I use every day as well and I can eat, sleep, and pretty much be functional day to day. Of course I'm a long term every day user so I literally roll a bowl right before bed, ass out in an hour. I've had bad experiences with ambien, crashed my 4runner in a ditch and didn't remember anything. Still don't remember. When I used to be more low tolerant a zanny bar worked for me. Everyone is different though, but 2mg xan bar put me right out.