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Which side effects of sleeping pills have you experienced?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

One scarey story: One of my patients who was taking Ambien (zolpidem) woke up with a loaded pistol to his wife's head. They were both horrified. He had engaged in a series of purposeful behaviors leading up to this, while asleep.

Answered 6/24/2014

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