"my mother is 88 and has had a problem with ambien for the four or so years she has started taking it. she ran over a bunch of signs in the middle of the highway with no memory of it. she got lost twice before we realized it was the ambien and not dementia. i keep it away from her and administer it each night. she is like a drug addict as she has reported her pills lost and got duplicate prescriptions sent to her. i think it is too strong for older people!"