AMBIEN ( zolpidem )
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I am sure people have heard the stories of people doing things in their sleep while on Ambien. I didn't believe some of the stories I heard..but it's all true. There have been many nights I have randomly called some of my friends just to talk to them or texted them at 11:30 at night. My husband has told me that I have also done a few weird things, like going through my nightstand, sitting up in bed and talking to him, but the exciting story I have has to do with my husband. I had sex with him one night for two hours!! I remember bits and pieces, like it was dream, but I don't remember all the details and how it lasted. He had no clue I trully was asleep doing this. I do have history as a child walking and talking in my sleep, and also as an adult, but not as frequent. Now when I take Ambien, my husband always asks if I am taking my crazy pill. I haven't had sex again, but continue to talk in my sleep.

I woke up the next morning to over 50 bruise on my legs and a sore stomach. After freaking out I noticed that 3 more full sheets of dry wall and been put on the wall and 10 sheets moved to a new location. I am 5'2 and a 150 pounds, how could I move that much weight and not be a wake? One thing amazing, I even new to know to level the sheets and wedge them off of the floor. What is going on when you take this medicine. I have also been told that I binge eat, talk on the phone, buy items online and clean after I take my night time pill!

I started having sex w/my boyfriend after having taken an Ambien. At first, it was normal, but after awhile, I became aware of the presence of other men in the room. It was as if they were riding his back while he was making love with me. Like they wanted to be a part of the energy -- sort of just hanging on and watching. It wasn't scary, just kind of other-worldly.

Another time, he told me that I had started to get frisky with him, then abruptly turned my back to him, said I'm going to sleep now, patted his winkie and said you're on your own! And then I was out like a light. Weird!

Well, the first night I felt like my apartment was rolling along top the ocean, I could see swells animate on the floor. I stood up to change the thermostat and could barely walk. I remember returning to my bed and falling asleep immediately. The next day, I did not have any hangover. That first night's experience occurred only once. I took Ambien virtually every night for a year afterward. The only side effect upon taking Ambien was double vision, but I was so relaxed it didn't scare me. Every time double vision occurred, I just closed my book and fell asleep. My sister had to stop taking Ambien. She would sleep eat, act like an intoxicated person would behave at a wild party, etc... A couple of her friends claimed they saw her sleep walking around the college campus in the middle of the night. She admits not having any memory of it. I've also heard of people having seizures after stopping 'cold turkey'. Any one considering stopping Ambien should keep this in mind and discuss this with their doctor before running this risk.

My father in law sleep binge eats. I once walked in on him while getting a bottle, we had a big conversation. Next morning the kitchen was trashed, an entire cake was gone, as well as boxes of ceral. He asked what happened. I said, well, you were in here eating the cake when I got the baby a bottle. All he could say was please tell me i had on clothes (which he did).

Hi, I have been taking Ambien for a few weeks. On two occassions my bf said we had sex and it was great. Only it seems to me that we had not had sex in days. In fact, I can't recall a moment of the sexual escapade! I'm happy I can trust my bf or else who knows what he could or would have done to me. Cheers to all, be careful who you take Ambien around! Lock your doors and set your alarms!

I've been on Ambien for a while now - (I miss the old white pill where you could break it in half). I noticed sometimes it didn't work - like a placebo. I discovered that you shouldn't eat a few hours before bed time, and that seems to fix it. Sometimes an activator (cheese and crackers) can help it set in faster. When this happens however, the effects seem to be a little more dramatic. The walls and roof actually begin to roll and I can't tell which way is up. I close my eyes and drift off. That's all I remember. Apparently, after about 30 mins, I'll get up and drive, or engage in some conversation completely reasonable - appearing completely lucid and without question of my true mental status. I'll work in the office and not know till the morning that the task has already been done - well! As nice as this is, it worries me that I would endanger someone else, so I have someone hide the keys to the truck. I guess my life's an Open Book to anyone who wants info after I've taken ambien, all they gotta do is ask!

