No not really. The pain meds I’m not allergic to, keep me wide awake so I can’t rest and helps pain very little so it’s not worth the negative side effects, especially the GI issues. I’ve tried every over the counter and prescription meds for sleep. Ambien was working pretty good for many years, until my health got even worse 10 months ago. If I don’t take it I get zero hours of sleep so I haven’t come off of it yet but it’s the goal. The sleep psychologist at Mayo has me taking a very small dose of melatonin at 5 PM and a high dose at 8 PM. I take the Ambien at 8:30 and try to go to sleep at 9 PM. Some nights I fall right to sleep but wake up about midnight. Other nights, I can’t go to sleep til after midnight… I’m doing everything every doctor is telling me to do and try to help, I just want less pain and the first step to that is letting my body get rest/sleep. As far as psych meds, I’ve been on most of them and become pretty resistant to them over time. I saw a Mayo psychiatrist who is working with my home psychiatrist on recommendations.
Everything is a very slow process right now and I’m just trying to be patient and take out one hour at a time.