Buspar?

Anyone tried it for sleep? I've been on Ambien and Trazadone for insomnia for years, my MD suggested switching to Buspar...I'm pretty desperate...my sister takes Xanax for her insomnia, limited help...

well i have never known buspar to be a sleep aid, but if it is anxiety that is keeping you awake, i suppose it would work because it definitely works to relieve anxiety. my anxiety was so bad that i would hallucinate at times and buspar cleared that right up for me. i like the fact that it is nonhabit forming. i have been taking it for years. i have problems sleeping as well and havent found a sleep med yet that really works. i dont think it is anxiety keeping me up though.

ok, thanks, I needs something to shut my brain up when I wake up to pee in the middle of the night...overactive brain =anxiety, right? My goal is to just live with my anxiety/depression w/o meds during the daytime, been doing it for a long time...

I'm currently on Trazadone. I take Buspar also for anxiety, but it doesn't make me sleepy. I have used Ambien. Xanax did not a thing for me at any time of the day or night.

I find that they all stop working after a while so it helps to switch them up from time to time.

Frankly, the only thing that (I imagine )really works for me is....well is illegal in some states.

For me it takes a combination of 1 Ambien and 1 Seroquel. That combo is the only thing that shut me down for at least 6 hours

Buspar knocked me out within an hour and a half after each dose. It was 10x stronger then melatonin for me. And I was on a low dose of Buspar (15 mg/day) that I split up in smaller doses. So I only took it later in the evening and night.