Ambien: What can I expect

[Andarvi]

After a month of sleeping no more than 2 hours a night, the Dr. prescribed me ambien. I hear this stuff is strong, and its main advantage is it doesn't leave you groggy in the morning, which over the counter stuff usually does to me.

Anyone ever tried it? What was your experience?

[Vuitton]

I take 6.5mg of it now and then, and its not like other sleeping pills. You can stay awake on it if you wanted, but you'll start hallucinating a little bit if you don't go to sleep. It works really well. I always fall right asleep and wake up non groggy and awake.

Edit:

Tiger Woods liked to have sex with his mistresses while on it. Never tried it, but maybe I'll try jacking off on it. I don't want to fall asleep while having sex, hahaha.

[Mizango]

That shit messed me up, I had to give up and go to Lunesta. Ambien gave me a groggy hangover feeling, put me in a bad mood and had me all over the place. A friend of mine had issues of it making him talk in his sleep and needless to say it caused issues with his live in gf or w/e.

I hope it works for you but I eventually had to go to Lunesta and havent looked back since.

[BerenTebogo]

I used to have a rx for it years ago.

Long story short, one of the stories recounted to me by Caiti of my activities the night prior involve me attempting to tunnel through the mattress with my hands while shouting something about a cave. I don't remember any of it.

I only took the normal dosage as well. Shit fucks you up.

Edit: I have one semi-lucid memory of the fuck-uppedness of Ambien from like 5 years ago. I had taken the pills and then somehow got dragged into something time consuming in FFXI. About 30 minutes or so later I became convinced that my keyboard was a raccoon who was talking to me, and I could hear what he was saying, but to hear it I needed to read it on the screen.

Of course to communicate back I had to poke the raccoon while talking to it and petting it. This resulted in 10+ minutes of nothing but "dlgjhdigfiuhergi4rhg4hhhghdfngjkfhnfh" and the like being spammed by me in party chat (so I was told) while I carried on this deep conversation with my keyboard raccoon.

I wish I could make this shit up.

[Penthesilea]

I took some of my roommates and nothing happened. I didn't go to bed for another 2+ hours, wasn't able to sleep so I smoked and that finally put me to sleep.

[Mizango]

@ Sath. Not surprising lol.

[AidenCarby]

Of course to communicate back I had to poke the raccoon while talking to it and petting it. This resulted in 10+ minutes of nothing but "dlgjhdigfiuhergi4rhg4hhhghdfngjkfhnfh" and the like being spammed by me in party chat

I think that's just the Sath, you did that when we xp'd bard and pld in east ron [s] too lol.

[Quixon]

Friend of mine takes it, she said that she hasn't had any problems except when you mix it with alcohol.

It basically enhances the alcohol from what she said, and you she won't remember what happened after she took the medicine. I was the benefit of this twice lol.

[BerenTebogo]

I think that's just the Sath, you did that when we xp'd bard and pld in east ron [s] too lol.

Lol.

[AidenCarby]

Lol.

How goes the new server? I bailed out of carbuncle too lol.

[BerenTebogo]

I quit again as of like a month ago. No desire to spend 100+ hours upgrading relic augment in 2010. That said, lolgeneral.

[Omnipotent]

Shit, where can I get me some of these.

[Vuitton]

I should clarify, I take Ambien CR, and half of the normal dosage. (Normal being 12mg, so 6.5) So, that is probably why I never feel groggy or drugged.

[wyrmtung]

After a month of sleeping no more than 2 hours a night, the Dr. prescribed me ambien. I hear this stuff is strong, and its main advantage is it doesn't leave you groggy in the morning, which over the counter stuff usually does to me.

Anyone ever tried it? What was your experience?

lies

[Mizango]

lies

Big time.

[Woozie]

I took ambien, laid down in bed, and had some really nice dreams. The problem is that I wasn't even asleep...

[Vuitton]

not sure why you guys are all groggy. you're either taking too high of a dosage or you're not getting a full 8 hours of sleep, thus waking up still under its influence and groggy.

ive never felt groggy from it.

[Mizango]

I took ambien, laid down in bed, and had some really nice dreams. The problem is that I wasn't even asleep...

I told you loool.

[Melena]

I took it when I had shoulder surgery. Works great, but the problem I had was my body became dependent on it to sleep. My doctor wound up having to extend my time off from work for 3 weeks, have me take another sleep aid and get me off of that just so I could fall asleep before 5am.

[Fhqwghads]

I've had a prescription for years. I take it probably 3 times a week or so. Its effects are unpredictable. Sometimes I can fall asleep without a problem using it, others I'll remain awake as if I hadn't taken it at all. Occasionally I'll have some really awesome hallucinations that I may or may not remember. My wife and our roommate are endlessly entertained whenever the Ambien fires off in that manner.

One past episode I had taken some and after 10 minutes I decided to take a shower. Apparently the Ambien kicked in while I was in there, because something fell off the window ledge and into the tub making a huge thud. My wife came in and asked me what that noise was and my reply was "rocket ship". Then there was the other time where I explained in detail why ballskin would make a great trampoline for ants that were jumping off burning buildings.