This blog was posted about 3 years ago…….
So, here is my personal story for each of the 5 'activities
to do on ambien that don't involve sleeping' – in connection to the article
posted above. I probably won't be really
graphic about #2 - just sayin'! (Btw,
when I am alone for any period of time, I take Ambien when I'm already in
bed. Sometimes that helps to avoid these
scenarios..... sometimes not, as in my first story.)
(Eat/ Do Some Activity:
My first story involves activities #1 and #4 together: John was out of
town for the week, and I had taken my 15mg of Ambien – the dosage at that time.
(normal dose is 10mg but I've been taking it for almost 4 years every night - I
have EXTREME insomnia or I'm a 'short sleeper' - search the internet for that
one, it's really cool!) I was in bed
reading when the thot occurred to me: "I could have a small bowl of cereal
while I'm reading since I'm just sitting here in bed." Of course, I had to get OUT of bed in order
to get the cereal - but Ambien NEVER edits itself! The rest of the events are hazy but they go
basically as follows: at some point I spilled some of the cereal and milk on
the book I was reading and on my bed. I
cleaned it up using some clothing beside my bed, then (apparently) got up, stripped
the sheets off my bed, got a towel to put over the wet spot, got fresh sheets,
remade my bed (perfectly along with blankets) and propped my book open so the
wet page could dry. Now, the only reason
that I know I did any of this is because, the next morning, I saw the pile of
wet sheets at the foot of my bed, and felt, then looked, at the towel under the
sheet that I put there to absorb the spilled milk!! I have no actual physical memory of doing any
of this - but I'm so anal, apparently even under the influence of Ambien that
the bed was made as perfectly as I would have made it any other time.
I am always hungry when I take it - I always want 'just
something to munch on'. And if I don't
take it and go immediately to bed, I will find some activity to do that I will
most likely not remember and if I do remember it, it will be in a dream-like
quality.
Story involving activity #2: (Have Sex – or some other VERY
AGGRESSIVE TENDENCY) Okay, so you don't
get a story just a couple of comments! (Whatever,
you pervert!) Ambien heightens or stimulates personality characteristics or
aggressive tendencies making a lot of people more agressive in a variety of
areas. The article doesn't describe any
sex that happens as good or bad, just insane.
Well, I'm not sure how anyone knows that since you NEVER - NEVER
remember that it even happened the next morning!
Activity #3 story: (write fan mail) I normally type
approximately 80-100 wpm. I'm a much
slower ambien-typist and I don't make a lot of sense. I have actually confessed to some people when
I’m typing them a message that I was typing 'under the influence'. One night I was at home with my kids, had
taken Ambien, and told them that I just wanted to send a quick email to a
friend. Well, at some point the kids
realized I was typing about 2 words per minute - not exaggerating, and they
attempted to get me to stop and resend it in the morning. I was quite insistent that it had to go that
night. Within a few minutes I actually
began falling over asleep. Peter began
to pull me up but instead of standing up, I merely bent over with my hands
still on the keyboard in some sort of weird keyboard stretch. They eventually got me up and in bed. And then because the last couple of sentences
in the email were almost unintelligible, they put a note at the bottom
explaining to my friend that the email was sent 'under the influence.'
#5 Ambidialing: Now,
I have never specifically called anyone by phone while taking Ambien. However, I have on many occasions been
Ambien-overwhelmed to have deeply serious conversations with people. I remember in particular - well, I had to ask
Katie the next morning if it really happened, and it did - but in particular, I
decided one night late that I needed to reassure Katie while I was 'under the
influence' that she did "not need to worry if it seemed that the boys had
more financial advantage in college because they got more money from the car
wreck. That she had lots of things going
for her. She was special too." She said that I got very close to her face
and spoke in a hushed voice which, of course, made me laugh so hard and
everyone else too.
**One other little story that doesn’t necessarily fit into
any of these categories: Ambien does
work better for me now that I have some additional medicine to help with my
anxiety. But a few years ago when it was
only working 3-4 hours a night, I would normally stay up until 2 or 3 am, so
that I could sleep until 6 or 7 am. I
didn’t want to take it at midnight and be awake at 3 or 4 am!! Seems reasonable,
right?? Anyway, one of those nights, I
had taken my dosage at 2:45 and thought, “I’ll just sit here at the computer
for a couple minutes while the Ambien kicks in.” Well, of course, it worked
quickly that night! The next morning, I
came out to the kitchen and there on the counter was a bowl of sour cream with
one Dorito in it…..hmmm……I asked Katie about it, and she informed me that John
told her to tell me to call him about it.
Apparently, John had gotten up at 3am to use the restroom and had heard
me talking to “someone” in the kitchen and discovered me trying to introduce
“guests” to a new kind of Nachos (just sour cream and Doritos Ranch
flavored). And when he tried to get me
to come to bed, I insisted that these people had to try these Nachos – that
they wanted to try these Nachos.
So, John had to eat them before I would go to bed. But he left one chip in the bowl to prove
that I had done this!!! :*P Clever
man………
I have had occasion to take Ambien over the course of the
last 15 years on a limited level - it's just these last 4 that it's become
steady. I remember several years ago it
was taken off the market for several months.
It was during this time that people began to discover on a wide-scale
level the amnesiac side effects - and they were very concerned. I remember thinking, 'Of course, you don't
remember! Of course, it causes amnesic
events! It's a sleeping pill - you're not supposed to!!' Thankfully, it came back on the market. Because I'll tell you that I have never been
able to take over the counter sleep meds.
They always made me feel drugged the next day, and now my body chemistry
has changed, because they actually have the opposite effect and make me hyper! They rev up my system so that I’m hyper and
jittery. THE ONLY thing that is able to
put a cap on my brain and give me any measure of rest – to shut down my brain
for a few short hours is Ambien!!!! Let’s hope it NEVER, EVER goes off the
market again!!! Despite any amnesic events!
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