I have never been a good sleeper!!!! and I mean never.

So I take something at 11 p.m. I go out like a light by 11:30 (sometimes earlier). I sleep for 8 hours.

If you think I'm giving this up so I can just say "oh no, I don't take anything for sleeping", you don't know me". I have many friends who never sleep. They brag "Oh, you take something for sleeping?, I don't believe in that' Want to know what I tell them?? "Then don't sleep"

I've tried Ambien (that's a godsend, but I can't afford it). I tried Lunesta (did absolutely nothing for me).

So I take alprazolam (generic Xanax), just one pill. It calms me down and lord knows I need calming down. then I drift off to sleep.

I never take it during the day because I don't need to take it during the day. Life can throw anything it wants at me during the day. But I truly believe that a body repairs itself when we sleep. And I need to sleep.

And I do!!!!

Melody