I have had problems sleeping for several years, and I have been off and on Ambien since it came out in the 90s. I have been known to sleep eat, sleep talk, online shop, sex, etc, while on Ambien. Of course, I had little or no memory of it the next day. One night about 1 1/2 years ago, is the craziest story I have about Ambien. I woke up one morning with smooth, hairless arms and the word BATH written in tape in my bathtub. My fiance (now my husband) said I apparently shaved my arms while taking a bath and then decorated my bathtub with the word BATH in it after I had taken my Ambien. I would never shave my arms in waking life and can't imagine why I would want to even on Ambien, but apparently Ambien makes me do weird things. At least I didn't write the word BATH in permanent marker or something, or I would've really been in trouble with the landlord. At least I could just peel the tape off, but still, this proves that while taking Ambien, I'm capable of doing incredibly stupid things. My advice to anyone who needs this medicine for sleep is this: when you take it, make SURE you are lying down in bed ready to go to sleep. If you take it and then continue to get ready for bed, you will most likely start doing crazy stuff. As long as I don't get out of bed after taking it, I'm fine and I just sleep all night with no problems. My husband makes sure I stay in bed after taking it and he watches out for me. It also helps to have someone trustworthy to keep your Ambiens for you, so you don't take it, forget you took it, and then take more (I've done this, too).

ok so the first night i took ambien i was with a friend. it was stupid cuz we weren't really taking it to go to sleep but just for the funny feeling it gives you. well we couldnt feel anything so we took two more and headed out the door to take a drive. the only thing i remember was driving on the bike path a little ways out of town. the next time i took it i had a few stuffed animals in my room and i would freak out on my boyfriend for inviting all these people to my house for a party...then i started to calm down and began singing a song about a chocolate chip potato over and over. my boyfriend and i do tend to have sex more when im taking this, and i am also very social when i take it. it is a fun sensation but dont be a retard like me and take advantage of it!

I started taking Ambien for severe insomnia. It worked great for awhile (or so I thought.) The first incident I had, I woke up the next morning to find that I had filled my humidifier up with coffee. Didn't think much of it and kinda laughed it off. Another night I guess I had cleaned and organized my closet. It was amazing how clean and neatly arranged everything was but I have absolutely no memory of it. The same night I got out my christmas decorations and began decorating my balcony with x-mas lights. The only thing I can recall was thinking wow those are really pretty lights. The next day I discovered that I had just plugged in a strand of lights and threw them over the side of the railing. The last and final straw on Ambien was late last year. I had gotten off work on a Friday night and came home and got ready for bed..and thought I went to bed. I guess I was up all night making phone calls, and everyone said I sounded fine on the phone. I can't remember anything for that whole weekend. I apparently kept taking the drug over the next two days. I ordered pizza, called some more people during the day, and rearranged my furniture that whole Saturday and can't remember a second of it. That Saturday in the middle of the night I called my mom at 4am and then again at 5am. On Sunday, I made place settings for 3 people and kept calling my mom and asking where the heck she was. Apparently I thought she was coming over. That Sunday night I called my mom again asking where in the bleep did my dad hide my cigs. I guess I couldn't find them. I tried scraping the ice off my car window so I could go to the store and get some. I then locked myself out of my apartment. I can kind of remember standing outside in the freezing cold buzzing everyone in my apartment building to let me in. I have no idea how long I stood out there. The next thing i remember was that Monday at noon my sister called me freaking out and worried. After I finally came out of my Ambien haze I went out to my car to make sure I didn't drive. It was in the same spot, my purse was inside dumped all around, and I tried to scrape my window with my library card. I tried to recap the weekend but there is only bits and pieces that I remember. I still don't know if I went down to my neighbors apartment to yell at them for there loud music. It feels like a dream and I don't know if it's real. I took almost 20 Ambiens that weekend with no memory of doing so. Needless to say I could of easily killed myself that weekend and I flushed the rest of the pills and will NEVER again take them. SCARY