Hello everyone !
Recently ive been having some trouble sleeping, as I have throughout my life intermittently. Ive also had an increase in my anxiety from multiple factors.
I told my pdoc this and he suggested ambien as a sleep aid. He said it may also help the anxiety. I took the script to my pharmacists and while I was waiting I started looking up side-effects. The sleep walking possibility scares the **** out of me! As someone who has experienced mania w/ psychosis it makes me very very nervous of any drug that could induce that or some situation where I am not acting myself. As it stands, I grabbed some melatonin and did not pick up the ambien.

Im interested in other options for meds, and I know a friend of mine has taken klonopin for sleep & anxiety. It worked well for her, but I dont know how to really ask for it or something like it from my pdoc. Upon research it seems klonopin and drugs like it do not have sleepwalking side effects and are even prescribed to people who sleepwalk to prevent it.

So my questions are: how do I approach my pdoc about klonopin? Is there another anxiety/ sleep aid that may work? And if anyone could share their experiences with benzos etc id appreciate it!