I heard from a few friends that fighting sleep on ambien would cause your brain to do some crazy shit so I decided to swipe a couple from my mom and try it out.
I took 2 generics on basically an empty stomach, not sure whether they were 10mg or 20mg, but within 10 minutes the effects came on. I was making a CD on my computer, researching different music, downloading from Limewire, uploading it to iTunes and soforth.
I began to have some type of “relationship” with every object on my desk. The monitor appeared to be bent, but still legible. The music I was downloading started having other meanings that I had previously not imagined. I started seeing light traces with everything but my vision for at least an hour was very clear.
Eventually the brain stops working that well and you start to feel like crap from fighting it. I woke up the next morning after about 9 hours of sleep still feeling a little funny from the night before. Definitely something I would recommend just once. Once is enough.
Ambien is a hell of a drug.