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251: back in my day wank meant something

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fellow insomniac here. i've done some weird shit too while under but not like this (one time i poured water on a plate and only realized it wasn't a cup after). there's a reason why they say not to drive or operate heavy machinery while on it.

this? this isn't what sleep aids do to you. it doesn't make you do or say shit you wouldn't normally say. if anything it would make you say what you really mean. to me, this smacks of mat claiming he was drunk after his infamous 'MAYBE WE FUCKING SHOULD HAVE???? NUKED HITLER?????' rant.

yeah, i'm just highly skeptical that either milk or the professional they must be seeing to reissue their prescription would retain them on the same medication or on the current dosage, if they report back that they're suffering these kinds of side effects under ambien.

this is from the mayo clinic:

If you develop any unusual and strange thoughts or behavior while you are using zolpidem, be sure to discuss it with your doctor. Some changes that have occurred in people using this medicine are like those seen in people who drink alcohol and then act in a manner that is not normal. Other changes may be more unusual and extreme, such as confusion, worsening of depression, hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there), suicidal thoughts, and unusual excitement, nervousness, or irritability.

as you can see, it's largely about the drug potentially upping the intensity of an already present emotion. and if milk truly is experiencing these side effects, it's advised that they check in with their healthcare professional. i'm sorry, they're either irresponsible and not communicating with their psychiatrist, they have an incompetent medical adviser, or they're just making this shit up. in two out of three of these scenarios, the fault is milk's.

love when our armchair mds roll up with their degrees from Google College of Medicine

i get your point, only reason i'm citing mayo on this one is because i haven't been on ambien but on other long-use sleep aids. but it stands that it's bizarre to me as someone who is under treatment for chronic insomnia on another set of sleep aids that milk would be put on long term-use of a drug they are reporting having side effects with. that's just not how this works, your psychiatrist constantly checks in whether your medication is suitable because the risks are known.

yeah, back when i was still on meds i had a kind of weird side effect on one, and when i told my psych about it he switched me to something else because the point of meds is to make you better, not cause you other problems in the process.

this is how prescription medication should be monitored, anon. I've been prescribed ambien on and off as needed since 08. if milk genuinely cannot predict if/when ambien is going to make them vent plurk, they're either ignoring the problem, their doctor is telling them to ignore the problem, or milk is using ambien as an excuse for their lapse in judgement.

actual armchair diagnoses would be me saying "I think milk is pretending that prescription drugs are the problem so they have an excuse to not work on improving the emotional overreactivity they experience because of internet rp."

Echoing this. Took it on and off between 2012 - 2022 in the military. It was the insomnia go to for a lot of us on shift work. My doctors were all up in my shit constantly about any abnormal side effects. I didn't have any - it basically turned me into a grumpy asshole that just wanted to sleep. Some people can get a little out of hand behavior wise and need to be redirected to bed. I'm talking trying to walk outside on their underwear kind of silly, but I never really saw anyone else get so emotionally manipulative. Can it happen? Maybe but I never experienced or witnessed it personally.

I also have other concerns. Milk overdosed maybe a year ago or so, so I find it very concerning that their physician was like, here you go, continue taking this sleep aid with potentially questionable side effects when you already fucked up once before. Sounds majorly irresponsible to me.

I definitely think there's probably other substances being used or Milk is abusing a prescription they have. Also very likely milk is just outright lying to their doctor. But I'm not a doctor.

I use Ambien and think Milk's act is as convincing as the kids that fake being drunk and high because they think it makes them look cool. Genuinely doubt they take it, it's just a convenient excuse for their shitty behavior. They should have done better research.

+1 I'm pretty sure Milk just uses this as an excuse to get the thrill of posting mean things about their friends and other people where they can see it and try dodging the consequences

embarassing take

I assumed it was the not communicating part because lots of people stay awake on Ambien on purpose because they find it recreationally enjoyable for some reason.

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