My eyes are fucked up, and I took Ambien over an hour and a half ago.

[Madrone]

And no, the two things are not related.

3-ish days ago my eyes turned into a what felt like a sandbox while itching and being extremely sensitive to light. Let me also mention that it feels like I've got 2 ice picks sticking out of each eye. I ended up missing work entirely yesterday, and leaving part way through today to go to the doctor. No redness, no inflammation. Suspected "neurological" (ie: some sort of non-standard migraine) in origin - referral appointment being made for an ophthalmologist. How I'm supposed to handle work and ... LIGHT ... until then, I have no idea. Computers are virtually impossible for more than a few minutes.

Recent trouble sleeping... more than the normal occasional sleepless night. Scored some Ambien I hear SO much about at the doctor today. It said to take it 15-30 minutes before you wanted to fall asleep. I took it at 8:05pm. It's now 9:45. WTF? Can anything work right for me, seriesly?

Oddly enough, rather than feeling like I'm going to pass out - I feel like I drank too much coffee.

:banghead:

[flvegan]

1. Everything about this sucks.

I hope you finally do get some good sleep and feel much better in the morning.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. ambien rocks. but not for sleeping. It is trippy though.

I also would sleep/eat on it.

You should try ativan or even benadryl.

[slay]

8. Yeah Ativan, Valium, etc always worked for me

Never tried Ambien but now that I hear it has... interesting side effects, I just might. :evilgrin: On the other hand Benadryl works, but makes me feel like shit the next day.

[rcrush]

3. Are you hallucinating yet?

I'm told that ambien can make you trip balls.

[Madrone]

4. NOPE.

And if tripping balls would make my eyes not huuuuuuuuuuuurt right now I'd be all for it.

2 hours since I took the Ambien.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. you need to go on to bed....

and it is probably not going to work tonight.

how can you even sit at the computer if your eyes are hurting?

[Madrone]

6. I'm IN bed.

I just grabbed the 'puter from the table next to me... wanted to look up xanax and ambien. I was just given some xanax too ... thought maybe I could take that now and it would help me sleep. Not enough information for me to be comfortable with it.

I haven't moved from bed since I took it, btw. I just feel too awake and restless so I wanted to see if I could find anything online. I've given up.

As for the eyes.... it's uncomfortable.

[rcrush]

7. Xanax will put you to sleep

I dont know about mixing it with Ambien tho. But a couple Xanax will put you to sleep really well.