Anyone ever use Ambien?

[Frozen Sooner]

'Cause this stuff is the bomb-diggety.

I've gotten more uninterupted sleep in the last two weeks than I have, well, ever.

[sanantoniosooner]

Bankers guilt is deadly.

[Oldnslo]

um. there are some pretty unusual reports of, um, sort of like sleepwalking. As a side effect.

you might consider chaining yourself to the bed. Or something.

[Mongo]

My wife suffers from night terrors. I need to sleep on a shower curtain due to her blood curdling screams. She took an ambien in the hospital, it only amplified those terrors. I almost sh!t the cot I was sleepin on more than normal.

[Mjcpr]

My wife suffers from night terrors. I need to sleep on a shower curtain due to her blood curdling screams. She took an ambien in the hospital, it only amplified those terrors. I almost sh!t the cot I was sleepin on more than normal.

Yours sounds like an interesting life, Mongo.

[Newbomb Turk]

No - but I've tried Lunesta.

[Jerk]

I usually just pop some pills and wash it down with Jack Daniels® before I go to sleep.

[Penguin]

I've taken Ambien occasionally.

They say to have 7-8 hours set aside for sleep. I say BS! When I take Ambien, I am out for a solid 10 hours and I'm still groggy for another 2 hours.



I love it, though. It always works.

[lil'duck]

never tried Ambien - melatonin has worked pretty well for me....unless I'm under serious stress. My mom tried Lunesta and began to lose her short term memory big time, so she dropped it. In fact, whenever I see the commercial for it, I always joke "forget your worries, and everything else"....

[Mongo]

Yours sounds like an interesting life, Mongo.


You dont know the half of it. I have almost emptied a .45 into the drywall cause the wife is screaming and pointing.

I bet it was you watching me while I sleep.

[lil'duck]

anyone ever heard of sleep paralysis? My sister had that once as well as an employee of mine- really bizarre stuff.

[Mjcpr]

I'm not saying it can't happen, but don't you have to have some major sleep issues to get a prescription drug for going to sleep? The FEW times I've ever had a problem, the OTC medications did the trick.

[sanantoniosooner]

I find a little action before bed helps out.

Sleep like clockwork.........twice a month.

[Flagstaffsooner]

Melatonin and herbal sleppy tea.

[Mongo]

I overheard an Ambien pharma rep tell the doctor that he had to start taking the new delayed dosage Ambien cause he would sleep walk on the old version.

Whatever happend to the days of polishing off a fifth of liquor to help you sleep?

[lil'duck]

I overheard an Ambien pharma rep tell the doctor that he had to start taking the new delayed dosage Ambien cause he would sleep walk on the old version.

Whatever happend to the days of polishing off a fifth of liquor to help you sleep?

I think it has a nasty hangover as a side effect...so I've heard...;)

[Frozen Sooner]

I'm not saying it can't happen, but don't you have to have some major sleep issues to get a prescription drug for going to sleep? The FEW times I've ever had a problem, the OTC medications did the trick.

Well, I don't know if you consider only getting about 2-3 hours of sleep per night to be major sleep issues, but I guess my doc does. ;)

[Scott D]

I find a little action before bed helps out.

Sleep like clockwork.........twice a month.

nice to hear your relations with wife have improved.

[Mjcpr]

Well, I don't know if you consider only getting about 2-3 hours of sleep per night to be major sleep issues, but I guess my doc does. ;)

Yeah, it's just hard for me to imagine that. I know it would have to be hell.

[Frozen Sooner]

It was/is. I don't generally have any trouble getting to sleep, but staying asleep is a HUGE issue. I apparently wasn't staying in REM sleep long enough to get any actual sleep, so I was walking around in a half-daze most of the time.

[lil'duck]

It was/is. I don't generally have any trouble getting to sleep, but staying asleep is a HUGE issue. I apparently wasn't staying in REM sleep long enough to get any actual sleep, so I was walking around in a half-daze most of the time.

Like the guy in Fight Club? Never really awake and never really asleep?

[OUinFLA]

that explains a lot of your posts.
:D

[Frozen Sooner]

Like the guy in Fight Club? Never really awake and never really asleep?

All I know is I have a lot of soap for some reason.

[Frozen Sooner]

that explains a lot of your posts.
:D

Yeah, I was a cranky bastard.

[lil'duck]

All I know is I have a lot of soap for some reason.

His name was Robert Paulson....;)

[Frozen Sooner]

His name was Robert Paulson....;)

In project GetFrozSomeDamnSleep we have no names.

[lil'duck]

In project GetFrozSomeDamnSleep we have no names.

because while awake we have no names, but in sleep we have a name.

[Jerk]

because while awake we have no names, but in sleep we have a name.

That's a good song. I like U2. Bono is cool

[handcrafted]

The hangover from sleep meds is worse than the hangover from wine. I like wine.

[Frozen Sooner]

Boy, not for me it isn't. I get a horrible headache on a wine hangover.

[lil'duck]

Boy, not for me it isn't. I get a horrible headache on a wine hangover.

oh man, a bad wine hangover is the worst kind. Everything you smell, smells like wine. Love to drink it, but over drink it and you're one sick puppy the next day.

glad you're sleeping, though. How long's it been since you've slept this good? High school? childhood?

