"always rolled around in bed since i was a kid trying to stop thinking. sleep just didn&#039;t come natural unless i really put my body through the ringer that day. being a kid, on those days i slept.

drinking in my mid years helped me get to sleep. then i hit a work-anxiety wall in my 50&#039;s. ambien, 10 mg, put me to sleep. with the well known side effects - called friends late at night (it doesn&#039;t work on me fast). ate a lot of crap late. i need a good hour, more like 2 before i feel the effects, probably because i only take 2/3 now, i weigh around 200 pounds. the problem with ambien is you never know when it&#039;s going to hit you. when it does and you&#039;re still ambulatory, childproof your life."