Ambien Addiction can be a serious and life threatening dilemma. In order to get help, the addict must first be willing to admit that they have an addiction as this is the first of many hurdles an addict will face in their recovery.

Ambien Addiction, unlike many other drug addictions, may be hard for friends or family to recognize. Contrary to what you may believe, a person doesn’t have to abuse drugs daily to have a problem with addiction; the pattern of abuse may be occasional or habitual.

Ambien Addiction may have symptoms such as deep sleep or even a light coma when the drug is abused, daytime drowsiness, difficulty with coordination and in some cases of multiple overdoses, it can become fatal. With Ambien Addiction, you may also notice signs of withdrawal when they try to discontinue use of the drug or have been without for an extended period of time.

These symptoms include hallucinations, worsening of depression, suicidal thoughts, strange behavior, agitation, anxiety, confusion, aggressive behavior, loss of personal identity and insomnia.

With an Ambien Addiction, the drug may be crushed and snorted, taken orally or dissolved in water and “cooked” for intravenous injection.  Ambien, with a generic name of Zolpidem, is in a class of medicines affecting the central nervous system called sedative hypnotics. It is closely related to a family of drugs called benzodiazepines that cause sedation, muscle relaxation, act as anti-convulsants and have anti-anxiety properties. The biggest difference in these drugs and Ambien is that Ambien has little of the muscle relaxant or anti-convulsant effect and has more of the sedative effect to help a person sleep.

If you think you or someone you know may have an Ambien Addiction, please seek help. We are here for you if you need to speak with someone about Ambien Addiction or any other drug addiction or if you just think someone you know may need help.