AMBIEN and eating in my sleep - Oh Dear, oh my.

Morning peeps. First I was taking my Ambien (sleep meds) and then calling people and not remembering our convos the next day. Now I'm taking my pill and waking up and finding empty wrappers, yes plural, to my lil fruit snacks all over the house. On the sofa, on the kitchen counter... They are only 45 calories and 6 or 9 grams of sugar, but still - and more than one or two can add up. LOL. Dang!!! We talked about the effects of Ambien on the other board...there were lots of sleep calls and sleep fruit cutting and sleep cooking and sleep sex and sleep walking going on...Anyone here experiencing this? Thank goodness I don't have any cookies in my house...last nite I probably woulda ate the whole freakin box.   

I can't speak for experience with Ambien, but maybe you need to discuss it with your doctor.  There are so many sleeping pills on the market, another one may suit you better.

I take an old-fashioned (narcotic) sleeping pill Restoril (Temazapam).  Been taking it for about 9 years without a problem.  I admit, recently I've been eating at night a few times, but I was conscious of it...my dog has been waking me up at night (last night we were up 4 times) and if I'm waiting for her in the kitchen too long to do her business, I end up eating 1/2 banana or 1/2 protein bar or something.

-Elli

LOL>>>  I know I'm mean for laughing, but I can't help it. I'm just picturing you with a trail of wrappers all over the house.

 

You know,  I posted a few days ago about all my food dreams since I decided to have wls.  Last night I dreamed of sugar cookies and birthday cake!!! It's always a lot of food in a crowd, and  I'm afraid it will run out before it's my turn in line.  I must be subconsciously missing food before it's even restricted. Maybe I have some inner fear of not being to pig out after the surgery. I guess that's one for my pre-op therapist to figure out.

 

As far as the Ambien. I took it. My friend told me I called her and told her little pink elephants were dancing on my ceiling. I discussed this with my doctor and she told me in the future not to call anybody after I took it (typical Dr. response). I never took it again after that. There's no telling what else I did that I never heard about. I could have some ***** site in Guatemala thanks to Ambien as far as I know.  The weird thing is I never remembered any of it after I woke up.

I agree you should talk to your doctor. Have you tried Tylenol pm? Works for me.

Hey Cake.  I too am Laughing my A OFF!!  Im sorry I cant help myself!!!  
Sleep SEX??  LOL  Now that if funny too!   Maybe I should give my husband some of this and see if it works that way for him. I could take full advantage of the situation... LOL  

SOrry Im done laughing now!   I too take Tylenol PM works wonders for me.  
I think I would deffinantly talk to your DR and find somehting with out these effects.  Im sure there has to be something on the market with out these side effects!  GOOD LUCK and keep us posted!!

Ginger