Do you ever sleepwalk?
By Amber
@AmbiePam (107485)
United States
September 16, 2025 2:00pm CST
I drove in my sleep once, after having taken Ambien (a well known sleep medication). I woke up one morning thinking I’d had a weird dream of knocking out my front headlight after going over a curb and hitting a stop sign. However, when I went outside, I found my car’s front headlight was indeed hanging out. The following week, I got my credit card bill, and found I’d also gotten gas that night, but had no memory of it.
You can be sure I never took that again.
Are you a sleepwalker? Have you been?
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25 responses
@GardenGerty (166655)
• United States
16 Sep
Not that I know of. Thank goodness. I can do enough damage awake. I am glad you were okay.
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@wolfgirl569 (125783)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Sep
I never have. Glad that's all you did when you drove that night
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@allknowing (153986)
• India
16 Sep
I am not a sleep walker but have vivid dreams
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@LeaPea2417 (39050)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Sep
No, but I think my son did it a little. He would sometimes get up in the middle of the night and eat a snack and forget when he woke up that he did it. I would know he did it because he left crumbs on the kitchen counter.
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@RasmaSandra (91383)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Sep
Never sleepwalked but I do have the talent of doing full jobs while sleeping and then waking up an still thinking about all I had done. BTW I believe my best dream of all was having a night of dancing with Martin, In fact, when I woke up not only was I a bit groggy as if I had been up all night but I also had sore legs like you get dancing the night away and I had not danced in a long time, I am hoping that one night he will take me dancing again,
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@snowy22315 (199477)
• United States
16 Sep
No, but I might possibly talk in my sleep early this AM, (remember I told you old people aren't supposed to take diphenhydramine? I took it as I woke up at 3:39..Anyway I got startled awake by some sort of brief nightmare or hallucination or something..(which I don't have any history of..BTW, I dreamed the young guy who lives next to my parents had a big dog on a chain that lunged at me .and I got startled awake. I.thinkI said No! Or something
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@DaddyEvil (162782)
• United States
16 Sep
I sleepwalked as a kid and an early teen but not since then, as far as I know. I used to talk in my sleep when I was younger, too. (Pretty says when I'm really tired I sing in my sleep. I'm not sure I believe that.)
I know I woke up one morning sitting at a railroad crossing with my car running and didn't remember how I got there. That was a scary experience. There was a train going through the crossing at the time. 
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@Traceyjayne (6724)
• United Kingdom
17 Sep
I have never been a sleepwalker …..goodness knows what trouble I would get into !
At least you were safe ….even if your car did have a bang !
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5411)
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16 Sep
Nope. I have never been a sleepwalker.
It is good to know that nothing serious happened to you while you were sleep driving.
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@Namaco21 (301)
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17 Sep
That must have been really scary to realize it wasn’t just a dream. It’s good you decided not to take Ambien again after that experience. I’ve never sleepwalked myself, but I’ve always found it fascinating (and a little unsettling) how the body can be active while the mind isn’t fully aware.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53872)
• United States
17 Sep
No sleep walking for me. Glad that you didn’t get hurt.
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@LindaOHio (207314)
• United States
17 Sep
I walked in my sleep once after we moved to a new house. I was very young. I took Ambien and was so wide awake that I went to Walmart and did some shopping. Had no affect on me. I'm glad you don't take it anymore. Much too dangerous for you.
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@telluska75 (34)
• Lappeenranta, Finland
17 Sep
I have never done sleepwalking, but I talk a lot in while sleeping :)
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