Blueberry. No I love the ambien. I have no side effects from it except it helps me fall asleep and the getting used to it. Technically the recommendation is 5mg for women and 10 mg for men, but I was on 20mg for years. It stopped working for me. And I asked the pdoc to wean me off. He did but I was such a mess and afraid to try any other sleep med so went back on this at 7.5 mg. I quickly got used to that so he put me back on 10mg and added gabapentin at night . It was working for a long time. But then started petering out. I’ve got a great pdoc now. He gets that sleep is very important for my stability. He says it’s not just the latuda but the combination of both that have kept me stable.

I cling to my stability like a wet cat in a bath clinging to an arm. I really don’t want an episode.

I’m so glad I don’t like coffee, but I do have a morning glass of chai latte every morning and usually 1 can of Pepsi during the day. So I do get caffeine but less than what’s in coffee. But mum was an avid drinker. 5-6 cups a day. She did have anxiety but she drank that much all her adult life.