I started taking ambien when I was 18 & took it up until the age of 28 in 2008... I went without many, many nights of sound sleep & finally broke down & asked 4 it again last month... bad idea, huh? its the only sleep med I can take & sleep well & wake up without that usual groggy hangover, so I hate this... I've taken ambien on 2 or 3 other occasions since the wreck last monday night, but it was all good since I can't exactly drive what used to be my car & is now sittin in a junkyard since I totalled it...