Winter, little ones, and ambien don't mix - YorkieTalk.com Forums

meglaulanmar · 12-04-2007, 11:33 PM

Ya'll are never going to believe what happened to my dad. My mom is in the hospital having her second knee replacement in 3mo. So my dad is taking care of her, working some, and taking care of their Maltese. Ok... he is exhausted... beyond exhausted... because the hospital there sux and he does everything for my mom (like bedpans). So he goes home for his first night asleep in his own bed (my mom was moved to a rehab hospital). Ok... well he lets the maltese out... then puts them in their bed (awesome bed he designed for by his bed)... and sets the alarm. He goes and takes an ambien. He said he woke up and heard them barking... then yells hush and goes back to sleep.

Well ... all of the sudden he wakes up again. They are going CRAZY!!! Which they never do at night. He gets up to ck on them...thinking they had diarria... and can't find them. He hears them outside!!!! He had gotten up (ambien sleep walking... don't know if you have ever heard of it) and put them outside... the front yard... in 32degree weather and reset the alarm and went back to bed! He has NO memory of any of this! He was soooo freaked! My mom would have K I L L E D him if anything had happened to her babies... and not only was it freezing but their french doors go to the front yard...not the back yard! Right by a main street ...well... they have 3 acres... but no fence in between!

My mom use to take ambien until I went to stay w/ her and started telling her what she would do on the stuff. She would get up and eat a whole cake or rehang all her pictures... or turn all her figurines around backwards... crazy stuff and never remember it... blame it on everyone else! My dad had never had this reaction to the stuff.... but I guess no more ambien for him (if my mom is not at home).

I love ambien but I have crazy hullicinations on it too... if I don't go straight to sleep. If my husband gets frisky... I see people standing in the room while we are doing it and everything... IT is one POWERFUL drug.

I say all that to say this. If you take ambien.... be careful.... you never know if it will affect your kids fur or skin!

shelschrader · 12-05-2007, 02:54 AM

Wow, those poor little darlings to be left out in the cold like that. I know exactly what you are talking about the ambien sleep walking. I was on ambien last year for a period of time and crazy things happened. I would have complete conversations with people and have no memory of it at all. It can be a very dangerous drug if left alone. I'm surprised he woke up and heard them at all. So glad that they are ok.

hha · 12-05-2007, 04:32 AM

I used to take ambien, it never did anything like that to me..wouldn't really even work all that well..so, quit taking it..those poor little babies..

BamaFan121s · 12-05-2007, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by meglaulanmar

I love ambien but I have crazy hullicinations on it too... if I don't go straight to sleep. If my husband gets frisky... I see people standing in the room while we are doing it and everything... IT is one POWERFUL drug.

Wow...now that was a bit more than I wanted to know!

Seriously though...doc gave it to me and all it took was 1 time of taking that stuff and I said NEVER AGAIN! It made me hallucinate, all joking aside...about dwarfs on bicycles chasing me.

I can't imagine it being safe for anyone to take without someone else around.

meglaulanmar · 12-05-2007, 06:31 AM

Well... apparently by the time he let them in it couldn't have been more three hours.... but he doesn't know if it was 5min. or 3 hours. CRAZY. Well, they got to sleep w/ daddy that night (NEVER HAPPENS) and he said they slept under him almost and went immediately to sleep. No worse for the wear but I bet when my mom gets out of the hospital they will tell her all about it! lol

shelschrader · 12-05-2007, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

Seriously though...doc gave it to me and all it took was 1 time of taking that stuff and I said NEVER AGAIN! It made me hallucinate, all joking aside...about dwarfs on bicycles chasing me.

I can't imagine it being safe for anyone to take without someone else around.

OMG, I have to tell my husband about your hallucination becuase I had one too and he still makes fun on me. Out of all the things that you could hallucinate about, I too had one with garden gnomes (one was Dutch) dancing on the celing. They were having a good time and I just wanted to join the party. It's been over a year and he still makes fun of me for it. Whenever he tells someone the story he always changes it and says I saw sand people (from Star Wars) dancing on the celing. It was also the first time I took it, the hallucinations went away after the first night, but the temporary amnesia stayed as long as I was on the meds.

