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Hamilton's Pharmacopeia did a show about people who could be temporarily woken from their comas by Ambien: > The first awakening occurred in 1999 when a man wh

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia did a show about people who could be temporarily woken from their comas by Ambien: > The first awakening occurred in 1999 when a man who had spent three years in a persistent vegetative state spontaneously regained consciousness after ingesting a 10mg tablet. Since then, hundreds of patients have experienced miraculous recoveries from traumatic brain injury using Ambien. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTFicgrVk0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTFicgrVk0w

armchairhacker 4y ago
Ambien is an incredibly strange drug. Even in people without brain damage, it can cause hallucinations, weird dreams, sleep walking/eating/other actions (sometimes dangerous, like sleep driving), and major personality shifts. It's commonly used to treat insomnia, though I believe it's being used less and less due to the side effects
- enlyth 4y ago
  It is indeed a strange drug. I take it on occasions like nights before stressful events such as travelling, to make sure I am well rested the next day. Normally I'm quite an anxious person and suffer from insomnia, so this works wonders to calm my brain down and make me go to bed. One of the weird side effects is that if I don't go to sleep and force my self to be awake, I get these quirky weak hallucinations, like the letters on my screen are 'wobbly' individually. Static images shift in dream like manners, like they're animated. It looks completely real but I know it isn't, and doesn't particularly impair me, just gives a slight mellow chill. I can see the recreational potential in this drug, but for insomniacs it can be a godsend to have a small "you will fall asleep in 15 minutes" kill-switch on demand when you need it.
  - quickthrower2 4y ago
    Have you tried amitriplitine? It is mild stuff by comparison and sleepiness is a useful side effect. Before taking it I had insomnia, prescribed this drug for different reasons but it helped with that: especially the wake up at 3am problem but also the get to sleep problem. But it is mild as to not worry me I can wake up in an emergency and be lucid if needed.
  - sterlind 4y ago
    I had similar hallucinations taking Ambien once (recreationally) as a teen. I was reading Wikipedia when the whole page just came to pieces and clattered to the bottom of the screen, like the widgets came off their hinges. It's like it activates the hypnagogic state without requiring you to be asleep first.
    - perilunar 4y ago
      there are also bookmarklets that do that sort of thing.
  - djitz 4y ago
    Interestingly enough, you’ll probably experience most of these effects if you stay awake for 3+ days straight.

armchairhacker 4y ago

Ambien is an incredibly strange drug. Even in people without brain damage, it can cause hallucinations, weird dreams, sleep walking/eating/other actions (sometimes dangerous, like sleep driving), and major personality shifts. It's commonly used to treat insomnia, though I believe it's being used less and less due to the side effects

enlyth 4y ago
It is indeed a strange drug. I take it on occasions like nights before stressful events such as travelling, to make sure I am well rested the next day. Normally I'm quite an anxious person and suffer from insomnia, so this works wonders to calm my brain down and make me go to bed. One of the weird side effects is that if I don't go to sleep and force my self to be awake, I get these quirky weak hallucinations, like the letters on my screen are 'wobbly' individually. Static images shift in dream like manners, like they're animated. It looks completely real but I know it isn't, and doesn't particularly impair me, just gives a slight mellow chill. I can see the recreational potential in this drug, but for insomniacs it can be a godsend to have a small "you will fall asleep in 15 minutes" kill-switch on demand when you need it.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  Have you tried amitriplitine? It is mild stuff by comparison and sleepiness is a useful side effect. Before taking it I had insomnia, prescribed this drug for different reasons but it helped with that: especially the wake up at 3am problem but also the get to sleep problem. But it is mild as to not worry me I can wake up in an emergency and be lucid if needed.
- sterlind 4y ago
  I had similar hallucinations taking Ambien once (recreationally) as a teen. I was reading Wikipedia when the whole page just came to pieces and clattered to the bottom of the screen, like the widgets came off their hinges. It's like it activates the hypnagogic state without requiring you to be asleep first.
  - perilunar 4y ago
    there are also bookmarklets that do that sort of thing.
- djitz 4y ago
  Interestingly enough, you’ll probably experience most of these effects if you stay awake for 3+ days straight.