My honest opinion about ambien. Its powerful, and works great for normal folks. I nearly burned down my house, with a late night, ambien fueled cooking attempt. It is a narcotic based sleep aid, and in my honest opinion, its a drug, that can mess ya up pretty bad. Maybe you are better at the whole sobriety thing than I am, but I was sober, for about a month, got a prescription for ambien, and then when I ran out of that prescription, which should have lasted 30 days, (it took me like 6 or 7 days, I was abusing it) I bought some pot, so that I could sleep.
A great Plan B: Exercise, a lot, until your exhausted enough to sleep. Also, benadryl is a fabulous sleep aid, atleast until you get a natural sleep cycle again.
Completely your call, but that's my story.. I nearly killed my wife and infant son, in house fire. I thought that doc knows best, and that its not a drug, but it has the potential to be a drug. Be careful, and congrats on getting your two week chip. I am working on my second chance at life, and only have 3 days under my belt, so I apologize if the things I said were harsh! Keep up the good work
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