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olddeegee

2011-11-09 12:54:06 AM

Better keep my script up. That excuse could be useful.

Fear_and_Loathing

2011-11-09 02:19:13 AM

Google Patrick Kennedy sometime. Old defense.

Shadow Blasko

2011-11-09 03:18:28 AM

Last time I took Ambien I apparently got back up after I went to bed, called some of my friends, who realized I was talking a bit weird, and then cleaned my whole house.

But, not in a sane way. I found socks in the fridge, soda in the dresser, I had lined up all the silverware out of its drawer, and moved it into the display cabinet.

By the time one of my friends got to the house, I was apparently trying to cut off all my hair, and my laundry was in the sink, because "I had a meeting with the president in the morning".

My cousin once woke up in Knoxville (after driving from Cincinnati) in a gas station parking lot. Still wearing the slippers he fell asleep in.

I'm apparently the life of the party if I take that stuff and wake back up an hour later. Shame I don't remember ANYTHING, but I'm apparently entertaining.

AbbeySomeone

2011-11-09 06:05:54 AM

Tell me again why some of these drugs are legal?

BurnShrike

2011-11-09 07:58:45 AM

I'm so glad that the War on Drugs has successfully removed all dangerous or harmful drugs from the world.

Oh wait. A big pharma company developed this one? Eh, it must be safe.

2wolves

2011-11-09 08:38:31 AM

I did a number of loads of laundry, wash, dry, fold/hang, put away when on Ambien.

dletter

2011-11-09 10:36:41 AM

My wife gets that way on Ambien as well... can't remember a thing before she falls asleep, she called some friend one time and didn't remember calling her at all the next day.

brigid_fitch

2011-11-09 10:36:45 AM

I believe this. I was on Ambien for 3 nights. First night, I had intensely vivid, HORRIBLE nightmares--3 or 4 in a row where I was convinced I was awake, only to be thrown into another horrific scenario. Second night, I woke up to find myself frying eggs. Don't remember how I got there. The third night, I was in my driveway trying to unlock the car door with my house key. Flushed the rest of the bottle after that.

A friend has been on Ambien and I've seen her do all sorts of crazy stuff--eat raw hot dogs out of the package, tell me about the troll doll that keeps talking to her & keeping her up at night, wander the back yard near-naked in the snow, go sit in her car and just stare blankly. Her husband put a bell on the bedroom door to let him know she's up and wandering.

It's been well-documented that Ambien has weird effects on some people, sleep-eating, sleep-walking, and sleep-driving among them. Insomnia's an awful thing and I'm glad I finally found a couple of things that work (Xanax & melatonin). But for a lot of people, Ambien's the only thing that lets them sleep, so they put up with the danger.

ZAZ

2011-11-09 11:19:43 AM

An Oregon appeals court recently said DUI is strict liability. In Massachusetts there is also no intent requirement but completely involuntary intoxication is a defense. If you take an Ambien and follow doctor's orders and don't drink at all you can beat the DUI charge when you go sleep driving later. If you take a pill and a half glass of wine and don't know about the drug interaction with alcohol you're screwed, because you voluntarily drank some alcohol.

thelordofcheese

2011-11-09 11:59:53 AM

As someone who drank at home then tipsily took a customary Temazepam prescribed for sleep walking only to wake up in the county lock-up i'm getting a kick out of the ignorance of some of these replies.

/Ambien make my sleepwalking worse
//almost blew up the apartment once after the pilot light went out while the stove was full of an entire bag of potatoes

dokool

2011-11-09 12:00:40 PM

I took Ambien an hour ago and it hasn't kicked in yet =(

/hello 2AM!

bump

2011-11-09 12:00:54 PM

I've had fits of anxiety that a 10mg of valium wouldn't even touch... In desperation, I tried a 12.5 ER Ambien - still stayed wide awake, but it did slow me down just a hair - otherwise, I can easily shake that stuff off. Now Trazmadol on the other hand... freaky stuff

antron

2011-11-09 12:01:59 PM

KatjaMouse

2011-11-09 12:05:06 PM

brigid_fitch: It's been well-documented that Ambien has weird effects on some people, sleep-eating, sleep-walking, and sleep-driving among them. Insomnia's an awful thing and I'm glad I finally found a couple of things that work (Xanax & melatonin). But for a lot of people, Ambien's the only thing that lets them sleep, so they put up with the danger.

