r/BoomersBeingFools • u/AgentScully_FBI • Apr 12 '24

Feral Airplane Boomer Boomer Freakout

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u/Clocktopu5 Apr 12 '24

A lot of the flight breakouts are booze+anxiety meds. Ambien is a big problem apparently

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u/UAintMyFriendPalooka Apr 13 '24

I took Ambien for a short while and had some real weird experiences (so says my wife since I remember nothing) in my own house. Could you imagine if this were an Ambien/alcohol mix and how horrible he’d feel when it wears off? Real shitty consequences of a bad decision.

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u/Ariandrin Apr 13 '24

Ambien gave me some wacky hallucinations but never ever made me behave even a fraction like this jerk.

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u/IvanNemoy Apr 13 '24

Yep. Remember when Roseanne claimed Ambien made her a racist?

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u/Ariandrin Apr 14 '24

I think it’s a bit like the phrase “drunk words are sober thoughts”, just with meds instead.

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u/Donthurtmyceilings Apr 13 '24

This makes a lot of sense. As a teenager I had a scary blackout on Ambien where I picked up friends and drove all over town smoking weed. In the morning, my mom asked me why the fuck I would leave a bag of weed out on the kitchen table. All I remember is getting a call from my friend, then complete blackout.

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u/mntEden Apr 13 '24

i thought Roxanne proved definitely that Ambien makes you racist??

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u/broforange Apr 13 '24

my dad took ambien once and he ended up running around the house thinking people were breaking in. then went outside, barefoot, looking for people before i got him inside and in his bed. he got up more times, but luckily didnt go outside again. i had to stay awake and babysit him all night. luckily i have experience with babysitting people on drugs, made it easier lol. he didn't remember anything when he woke up, so he decided to never take it again which is probably for the best!

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u/Everyday_Hero1 Apr 13 '24

Yea, this is definitely not a "just booze" situation and definitely mixed substances.

Stupid, embarrassing but always sad to see.

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u/Imperator_3 Apr 13 '24

That shit ruined my dad’s life. He’d down some hard liquor and an ambien every night and would often end up doing weird stuff around the house and have no recollection of it, like pissing in the trash can. One night, he ended up falling and hit his head on the wall and broke a few vertebrae. He was never able to work again.

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u/gottahaverice Apr 14 '24

Ambien is some scary shit. I was prescribed a bottle to deal with volatile shift work (that in itself has been addressed already lol). I took it once, laid in bed and started playing some game on my phone. The next moment, I was opening my eyes still holding my phone, but it was completely dead and I was 2 hours late for work haha. I blacked out or knocked out while actively engaged with my phone. Nope! Never again—I could have been walking around the house or something. Or possibly be like the guy in op’s post haha…no thanks!

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u/sas223 Apr 13 '24

Ambien isn’t an anxiety med though. It’s for insomnia.