LeChat - I feel the same way you do as far as taking them and not sleeping, but not remembering things that I did (although I know I didn't sleep). It's weird - when I was prescribed them, I had tried many other things and nothing worked. So many people have loved Ambien, but I'm not having that kind of luck. However, I do like that there is no type of hangover effect - that is very important to me. If I'm not going to get enough sleep, I certainly don't need more bad feelings to worry about, I don't experience the hallucinations that others feel either. So, not enough sleep from them, but no ill effects either. There has got to be something out there that works, right????