On Ambien

4/16/11

A common side effect of depression is insomnia, and Dave has really not been sleeping well lately.  A few days ago, Dave took his first dose of ambien.  He didn't realize you should take it right before bed, and didn't tell me he had taken it until 20 minutes later, when he was commenting on how he couldn't get his eyes to focus.  He then couldn't walk straight, and so I helped him to bed and had to prompt him at each step of getting ready.  He was HILARIOUS to listen to.  I wrote down some of the things he said:

-In my more sane moments, I know it's just you and the house full of cleansed iced tea.

-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get so, ahahahahaha....  no, I couldn't have been seeing that in the background because my eyes are closed.

-I'm kinda loopy, like the state fair thing...  what was I saying?

-It's hard to tell, you know?  Because the thoughts in your head that are normal...  aren't necessarily...  if you let them run ahead and get mixed up!