Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

was afraid I wouldn't sleep if I stopped taking it. It took about a week for my body to adjust, and I had natural sleep that lasted just as long as sleep with Ambien. I wanted to get off Ambien because sometimes I did things while on it that I couldn't remember later. It was scary as hell! I had a lot of grogginess after I woke up, too. I think Ambien is fine for people to take for short-term problems with sleeping, but it shouldn't be taken for decades like I did.

I don't know what they're planning to give you for your RLS, but they give me Gabapentin, or Neurontin, for my phantom pains in my leg. I had my leg amputated last year and I suffered a lot with the phantom pains afterwards. I've tried going without it for a while, but the pain comes back. The pains don't last all the time, but it comes and goes and when it's happening, it's very irritating. I would try whatever it is that they want to give you for the RLS. It might work. And I hope you're able to get off the Ambien. It's not a good drug, especially when you take it for 26 years.