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...news, such as it is, is that researchers at a Minnesota sleep-disorders center are going to publish a paper in which they have identified a few dozen people who, after taking Ambien, developed uncontrollable urges to eat while they were asleep and didn't remember their feeding binges when they woke up. Meanwhile, in the popular press, there are sporadic accounts of folks driving their cars while under the influence of Ambien and even some claims of sleepwalking that turned into sleep driving...
...study with 32 people," says Sweet, who also chairs the board of the American College of Physicians. "I tell my patients, 'If you've done well on Ambien in the past, you'll continue to do well on Ambien. You're not going to suddenly start eating in your sleep...
That view is echoed by Dr. Michael Silber of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "It's certainly a minority of Ambien patients who develop problems with sleep eating," says Silber, who first described the effect in a 2002 research article in the journal Sleep Medicine. It generally disappears after the patients stop taking Ambien and--significantly--can also occur in folks who don't take Ambien...
...sleep driving (as opposed to driving under the influence), Silber, who has been doing sleep research for 15 years, has never personally seen a case, either in Ambien users or nonusers. "Not that it doesn't happen, but sleep driving is very, very rare," Silber says. By contrast, he says, sleepwalking probably affects 1% to 2% of the population...
...having trouble sleeping, start by figuring out if your sleep habits need improving. Move the television out of the bedroom. Try going to sleep and waking up at the same hours every day, including weekends. Cut back on spicy foods and chocolate if you find yourself waking up with heartburn. Limit your intake of caffeine, which makes it more difficult to fall asleep, and alcohol, which causes a rebound effect that can wake you up. Practice meditation or other stress-reduction techniques. If none of those work, you can talk to your doctor about whether prescription sleeping pills make sense...