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    Anyone wake up in a panic on Ambien CR?

    I used to take plain ambien, and never experienced this. The last few times i've taken ambien CR i've slept fine I took 1 6.25mg ambien CR about 2 hours after taking an ativan/lorazepam.
    Had wierd muscle feeling/jerks as I was dozing off (only after taking the ambien), then woke up an hour later in a panic/fearstricken state, heart pounding, sweating, adrenealine rushing, not knowing what i should be afraid of! Might have been nightmares, but I woke up so fast i didnt catch any. I want to sleep but I'm afraid to take a second 6.25mg ambien. My muscles also got really flakey right after taking the first dose. If I tense up my leg muscles they'll like start trembling. The last time i took 2 6.25mg's and a 1/2 ativan and i slept fine. Is this a side effect of the ambien, but my body is fighting it? Would the ativan have anything to do with this?

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    I've been taking another type of sleeping tablet for a year and 3 days ago switched to Ambien and have had daytime depression and increased anxiety altho the sleep was better. dont know what to do now as I dont Know if its related of not. Maybe I'm having withdrawal symptoms from the original ones. Any advice please

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    Well I took 6.25mg dose of the ambien CR. Which I now found out is normally an elderly dose. Adults should be taking 12.5. So I think it let me sleep, but it didnt' let me stay asleep long enough to calm my nerves so I could continue to sleep. Ended up waiting till all ambien was out of my system, took 2mg of ativan, and after some struggling, finally fell asleep about 30 mins later.

    As far as i remember reading, daytime drowsiness, and anxiety can be a side effect of ambien.

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