Ambien (then more ambien, + K)- experienced - Damn... all I wanted to do was sleep...

[~_Hiss_~]

Last night after studying math a while, caffeine still in my system, I decided to take an ambien 10mg, around 11pm. I had class at 8am so I figured this would allow me to get a good rest before then.

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I wake up at 7am, before the alarm clock. I felt like shit. "I'm not taking that crap again" was my first thought. But then I noticed the garbage can and floor by my bed had thick slimy puke on it. I realized I had another one of those 'ambien incidents', my second to be exact.

I regained some of my memory of what happened over the next hour. But let me first explain what the first ambien incident was. About 2 weeks before, I took an ambien to go to bed and i stayed up a little after it kicked in. I lost inhibition and ended up taking 3 more ambien, smoking pot and doing a bunch of whippets, things I wouldn't usually do, especially on a school night, since I have 8am classes 5x/week. I vaguely remember other people in the room with me on my couch which weren't there.

This incident I can recall more, although my memory was blank at first. I have put together that I started to feel pretty good and all my stress about life went away, after just the first pill. It had kicked in in only 15 minutes and I was feeling great at 30 or so. I ended up eating 3 more, probably thinking its ok because I've done that before. There were waves flowing through the floor that I could see and feel, and balance was thrown off. Everything looked wavier and when I looked at myself in the mirror it was very odd for some reason I can't recall but remember from other times.

Here comes the risky behavior. I decide to inject some K. I had been meaning to take another journey on it soon, but not on a school night, with a calc test at 8am. I remember seeing 140 on the scale, and taking my time preparing everything, which took a while because I wasn't too coordinated nor did I have all my intelligence working. But, I didn't skip any of the sterile prep steps, at least from what fog I can remember and seeing the supplies laying on the floor the next morning. I injected it into my leg...

I am not sure what happens next but I'm sure I was in a state of mind that did not resemble human consciousness. I think it was towards the end I recall the room being very large, almost stadium sized. There was all these living things everywhere. I don't remember what they looked like but I felt I was in a crowd. Soon these things started to be replaced by objects in the room and along with it, normal proportions and some perceptions. This happened suddenly and I realized "i'm back here". I realized that the living things or people, whatever they were, were gone.

But everything was still a little distorted and I was messed up. I felt sick. I threw up a massive pile on my garbage can, part of my bed and floor. Then the next thing I remember is coming to, with earplugs in, and throwing up like crazy onto the garbage can again. When i remember this I recall it was very trippy throwing up, especially with earplugs in. It was a very unfamiliar feeling, thats all I can say.

Something that made me laugh today was discovering my electric lighter with the safety ripped out. I had observed the safety before and didn't think it would be easy to take out. But I did that just fine


My conclusion is, ambien feels good. But it takes away inhibition like a quickly drunk 6-pack for me. The successful times I've had with ambien is when I took the pill and as soon as I felt sleepy I lied down. Both incidents I've had involved ignoring the feeling. I will be more careful in the future with this stuff, especially on school/exam nights.

 

[Hypnic_JerK]

bizarre, man. I'm glad you made it through unharmed!

 

[*~Giggles~*]

I have a prescription to ambien but I don't abuse it because it is dangerous. There have been times that I took an ambien, laid down to go to bed and would call people and have no recollection of my phone conversations. I would take ambien with intentions of going to sleep and someone would call me to go out, and of course I went out. I would have to have someone tell me what I did that night because I had no idea what I did. Fortunately nothing bad has happened to me under this state but it is still dangerous to be semiconscious.

 

[hockyproz]

ambien is a great drug as long as your careful...it helps to have people around to make sure you dont do anything your gonna regret...as you wont remember doing it

 

[Xorkoth]

Damn, man. Glad you're not hurt. Alcohol sometimes does the same thing to me, but it's only made me take drugs I hadn't wanted to once. That time, the last thing I remember is swallowing an ecstacy pill someone handed me at midnight, then I blacked out until 4:30am, at which time I felt fucking awesome and talked up a storm for about 25 minutes, and came down. Damn waste of $20. Although, my friends tell me I was rolling harder than they'd ever seen someone roll, and was having a great time. Go figure.

 

[Gldm]

Definately beware of Ambien addiction. I wasn't warned about the long term effects and my shrink kept just refilling my prescription every month for most of a year. It can be a difficult one to kick, but the memory loss gets cumulatively worse as you go. That's what eventually got me off it, I hated those blackout periods like you had.

First rule of taking ambien is always HIDE YOUR KEYS! If you can get a friend to hide them while you're not looking even better, but if you at least put them somewhere unusual it's likely you won't remember once the ambien kicks in. It doesn't matter how much you tell yourself you'll never drive while on it, once you're there everything seems like a good idea. And beileve me, you won't be in a very safe state to drive!