Effect of AMBIEN on a person with brain damage

We have a son of 36 who has been "minimally conscious" since he suffered brain damage due to a lack of oxygen twelve years ago.
Having seen the BBC documentary about the waking pill on the 04th of march 2008, we administered a Zolpidem pill to our son. Miraculously, after 30 minutes he seemed to come out of his "minimally conscious" state and began to act almost normally, he tried to speak, in what he succeeded, he took his food himself chewed well and swallowed, he took his drinking glass himself and started to drink, he laughed and was very alert something we hadn't seen in eleven years. We contiued to give him one pill of 10 mg every day. The outcome was the same every time, the pill worked during max six hours. On the sixth day the pill had no effect anymore. We waited four days and started again with the same results. Now we are trying to give one pill every two days to see if this works.

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[XhaouSin]

dumb



[hmaer6]

How is your son doing now? What a bitter sweet story. I wish you guys the best of luck. Saw a movie with a similar story and my heart just hours our to family friends and those that suffer.

[sxearon]

dude just reading the discription i became sad i went from a ten (happy normal mood) to a 0-.5 (sad) in like 5seconds

[BillMan2002]

What if you find two completely different pills that work? rotate them out every other day, or two days, or three days. Just an Idea? That way both pills work, and the body doesnt get used to it?

[lironess]

God Bless you and your son. Take those wakeful moments and cherish them.

[smurfiennes]

hows your son doing now? is the medication losing its effectiveness or still as powerful as the first time? have u got any advice for its replacement in case it stops working in the future?

[ordinaryrapper08]

what.... ok wait i havent the info yet let me see...hmmm....wow ok that makes sense now if a pill can work there is hope...and yeah the pills effectiveness wares off after the body gets used to it but keep trying though u have my support and good luck.

[blsvin]

Wow that's really interesting. Have you asked any doctors why ambien would take him out of his minimally conscious state?

[ragein5557]

weird

[Ripper4450]

that's great it helps him