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Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep

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@joyceinil

New to this group. My husband is the insomniac but it affects me as much as it does him. He has been taking a "bad" pill, temazepam, for years. He is 86 years old. It is no longer working and is giving him weird side effects. Is there any sleep aid that a senior citizen has used that works and is not extremely dangerous?

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daisy17 | @daisy17 | Nov 7 11:54am

Has he had a sleep study done to rule out sleep apnea? He could try Trazodone, which is commonly prescribed for insomnia as one side effect is sleepiness. He could also try a low dose of melatonin. I take 2.5mg melatonin 15 minutes before bed along with 50-75mg trazodone. I also take a sleep gummy with 10mg CBN and 5mg THC (Minny Grown brand called Highbernate). Take with a light snack (I eat yogurt) as it helps both the Trazodone and CBN last longer in your system. Another drug prescribed for sleep is Mirtazapine, about 7.5 mg. It has a longer half-life than Trazodone so might make the sleepiness last into the next day.

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