Drug might make her SAY it, but not THINK it

Ambien is the most-used sleeping pill in the U.S.

Most people take it with beneficial effects — and have no adverse reactions from the medication.

However, there are well-documented reports of patients who have untoward adverse effects called “complex sleep behaviors.”

Some of these behaviors involve activity in a partially conscious state in which people do and say abnormal things.

They can eat in the middle of the night. They can drive or go outside and not be aware of it — or have an impaired recollection of the abnormal behavior.

It is possible that someone would say something in the middle of the night after taking Ambien they’d otherwise not say when they’re fully awake in the daytime.

Ambien works on the most widely found inhibitory brain system, which affects cognitive and executive functions.

This medication could cause disinhibition of retained thoughts and ideas.

As such, it could have caused Roseanne Barr to say something that she might not have said had she not not taken the Ambien.

However, clearly, Ambien didn’t put those thoughts and ideas into her brain.