I remember a few years back a guy here on FR posted several times around midnight and they were weird, gibberish posts. people kept trying to talk to him and it was non sensical.
he came back in the am and said it was the ambien.
I took Ambien for about 5 days in a row about 7 years ago.
Bad stuff, reminded me of heroin, especially when you wake up the next morning.
Had an insane cotton mouth going after the 4th day, asked my wife what she thought it was and she said it was an ambien side effect.
Threw the bottle away and haven’t touched it since, but the first night without it had insane dreams, incredibly vivid and frightening.
Woke up and immediately googled Ambien withdrawal, this stuff is dangerous, and doctors prescribe it like candy.
Xanax on the other hand is great at bedtime, relaxes and helps put you to sleep with zero side effects, and they have it listed as a controlled substance.
Something very wrong over at the FDA.