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I have also had severe problems with blackouts while taking Ambien. I have SEVERE insomnia and can actually go up to 5 days without so much as a nap. I have tried everything there is to get relief. Ambien is the ONLY thing that helps me get a good night sleep but at a major cost. I have fallen down stairs. I have eaten a horse treat (yep, a horse treat-they were free samples that I had picked up that day for my horse). I have shaved my legs in the middle of the night and woke up with badly cut and bloody legs. I have woken up my fiance on several occasions and had crazy conversations. I have turned on the air conditioning in the middle of winter for the entire night! I have had sex several times with my fiance and had NO memory of it at all. Every event just listed came with NO memory of ever doing it or even knowing how it happened. The Ambien does work for me because I am not consious of every dream I am having and it does make me fall asleep but I don't want to hurt myself or someone else in the process. I have also had jumbled speach (mixing up words), I have made mistakes in spelling simple words such as the (I would write theee), and I couldn't think of the names of things like a vaccum cleaner! I am so happy that I have found this site. I really thought I was crazy or could have a serious mental condition. I have to wonder how many people have actually succeeded in hurting themselves or others????