I havent gone on seroquel yet but I cant sleep without something. If I take a sleeping med, I cant wake up the next day and so Im given Tizanidine (muscle relaxer) by my pain Dr, Im supposed to take 3 a day but even one makes me tired so I took one at night for the back spasims and learned they put me to sleep. I have to take 2 usually to go to sleep and not just be tired (at times 3 but not usual, depends on how reved up my mind is but 3 is the most I will take) and recently had to start taking one of my xanax with it becauce my brain still races and if I dont my body wants to go to sleep but my brain wont let me. I made my psychritrist and pain Dr both aware and both are ok with this as long as I dont take more than 3 with just 1 xanax.

Not the best thing for sleep but Ive tried all sleeping meds and they all make me so tired the next day that I cant function and I have to work. Muscle relaxers wear off by morning and allow me to function. I do wake up a lot from nightmares but even with being horribly terrified, I can go back to sleep pretty easy.

I didnt need a xanax with it until recently and so just the tizanadine worked for 4 yrs, my anxiety increased and caused an issue with sleep.

There are other muscle relaxers that can work as well; as well as other medications. There's a new one on tv about sleep and wake receptors in your brain. As always discuss it with your MD and let them know why the other meds didnt work and maybe theres something else that will work better.