I'm not sure what I took, but I had to take one during a sleep study at a hospital. Then, I had these weird sensations, where I saw purple stuff floating around me, and felt like the room was getting smaller? Is this normal?
2007-01-08 14:18:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I have tried several different prescription sleeping medications
and one of them (Sonata) gave me weird hallucinations too! [So you are not alone.] The walls of my bedroom looked like they were melting.... very strange. I only took that one time. Too creepy for me. I tried Lunesta and it gave me the weirdest metallic taste in my mouth that lasted all the next day. So that didn't work. But now I'm taking Ambien and (just like the commercials say) it "works like a dream". The only side effect I have with Ambien is that if I don't go to bed right away (or if I happen to get up in the middle of the night) and the pill starts doing it's thing but I don't get in bed like I'm supposed to... then I may end up doing odd things during the night and have no memory of them the next morning. That's why you need to go right to bed after you take the Ambien. I have awoken (just a few times) to find notes I had written or things I had done around the house during the night but had no recollection of having done them. Spooky. But that's really a rare occurrence.
In general, with sleeping pills, some people might feel groggy the next day (but I never do).
2007-01-09 14:18:12 · answer #1 · answered by Zippy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of different classes of drugs used for sleep.
Antihistamines - over-the-counter - Sominex, Benadryl, Unisom
Barbiturates (rarely used) - Seconal, Nembutal, phenobarbital
Odd ball sedatives - Placidyl, Quaalude, Doriden
Benzodiazepines - Dalmane, Restoril, Halcion, Sonata
"Z" sleeping pills - Ambien, Lunesta, Rozerem
It's hard to say which one was given for sure, but most sleep docs use Ambien.
Side effects - besides drowsiness
allergic reaction including difficulty breathing, hallucinations,
abnormal behavior, severe confusion
See the sites below for more info
Rick the pharmacist
2007-01-08 14:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by Rickydotcom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that was a sleeping pill
2007-01-08 14:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can feel not only drowsy the next day, but an almost hungover feelings, nausea, headache, etc. Sounds like you may have had an allergic reaction, though.
2007-01-08 14:26:30 · answer #4 · answered by lysistrata411 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sleep
2007-01-08 14:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by Death 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drowsy the next day.
2007-01-08 14:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by adamsrm2004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can be addictive.
2007-01-08 14:28:49 · answer #7 · answered by All_Dawgs_Go_To_Heaven 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