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Originally Posted by erino77  What do you take to help you sleep?
My doc put me on Restoril today because the Ambien CR quit working and Rozeram is like placebo for me. Also Trazadone does nothing.
I took the 15mgs of Restoril at 9pm and here it is 12:20 am and I feel nothing.  Not even the least bit tired  Ughhh I hate having insomnia
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. As I am lucky to be asleep by 3-4am every night |
I had terrible, terrible insomnia for about 10 years! After about 4 years, I finally went to a sleep doctor. Like you, trazadone did NADA - which is apparently shocking bc it is supposed to knock you out. Ambien etc. is nice, but their half-life is so short - so it may not last all night.
What worked for me beautifully was Prosom (estazolam). I never had to take it every single night for a really extended time, so I never became to "tolerant" of it. I would often have 2 weeks of terrible insomnia - so I'd take it then - and then I'd eventually be able to sleep on my own again, so I'd be off of it. Other stretches of time - I'd take it on average about 3-4 nights a week, and not need it the other nights. Really odd, but it worked for me.
Good luck - true insomnia that drags on is really quite tortuous, so I hope you find something that works.