My husband drinks 2 beers during dinner, drinks 2 whiskey and sodas after, takes Ambien at 10pm, while taking Effexor 150mg. 15 minutes later he enters a very weird state. pawing me in bed, talking crazy, sometime getting up to eat ice cream in his underwear while people are still in the living room! He sits with them, chatting away like it's nothing out of the ordinary as ice cream slops down his belly... he has no memory of these episodes. please advise.
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You don’t need me to tell you Ambien, Effexor and alcohol are a very bad combination, you have seen that all for yourself. How long has he been taking these two medications? Both of them, Ambien especially, are known to cause serious mental side effects – from drowsiness, euphoric mood and impaired judgment to sleepwalking and short term memory loss. All of them only get amplified or worsened by alcohol. Not only do the problems get worse, but Ambien is also addictive so it’s not an option for him to just stop taking it on his own – withdrawal can be dangerous, especially considering how he reacts to the medication. Obviously, alcohol has to go – even for a while would be success, and Ambien should be slowly reduced to avoid further complications. It’s a good plan, but I know that it might be almost impossible one to accomplish when e doesn’t have a memory of what this medicine does to him. Maybe you can get help from someone, family or friend, on this?
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