[proud gonzo]

probably since he discovered soonerfans :D

[proud gonzo]

man, i slept horribly when i was a kid..i think i sleep worse now though.

it would take me at least an hour, usually longer, to fall asleep when I was a kid. And then when i did go to sleep i had the weirdest dreams. I had lucid dreams a lot and recurring dreams and the strangest nightmares. I must have been weird...

anymore though, i rarely have lucid dreams (actually I rarely remember my dreams, which is odd for me), i clench my jaw when i sleep, and even when i get plenty of sleep I have a really hard time waking up.

[lil'duck]

man, i slept horribly when i was a kid..i think i sleep worse now though.

it would take me at least an hour, usually longer, to fall asleep when I was a kid. And then when i did go to sleep i had the weirdest dreams. I had lucid dreams a lot and recurring dreams and the strangest nightmares. I must have been weird...

anymore though, i rarely have lucid dreams (actually I rarely remember my dreams, which is odd for me), i clench my jaw when i sleep, and even when i get plenty of sleep I have a really hard time waking up.

I had a couple recurring dreams, too.. Can you control your dreams? your lucid dreams I mean?

[Mongo]

I had a couple recurring dreams, too.. Can you control your dreams? your lucid dreams I mean?


You cant control lucid dreams. I have told Mrs. Mongo this when waking up with morning wood.

[lil'duck]

You cant control lucid dreams. I have told Mrs. Mongo this when waking up with morning wood.

eh? you can control your lucid dreams - because you are aware you are dreaming, hence the ability to control the content of the dream.

can't speak for your wood scenario, though. ;)

[hurricane'bone]

In project GetFrozSomeDamnSleep we have no names.


Space Monkeys

[lil'duck]

Space Monkeys

and you're too friggin'......BLONDE!:)

[Frozen Sooner]

probably since he discovered pr0n :D

Yeah, pretty much.

Actually, I've never slept well, even as a child. There was a running joke that my bed looked like a pack of wolves had been at it or something every morning. As long as I can remember I've tossed and turned and woken up several times a night.

The only times in my life I remember sleeping well were on Kauai and on the ranch.

[sanantoniosooner]

I'm guessing you skipped your pill tonight?

[proud gonzo]

I had a couple recurring dreams, too.. Can you control your dreams? your lucid dreams I mean?yeah, when i used to have lucid dreams i coudl control them. The weird thing was that most of my recurring dreams were lucid... kinda freaky. it was like groundhog day--i figured my brain kept giving me the same dream until i figured out what i was supposed to do with it.

[Frozen Sooner]

I'm three hours behind you, SAS. ;)

I just took it and I'm hitting the hay in an hour.

[GottaHavePride]

Cue the Bill Hicks "I've had some good times on drugs" bit...

[Jerk]

Cue the Bill Hicks "I've had some good times on drugs" bit...

nevermind. It's not good to speak ill of the dead.

[birddog]

weird, wild stuff.

[handcrafted]

oh man, a bad wine hangover is the worst kind. Everything you smell, smells like wine. Love to drink it, but over drink it and you're one sick puppy the next day.

I think the key phrase here is "over drink". Bad idea. :D

A lot of it has to do with body chemistry, too. Some people react badly to the sediments in red wine. Wine doesn't give me a hangover at all unless I go over my limit. I would much rather use natural sleep remedies than drug myself. Same goes for treating my allergies. Except for this year, I've been eating Claritin like it's cheesecake. I'm going to go to the doc for a physical in a few months and really really hope I don't have high blood pressure. That would suck.

You can get some of the same health benefits from grape juice, but that doesn't help you sleep. :)

[Okla-homey]

I enjoy taking Ambien and amphetamines simultaneously. Then, I just sit back and let the two drugs fight it out in my system to see who wins. Kinda like an internal WWE match against two sworn enemies.;)

[IB4OU2]

I take Ambien, it works pretty well but I like Lunesta too. Ambien does a pretty good job of keeping me asleep but getting to sleep faster is better with Lunesta for me. I wish I did'nt have to take any medications at all....succs but thankfully we have them available now. :)

[John Kochtoston]

Yeah, pretty much.

Actually, I've never slept well, even as a child. There was a running joke that my bed looked like a pack of wolves had been at it or something every morning. As long as I can remember I've tossed and turned and woken up several times a night.

The only times in my life I remember sleeping well were on Kauai and on the ranch.

Mike -
Ever been checked for sleep apnea? I had very similar symptoms to what you're describing (little continuous sleep, bed looked like hell, daytime fuge state) and that's what I had. Ambien did very little in my case, but my CPAP machine almost ensures at least seven good hours.

[King Crimson]

chamomille tea and valerian tabs are much cheaper.

[Okieflyer]

I've taken Ambien occasionally.

They say to have 7-8 hours set aside for sleep. I say BS! When I take Ambien, I am out for a solid 10 hours and I'm still groggy for another 2 hours.

So your sayin' it's made from Nyquil?

[Frozen Sooner]

Mike -
Ever been checked for sleep apnea? I had very similar symptoms to what you're describing (little continuous sleep, bed looked like hell, daytime fuge state) and that's what I had. Ambien did very little in my case, but my CPAP machine almost ensures at least seven good hours.

That's actually the next step. They're trying the ambien course first.