In the clinical trials I imagine that the patients taking it did everything to the letter and very few side affects were noted. Now, what with the number of people going nuts on this drug and how everyone seems to have an 'Ambien story', it just makes me question the reliability of the FDA. And I work with people in the regulation division.

/knew someone who rolled into work on it on his day off
//got fired because his boss thought he was stoned and didn't appreciate his "sorting" of the denim wall

thelordofcheese

2011-11-09 12:05:31 PM

ZAZ: An Oregon appeals court recently said DUI is strict liability. In Massachusetts there is also no intent requirement but completely involuntary intoxication is a defense. If you take an Ambien and follow doctor's orders and don't drink at all you can beat the DUI charge when you go sleep driving later. If you take a pill and a half glass of wine and don't know about the drug interaction with alcohol you're screwed, because you voluntarily drank some alcohol.

Not screwed. Luckily for me my ex usually took care of me before bed (of course, she didn't like dealing with violent parasomnic activity, so she had a vested interest in this) but she had moved out less than a month before. Unfortunately, I had a drunk in public charge from a few years prior, but all I got was 5 days house arrest with employment waiver, but I was working out of the home at the time anyway, so nothing much came of it even though there was damage to real property.

KatjaMouse

2011-11-09 12:08:34 PM

Whatever happened to that guy who tried to run into a cockpit thanks to taking 5 Ambien at once? And no, he didn't mean to take 5 pills at once. He took one and then was in a state of mind where he figured that it was a good idea to take the rest of the bottle.

offmymeds

2011-11-09 12:12:30 PM

Shadow Blasko: Last time I took Ambien I apparently got back up after I went to bed, called some of my friends, who realized I was talking a bit weird, and then cleaned my whole house.

But, not in a sane way. I found socks in the fridge, soda in the dresser, I had lined up all the silverware out of its drawer, and moved it into the display cabinet.

By the time one of my friends got to the house, I was apparently trying to cut off all my hair, and my laundry was in the sink, because "I had a meeting with the president in the morning".

My cousin once woke up in Knoxville (after driving from Cincinnati) in a gas station parking lot. Still wearing the slippers he fell asleep in.

I'm apparently the life of the party if I take that stuff and wake back up an hour later. Shame I don't remember ANYTHING, but I'm apparently entertaining.

Yeah, I've had similar things happen after taking Ambien. Do not want.

BigLuca

2011-11-09 12:17:38 PM

for me 10mg Ambien = 6 shots of vodka + 1 shot of Nyquil, without the slurred speech or hangover. I love that stuff.

offmymeds

2011-11-09 12:22:09 PM

BigLuca: for me 10mg Ambien = 6 shots of vodka + 1 shot of Nyquil, without the slurred speech or hangover. I love that stuff.

10mg Ambien + 6 shots of vodka + 1 shot of Nyquil = ?

Chulainn

2011-11-09 12:23:04 PM

This thread makes me really want to take ambien.

D_Evans45

2011-11-09 12:26:04 PM

brigid_fitch: I believe this. I was on Ambien for 3 nights. First night, I had intensely vivid, HORRIBLE nightmares--3 or 4 in a row where I was convinced I was awake, only to be thrown into another horrific scenario. Second night, I woke up to find myself frying eggs. Don't remember how I got there. The third night, I was in my driveway trying to unlock the car door with my house key. Flushed the rest of the bottle after that.