BamaFan121s · 12-05-2007, 07:36 AM

YES...exactly....dwarfs/gnomes like the one from Travelocity! And the same thing happened to you!

Whoa....what is it about gnomes. Now if it had been elves...particularly of the Orlando Bloom type...

meglaulanmar · 12-05-2007, 07:49 AM

My husband makes fun of my hullicinations too. I haven't heard much about them on the news.... just about the sleep walking and eating. It is good to know I am not the only one that had these hullicinations. The last time I had one that I was in Gringots vault out of the harry potter book... and I was telling my husband be careful... you are going to fall out of the cart... we are going down the shaft so fast... stuff like that... he apparently asks me questions and quite enjoys these times...lol

BamaFan121s · 12-05-2007, 07:55 AM

Gringott's...which is operated by short, dwarf like goblins! Anyone seeing a pattern here!?

shelschrader · 12-05-2007, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

YES...exactly....dwarfs/gnomes like the one from Travelocity! And the same thing happened to you!

Whoa....what is it about gnomes. Now if it had been elves...particularly of the Orlando Bloom type...

That's too weird, yep just like the one from Travelocity! I hallenciate about Orlando Bloom all the time, no wait I think they call that daydreaming. LOL

shelschrader · 12-05-2007, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by meglaulanmar

My husband makes fun of my hullicinations too. I haven't heard much about them on the news.... just about the sleep walking and eating. It is good to know I am not the only one that had these hullicinations. The last time I had one that I was in Gringots vault out of the harry potter book... and I was telling my husband be careful... you are going to fall out of the cart... we are going down the shaft so fast... stuff like that... he apparently asks me questions and quite enjoys these times...lol

Wow, these hullenciations are crazy, the weird thing is when I had them my husband said my eyes were open and I was awake, just spaced out.

Anna Banana · 12-05-2007, 08:07 AM

My sister (17) takes Ambien reguraly, and she really freaks me out sometimes. She'll be talking totally normally, and then all of a sudden start talking gibberish, like real words but in random order. Its so weird and she sounds posessed.

I'll take it occassionally, but in very small doses, so I haven't had any gnome hallucinations...

Kbsqueff · 12-05-2007, 08:08 AM

WOW.........

I've never heard about ambien before... What is it for??

shelschrader · 12-05-2007, 08:09 AM

It's a sleeping pill if you are suffering from insomnia.

Anna Banana · 12-05-2007, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by shelschrader

That's too weird, yep just like the one from Travelocity! I hallenciate about Orlando Bloom all the time, no wait I think they call that daydreaming. LOL

Trust me, you "hallucinate" a lot more about Orlando after you meet him...

12-04-2007, 11:33 PM	#1
meglaulanmar YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 403	Winter, little ones, and ambien don't mix Ya'll are never going to believe what happened to my dad. My mom is in the hospital having her second knee replacement in 3mo. So my dad is taking care of her, working some, and taking care of their Maltese. Ok... he is exhausted... beyond exhausted... because the hospital there sux and he does everything for my mom (like bedpans). So he goes home for his first night asleep in his own bed (my mom was moved to a rehab hospital). Ok... well he lets the maltese out... then puts them in their bed (awesome bed he designed for by his bed)... and sets the alarm. He goes and takes an ambien. He said he woke up and heard them barking... then yells hush and goes back to sleep. Well ... all of the sudden he wakes up again. They are going CRAZY!!! Which they never do at night. He gets up to ck on them...thinking they had diarria... and can't find them. He hears them outside!!!! He had gotten up (ambien sleep walking... don't know if you have ever heard of it) and put them outside... the front yard... in 32degree weather and reset the alarm and went back to bed! He has NO memory of any of this! He was soooo freaked! My mom would have K I L L E D him if anything had happened to her babies... and not only was it freezing but their french doors go to the front yard...not the back yard! Right by a main street ...well... they have 3 acres... but no fence in between! My mom use to take ambien until I went to stay w/ her and started telling her what she would do on the stuff. She would get up and eat a whole cake or rehang all her pictures... or turn all her figurines around backwards... crazy stuff and never remember it... blame it on everyone else! My dad had never had this reaction to the stuff.... but I guess no more ambien for him (if my mom is not at home). I love ambien but I have crazy hullicinations on it too... if I don't go straight to sleep. If my husband gets frisky... I see people standing in the room while we are doing it and everything... IT is one POWERFUL drug. I say all that to say this. If you take ambien.... be careful.... you never know if it will affect your kids fur or skin!

