I had 10 months of insomnia thanks to a MAOI. Unfortunately I didn't respond to more traditional sleep meds (Lunesta didn't do anything and Trazadone was too harsh) so unfortunately my pdoc at the time started me on Xanax XR for sleep. I know what everyone says about its long-term usage but it does its job most nights. Tomorrow is a month of being off the MAOI so my new pdoc is going to start me on 1 new med to hit that anxiety (which I needed the Xanax for and what the MAOI failed to address) so that I can wean off the Xanax XR.

OP, this is probably a silly question and I'm sorry if it is, but do you have curtains in your bedroom that completely block out light? The lights outside my apartment window drove me crazy, the blinds didn't shut everything out. I got a blackout curtain and it helped me stay asleep better...but it backfired on weekends because I wouldn't set my alarm and it threw off my clock - I would wake up at 11am and still feel like it was 6am due to the darkness. I hope you get the sleep issues figured out soon, it's a living hell.