@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.