Can I ask if caffeine gives you a buzz? It makes me sleepy, it will make those with ADD/ADHD sleepy. Most sleeping meds do nothing for me. I take 5 different supplements with a Dr. Pepper to get to sleep each night.

Thank all of you for your replys. I wanted to try the new script for 2 nights B4 I replied. Rozerem 8mg is what i'm now taking. The pharm. told me there are 2 types of receptors one can have to sleep. 1 for the ambien class of drug and one for this class. I only have 15 pills, but I guess that is b/c he always pres. ambien or cr.

If you can't get to sleep on ambien, then I am told don't waist u money on cr. unless u have a wake in mid night prob. Go to the other class of sleep drugs as I have.

My pharm helps me more then any Dr. and always has.

I'm just tossing out a name - pull their site if interested.

Thank You So Much

Regular Ambien didn't work for me either, I fell asleep but couldn't stay asleep I switched to Ambien CR works great!

My Neuro told me that I shouldn't take Ambien every night - just for up to a week but no longer. He said it messes with your natural sleep hormones. :confused: If my natural sleep hormones were working properly I wouldn't need to take anything!!

Anyway, he gave me a prescription for Trazadone when I went to my appointment on Friday. I took one last night and still didn't sleep more than 4 hours at a time but I was able to fall asleep easier. I'm a little wobbly this morning, too. I'm sure it's a side effect.

Exercise daily, learn self-hypnosis, marijuana, warm soothing baths, and Tylenol PM have worked best for me (but I don't do the normal meds ...).

Cherie

Kitty, My Ex has been on Ambien for over a year with no sides... The reason you Dr prob. said that is b/c Ambien is addictive (per my pharm). Some Dr have a prob w/it most do not in my experience. The drug I'm on is not addictive; however, I really could careless. I was in terrible shape due to lack of sleep. I would have taken anything.

Cherie, excellent advise but I have always refused to Exercise. I know - my bad and I am paying for it.

Trazadone made me sick to my stomach and my acid reflux was so bad I had to stop taking it.

Regular Ambien did not work well for me. I would fall asleep and then wake up about 4 hours later and have trouble getting back to sleep. AmbienCR worked great for me but was just too expensive.

I am using generic Restoril now and it works like a charm. It is also very cheap.:D

Rozerems really working strange on me. If I take it at 10pm and get up at 6am, I am ok to get my kid off then it is back to sleep till around 4pm. Then bed at 10-11 up at 6 - back to bed till 2-3. They are too small to cut in half so I guess I'll try to make the week on 0 and use it on weekend till I see neuro. Just wanted to advise of my reaction. The only way I can stay on this would be to pop a pill to sleep and pop a too expensive pill to say awake. Not my style.

Becky - glad to hear you found a good drug. I'll mention Restoril when I see neuro later this mo. Tks for the info.