A friend has been on Ambien and I've seen her do all sorts of crazy stuff--eat raw hot dogs out of the package, tell me about the troll doll that keeps talking to her & keeping her up at night, wander the back yard near-naked in the snow, go sit in her car and just stare blankly. Her husband put a bell on the bedroom door to let him know she's up and wandering.

It's been well-documented that Ambien has weird effects on some people, sleep-eating, sleep-walking, and sleep-driving among them. Insomnia's an awful thing and I'm glad I finally found a couple of things that work (Xanax & melatonin). But for a lot of people, Ambien's the only thing that lets them sleep, so they put up with the danger.

If you have medical cannabis laws in your state, you can find tinctures that will lay out just about any insomniac. You don't even have to smoke anything or get uber stoned, just ingest at night time and then go lay down in about 20 minutes. No blackout events, just restful sleep.

KatjaMouse

2011-11-09 12:30:43 PM

D_Evans45: If you have medical cannabis laws in your state, you can find tinctures that will lay out just about any insomniac. You don't even have to smoke anything or get uber stoned, just ingest at night time and then go lay down in about 20 minutes. No blackout events, just restful sleep.

Mother Nature gave us this harmless substance for a reason, yo.

Pharmdawg

2011-11-09 12:33:55 PM

Unfortunately, Ambien does have a long track record of doing this. One of my patients ended up waking up naked in his yard surrounded by his neighbors in the middle of a storm.

thelordofcheese

2011-11-09 12:38:36 PM

Pharmdawg: Unfortunately, Ambien does have a long track record of doing this. One of my patients ended up waking up naked in his yard surrounded by his neighbors in the middle of a storm.

Ah, yes. Getting naked. Ambien does tend to trend towards that.

Slackfumasta

2011-11-09 12:39:14 PM

If you're going to take ambien, wait until you are in bed and ready to sleep! If you take it and wait to get sleepy before getting ready for bed, you're going to do all kinds of farmed up things.

foo monkey

2011-11-09 12:40:02 PM

Chulainn: This thread makes me really want to take ambien.

Inorite?

Isn't Tiger Woods into Ambien sex?

offmymeds

2011-11-09 12:40:14 PM

thelordofcheese: Pharmdawg: Unfortunately, Ambien does have a long track record of doing this. One of my patients ended up waking up naked in his yard surrounded by his neighbors in the middle of a storm.

Ah, yes. Getting naked. Ambien does tend to trend towards that.

Kind of like LSD, but without the bats and melting walls.

AkaranD

2011-11-09 12:47:53 PM

Ambien will make you do all sorts of bad, weird shiat if it interacts wrong. And I do mean all kinds of bad an weird shiat.

The last time I took it I nearly electrocuted myself by almost sticking a knife in the toaster (I woke up just enough to realize that was wrong), I nearly nuked metal in the microwave, I set a glass of water on a table directly over a surge protector (the strip kind). My family is on strict orders from me now that if I have to get up in the middle of the night for anything, and I'm not back in bed in 15 minutes or they hear strange sounds anywhere in the house, they are to haul ass and find me.

Good pill, works like a charm, but it will seriously fark you up.

Trance750

2011-11-09 12:49:56 PM

AbbeySomeone: Tell me again why some of these drugs are legal?

Because enough politicians were paid off....

bikerbob59

2011-11-09 12:54:25 PM

On Ambien I have done and not remembered:

Being shaved twice. No, not there. Yes, there.
Eaten a pound of chicken salad.
Cleaned my home office and then couldn't find anything.
Almost reserved a trip to Jamaica (email to prove it ).
Almost drowned my wife.

After the last one, she wouldn't give them to me any more...what a biatch.

Nightjars

2011-11-09 12:58:41 PM

Hmmm, Ambien. Fun stuff. Kind of trippy. Never done anything too weird on it, but I have hidden my keys from myself before I take it, just in case....

foo monkey

2011-11-09 01:14:37 PM

Nightjars: Hmmm, Ambien. Fun stuff. Kind of trippy. Never done anything too weird on it, but I have hidden my keys from myself before I take it, just in case....

