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As for me, I'm curious and alarmed about these particular side effects that seem to be unique to Ambien.
-- Patricia Schwarz
They're not. Stop choosing to get all your information from what the major news organizations decide to tell you. And fer chrissakes, read past the headlines. Virtually all cases involve the abuse of the drug (multiple doses) or the abuse of the drug with alcohol. (Again, if you're too fucking stupid to read the bottle and heed your doctor's warnings, you need more than a mild sedative.)
Abusing alcohol and/or pharmaceuticals has always been a bad choice. Didn't you people learn anything from the 60's?
The backlash, anger, call it what you will directed at Tessa Blake is righteous indignation at her and Salon for publishing yet one more "I had my fun fucking up and now I've moved on; haven't learned a damn thing and proud of it" article and expecting us to hail it as the next great JT Leroy/ain't it great to be a duped starfucker trend. This writer is a hack and stupid to boot, that she waves her freak flag proudly is not cause for celebration, it's cause for alarm.
Perhaps, Patricia, you should get a full night's sleep before you rant without thinking. I know a good sedative, but I encourage you to heed the warnings on the label before you try it.
