On Dec 10, 8:49 am, "Marie" <marie4...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Smokie Darling (Annie) wrote:
> >> Marie wrote:
> >>> blakg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>> Chris (R) wrote:
> >>>>>> Boo! Hiss! Cliche City!
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> >>>>> Worst episode ever!
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> >>>>> The whole scene where Nick chucked his pills down the drain and
> >>>>> said he did so because "I'm your friend!" smacked of a very
> >>>>> poorly written after-school special. And the final scene was
> >>>>> almost comical.
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> >>>> Well, considering Warrick was still under the influence, I'd
> >>>> expect him to act like that.
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> >>>> I agree with the rest, though. What the f--- was that?!
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> >>> I especially don't understand how he would hallucinate in the cab
> >>> and then when it got to where it was going he was all of a sudden
> >>> lucid again. Same in the bedroom with the girl, the hallucinations
> >>> would come and go. I've not had hallucinations but it would seem
> >>> to me they'd last as long as they'd last and then be gone, not
> >>> off and on and off and on like that. Any professional, or
> >>> experience-based, opinions?
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> >> Ambien/Alcohol hallucinations? I've never talked to anyone having
> >> auditory/aural (?) hallucinations on it, but I suppose it could
> >> happen. The visual hallucinations are pretty subtle, things like
> >> the carpet looks like 'rollers' of water (wall-to-wall carpeting)
> >> on the ocean. That was the "crawl" I was trying to describe
> >> earlier. They do come and go though, so that was right. However,
> >> of the men I know on Ambien, none would be able to perform for the
> >> girl, but other than that...
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> > I've never taken it, but I've heard all sorts of things about Ambien.
> > Aural hallucinations aren't uncommon, and the hallucinations are not
> > always subtle. My aunt would literally see elephants and other
> > wildlife in her house, and she doesn't even own a dog. What's worse is
> > that when she tried to quit, things got worse for her. Withdrawal was
> > horrible.
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> > I've also heard of Ambien causing panic attacks, very intense
> > sleepwalking (like you mentioned, but also some very dangerous
> > behaviour--like taking several more Ambien or taking a drive, going
> > shopping, etc.), depression, the aforementioned amnesia, "truth
serum"-
> > like effects, imagined paralysis. It seems these things usually happen
> > when a person doesn't go to sleep soon after taking a pill.
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> OH! MY! GOD! Why does anyone take this stuff??? If it's got all those
side
> effects I'd rather take LSD or peyote than Ambien! And I sure don't want
to
> do that.
> Is Ambien the downer or upper? And did he later take the one that Eames
> didn't throw away? Or would that have prevented the hallucinations?
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> Me Marie-
Ambien is a sleeping pill. When you drink with Ambien, the side
effects can (and generally do) become worse. However, the easiest way
to avoid most of the problems is to take your meds, get into bed (as
"blakgard" said). I still have the times I get up and clean house
(though not too often these days), but I stay home, I never drove
anywhere.
When you can't sleep, you'll take it. I went for nearly a month with
no more than an hour (maybe two) of sleep because of various
problems. In my own case, I found I could get the help getting to
sleep (and staying there) without too many side effects by just
cutting the pill in half (so 5mg rather than 10mg).
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