I'm another one that's taken Ambien and hasn't hallucinated, ever, and I took it for much longer than most doctors prescribe due to debilitating insomnia. If your situation's bad enough and the lack of sleep is really messing up your life and mental processes, do it. I took it for *a while* (more than a year) and I'm off it now and very glad about that, but I'm also very glad that I had it to cope with the insomnia.