12-05-2007, 02:54 AM	#2
shelschrader Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 743	Wow, those poor little darlings to be left out in the cold like that. I know exactly what you are talking about the ambien sleep walking. I was on ambien last year for a period of time and crazy things happened. I would have complete conversations with people and have no memory of it at all. It can be a very dangerous drug if left alone. I'm surprised he woke up and heard them at all. So glad that they are ok. __________________ Shel & her gang Bruiser Ballard - Schrader - Proud member of the Little Gentleman's Club & Marcus Aurelius - Sekwetary of the Little Gentleman's Club!

12-05-2007, 06:31 AM	#5
meglaulanmar YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 403	won't again Well... apparently by the time he let them in it couldn't have been more three hours.... but he doesn't know if it was 5min. or 3 hours. CRAZY. Well, they got to sleep w/ daddy that night (NEVER HAPPENS) and he said they slept under him almost and went immediately to sleep. No worse for the wear but I bet when my mom gets out of the hospital they will tell her all about it! lol

12-05-2007, 07:49 AM	#8
meglaulanmar YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 403	that is weird My husband makes fun of my hullicinations too. I haven't heard much about them on the news.... just about the sleep walking and eating. It is good to know I am not the only one that had these hullicinations. The last time I had one that I was in Gringots vault out of the harry potter book... and I was telling my husband be careful... you are going to fall out of the cart... we are going down the shaft so fast... stuff like that... he apparently asks me questions and quite enjoys these times...lol

12-05-2007, 08:07 AM	#12
Anna Banana YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,025	My sister (17) takes Ambien reguraly, and she really freaks me out sometimes. She'll be talking totally normally, and then all of a sudden start talking gibberish, like real words but in random order. Its so weird and she sounds posessed. I'll take it occassionally, but in very small doses, so I haven't had any gnome hallucinations... __________________ Anna and Wobie Last edited by Anna Banana; 12-05-2007 at 08:08 AM.

12-05-2007, 04:32 AM	#3
hha No Longer a Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seneca, SC Posts: 2,837	I used to take ambien, it never did anything like that to me..wouldn't really even work all that well..so, quit taking it..those poor little babies..

12-05-2007, 07:36 AM	#7
BamaFan121s Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 11,432	YES...exactly....dwarfs/gnomes like the one from Travelocity! And the same thing happened to you! Whoa....what is it about gnomes. Now if it had been elves...particularly of the Orlando Bloom type...

12-05-2007, 07:55 AM	#9
BamaFan121s Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 11,432	Gringott's...which is operated by short, dwarf like goblins! Anyone seeing a pattern here!?

12-05-2007, 08:08 AM	#13
Kbsqueff YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rio Grande do Sul - BRAZIL Posts: 1,054	Now I'm curious... WOW......... I've never heard about ambien before... What is it for??

12-05-2007, 08:09 AM	#14
shelschrader Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 743	It's a sleeping pill if you are suffering from insomnia. __________________ Shel & her gang Bruiser Ballard - Schrader - Proud member of the Little Gentleman's Club & Marcus Aurelius - Sekwetary of the Little Gentleman's Club!