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Posted by nolegirl323 on July 17, 2006, at 19:09:09
Hello everybody,
I am kind of new here, but just a quick background - I have eating disorders, mostly anorexia with purging. I take 40mg's of Lexapro, and 4 mg's xanax XR per day. I also take ambien CR as needed for sleep.
I notice that when I take ambien CR, the next day I am SUPER aggressive. I'm a different person almost. I feel super confident, and the smallest thing will set me off. I say mean things that I normally wouldn't say, and I drive more wrecklessly and get road rage like you wouldn't believe. Does anybody have any info on this? My pdoc says that next day speediness and aggression are NOT symptoms of Ambien, and that I must be attributing my behavior to the drug. I think he is wrong because I am generally a VERY nice person..Anybody have any ambien insight?
Thanks!
Posted by Robert Dott on July 19, 2006, at 10:04:37
In reply to Ambien = next day aggression?, posted by nolegirl323 on July 17, 2006, at 19:09:09
I am unsure whats causing you to behave like this but if you believe it's the ambien CR then I would suggest stop taking it and use the Xanax to help fall asleep instead and see if that makes a difference. Take care.
Posted by SLS on July 19, 2006, at 21:28:57
In reply to Ambien = next day aggression?, posted by nolegirl323 on July 17, 2006, at 19:09:09
> Hello everybody,
> I am kind of new here, but just a quick background - I have eating disorders, mostly anorexia with purging. I take 40mg's of Lexapro, and 4 mg's xanax XR per day. I also take ambien CR as needed for sleep.
> I notice that when I take ambien CR, the next day I am SUPER aggressive. I'm a different person almost. I feel super confident, and the smallest thing will set me off. I say mean things that I normally wouldn't say, and I drive more wrecklessly and get road rage like you wouldn't believe. Does anybody have any info on this? My pdoc says that next day speediness and aggression are NOT symptoms of Ambien, and that I must be attributing my behavior to the drug. I think he is wrong because I am generally a VERY nice person..
>
> Anybody have any ambien insight?
> Thanks!
>It might be the result of a phenomenon known as disinhibition. Some people experience something similar with alcohol and benzodiazepines when they become beligerent and display inflated egos.
- Scott
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