Question for the people who have taken zolpidem long term: did the metallic taste ever settle, or is that just the price of admission? Some days are fine and some are not and there is no pattern I can find, which makes it hard to plan anything.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries? How long have you been on zolpidem?
Function over score.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.
Print the page.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers. How long have you been on zolpidem?
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. How long have you been on zolpidem?
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Metallic taste was my main issue with zolpidem too.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in. Six weeks in on zolpidem and it lines up.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it. Not on zolpidem but the pattern is familiar.
Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?