"Some people using this medicine have engaged in activity such as driving, eating, or making phone calls and later having no memory of the activity."
-Ambien Side Effects
Perhaps I should have paid more attention to this information.
When I travel, I often take Ambien to sleep. Otherwise, I toss and turn, sleep a few hours and never really relax. Especially if my husband is snoring in his usual buzz saw fashion beside me. When we were in Pensacola a couple of months ago, I took an Ambien one night and lay down on my bed to read for a while. The print began to blur and then...that's it. That is all I remember. I assumed I just fell asleep.
The next morning, I asked Liz and Cory what they thought about "Juno". I had already seen it and they were watching it as I read. Liz paused, looked at me quizzically, and said "Uh. You watched it with us, mom."
Turns out, I had done more than fall asleep. I got up, went in the living room, had a conversation and laid on the couch with them to watch TV. Then I wished everyone a good night and went to bed.
I have no memory of this.
I guess it's a good thing I didn't take a drive. I could have ended up back in Kentucky.
And that would have been a lot more annoying that watching "Juno" twice.
-Ambien Side Effects
Perhaps I should have paid more attention to this information.
When I travel, I often take Ambien to sleep. Otherwise, I toss and turn, sleep a few hours and never really relax. Especially if my husband is snoring in his usual buzz saw fashion beside me. When we were in Pensacola a couple of months ago, I took an Ambien one night and lay down on my bed to read for a while. The print began to blur and then...that's it. That is all I remember. I assumed I just fell asleep.
The next morning, I asked Liz and Cory what they thought about "Juno". I had already seen it and they were watching it as I read. Liz paused, looked at me quizzically, and said "Uh. You watched it with us, mom."
Turns out, I had done more than fall asleep. I got up, went in the living room, had a conversation and laid on the couch with them to watch TV. Then I wished everyone a good night and went to bed.
I have no memory of this.
I guess it's a good thing I didn't take a drive. I could have ended up back in Kentucky.
And that would have been a lot more annoying that watching "Juno" twice.
Check out my Herald-Leader post today: Ya Gotta Have Friends
4 comments:
What about us...waking up writing about sleeping...:O)
ROFLMAO. That is a funny story! Please don't take Ambien and drive!
Um, I do that even without medication (hence the name of my blog...a statement I said to my husband, bless his heart). I could only imagine what would happen if I took a sleeping pill.
I found your blog by way of BooMama AND I grew up in Lexington, but have lived in Pennsylvania for 25 years! Anyway, when I took Ambien I went into my son's room and all of his clothes where dancing on the floor! Any my neighbor took it and saw monkeys coming out of the laundry basket!!! :) Funny stuff! Laurie
Post a Comment