I was pretty sleep deprived when I saw my psychiatrist so idr everything he said, but he said I couldn't have ativan or any of those sleeping meds due to risk of a psychotic break. He said I should take melatonin or a benzo instead, but benzos for bed time make you stay in the 4th stage of your sleep cycle and don't allow restful sleep so sometimes you wake up really tired and not well rested. He wasn't sure about zzzquil, but told me to urge caution on anything used for sleep. I hope this helps and if you get psychosis after starting your ativan you know why. My old psych gave me ritalin without telling me it would increase my hallucinations ten fold so that was a nightmare so I'm big on researching stuff before being prescribed things because I had doctors prescribe stuff that was suppose to help, but made me manic/suicidal.