I did a search and no one has created a thread on this subject. So I thought I would share some stuff with you folks that I think is bloody fascinating about the prescription sleep aid Ambien and Ambien CR (controlled release).
The two are exactly the same except for the fact that CR dissolves more slowly to last longer.
(I told this wild ass story to a few folks at the GTG...so, sorry if ya heard it already...)
My older brother in law Jack Fuller is an attorney working as a gaurdian ad leitum for the State of Utah. (He represents the children of couples in divorce cases) Jack takes Ambien to go to sleep.
One morning, He woke up to find his apartment literally strewn with copious (lotsa) empty bags of Doritios, Ruffles and Fritos bags. Also thrown carelessly around the room were empty cans of Jalepeno bean dip and quart sized empty Pepsi bottles..... Jack doesn't eat ANY of that kind'a stuff......
He was mystified........
What the hell happened...? Had miscreants affected a burglarious entry only to import a cornucopea of snack foods into his apartment, chow down and abscond with none of his valuables.....?
No....the chain was still on the door.............. Only he could have done this.... But how? He'd never before had any incidents of somnambulance...(sleepwalking)........This was weird....:dontknow:
He resolved that this was a one time occurance and tried to put it behind him....
Then, a few weeks later, another unprecidented incident took place.... He missed a deposition....... This is a big "no no" in the lawyer game...only flakes miss depositions and this guy is no flake..... His asshole is so tight you couldn't get a greased BB up his butt.......
He wonders to himself......"AM I losin' it...?... What the hell is going on here...?"
He calls the offices of the attorney where the deposition was to have taken place.... The woman who schedules these things gets on the phone... He tries to explain his absence at the deposition only to have his apology met with complete incredulousness on her behalf.
"Why, there must be some mistake..." she says, "You were at the "so and so" deposition and everything went very well..... Are you sure it wasn't some other deposition that you missed...?"
Now he's shittin' in his pants....... He thinks the cheese has fallen of his cracker...... He calls his doctor and goes in for a consult..... He explains to the MD what's been happening to him on this "Ambien shit" that the doctor had prescribed.....
Much to my broz astonishment, the doctor says........."Oh hell, THAT'S NOTHING....... I take this shit myself.....You gotta hear what happened to ME....! "
The doctor tells him that he'd awakened, fully dressed, standing on the dais (speaking platform) at a major medical university.... He was in the middle of a major surgical lecture...( I swear before God, I'm not making this up)... As he wakes up, he's staring out into a lecture hall of about 500 medical students, all waiting for the doctor's next phrase to continue... "Pardon me", he bids the audience.....
He turns to his assistant and whispers blankly, "Where was I.....?"... she tells him...he finishes the lecture and walks off the stage.......
"OKay.....top THAT....!", he tells my brother.........
In conclusion:
You've heard of the famous "Prozak defense".....
And even the "Twinkie defense".........
Mark my words.... It's only a matter of time before we hear about some murderer using the "Ambien defense"..............
Does anyone else out there take this stuff..........?
What's your story...............? If you don't have one....You will........
SD
The two are exactly the same except for the fact that CR dissolves more slowly to last longer.
(I told this wild ass story to a few folks at the GTG...so, sorry if ya heard it already...)
My older brother in law Jack Fuller is an attorney working as a gaurdian ad leitum for the State of Utah. (He represents the children of couples in divorce cases) Jack takes Ambien to go to sleep.
One morning, He woke up to find his apartment literally strewn with copious (lotsa) empty bags of Doritios, Ruffles and Fritos bags. Also thrown carelessly around the room were empty cans of Jalepeno bean dip and quart sized empty Pepsi bottles..... Jack doesn't eat ANY of that kind'a stuff......
He was mystified........
What the hell happened...? Had miscreants affected a burglarious entry only to import a cornucopea of snack foods into his apartment, chow down and abscond with none of his valuables.....?
No....the chain was still on the door.............. Only he could have done this.... But how? He'd never before had any incidents of somnambulance...(sleepwalking)........This was weird....:dontknow:
He resolved that this was a one time occurance and tried to put it behind him....
Then, a few weeks later, another unprecidented incident took place.... He missed a deposition....... This is a big "no no" in the lawyer game...only flakes miss depositions and this guy is no flake..... His asshole is so tight you couldn't get a greased BB up his butt.......
He wonders to himself......"AM I losin' it...?... What the hell is going on here...?"
He calls the offices of the attorney where the deposition was to have taken place.... The woman who schedules these things gets on the phone... He tries to explain his absence at the deposition only to have his apology met with complete incredulousness on her behalf.
"Why, there must be some mistake..." she says, "You were at the "so and so" deposition and everything went very well..... Are you sure it wasn't some other deposition that you missed...?"
Now he's shittin' in his pants....... He thinks the cheese has fallen of his cracker...... He calls his doctor and goes in for a consult..... He explains to the MD what's been happening to him on this "Ambien shit" that the doctor had prescribed.....
Much to my broz astonishment, the doctor says........."Oh hell, THAT'S NOTHING....... I take this shit myself.....You gotta hear what happened to ME....! "
The doctor tells him that he'd awakened, fully dressed, standing on the dais (speaking platform) at a major medical university.... He was in the middle of a major surgical lecture...( I swear before God, I'm not making this up)... As he wakes up, he's staring out into a lecture hall of about 500 medical students, all waiting for the doctor's next phrase to continue... "Pardon me", he bids the audience.....
He turns to his assistant and whispers blankly, "Where was I.....?"... she tells him...he finishes the lecture and walks off the stage.......
"OKay.....top THAT....!", he tells my brother.........
In conclusion:
You've heard of the famous "Prozak defense".....
And even the "Twinkie defense".........
Mark my words.... It's only a matter of time before we hear about some murderer using the "Ambien defense"..............
Does anyone else out there take this stuff..........?
What's your story...............? If you don't have one....You will........
SD
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