Ambien and sleepwalking

Developed sleep walking, eating, talking, running machinery and watching TV while I was supposedly asleep. This was witnessed by my niece who was very scared. It lasted for about an hour. This is not the first time but this is the first time someone witnessed it. I had suspected all along because I saw used dishes and empty containers in the kitchen in the morning. Have been off it for 3 days now and thank God. Never will I take it again although it seemed to work well for 2 years. I have gained so much weight from the night eating. That guy on the news who says he drove his car after taking Ambien, I now believe him!

I have been taking for quite some time-I warn my family prior to taking-due to weird behavior. Vivid hallucinations & dreams; having conversations I do not remember; calling people on the phone w/ vague recollections the next day & actually making plans; sleep walking; eating; confusion; insomnia when not taking

I took it for over 7 years. I would get up during the night several times and eat excessively to the point of #30 lbs wt gain. I acted drunk, slurred speech, was incoherent, etc and never knew it according to family. I was extremely tired during the day and ended up with chronic fatigue, restless leg syndrome and fibromyalgia. I felt drugged during the day and even though I thought i was sleeping at night I was actually up most of the night sleepwalking, and doing things I never realized i did till I was told later.

Hello
I have been off ambien for 2 days-- I only took it for 1 month- ow ling will it take to get it out of mt system??
I had problems with sleep walking & sleep eating

My father was first prescribed ambien in 1993 after the death of his wife to help with sleep. I have seen him go through the various stages of side effects from sleep walking to talking to people that weren't there to falling and hallicinating. This was all under the care and supervision of his doctor. It is now 2005 and I am writing this as he sits in a de-tox facility after building up a tolerance to this addictive drug of up to 20/10mg. pills per day. He couldn't let go of this drug and even the doctors are shocked at the amount his body has been able to sustain. I would beg anyone reading this that has been on this prescription to talk to their doctor if they feel that they are not able to sleep without it. My father was very close to dying and it is still possible while he is going through detox that he will die. No matter how many Ambien he takes he can't feel good enough and I have discovered he was mixing with pain killers. His doctor did NOT prescibe him enough to take 20 a day, but it is readily sold ILLEGALLY over the internet. These people are heartless, selling ILLEGAL PRESCRIPTIONS over the internet from manufacturers outside of the United States. I can't tell you how awful it has been as my father has gotton more and more addicted to this medication. I had started to question whether or not he had Alzheimers because of his actions under this drug. He gets up every night and goes to the kitchen to eat at night. He has let everything else go. He has not slept one night in 13 years without it. For anyone reading this who thinks this could not happen to them, please know that my fiance who took this drug to help him sleep had hallicinations with me in the room. I can tell you after watching him just in the initial stages of detox over the last three days that this is a PAINFUL and AWFUL process. It is an addiction just like any other street drug. I am writing this after three days/nights with no sleep while waiting to get him into a treatment facility and spending all day/all night vigils while he begged for this pill. If you start to suspect you have a problem with this prescription please get help before it is too late.

I took Ambien for about 8 months and in the beginning it was great. I would sleep for 3 to 4 hours at a time uninterrupted (unheard of for me). However after a while I noticed some very unpleasant and embarrassing side effects that include: amnesia, sleep walking, apnea (felt oxygen deprived), headaches, would sometimes wake after sleeping for a while and try to make telephone calls and fall asleep while talking to my son (I can only imagine what he thought), I would have sex with my husband while hallucinating that he was wearing purple capes and had multiple sex organs, I didn't remember these events, I was told the next morning. I only kept taking it 3/4's of a 10 mg. tablet, because I needed to sleep but since I woke up feeling anything but rested I wondered how much I really slept. The most serious side effect happened 2 weeks ago. I woke to use the restroom 3 hours after taking & fell asleep on the toilet for almost an hour. I don't remember getting up but when I did I walked a few feet and collapsed, hit my nose & went into what appeared to my husband to be a seizure when it was most likely brought on by low oxygen intake due to AMBIEN. He thought I stopped breathing and called 911. I know that Ambien caused this and I destroyed all of my prescription and will never take it again. I had no problem stopping it as it almost killed me. I am back to my old self, not sleeping but that's better than permanent sleep. The makers of Ambien must know that this is happening to people but don't disclose it or they feel that advertising 7-10 days of treatment is recommended gets them off the hook. Long term Ambien use is extremely dangerous and may build up toxic levels in your blood but why aren't we told that. I had no addiction to this drug and all of you can stop too. Your just addicted to sleep and I don't blame you. Sleeps a problem for me too now but I will be too scared to ever take anything for it again. Good luck to you all!

I have been on Ambien for several months & it has caused
me to " sleep walk " . I did about everything in the kitchen.
I opened cans of food , cooked on the stove , made toast &
did most things you do in a kitchen. What concerns me, is it easier to start fires while sleep walking ?
The best advice is to ' cold turkey ' off of ambien. I'm feeling much better since kicking my nemosis. Amen!
I,m glad Dr's are realizing that another pill & more pill taking is a remedy for their patients.

I have been taking ambien for about four months. I have experienced splurts of sleep walking. My husband told me that I asked him to fix be some left over chichken and green beans left over from dinner and I didn't remember it the next day. I'm also experiencing bloating in the lower abdomon area. Also going through menapause. Have had shakes and dizzy mind in the morning. Has anyone else experienced sleep walking?