I have used whats called simply sleep sold at the drug store about 8 dollars it worked very well most of the time.

500 to 700mg of Trazodone. I have never needed 700mg, I took 500mg nightly for a few years and I took 600mgs a handful of times during those years.

If you don't have it in your system then I wouldn't jump to 500mgs but then I also would just take 50mgs or 100mgs either.

Sorry that it's Sunday. Can you call your pharmacist and ask if you can take another Ambian?

Hi, nicimarie!!!!!
I LOVE my Seroquel!!! Without anything I get less than 2 hours sleep a night AND have spells where I stay up for between 40 and 70 hours.
With Seroquel, I seem to get at least 5 hours straight and more often get 7 or 8!!!!
The only other thing I've had is AmbienCR. My mind got plenty of sleep, but my body had other ideas. I'd wake up and find signs that I had been up doing all kinds of things that I had no recollection of doing!!!! I already have enough trouble with the havoc I wreak during my waking hours!! I don't need to be going crazy while I sleep, too!!!
Good luck!!! I hope you find something that works very soon!!!!
Oh, wait!! I tried Geoden, too!!! That worked for 2 nights and then did nothing.
Take care!!!

Yes, Seroquel is my prescription for night time sleep. When I'm hypo, I can fight the sleepy feeling for a couple of hours after I've taken it, but sooner or later you'll be asleep. Risperidone and Olanzapine work very well as well, so I'd imagine any antipsychotic will do the job equally well.

Good luck with it :)

i'm with u on this one. i'm comin up on hour 28. my body is exhausted but my mind is racing. i've tried ambian but it doesn't work for me. i know other people that it does work for. what do ya'll do to slow down enough to rest a lil. the pills aren't workin and i can't think straight enought to know what to do. i hope this makes sense.

#8... haha, so funny, so healthy.

i used to use ambien but my doctor told me that ambien was just a band-aid... that my insomnia was due to me being bipolar and i should kill 2 birds with one stone.

so, like a lot of those above, i use seroquel.

it evens out my mood during the day.

it knocks me on my ass every night no matter how up i am.

just ask anyone who's been on the phone with me when my seroquel kicks in. hahaha

Ambien knocks me out just on 7.5mg.I even bought a special little knife for halving the pills ! Very precise work..Keeps me up tough

The BEST sleep I've ever had ,in my entire life ,was on Seraquel....but it also made me hallusonate,and I was a zombie for most of the day ,while on it.
I tried 1/2 dose...didn't keep me asleep,it made me worse.So now I'm off of the Seraquel...but boy do I miss that total and complete oblivion of DEEP sleep.

Seroquel. You have to find the right dosage though. For me 100 mg is just right. Any more and I will sleep 12 hours and wake up like the living dead.


MMMMMmmmmm.... what day is it?

adding melatonin to whatever sleep meds yr taking somtimes helps.

300 mgs. of Seroquel XR puts me to sleep in a few hours...AND I don't wake up every hour on the hour anymore.

Seroquel was the ONLY thing that worked for me. Ambien & Ativan are teases (damn them!) And Lunesta is a tease with a nasty metallic taste (yucky!) Try the Seroquel, even a small dose should do the trick, if you can take it that is...

I just started on Seroquel ,but for the mood swings. I have no trouble sleeping too much. I worry about the weight gain issue and the heat stroke. I work outside year round. Anybody out there gain weight on it?

if you've never taken seroquel before, can you take a 100mg tablet or is that too much? just thought i'd ask since we are talking about it.