Zolpidem Tartrate 10 MG. Generic for Ambien. Most Dr's will only prescribe 5 MG but that doesn't work on me.
I also wake up during every surgery/procedure that I have ever had. Takes more than the usual person for me. If you are over 60 most dr's will not prescribe it because of fall issues. ex. getting up in the night to pee and falling. I was 41 when I started taking it and now am 68. I don't have many of the side effects that I did when I first started taking it. I guess that I have taken it so long I can function better than my husband when we have a fire alarm go off in the middle of the night or the buglar alarm (it is usually the deer eating my azaleas and rubbing their nose on the window. ) But their are some when you first start and continue for a couple of years. Within 10 minutes you will be asleep. As the years go by, you learn to adjust because it takes 2 hours to work at this point. I don't set an alarm either. I get up when I wake up - - - lucky me. 7 - 8 hours every night and rarely wake up in the night. Medicare will not pay for it because it is a controlled substance. It is cheap and I love my life therefore need to sleep. Sleeping is super important, particularly for us older folks. They have found a connection between dimentia and not sleeping but then again they found that with over-the-counter heart burn medication as well. Good luck. I know how you feel and it is super scary. Talk to your Dr. It's important to sleep. Tried Melatonin didn't work for me nor did any other all natural remedy Again, talk to your Dr. I do have an underlying issue with Cortisol.