ok i have an ambien story too....
Like someone else said, i started taking it about 1/2 hour before i was ready for bed to give it time to kick in.
Well, one morning my house mate asked if i had heard the smoke alarm go off during the night. Nope, i said, and didn't think anything more about it.
Later as i was sitting at the computer, i noticed a big jar candle sitting on the floor in the corner of the room. i wondered why it was there and went over to get it. It was covered with black soot and had water in it, as well as bits of burnt paper. i sat there trying to figure out what was going on, and slowly memories started coming back....i remembered sitting at my desk, lighting the candle and holding paper over it. That's all i remembered.
i almost set the house on fire on ambien! Yeah, it got trashed quickly. A friend eats in his sleep when he takes it....wakes up with food wrappers and crumbs all over the bed but with no memory of doing it.
my doc switched me to amitriptyline (elavil) for insomnia, which works ok usually with no hangover effect. It's old as dirt and very cheap.
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