Effects - How long does it take for SWIM to shoot through zolpidem awake?

[Cathay]

SWIM has been using Ambien the last few nights. He's using it to get to a better sleep cycle (SWIM woke up at 14:00 on Thursday, so he needs to get up at 7:00 tomorrow), but if he's not tired right away, SWIM will have an Ambien trip. It's not too much-- he feels his legs moving like a drunk, he sees or hears fictitious characters in his mind, and completely looses attention span and track of time.

I took 12.5 about two hours ago, and the effects are starting to come down. I feel a little more sane, albeit two letters I just typed ice-skated through the paragraph above (in my eyes.)

Is this what happens in SWIY tries to fight Ambien? Can SWIY stay awake for all of Ambien? SWIM was planning on sleeping right after he felt the climax of it all, but now he feels normal and feels like he can finish this late night work just given to him.

[yaba]

Swim finds it fairly easy to stay awake on ambien (zolpidem) even in high doses 60mg. But not when he is already tired before taking the zolpidem.

And yes staying awake on zolpidem plays funny games with your mined.....(try 60mg with a beer or 2 beers, not more !! And the experience will be.....

[Cathay]

Yeah, SWIM tried alchol with ambien inadvertently, and it wasn't fun. He blacked out on my bathroom floor for fourteen hours with nobody around and the possibly that he should've been hospitalized during that time.

Swim took 12.5 mg (with nothing else) at 11. It's 2 o'clock now, and anything in between is a big haze. SWIM can't remember much of what the ambien did to him, but as of now, he feels like it's already passed through hid system, since he's much more functional right now and doing work without typos.