I, too, experienced horrible side effects during almost two years on Ambien. I have had two car accidents which have caused my insurance to go up nearly 300% in the past year making it almost unaffordable. I ate in my sleep, and at one point my sleep became so disturbed that I was almost a zombie, sleeping virtually 20 hours a day for an entire month. It became impossible to work and I walked away from the last month of my teaching position, unable to teach OR sleep. My memory has been affected to the point that I honestly have lost huge sections of the past two years. I was unable to open mail, answer the phone, deal with everyday issues, and handle responsbilities on a timely basis. I now have two homes in foreclosure with no memory of when I stopped making payments. I am literally unable to help myself in this process.
I used to have a nearly photgraphic memory, was an attorney for 12 years, and won a teacher of the year award when I changed professions. I now feel like I have incipient Alzhemier's and am have lost two years of my life.
Are you gathering data for a possible class action suit?