Ambien probs

[Jeanerly]

I just debated taking an ambien tonight, but after laying there for 3 hours worrying about how I was ever going to make it to work tomorrow, I took 10 mg.  My doc gave me these about 3 months ago, as I work the third shift 2-3 nights a week and it's impossible to sleep in the afternoon with all my kiddos home!  It really helped for the first month, then by the second month I would wake up after 3-4 hours, and just doze the rest of the night.  I'm also starting to have pretty major headaches the next day, sometimes, within 5 minutes of getting out of bed. And YES with the memory thing....feel like an idiot when I cant put sentences together during convos with my own kids!!! I i didn't know ambien could do that, and I'm very worried.  So....can I just go off it cold turkey? Are there any alternatives that are actually safe?

[PrincessSaturn]

Women are supposed to be taking less than 5mg of Ambien

[PrincessSaturn]

My mom took ambien and she slept walk all the TIME, she would sleep eat and sometimes open the house doors and go back in the room. I was scared that she would walk out of the house or even sleep-drive! I think you should quit and also watch this.

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/disturbing-side-effects-americas-1-sleeping-pills-revealed