AMBIEN USERS

Good Morning America had an interesting story this morning about the sleeping pill ambien. Apparently it can cause some people to "sleep eat"!!! Like sleep walking only they get up and eat. They eat anything like raw eggs, bags of candy, bags of chips, and even whole loaves of bread. Anything they can get their hands on. This was causing extreme weight gain in most cases. If anyone takes ambien and keeps gaining weight for no apparent reason, you may want to look into this disorder. I guess even the literture you get when you fill the perscription says it may cause this disorder in some people!!! Amazing !!!! Peace and Love !!!

I took that medication for 2 days. Couldnt handle it. The first dose was the regular dose they give u when starting out, knocked me OUT for 2 days, did stuff I didnt know I was doing,then he cut it in half, same thing-- made me sleep but also did the sleep/awake zombie thing. I dont know if I ate or not, lol All I know is I have a whole bottle minus 1 1/2 in my medecine chest!! lol PS, how have you done since your revision?? Still trying to get Chuckie & my pcps nurse to work together on my case, they just won't do it-- each blames the other. I would get all the info from each of them so SOMEONE could correlate it & get it sent IN! Health care professionals have us by the short hairs most of the time! It sucks.

I have used it on and off for 3 years. I have never had a problem with it. The issue I have had, is if I take it and don't GO to bed. I end up doing things that I do not remember. I have not seen the information you are referring to but it would be interesting to know if these people are taking the medication as directed.