AHAHAHA. I love it. I've only taken it once, but have had many friends that have taken it. It is common to cause sleep walking and eating. My friend would wake up every morning to food strewn out on her counter. She couldn't figure out who was getting up and eating until her husband said that she got up every night and ate and cooked a whole meal, had conversations and went back to sleep.
Ugh. I took it once when I worked night shift and had difficulties sleeping during the day. Right after I took it I had hallucinations.....just weird, nothing scary. Then I fell asleep for 8 hours (most ever while working nights) but when I woke up I felt DRUNK, big time. Then I got really dizzy and puked my brains out for the rest of the night. Yuck.
I take it. I don't know what I would do without it right now. I like it alot better than any other sleep medicine I have tried. It doesn't have any weird side effects for me. About ten minutes before I fall asleep I am so relaxed. I feel refreshed in the morning like I got really good sleep!
When I went to l&d the 3rd time contracting every 3 mins but got sent home at 5am, they gave me one... I didn't wake up til 2 that afternoon.:/ I felt drunk as hell.
My mil ordered a $4,000 vacation on ambian. She had no idea till they called her. It worked for the first couple of times i took it but the last time i was agitated and parinoid and wanted to get out of hospital and pull my ivs out. Of course i was on a bunch of other meds at that time too.
I look forward to bedtime because of it!! Lol. I notice if I eat and then take it it takes alot longer to work. I sleep hard on it but I get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night so I am not totally unconscious haha.
You can also try melatonin. @emy is correct and they are extremely bad for us. Melatonin is amazing! However, not sleeping is has an insanely negative impact on your health as well. Gotta choose the best of two evils! If you haven't ever tried melatonin, def give it a shot.
@ent I don't drink alcohol or caffeine anymore. @captivated and @emy Ive tried melatonin and it gets me relaxed but not put me to sleep... It actually gives me the munchies and I find myself hanging out of the kitchen eating all night. I take hypertension meds and you can't take melatonin with it. Also... It makes me tired and I drag the next day feeling like I never got any sleep which leaves me with a MAJOR attitude.
I took it while I was on hospital bedrest can only sleep so much. I timed it from taking it to pass out was 30 mins everytime. I got up one night to use the bathroom n kicked the corner of the metal kick plate on the door split my big toenail in half and was just like dayyyyum and crawled back in bed. Didn't feel a thing
Ive taken it once. I passed out and woke up 12 hours later in the same platoon I fell asleep in. I know of some people taking it and waking up next to their pools. I prefer trazadone or restoril
I agree with @mom2ing. Sleep aids should only be used at a maximum of two weeks to a month. There is a reason your body doesn't sleep and wakes. Gotta get to the route of that problem to cure your insomnia. Sleep aids should only assist temporarily.
I use to take ambien i would make phone calls in my sleep to people and make no sense. The last straw was when we found my phone in a bathtub of water. I had run the bath got in and was making phone calls, it scared the shit out of my husband he was afraid i was going to drown myself since i was there alone( i worked nights he worked days)1 i agree with the other ladies it would be better to find something natural like tea.
I had the toughest night. I didn't get to sleep until 4:30am.
I left my purse at my SIL... Which had my Ambien in it. Errrrr!
I got everyone in bed at 8pm, did my homework and tried to shut it down by 10, which turned into 11 and then midnight.
My mind was racing with a million things I had to do. I always tell myself if I'm laying in the bed for more than 3 hours and can't sleep then I need to get up and do something around the house. Do you know how much can get done in 3 hours?
So I got up... Drunk some BS Sleepy tea and took a tylenol PM. By this time I had a headache so I'm thinking.... In 30 mins I can put the crockpot on, make lunches and start and change a load of clothes to the dryer.
30 mins the tea AND tylenol PM should kick in... Right? .... NOT!!!
I laid down, got hot... Took of my clothes
Started itching... Put on lotion
Tosses left, then right... Changed out my pillow.
Became even more hot... Got up and checked the AC. Still 73 degrees! Set up a fan then took of my panties. (like my panties being off would really make a difference) So by now I'm butt necked, moisturized, headaches gone and still restless.
Took about 3 bathroom rooms and then finally for to sleep.
@kindell ... I just simply made an appt and told my Dr I needed to get some rest. That I was tired and exhausted and couldn't settle down at night. I was falling asleep at 4am and waking up every hour.then I have to get back up at 7am to take the kids to school and I was about to go crazy from lack of sleep.
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If I take it about 10 mins later I feel relaxed and about 20 to 30 I'm knocked out.
I still wake up just fine when LO cries. Lately she's been up about 2 times throughout the night.
At 3am I wake up like I really have somewhere to be. Errrrr! I hate it.
I feel refreshed in the morning but now I'm feeling irritable.
I swear I look forward to 9:30 pm every night now. I think my honey misses me staying up with him tho.
Count down... 22 more minutes... LOL
@mama_kat ... I can totally see them being psych drugs. Seriously!
My kids lives depend on me getting sleep.
Just kidding... Well really I'm not. RMAO
I left my purse at my SIL... Which had my Ambien in it. Errrrr!
I got everyone in bed at 8pm, did my homework and tried to shut it down by 10, which turned into 11 and then midnight.
My mind was racing with a million things I had to do. I always tell myself if I'm laying in the bed for more than 3 hours and can't sleep then I need to get up and do something around the house. Do you know how much can get done in 3 hours?
So I got up... Drunk some BS Sleepy tea and took a tylenol PM. By this time I had a headache so I'm thinking.... In 30 mins I can put the crockpot on, make lunches and start and change a load of clothes to the dryer.
30 mins the tea AND tylenol PM should kick in... Right? .... NOT!!!
I laid down, got hot... Took of my clothes
Started itching... Put on lotion
Tosses left, then right... Changed out my pillow.
Became even more hot... Got up and checked the AC. Still 73 degrees! Set up a fan then took of my panties. (like my panties being off would really make a difference) So by now I'm butt necked, moisturized, headaches gone and still restless.
Took about 3 bathroom rooms and then finally for to sleep.
OMG.. what a night!