I used to be able to take a sleeping pill (Restoril) and fall asleep almost immediately then wake up about 6 hours later feeling absolutely refreshed. After awhile I developed a tolerance to Restoril and was switched to Ambien. Back to good sleep.

My pdoc prescribed 2 25 mg of Seroquel for sleep, but they give me horrible nightmares (and don't put me to sleep for quite awhile after taking them).

Which brings me to tonight. I took the 10 mg Ambien prescribed...that was about an hour ago...didn't get a bit sleepy...so I took the 2 Seroquel. Still not sleepy.

Has anyone else had this experience and if so, what do you do to get some sleep? I mean, if I'm taking meds to begin with...I darn well want them to do what they're supposed to...especially sleeping pills....Grrrrrrrrrrr.

(I'm tempted to drink a little wine which I do like once or twice a year...but with all the stickers on my pill bottles saying DO NOT DRINK WHILE TAKING THIS MED I'm a bit scared to do that!!)