Hmmm Mari - maybe that it my problem. I take it right before I brush my teeth (it is a liquid) which is about 5 minutes before I lay in bed. I try to hold myself to a be in bed by 10pm rule. I am pretty good about that. I may have the tv on or be on the laptop, but I'm in bed. I used to be up folding laundry, etc. but I force myself now to stay in bed even if I can't sleep. I take 10mls which is what it says on the bottle. There's 2.5mg in 10 mls. Maybe I should take 20 mls and see what happens. And I'll take it tonight at 8pm instead of 10pm.

Yes, the xanax usually works to relax me enough so I can fall asleep. Either that or I am so tuckered out by 1am that a little extra help is all I need. Or it's a placebo effect? I don't know.

But this is what I haven't been able to figure out for years now - why is it that it is so unnerving some nights to fall asleep at night, yet when I lay on the sofa at 1pm I can literally fall asleep within 5 minutes, no anxiety, and no medication required? And I sleep like a log. My naps are such restful sleep. I wish I could fall asleep and stay asleep like that at night!