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Originally posted by aggieAXO
I have worked nights for the last 8 years. I work Mon/Tues overnights then try to get back on a daytime schedule on Thursday-not easy to do. I now take ambien to help me sleep on Wed. night, which has helped, though sometimes I still feel groggy on Thursday.

I also have very active dreams and feel like even when I do sleep I actually am still awake in my "other" life. I wish there was a way I could stop dreaming.

I am the same way with my dreams. My bf actually wakes me up in the middle of some of them because I get afraid during/of my dreams. I have the huge problem of my mind racing about useless thoughts (how did they invent this? why do they do things a re certain way? nothing important, just random junk!)

I took ambien several years ago for a while. It worked great (until I developed a tolerance for it.) I can tell you from experience with Ambien:
-go to bed AS SOON AS YOU TAKE IT! (within minutes it starts to work, and you will have conversations or do things that you have no memories of the next day!)

-Make sure you get at least eight hours of sleep. That may be why you feel groggy the next morning. I always felt that way if I tried to wake up before I got "enough" sleep. That should get better once your body gets "used to" taking the medicine.

I hope these things help!!!!

Meredith