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But the House was not in session.

Later, he said he was disoriented because he'd taken an Ambien.

That year, a study found that the number of car crashes caused by people on Ambien was going up.

A group of people filed a class-action lawsuit against Ambien's manufacturer.

One plaintiff was a woman who'd been arrested for shoplifting DVDs and a candle from the Navy base where she worked.

Others found themselves sleep-eating or driving after they'd taken Ambien.

In March 2007, the FDA began requiring a stronger warning on the Ambien label and told the manufacturer to let doctors know about the risk of sleep-driving.

That year, the generic equivalent of Ambien came out, Zolpidem.

Manufacturers added a similar warning, and millions of people started taking it, including Lindsay Schweigert, who'd just started a new prescription the day she was arrested in 2011.

Lindsay was charged with a DUI and for running a stoplight.

As for the car she hit, no one was hurt, and the damage was minor.

Lindsay says the repair cost something around $450.

Lindsay's lawyer argued that what had happened was a known side effect of Ambien.

She ended up pleading guilty to a lesser charge, careless driving, to avoid jail time, and her license was suspended for a year.

She also paid thousands of dollars in legal fees.

Is it still hard to believe that you were able to do all of that while asleep?

I mean, that seems terrifying.

She says she hasn't taken Ambien or Zolpidem since.

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Nadia Wilson is our senior producer.