@bpcyclist

I want to share something with you. I am on Elavil, 100 mg per day. I have been on it for ages and for a long time, I took all my sleep aids with it at night. Several months ago, I started having a terrible time getting to sleep. Like you, I would end up getting up and not getting enough sleep because I would finally get to sleep around 2 or 3 AM in spite of lights out around 10 or 11 PM. It was really frustrating!

I was thinking about options to get to sleep at a normal time and it occurred to me to take my Elavil earlier in the day.

I did that and now, I can't keep my eyes open, plus I don't need to take anything to get to sleep! I am sound asleep by 8ish, more or less. And I mean SOUND ASLEEP!!! It's Heaven!!

I started taking it at 3 PM but by 6:30ish I could not stay awake, LOL So, I would sleep and be wide awake around 2 AM. Well, that's a major drag, LOL So, I would take it a little later, and so on. Now I take my night med at 4:30. Last night I managed to stay awake until 7:30, more or less and slept until 5:17 AM, give or take a minute or 2. It's wonderful!