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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Last night I apparently went into my closet, pushed my coats and shirts aside, and peed on my shoes.
Yep. 
We've been under a lot of stress lately. I find myself driving along and forgetting how to get where I was intending to go. Sometimes I'll be out and I'll look around and have to stop and think about where I am and why I'm there. I've had huge problems sleeping - way more than normal. I regularly do the white noise/dark room prepare myself for sleep routine but it just isn't working.
Last night I took half of an Ambien at 8PM. By 10:00 I was still wide awake, so I took the other half. Woke up at 7AM feeling groggy. But the worst part was the look on Mrs WD's face when I first saw her. Five years ago I remodeled the house and turned what had been my bathroom for 18 years into a closet. Last night I apparently went into the closet, pushed my coats and shirts aside, and peed on my shoes. |
Not a doctor, so...
From what you've posted, it appears to be stress related and amplified by Ambien. Ambien has a well documented side-effect of "sleep-walking" or other activities done where the used has no recollection of the event--closet peeing seems to fit the pattern in your case. There are reported cases of people driving their cars while under the influence of Ambien, with no recollection.
As far as the other issues, they seem to be stress related as you suspect. At least, they can be explained by stress as one alternative. Forgetting where you are going or what task you were about to do is within the realm of normalcy and the forgetting gets intensified when you mind is burdened with thoughts/problems that are stressful.
IMO, what you are experiencing is not beyond normal, but if it troubles you, certainly see your doctor. If it were me, I would see a doctor even though I'm fairly certain it's due to stress.