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- mikoslav, on 10/12/2007, -5/+52I don't think it's fair to attribute sleep sex to this drug. Maybe your partner just isn't that aroused by you :)
- jhuebel, on 10/12/2007, -4/+44@mcbesq: As someone who works in Information Management for a healthcare organization and has been through extensive formal HIPAA-compliance training, I can authoritatively say that you're a moron. captn_insano didn't provide personally identifiable information (called PHI in HIPAA terminology) nor did he give you the name of the doctor's office.
Troll. - yonbeastie, on 10/12/2007, -5/+44@mcbesq: Are you serious? I don't see any personal information whatsoever. What are you even talking about?
(Also, you should work on your capitalization. I'm positive it was taught in first grade.) - ramsinks.com, on 10/12/2007, -6/+40You mean man made pills for all these "new diseases" are bad for you!!??
No WAY!
Sheeple watch infomercial.. sheeple must ... buy... pill... mmm pills..... - blackf0rk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36Uhh, what's wrong with a salt sandwich here and there? Jeese, and what a bunch of winers. "Waaa, I can't sleep", "Waa, I just ate raw bacon", "Waaa, I'm eating buttered cigarettes, waaa, waaa, waaa!"
Well, there are plenty of people around the world who would kill for a buttered cigarette.... :P - bristolz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36Let me try a better translation for you:
Other drugs, especially those of the benzodiazepine family, including Versed and Rohypnol (also Xanax and Valium) are used in illegal kidnappings and, often, the victims retain no memories of the incident or instigator. Benzodiazepines, however, are Schedule IV (and Sched One) drugs, heavily controlled, whereas Ambien is not but perhaps should be. - blugu64, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34Huh, that's funny because I didn't see any names, SSN's, or any other identifable information in his post. Heck even a region of the country/world for that matter. All he said was that this is what his wife has told him. That's just what a generic *people* are suffering from, not a person....I think your overreacting a bit
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35My wife works in a doctors office and this drugs seriously screws with you. Not only does it have a high occurrence of sleep-walking and the above mentioned sleep-eating but their have been reports of Sleep-driving and sleep-sex!
- mwace, on 10/12/2007, -17/+43Whoa, dude, thats pretty ***** up right there!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25"And yon, the last sentence was an aside and was not intended to be formal."
--trying to bolser faulty argument with grammatical irks
--lacks common sense
D-, see me after class. - DFchoke, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25@mcbesq
no, you missed the point, I work under HIPAA constraints. He didn't mention any names, or that his wife had mentioned any information to him other than the side effects of a drug that is commonly prescribed. There is no need to spout off about confidentiality just to feel good about yourself. - chrono13, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19"Invitation for a fact-based argument: demoted. Dumb Simpsons reference: promoted. Truly a mystery."
You must be new here. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I took ambien for a while, and my roommate said that I would do all this crazy stuff before I finally went to bed, like walking around all goofy, drunk-like and such (I don't drink). I only remember some of it, but it freaked me out enough to wonder what control I had over myself while on the drug. So, I stopped.
- Shazam999, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Raw bacon is inappropriate? Erm, better stop eating it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Um, I dunno, I see a possible game here.
Give someone some Ambien, then put some bad food mixtures out, such as a peanut butter, ham, and dry pasta sandwich, and see if they eat it.
Sounds like fun to me. - vdubski, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16This has been all over the news for the past couple weeks. One of the reports said that a man had been having sleep-sex with his wife, but he didn't know that she was sleeping. He said she would perform things he only dreamed of. (no pun intended)
- Pennemu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12This happened to my girlfriend, who's a nurse. She put her Zyrtec and Ambien in the same bottle, thinking that because she's a nurse, she'd be fine. So in the morning she went to take her Zyrtec and accidently took an Ambien instead. Of course I didn't find out what had actually went on much later. So we're sitting in bed watching TV and she starts speaking in a some what slow manner. As this continued, I started to become worried. As I turned to talk to her the bed moved a little, and she yelled at me to stop shaking the boat. Then she started crying because she thought I was a gorilla. And her eyes would close periodically for short amounts of time. After she go over the crying she started telling me about how my left eye hated her and wanted to kill her. While my right happened to be friendly and like her a lot. I believe there was also something about alligators and some chipmunks hanging out in the room to. I was very worried. But all the strange symptoms seemed to subside after about an hour and a half.