How do you find them when you wake up?

BigLuca

2011-11-09 01:15:14 PM

offmymeds: BigLuca: for me 10mg Ambien = 6 shots of vodka + 1 shot of Nyquil, without the slurred speech or hangover. I love that stuff.

10mg Ambien + 6 shots of vodka + 1 shot of Nyquil = ?

= me having to notify the neighbors whenever I move

Nightjars

2011-11-09 01:15:59 PM

foo monkey: Nightjars: Hmmm, Ambien. Fun stuff. Kind of trippy. Never done anything too weird on it, but I have hidden my keys from myself before I take it, just in case....

How do you find them when you wake up?

I ask the walrus, he usually remembers.

gabesmama

2011-11-09 01:24:12 PM

I'm a lifelong sleepwalker and the 1st time I took Ambien, I walked up and down the hallway for a half an hour, stared at the bathroom door that seemed to have grown blue fur and organized my books and magazines in stacks...but damn it if I didn't feel super rested in the morning!

/still take the stuff
//don't sleep walk anymore on it
///weird farking dreams though...would almost rather sleep walk

brigid_fitch

2011-11-09 01:48:54 PM

Slackfumasta: If you're going to take ambien, wait until you are in bed and ready to sleep! If you take it and wait to get sleepy before getting ready for bed, you're going to do all kinds of farmed up things.

That doesn't work for everyone. I took the pill, walked from my bathroom to the bed, laid down, & put the tv on like I usually do. Didn't try to fight sleep or anything. I distinctly remember watching the tv melt, then me talking to shadow creatures on the walls, and then the ceiling beginning to sag, only to burst open full of filthy water, snakes, and bugs. And then I thought I woke up, only to find myself flying with vampires and being trapped in an Escher-like house. That was 5 friggin' years ago and I still remember almost every detail. The next night I didn't turn on the tv & just tried to go to sleep. I woke up cooking eggs. Tried again next night and woke up trying to unlock my car door.

I honestly think that people who make that suggestion either have never taken Ambien or are doing all sorts of farked up stuff in their sleep & simply don't remember.

elburritobandito

2011-11-09 02:10:46 PM

Hector Remarkable

2011-11-09 02:12:09 PM

Yeah, Ambien is not a solution. The stuff is crazy. People appear awake when they're actually asleep.
My girlfriend gave me one to help me sleep when I had some wisdom tooth pain. I slept a little bit, then got back up to tell her that it still hurt. She said to call the dentist. I said I couldn't until after the weekend. She informed me that the weekend was over. Apparently, I kept getting up for three straight days, asking for more Ambien and then going back to bed. For three days. I had zero memory of it. I swore it was still Friday night and I had only taken the one pill. But no, It was Monday, and I was pretty freaked to have to accept that. Never again.

bikerbob59

2011-11-09 02:12:36 PM

brigid_fitch: Slackfumasta: If you're going to take ambien, wait until you are in bed and ready to sleep! If you take it and wait to get sleepy before getting ready for bed, you're going to do all kinds of farmed up things.

That doesn't work for everyone. I took the pill, walked from my bathroom to the bed, laid down, & put the tv on like I usually do. Didn't try to fight sleep or anything. I distinctly remember watching the tv melt, then me talking to shadow creatures on the walls, and then the ceiling beginning to sag, only to burst open full of filthy water, snakes, and bugs. And then I thought I woke up, only to find myself flying with vampires and being trapped in an Escher-like house. That was 5 friggin' years ago and I still remember almost every detail. The next night I didn't turn on the tv & just tried to go to sleep. I woke up cooking eggs. Tried again next night and woke up trying to unlock my car door.

I honestly think that people who make that suggestion either have never taken Ambien or are doing all sorts of farked up stuff in their sleep & simply don't remember.

Are you sure it was Ambien and not acid??

