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Old Mar 23, 2017, 09:30 AM
still_crazy still_crazy is offline
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hi. it really depends on your doctor and his/her prescribing habits. Here where I live, a lot of psychiatrists are still using the older, benzodiazepine-type sleeping pills. They're not supposed to be used long term, but...hey. Its America. Pills a go go!

There's temazepam (restoril), dalmane, pro-som, even halcion. Halcion has something of a shady reputation because it can cause psychosis now and then, but some people swear by it. Of course, day time benzodiazepines can be used for sleep, too. xanax and ativan seem popular around here. I had a friend who was briefly on valium, and his doctor had it set up so he could take an extra valium at night, to lull him to sleep. I don't know if that worked well or not. He's on Klonopin now.

There's hydroxyzine. Its an antihistamine that's been used with some success in insomnia, sometimes alone, back in the day mixed with other drugs. Seroquel, as other people have pointed out. trazadone. gabapentin. maybe lyrica?

there's remeron (mirtazapine, I think). At sufficient doses, that might also help your overall mood and anxiety levels.

zolpidem is an odd drug. I was on it for a while, and it just...stopped working. Tapering wasn't very hard, I didn't much miss it when it was gone, but after that, it didn't even work when I tried it again, years later. sonata was never that great for me, but it does help some people. I think there's an xr or sr or er sonata now, that might keep you asleep all night (or not...).

I hope you can find a treatment that works well for you. BTW, tramadol isn't regarded as terribly addictive here in the US. For a long time, it wasn't a controlled substance. Now I think it might be Schedule IV or something (not very controlled, only kinda addictive, according to the gov't). Does it help at all? When I was on it for pain, I found it helped my mood and anxiety. Turns out, its kinda similar to an antidepressant, chemically, plus it relieves pain. Fun fact.

Anyway, I hope you can get something that works and keeps on working well for you.
Thanks for this!
Sabrina