re: Anyone take benzodiazepines?

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All I know is it’s a really bad idea to drink and take Ambien. It can frick your world up.

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It’s a weird drug. I took it for sleep on my first deployment, as prescribed by the flight surgeon. There were a few days where I was in the cockpit before flying a mission and I just came to. Couldn’t remember if I’d grabbed lunch or how I got to the aircraft. I was definitely not drinking at that point in time.

I used restoril for sleep on future deployments. Ambien just always left me in a cognitive fog the next day. Can’t imagine the decision making with alcohol in the mix.

I’m not sure it’s a benzo though.