On 2012-08-29 02:40:40 +0000, Jean B. said:

>> My wife has been having significant losses of energy; and this from a
>> woman who has always been very energetic. Over the years she has found
>> work stressful enough that it keeps her awake at night and so has taken
>> 1/3 of a 5mg valium 5 nights or so a week. Her doctor said he thought
>> her energy loss may be due to the residual effects of the valium.
>>
>> So he's given her a script for the ambien (a generic actually). We'll
>> see. I'm watching her like a hawk. She has to take too many drugs for
>> my comfort.
>>
>
> yeah, you'd better watch her like a hawk. I took a sleeping pill ?2?
> times, one of those times being at the sleep center. I decided they
> were much too dangerous. For one thing, when driving the next day I
> realized I was zoning out A LOT and could barely drag my attention back
> to the road. I hope the sleep doctor absorbed what I said about this.

Thanks for your input. All sleeping pills are not alike. In fact,
seemingly, all of them are significantly different. She takes half (or
less) of the recommended dosage of Ambien, and drives about 10 minutes
to work, on residential streets. Pretty sweet deal.

I watch her like a benevolent hawk anyway...