"i suffer from serious anxiety which had been making it really hard for me to fall asleep, taking 2-4 hours to fall asleep and then when finally sleeping i&#039;d always be waking up 4 times in the night and after two months of this, i was completely exhausted and went to talk to my doctor who prescribed me zolpidem. this medicine knocks you out right away but be careful - go straight to bed after taking it, because it kicks in fast and strong and the effect it has is kind of like being completely wasted and you&#039;ll end up doing silly things. if you go straight to bed, you get a good, deep 6-7 hours sleep, which feels amazing! it&#039;s so strong that my brother tried to wake me up once when i fell asleep on the couch and he couldn&#039;t! that never happens!"