Question for the group. I just had a huge anxiety-provoking fight with my mom. Things are going to be okay, but I'm a wreck at the moment and am worried I will not be able to sleep. I sometimes take 10mg of Ambien to help me sleep. How bad would it be if I took 15 or 20 tonight?
Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.
Oz ,'First Date'
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Anne W. - Mar 20, 2012 3:35:56 pm PDT #10162 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Anne W. - Mar 20, 2012 3:36:18 pm PDT #10163 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
And because it needs its own post:
askye, that is awful. I am so sorry.
Dana - Mar 20, 2012 3:42:10 pm PDT #10164 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Anne, I will say that I've taken 20mg and it hasn't killed me. Maybe try 15 and keep that extra half in reserve?
askye - Mar 20, 2012 3:43:13 pm PDT #10165 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I think you'll be okay. You might be a little more groggy in the morning.
billytea - Mar 20, 2012 3:44:35 pm PDT #10166 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
askye, that's awful. I'm sorry to hear that.
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2012 3:46:00 pm PDT #10167 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Maybe try 15 and keep that extra half in reserve?
This. *Or* take 10 at first and see if you fall asleep, but if you can't, take another 5 and see if it nudges you over. But 10 mg might really do it despite the stress (I've been surprised at a regular Ambien dose putting me to sleep when I've been stressed off the charts -- but I realize I'm also just anecdata). And knowing you *can* take more if needed might take the edge off ("the edge" being the worry of "FUCK, what if I can't fall asleep...I really need to fall asleep...FUCK I'm still awake DAMN IT...").
Anne W. - Mar 20, 2012 4:15:16 pm PDT #10168 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thank you all very much. I've had a rough time of late, and this just sent me over the edge.
beth b - Mar 20, 2012 4:22:35 pm PDT #10169 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I'm sorry askye
Laura - Mar 20, 2012 4:23:27 pm PDT #10170 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry, Anne. May you achieve renewing rest, alternating between bliss filled dreams and deep sound renewing sleep.
So very sad, askye. What a nightmare.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2012 4:46:18 pm PDT #10171 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What is "the soft kind" of butter? At which point does it start being butter product?
Anne, I'm sorry to hear you had that stress. I hope as little Ambien as possible does work for you. I find it remarkably unpredictable, and I take it regularly. Sometimes it touches me not, sometimes it knocks me out. It doesn't seem to be usefully tied to my state of mind.
Your worry is the worst thing. Anything you can do to reduce your heart rate and get the tension you're holding out of your muscles, etc, will help as much as 5mg of Ambien sometimes.