Hi DJ,
Thank you for more information about the trazodone. I'll certainly keep it as an option.
As for other sleeping meds, I took about a quarter of a tab of Ambien last night and was out as soon as my head hit the pillow... unfortunately I was also out of it all day, and slept for 11 hours. I'm assuming that these side effects would wear down over time, but I don't think it's something that I can deal with right now.
Even worse, I think that it may have made me anxious and irritable... but then again I had a manhattan last night, so at least the irritability was due to that.