I HATE AMBIEN! Brought back the sleepwalking I thought I’d outgrown in my early Twenties. Almost burnt my house down “sleepcooking!” Have read police reports of people “sleepdriving!” If you’ve ever had a problem with somnambulism, DON’T TAKE AMBIEN!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnambulate
I prefer Lunesta. I use to get over jet-lag when travelling overseas. Never take it on the plane though - only at bedtime at destination!!
New patients on this stuff really should have somebody around the first few nights to make sure they don’t get up and do stuff half awake, but clumsily enough to put themselves in danger.
I shudder to think what mixing it with Scotch would do. I’ve never been that stupid. In less severe cases, a patient will engage in activities after taking the pill and forget about the activities until something reminds him later (like getting up the next morning and seeing a bowl he ate from the previous night in the sink).
Maybe Perry took a Valium or two.
I took Ambien once. Never again. No sleepwalking, but to this day I cannot remember several hours of that evening prior to taking it. I don’t even remember what I had for dinner that night. I also don’t remember falling asleep. I felt a little lightheaded and then *poof*, it was nine hours later.
They ought to call the stuff AmbiRoofies.
I’ve heard of cases of “sleep Taco Bell”...waking up with wrappers all over the bed.