Late to this, sorry. It sounds like you've had a really hard time. I do pretty well with ambien, though there are times I wake up on it. If I get up, I'm staggering around like I'm drunk, but that doesn't seem to stop me from trying to do something like yoga in the dark in the middle of the night. I do best with it if I haven't had anything to eat within an hour or two before taking it. For some reason, if I've eaten before bed, it doesn't work as well. I absolutely have to have at least 7 hours available to sleep if I take it, because it's just too hard to wake up if not. I usually feel pretty good the next day.

I tried Ambien CR, but I always felt depressed and sluggish the next day. Lunesta gave me an awful taste in my mouth that lasted all day despite everything I tried to get rid of it. I have a sample of rozere m around here somewhere, but I haven't tried it. My pdoc said he hasn't heard it's all that good.

Besides meds, I also have to have some kind of white noise. I even travel with something like a CD player or alarm clock that can generate white noise or some other kind of soothing sound, because I always have a terrible time sleeping in new places.

If you take magnesium, try taking it at night. That can help, too. Also, check any of your meds to see if they might be interfering with sleep. If so, see if you can move a dose to earlier in the night. I had to do that with my pm dose of Lamictal.

Good luck,

gg