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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always take an Ambien. This allows me to get 5-6 hours of sleep. Note I still wake up to go to the bathroom (the curse of the middle-aged woman). I do this 4-5 times a year for 20+ years and have never developed a blood clot. I think some of the comment here are alarmist-- taking a light sleeping aid isn't going to put you into a coma! [/quote]

I tried that once.  I stupidly took an Ambien for the first time on a long-haul flight.  It turns out that Ambien doesn't knock me out, but makes me zombie-walk like a crazy person.  I got up and dh thought I was going to the bathroom, but apparently I just went and stood in the aisle, far from my seat, and rocking and staring creepily into space.  When the flight attendants tried to speak to me, I put my hands over my face as if I was hiding and refused to look at them or tell them where my seat was.  Dh luckily found me at that point and pulled me back to my seat, where I tried to get up over and over again.  I remember nothing of this.  I will never take Ambien again.

The lesson, kids, is that you should test drive the "light sleeping aid" at home first.[/quote]

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