Here's a news flash: taking Ambien might make you, uh, do weird things. No, really:
A newly published report from Australia’s Federal Health Department describes 104 cases of hallucinations and 62 cases of amnesia experienced by people taking zolpidem since marketing of the drug began there in 2000. The health department report also mentioned 16 cases of strange sleepwalking by people taking the medication.
In one of these sleepwalking cases a patient woke with a paintbrush in her hand after painting the front door to her house. Another case involved a woman who gained 23 kilograms over seven months while taking zolpidem. “It was only when she was discovered in front of an open refrigerator while asleep that the problem was resolved,” according to the report.
This is hardly the first - and undoubtedly not the last - report of Ambien-induced weirdness to come along. No, what makes this particular report noteworthy is the fact that a woman can spend SEVEN MONTHS in front of an OPEN REFRIGERATOR without being noticed. For god's sake, people, were you born in a barn? Close the freakin' door already!
