"i was prescribed ambien after suffering a serious bout of insomnia that no otc sleep aid would touch. i was given 10 mg. the first night i took it, i woke up feeling like i was in heaven. i hadn&#039;t slept that well since i was a kid. i used it for three months, and the only reason i stopped taking it is because the 10 mg dosage eventually &quot;pooped out&quot; on me and my doctor did not want to increase the dose, so he switched me to lunesta. but it was great while it lasted. i did have some weird hallucinations happen if i took it and stayed up for a while, so make sure you take it and go right to bed. i quit cold turkey to go on lunesta and had no problems discontinuing it."