Many many years ago I was given Ambien which is a sleeping pill.
They worked great the first night. 8/hrs of complete sleep. Also no dreams.
The next days I had fewer hours of sleep and weird weird dreams. I stopped using it within the week. The withdrawals were fitful sleep for maybe 3 days.
Another person I know had same reaction.
I switched to melatonin which has no withdrawals when you stop using it. The cure for me was to change my diet and I get a better night sleep.
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I’ve been on Ambien for over ten years. Without it, I don’t sleep at all, mostly due to the other drugs I take. Prograf causes horrible insomnia, and the dialysis was worse. 60-80% (depending on the study) of dialysis patients have chronic insomnia.
There is a new drug out which acts differently, and slows the wake cycle of your brain instead of supercharging your sleep cycle. Didn’t work for me. It was also extremely expensive, which was a problem. It probably will work out better long-term for people who have never taken a hypnotic like Zolpidem.
My dreams are incredibly vivid, occasionally strange, but normally follow a strict script. I believe some of that had to do with my hobbies, which are very centered in story writing. I have also been known to engage my husband physically and not remember it, but that hasn’t happened in about six years, and was rare to begin with. He told my of five occasions, confirming why I felt sore. He said he thought I was awake, because I wasn’t acting suspiciously. Sleep paralysis happens too, but that’s easy to deal with.
All drugs have side-effects, especially those which affect the brain. I was aware of the possibilities, but living on an hour of sleep each night was not helping my health. I also have chronic insomnia. Much like depression, these powerful drugs shouldn’t be treating short-term and stress-related insomnia. If you don’t have a chronic illness affecting your sleep, don’t take it.
ambien sometimes provides weird dreams.
Melatonin can produce vivid dreams in some.
That is what beer is for.