Since my head injury I've had problems getting to sleep and staying asleep, even when I was prescribed tamazepam the week after my injury I only slept for 4 hours. Before my injury it sometimes used to take me a little while to get off but once asleep I would sleep soundly until morning. Now I just wake up for no reason after a couple of hours and can't settle back to sleep again, I've lost that relaxed sleepy feeling, I must be getting only 3 hours and it's getting frustrating and debilitating, I was hoping it was just a phase but it's not. Having tinnitus since my injury doesn't help.

A while back I was prescribed amitryptaline, an anti depressant, in a low dose (10mg) to aid sleep, I didn't take them because I'd never taken anti depressants so was a bit wary. Now I'm beginning to think I may need something as I'm feeling increasingly down. Another doctor I saw more recently suggested I try a more modern AD -an SSRI like citalopram or mirtazapine but I've read stories about how hard it can be to get off them and how long it takes for them to work. Anyway, I'm thinking of trying the amitryptaline, I figure 10mg is a low dose. Can't get to see a doctor until next week.