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My situation is exactly like yours. Can you share what sleep meds you tried that you don't want to take again? I currently take 2.5mg melatonin and 75-100mg Trazodone which help me fall asleep, but I wake after a few hours and most often can't fall back asleep. I'm also trying THC 15mg and CBN 12mg sleep gummies, but they aren't helping much. My sleep Dr only recommends hypnotic drugs, where you can sleep walk and not remember it, so I don't want to take those. I see a different Dr next week and am quite sure she will recommend the same meds. I am getting desperate to find something that helps me.
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You've really been put through the wringer...
For decades I took lorazepam. Then a doctor took me of it and gave me Mirtazapine. Later a sleep doctor gave me Clonazepam, and when that stopped helping another sleep expert told me I could use brotizolam, that when that stopped working I could switch back to Clonazepam. Right now I am happy to be off all this garage but am concerned about the other effects of not sleeping well.
Last night I took the 10 mg melatonin and the "natural" remedy, slipped from 10:30 to 3:30, did meditation for an hour, eventually fell asleep around 5, till 7. now I'm feeling drowsy but more or less functioning. So I got the hours but apparently the sleep quality was not good. But what can I say: if I'm tired for the next 30 years I will have lived to be 100! 😊
You need to try the meds the sleep specialist wants you to take. Don't think you are going to sleep walk or bad things like that while taking these meds...that is a very very rare thing and I believe it only happens when a person takes the medication incorrectly. Like, taking it and not going to bed right away.....We all need sleep including you....give the meds they suggest a try....you need to find something that works for you. Sleep meds get a very bad rap....BUT, on the flip side, they truly help alot of people!! Me included!
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Ambien 5 mg, but only helped get to sleep. Wake after 2 hours and can’t get back to sleep.
Ramelteon(sp?) which is a fancy melatonin like prescription med. did nothing to help me.
Ativan. Helps sleep anxiety but is habit forming and you build resistance easily.
I’m thinking about Lunesta or Dayvigo.🤷♀️