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yeah im now down to 30 mil and tomorrow I making the biggest jump . 10 mil then the next Im done . I worry for Zero but I also know im ready . Im not taking any percs today just the oxy .
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I also think ambient is making me depressed and scared of people .
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Ambien will make you very depressed!  It's a nasty little pill in my opinion!  I'd rather only sleep two hours a night for the rest of my life than ever take another one of them!  But....that's me!!!!!!! : )
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Did your eyes feel like light was to bright and did you feel sad and alone the next day ? but say as the day went on you felt normal again ? Kinda ! right now I feel depressed but I think that's because of the lack of sleep and dropping of the drugs . The two feels like I want to wake up and stop feeling alone . I know deep down I can be happy but the withdraw and ambien are making depression extreme . Not going to hurt myself or anything like that just really depressed and moving around looking at the time ... I should go watch lord of the rings until I fall asleep . I think that movie is around 4 hours long .  
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