I started with Melatonin 25 years ago. Along with any other natural thing I could afford. Ambien made me hallucinate. I have been on everything both sleep meds and off label use psych meds. Seroquel helped me sleep, but the nightmares and inability to ever feel fully awake weren't worth it. I have had insomnia since I was a baby. My mom said if she didn't have help from much older siblings, she would have died from going to work and exhaustion. I also have physical health issues that contribute to insomnia. I am taking 2 mg. Clonazepam and 25 mg. Promethazine. I can take it at 9:00 or 10:00 and am often still awake at 4-7::00 am. Then I finally sleep and have such a hard time waking up to walk and feed my dog. I am sorry to hear you're suffering from this. It makes everything worse.