- mcbesq, on 10/12/2007, -12/+24Homer: Butter up that bacon, boy
Bart: But my heart hurts!
Homer: I don't care. Bacon up that sausage. - michael.calfee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14The reason for sleep disorders seems obvious to me. People aren't active enough to tire the body. Sitting around all day, occasionally walking to the bathroom or parking lot, will not wear down the body enough to induce a deep, rejuvenating sleep. But that's the way society has evolved. Work in a field all day, and then see if you have a problem going to sleep at night.
- mikoslav, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14She woke up while asleep? Interesting concept.
- TheKillDoctor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Try pot before having your doctor prescribe some strange new drug on you. It's been tested by millions for thousands of years. Side effects include euphoria, lethargy, and munchies (during waking hours). Not recommended for children or habitual drug addicts. ;-)
- bnoble, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13This thread is giving me a rash.
- FamilyPants, on 10/12/2007, -14/+24One of the stranger Ambien side effects was that of Sleep Voting where scores of voters found themselves unintentionally voting for George Bush
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10My wife had a very bad reaction to Ambien awhile back. It was basically an all-night panic attack. She couldn't hold still, was crying constantly, was freaked out by everything around her, rolling around on the floor throughout the house. I couldn't talk to her coherently at all. She got in the spa completely clothed and put the cover on her head. It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced in my life. If I had not been there, she could have easily done something inadvertently that could have caused serious or fatal injury. By the next day, after she had finally fallen asleep, she had absolutely no memory of anything that had happened. I envy her for the lack of memory of that night because I'm still traumatized by it.
Stay away from Ambien. - ksgant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9It's happening to me now. I'm on Ambien and the weird thing is, I'm asleep right now. I only write to Digg or Slashdot while asleep, and when I'm awake, I have no idea that I've done these things.
Lol, my waking self is such an clueless moron. I'm thinking of getting rid of him. Long live the Ambien me! - Zonkzor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11If people only knew about the natural alternative to sleep medication called Valerian Root. You can buy it at any store for around $6 for a months supply. It's non addictive, safe, virtually no side effects, and used for hundreds if not thousands of years. You will find higher quality stuff at a natural foods or herbal store. I highly recommend this stuff for everyone.
- jhuebel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Or so you think. Wake up with a weird taste in your mouth? That's not morning breath. ;-)
- rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I digg really bad stories on digg when I'm on Ambian.
- nicepants, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8That's not a side effect of Ambien, that's just a side effect of college.
- dep01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I've had a friend on ambien sleep walk and do all sorts of weird things... Like prepare a full-course meal! She woke up, cooked, set the table, put everything out... All while asleep. Freaking weird!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Man I got to get my hands on this stuff! I have insomnia and this would be a fun fix for it. I'm just afraid I'll go do something stupid like take my computer apart.
- Braamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I was prescribed ambien for 3 years straight, In addition to making you do the strangest things, its a complete amnesiac, leaving you with no recolection of what you have done. I have awoken in strange places, with inline skates on, behind the wheel of my truck, in my pool... It all came to a head while in one of these insane periods, I crushed up the rest of the bottle and snorted it. My parents found me seizing on the floor of my room babbling incoherently, again with no recollection in the morning... the exact thing that happened to SkippyDoorknobs wife.
I agree... stay away from ambien - jhuebel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I wish I could digg your comment twice. "Sheeple" is the most appropriate term I've heard for people who want a pill for everything that ails them.
- chiller2002, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"Ahhh. The eternal question. Why was I demoted?
Because I'm a lawyer? A personal injury lawyer? Or because I'm not a drug company plant (thereby disputing the knee-jerk ad hominem attack)? Or because I tried to downplay the hyped up headline?"
Possible reasons someone demoted your comment:
1) You spammed a non-relevant website, and did so poorly with your double colons.
2) People recalled your previous comment on privacy, and figured you were just commenting for the hell of it.
3) If you would like to start a fact-based discussion, please site your references, otherwise people will rightly assume that it is a matter of opinion. Opinion is obviously welcomed here, but opinion is not "fact based". I'm not saying that you are lying, just that you didn't provide any relevant information/sources to justify your comments.
