@cindisue I have to agree that sleep is very essential for your health and physical wellbeing, in my experience sleep was always difficult for me to get enough, I can fall asleep but staying asleep is the biggest challenge. I used to stress so much and I tried different medications to help but the side effects always outweigh the benefits, today I take 10 mg. of Amitriptyline and 0.5 mg. of Ativan to help me and I also take RSO which is a cannabis oil and it helps out along with the other drugs. I did a lot of research on sleep and the different drugs that are available to help you but as a senior female you’re always advised to be careful with these drugs because of the risks associated with memory loss and other factors, I also read that Ativan interferes with REM sleep and over time this can be very detrimental, it seems that nothing comes without a risk factor.

@cindisue I certainly agree with that. Where I live doctors are so reluctant to prescribe a controlled substance of any kind including medication that one needs for sleep.

Pharmacists seem to be in agreement with them. Sometimes they’re so rude about it it seems like they are trying to make you feel like you’re asking for cocaine. The needs of the patient are secondary to the rule book.

For @kayraymat
I took trazadone for about 13 or 14 years. I had no serious no serious side effects. I was made aware by the doctor of the possibility of one that would only affect a man. An erection that would not go away. Thankfully I did not experience that.