Ive described Ambien as the best drug Ive ever taken. If I take it and go to bed Im fine. My problem is that it takes awhile for it to kick in, so I take it an hour before I intend on going to bed. Im a hardcore insomniac. If I dont take something to help me sleep Ill go days without more than 2 or 3 hours a night. This does not make for a happy Jack.
Ambien is a hypnotic, for me it lowers my desire to self-edit. So if you ask me something, Ill tell you exactly what I think. This is not always a good thing.
It also tends to lock me in to do whatever task I was doing before I fell asleep. The most common thing I do is fall asleep sitting at the computer. When I wake up Ill continue looking at web sites or writing until I fall asleep again. Ill wake up and just keep repeating it.
So I think what I did last night was tell someone to have pleasant dreams. And for some reason it seemed like a good idea to tell everyone who I had a tab to their journal open the same thing. Even though it was only meant for one or two people.
My roommate has become particularly adept at dealing with me when I get this way. He can wake me up, tell me to go to bed and I will. Its kind of like, hey, thats a good idea. Im going to go to bed. Otherwise I might spend my whole night repeating a cretin pattern. And I very rarely remember what I did once it kicks in. Thats the real problem.
I have no doubt that Im addicted to it, but for me its better than the alterative. Occasionally I make an ass out of myself. Forgiveness please
Ambien is a hypnotic, for me it lowers my desire to self-edit. So if you ask me something, Ill tell you exactly what I think. This is not always a good thing.
It also tends to lock me in to do whatever task I was doing before I fell asleep. The most common thing I do is fall asleep sitting at the computer. When I wake up Ill continue looking at web sites or writing until I fall asleep again. Ill wake up and just keep repeating it.
So I think what I did last night was tell someone to have pleasant dreams. And for some reason it seemed like a good idea to tell everyone who I had a tab to their journal open the same thing. Even though it was only meant for one or two people.
My roommate has become particularly adept at dealing with me when I get this way. He can wake me up, tell me to go to bed and I will. Its kind of like, hey, thats a good idea. Im going to go to bed. Otherwise I might spend my whole night repeating a cretin pattern. And I very rarely remember what I did once it kicks in. Thats the real problem.
I have no doubt that Im addicted to it, but for me its better than the alterative. Occasionally I make an ass out of myself. Forgiveness please
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