# I just found out I had an unnerving Ambien sleepwalking episode last August **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-i-had-an-unnerving-ambien-sleepwalking-episode-last-august/1031817 "2026-07-20T22:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-i-had-an-unnerving-ambien-sleepwalking-episode-last-august/1031817/4 "2026-07-21T04:31:01Z")
I have nothing good to say about Ambien. > [@I raped my fiancée. In her nightmare.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-raped-my-fiancee-in-her-nightmare/573175): > > I usually stay up an hour or so later than my fiancée because if I don’t, my thunderous snoring will keep her awake. I put her to bed last night and went into the other room to watch TV. Less than an hour later, to my surprise, she walked in and, with a horrified look on her face, said, “You raped me!” Her eyes were wide open, but I thought she still had to be sleeping, so I told her, “It’s me, wake up.” But she was awake, and kept repeating, “You raped me!” in a haunted voice. I tried to reass… Postscript: we got married a month after that post, she never took Ambien again, and 15 years later we’re still happily married. Somehow, my snoring is no longer as bad, even though I’m a bit heavier now than I was then. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-i-had-an-unnerving-ambien-sleepwalking-episode-last-august/1031817)._