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75 year old male here. Had trouble sleeping for years. I was prescribed hydroxyzine which enlarged my prostate making it difficult to pee getting up during the night 6 times. Took 2 years to get over that. I was prescribed 50 trazodone but I was still waking up at 3-4am. Told to double it to 100 but it made me very unsteady on my feet. A danger getting up during the night to pee.

I now take 4 grams of glycine, 25 mg trazodone, 50 mg of Apigenin. The glycine really helped with pee frequency as well as sleep. Bedroom temp lowered to 67 from 70.

Currently able to get 5 to 7 hours of sleep, still trying for at least 7.

Hope my experiences help others

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@alrobstep Gentle correction here: Hydroxyzine does not cause prostate enlargement. Hydroxyzine has what is called an anticholinergic effect. This means it causes the muscles one uses to urinate with to be temporarily weakened, which would make it even harder to pee with an enlarged prostate.

Glad you stopped the hydroxyzine and got over the weakened muscle issue.