Knara

2011-11-09 02:17:48 PM

Shadow Blasko: Last time I took Ambien

This is mainly the issue I have with Ambien. I think that I would benefit from it, as my sleep schedule/habits have always been scattershot, but I have no one to monitor if I'm gonna do something bizarre, so I don't want to risk it.

freetomato

2011-11-09 02:20:59 PM

They gave my husband some of that stuff when he deployed (they fly screwy schedules) and he didn't like it one bit, so he brought the entire prescription home. I took one and apparently got all kinds of freaky/frisky.....and don't remember one bit of it.

YRThereSchool

2011-11-09 02:42:14 PM

Back when I was a hardcore pillhead, we used to snort ambien in the middle of the day just to fight off the sleepiness and essentially hallucinate. This is an EXTREMELY recreational drug, and among that segment of the community that are interested in better living through pharmacology, there are very few people who don't know the recreational potential of this drug.

Yet most doctors will tell you they don't think it has recreational value.

I don't even know if ambien is particularly bioavailable through the nose, but what the heck, we did it anyway.

susler

2011-11-09 02:49:53 PM

I've taken Ambien for years irregularly and uneventfully until the unfortunate incident of last July wherein I took one the night before and woke up in the morning feeling refreshed and great and stepped into the bathroom into giant standing puddles of urine all over the floor.

I think I'm done.

bikerbob59

2011-11-09 04:01:26 PM

susler: I've taken Ambien for years irregularly and uneventfully until the unfortunate incident of last July wherein I took one the night before and woke up in the morning feeling refreshed and great and stepped into the bathroom into giant standing puddles of urine all over the floor.

I think I'm done.

You forgot the CSB.

sonder

2011-11-09 04:05:48 PM

I take ambien every night. (chronic sleep disorder) and I'm here to tell you this shiat is NOT uncommon. Last night, I made a lovely cheese plate, and did the dishes.

Asleep.

sonder

2011-11-09 04:12:42 PM

freetomato: They gave my husband some of that stuff when he deployed (they fly screwy schedules) and he didn't like it one bit, so he brought the entire prescription home. I took one and apparently got all kinds of freaky/frisky.....and don't remember one bit of it.

My fiancee has this reaction sometimes.

It's kind of awesome.

ParagonComplex

2011-11-09 05:17:15 PM

Last time I took ambien I had a scary blackout. I talked to one of my friends for hours on the phone, okay, nothing strange with that. Then I sent on Facebook where I had the sneaking suspicion I couldn't trust my cousin. So what did my ambien mind do? It sent a FB message full of BSery just to see if it got back to anyone. It did. Not even sure what all I said. Still haven't let her know I know she's two-faced. If she ever asks why we never do anything together anymore I'll tell her to be careful the questions she asks for she may not like the answers she gets.

I haven't taken ambien since. Bad bad news, that stuff is. Makes you think you're dreaming even though you aren't. I'm lucky talking on the phone and sabotaging my own rep was the only thing I did. Just a shame it proved to me that I can't trust anyone. Now I don't associate with gossipy biatches.

gh0strid3r

2011-11-10 03:06:02 AM

I've never taken Ambien, but I had a recent incident involving asthma medication. I was prescribed Singulair, Prednisone, and Dulera to help me deal with increased asthma symptoms brought on by recent weather conditions. I made the mistake of taking them all at the same time just before going to work and an hour later flipped out and threatened a coworker. I then proceeded to experience full-body shakes, hot and cold flashes, severe headache, dizziness, and the beginning signs of shock. Apparently, all three meds have a history of causing violent aggresiveness and the combination set me up for a complete loss of control once something set me off. Luckily, my coworker once worked in the medical field and recognized what was happening before I did, so he didn't take it personally. My doctor immediately changed my prescription to avoid any future trouble.

Now, I don't know if this guy's claim is legitimate or just convenient, but I can't discount it now that I've had such a severe reaction to other medication.

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