4) This story is probably being hyped, but then again, what major media outlet doesn't hype this type of story? In other words, your comment may have been stating the obvious.
5) Any other reason, up to and including, someone doing it for "the hell of it".
I imagine that #1 is most likely. - michael.calfee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I don't work in a field all day. I sit around, occasionally walking to the bathroom or parking lot. But I'm saying when I did get more physical activity (in past employment), sleep was something that literally overcame me. I didn't have to will myself to sleep, or sleep just for the sake of sleeping because its dark outside. I don't mean to offend anyone who has had traumatic experiences or suffers from mental debilitation. I'm making a general statement about society's evolution to a point where a large majority of the population does not have to do physical work.
- dreadsword, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Perhaps the lady that gained 100 lbs could keep less crap in her kitchen. Aventis could market Ambien as a sleep disorder drug and a weight loss program if they solid it with a treadmill and frozen broccoli...
- NickyBatts, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7American's never miss the chance to try a quick fix for their lifes problems. We loooovvveee some good ol' pill chompin'!
Besides, the real way to fix a sleep disorder is to start a fight club. Duh! - jmdajr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11when I take that drug.... I sleep thats it
- jhuebel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Sounds like the perfect compliment to Viagra. ;-)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This was on the news over a week ago and from what they stated, the number of people this happened to is extremely few.
- cheesy_1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Now if only I could take Ambien, get in bed, go to sleep, get out of bed, go to work, work all day, go home, get back in bed, THEN wake up...now THAT would be cool. Office Space hypnosis style!
- jhuebel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7And this was Ambien? Or you got hammered that night and pissed in a trash can like every other drunk has done at one time or another? :-)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You missed a perfect opportunity to feed her some man meat.
- liquidjill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Ambien is a safe and effective treatment for insomnia"
I love these statements. Safe how exactly? Most of the people I know that complain about not being able to sleep are sucking down 3 or 4 cups of coffee a day and getting little to no exercise.
Habit changes will do wonders for sleep ailments, and you don't have to worry about the salt sandwiches, you know, unless you're into that sort of thing. - SkrewyRebirth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Ah, buttered cigarettes. Truly a delicacy. Ambien has provided a whole new world of culinary treats...
- xgravix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@zonkzor
Valerian is also about as likely to make you go to sleep as a cup of coffee. I took ten of them (recommended dose: 2) and still didn't feel a thing. Worthless. - EricAnderton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Buttered Cigarettes? Most interesting, seeing as how nobody would ever want to eat one, even if they smoke.
It makes me wonder if this has anything to do with the oral fixation typically associated with smoking. Its almost as if the pathology of addiction is somehow intertwined with the drive to eat.
Neat stuff. - mcbesq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Chiller
Per your request, http://www.ambiencr.com/default.aspx?s=about&c=safe_use is Synofis Aventis' guidlines for safe use. Please see item 11.
Additionally, NPR had a piece last week on Morning Edition (I did a quick search of their online archives) about the class action suit started. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5280950
I don't disagree with any of your explanations. I do find it disturbing though that diggers tend to be more receptive to jokes and namecalling than actual discussion. It may be an age thing. I suspect this site skews young, though that is speculation.
The "you must be a drug company plant" was an especially dumb retort which is what I don't like about digg. - MuffinMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My roomate ate raw pie filling straight out of the can. No utensils, no comprehension at all that it was weird. However, he did comprehend that he might get messy - so he took his shirt off.
- debtman7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4In addition to the comments about taking it when you are ready to go to sleep (i.e. not watching tv, or doing a few last minute tasks), another important factor is dosage. These people who have been taking it for years are almost certainly taking more than the 10 mg prescriped dose. You build up a tolerance, and you can find many reviews online from people who take 20-30 mg after a few years to get to sleep. At that dosage, the odds of you having amnesia, hallucinations and sleep walking are MUCH greater.
Myself, I've taken ambien several times when I was on other drugs that kept me awake (prozac for anxiety, didn't sleep for a week, and prednisone for sinus/bronchitis issues keeps me up all night). Never had any problems, other than the relatively short half life (2.2 hours) meant 2 am wakeups at times. I always took it laying in bed ready to go to sleep. A few times I watched TV for a bit, but shut it off after 20 minutes or so when the people on TV began to look unusually realistic... -
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