I use to have a horrible time sleeping. I like most of you would go days without any sleep at all. I use to take lunesta. One morning it hadn't worn off. Me and my daughter were going to Illinois for a wedding. It was 6 a.m. we stopped for breakfast. My first warning sign should have been when I feel asleep at the table. I was driving west bound in I-70 and feel asleep my daughter was already asleep. We woke to the sound of the car going through the median. It came to rest in the fast lane of the east bound traffic. We didn't hit anyone and no one hit us. I was so shaken by what had happened and the fact that I was facing the on coming traffic. I drove back to the other side and stopped on the shoulder by the slow lane. A semi saw us coming I didn't see him until I heard his breaks and saw smoke rolling from his tires (all 18). It would have hit my daughters side of the car. I remember asking God please spare her this is my fault don't let her get hurt. We made it to the shoulder of the interstate unharmed. We started crying and drove to the next exit stopped at the first gas station to examine the car. It was covered in mudd and grass but was still driveable. We finished our trip to IL. against my husbands demands. He was working his 24 hour shift at the firehouse and wasn't with us. Sorry for the long story I don't take sleeping pills anymore.

I do take .5 mg x 2 a day or Ativan. I take one before bed and it helps me sleep. On the nights I toss and turn I sleep in the recliner. I can't toss and turn as much so I sleep a little better. I try very very hard (some days it's impossible) not to sleep during the day. If my mind is working overtime and I can't sleep. I get up write all my thoughts down on paper (sometimes this helps). When the sheets feel like they are full of glass it made it very hard to sleep. I changed to Egyptian cotton and it has made a world of difference. If the pain is too awful I just ask God for his peace of mind to cover me and more times than not he answers.
Sorry this is sooooooooooo long!!!
Take care,
Sherrie