Not ambien but had similar terrible experiences with Ativan and Klonopin. I am a small woman but was prescribed a daily dose of 2 mg a day (small meaning sub 100 lbs). I had two fugues during this time, and every night was a nightmare. I would make a ton of food but not remember to turn off the stove. I started hallucinating. I would speak nonsense, and while I was prone to this anyway, I had frequent sleep paralysis that included hallucinations. About 3x a week. I saw things while jogging, didn't feel like I was really truly there, and fully believed for a while I was dead. My psych mixed this with 2mg of risperidone and 300mg of Effexor and knowing that I took 1800mg a day of Gabapentin for an unrelated neuro issue.

This was made worse by the fact that I worked from home exclusively. Many days I didn't speak a single word for up to 12 hours. My husband came home around six, but we raided in WoW. I was eventually cut from the roster for the issues that arose from my medication, but he was not. So some days I was totally isolated the entire day. I cried in bed until the medicine kicked in, and then I disappeared into my head. This makes him sound horrible, but he wasn't. This was a nightmare for him too. And frankly he wouldn't have been enough to lift me out of the stupor alone.

When I pushed back on my psych when he tried to up it, he dropped me instead. I ended up withdrawing off the Effexor and Ativan. I got so sick so fast from that withdrawal I wasn't well enough to call my primary care for help. I detoxed while husband was at work (by work had laid folks off shortly before). Took three days to eat again. Sweating and imbalance took a few weeks.

I'll never touch benzos (or Effexor) again.

The same psych saw my dad when he was alive. He actually gave my dad twice the benzo dose at 4mg of Klonopin a day (knowing dad was a serious alcoholic) and twice the risperidone too. Frankly I don't know how dad ever functioned at all. I guess he didn't function though; he died in 2013 of liver failure.