The Right Honourable Jimmy Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I haven't really been around much on this forum because my insomnia was getting worse to the point I was hallucinating and I was so depressed that I literally didn't want to do anything. So I was prescribed Ambien and I took 20mg last night but I don't remember a thing. Apparently, I ate two plates of pasta but I found that really weird because my appetite is being awful and I've been barely eatin, sometimes not at all. So I ate two plates of pasta, put both in the bin afterwards, I smashed a glass and stepped on it and I threw up afterwards. But all I remember is going to bed at one o'clock. The thing is I don't want to stop taking ambien because it's the only one that can get me 4 hours of sleep. The mitazapine only gave me two hours of sleep. The other thing is I want to stop it because I don't remember doing any thing the night before and I'm afraid that I might hurt somebody while I'm on it and won't remember it, that would devastate me even more. I'm not a bad person and I don't want people to think that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I'm sorry that happened. It happened to me too when I tried it ... I ate without remembering it, wrote emails ... mainly those 2 things. After waking up I had to go and review all the emails I sent out, to make sure I didn't send any that would make me look like an ass. I only took 2 doses of 10 mg (1 each time) before going off of it. It scared me with the not remembering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 One of the side effects of Ambien is sleepwalking. However I was not taking it when I used to eat in my sleep. I can't remember all the medications I was on at that time but I do know I was on Zyprexa. Sometimes the only evidence would be crumbs in the bed or maybe spillages in the kitchen. One time I woke up and found myself spreading marmalade on my toast, with a mug of tea already made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I'm moving this to side effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffypinkbunny Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) I was so afraid of taking Ambien just for this reason. Thankfully, I don't do it. I freaked out when I read the pharmacy paper that came with it: Having sex and driving without knowing it OMG! I'm really ridged on how I take it though. I get ready for bed, go to the bathroom, jammies on and get all settled in, before taking it. Maybe if you had a small snack before bed time, that might help with the eating? My sister sleep ate all the time on Serequel. She gained a ton of weight because of it. Her pd took her off and no more sleep eating. 20 mg seems high. Did they try you out on 10 first? I started at 10 and have tried 5 but it doesn't knock me out like 10 does. Best of luck! Edited April 23, 2015 by Fluffypinkbunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincess88 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Ambien is one hell of a drug. I've only taken it a couple times, but when I did I hallucinated and got the giggles at nothing. It made me feel crazy. But the sleep eating, I also experienced that while on a different medicine. I was on a mixture of Seroquel and Trazadone and the same thing would happen to me. I would wake up and find food beside my bed and not remember eating it at all. It was so weird. I was blacked out but apparently I was also eating and not remembering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I would definitely mention this to your doctor. Maybe you want to try 5mg before you give up, but that is purely between you and your doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Ambien messed me up also. Aside from the eating, I was up emailing people and didn't realize it. Once I figured out that I was doing this, every time I woke up I had to check my sent emails to make sure they were not something I wouldn't have sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffypinkbunny Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) Ambien messed me up also. Aside from the eating, I was up emailing people and didn't realize it. Once I figured out that I was doing this, every time I woke up I had to check my sent emails to make sure they were not something I wouldn't have sent. This is scary! Were you doing other unwanted things too? Edited May 12, 2015 by Fluffypinkbunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Ambien messed me up also. Aside from the eating, I was up emailing people and didn't realize it. Once I figured out that I was doing this, every time I woke up I had to check my sent emails to make sure they were not something I wouldn't have sent. This is scary! Were you doing other unwanted things too? Talking on the phone was another thing that happened. I'd either call someone, or if the phone rang and I picked it up, I had no recollection of any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaawal Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I was only on ambien while I was inpatient. They gave it to everyone. The most I'd do while IP was wake up at 3AM and chill in the main area, granted there is no fridge for me to raid IP. I found antipsychotics (which make me sleep) would make me get up at night. I just remember walking around the apartment so not sure if I'd sleep eat, though I would eat at odd hours (like that time I ate cold hot dog weiners - bf came out and said wtf). I have done fairly odd things while I was supposed to be sleeping while on antipsychotics. I don't think I've done anything like that recently but I'm not on the zyprexa everyday just as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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