Gosh Sky. That sounds so scary. I've just started taking Ambien CR since I tend to always wake up at 4ish a.m. on 10 mg Ambien and can't get back to sleep. On CR, I sleep til about 10 or 11 a.m.! There has to be a happy medium. I'm thinking of asking my doc if 6.75 mg of CR might be okay versus the 12.5 mg. Maybe that would do the trick with letting me sleep thru the night yet not sleep 10 or 11 hours.

I haven't had anything like you describe though. Ugh. Some amnesia, but no real active, out-of-bed stuff. Could yours be related to any of your other meds interacting with the Ambien to increase the blood level or effects?

I wish I had solutions for you. Handcuffs? eek. A trusted neighbor who might notice you going out in the middle of the night and who might try to intervene?

Take care,

gg