"although ambien did the job to rid me of insomnia, the side effects were too frightening so i had to stop using it.  i began sleep walking, sleep cooking--yes, an entire meal at 2 am-- and i don&#039;t remember and finally sleep driving.  i was stopped by a state trouper, in my pajamas on i-80 heading west at 11 pm.  don&#039;t remember any of it.  never took it again. "