I take between 2 to3mg of Alprazolam at night. I start at about 9.30pm with half, then take another half about 20 mins later. I take the remaining when I get ready for bed so that by the time I am in bed and ready to sleep I am pretty much knocked out.

I have taken Seroquel and it did NOTHING to help me sleep. And I currently take Seroquel XR. It does not make me sleepy.
Right now, THANK THE LORD, I am sleeping much better with some melatonin and Restoril as needed.
I have heard of everything from Amytriptiline to Haldol.
On top of all the other things I have tried (Lunesta, Ambien, Rozerem, Trazadone, Sonata) one thing that did help me was good old fashioned Remeron. Doxepin was useful too. BUT I cannot take the Remeron because I would get up at night and eat, and eat, and eat. I would make myself sick.
Then there is always the benzos. I did fine with Valium for a while. A friend of mine likes Klonopin. Another Ativan.
Good luck, sweetie. Good luck.

30 mg remeron and 300 trazadone

I have always been curious about melatonin, does it work?

Trileptal 600mg
Magnesium 600mg
Elavil 5mg
Gabapentin 400mg

I was on a higher dose of Elavil (10mg) and also on Intuniv 2mg...I slept great, but felt entirely overmedicated until about 5pm!

I take Thorazine 20mg, Klonopin 0.5mg and/or Benadryl if I am revving up towards an episode or in one...Thorazine knocks me flat for 8 or 10 hours.

I have mild TD---this is weird---but when I take the Thorazine, it gets better---until the Thorazine wears off---then it is just as bad or worse.
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I take Valerian but then again I am on no medications so if anyone wants to take it be cautious but it works real well. Also Passion Flower, Lavender Oil, Sound Machine, and really cool night light with like pretty colors that go fro red to purple to green to blue. I also cover my clock and put my phones on silent and watch no upsetting stuff before bed and books, a good boring book like The Castle by Franz Kafka or maybe Plato Republic will help to bore you to sleep and of course tire your eyes LOL

LOL Richard, wow I admire people who are able to understand his reading. I do not have the patience or attention span.

benadryl and marijuana,

or just benadryl.

maybe even benadryl, mj, and an ativan or two.

oh and a large snack or dish of some kind and lots of milk, haha.

A lot of folks use Trazadone, Ambien, Sonata and Lunesta for sleep issues.

There are a couple of OTC choices such as Valerian Root, Melatonin and Benadryl, these are all non-habit forming.

I personally am not supposed to use hypnotics such as Ambien, because I have Amnesiac Dreamstates and cut in my sleep....just loads of fun.

But, I only sleep for 1 - 2 hours a night and that's with sleep meds, without them, I'd never sleep.

Hey Dee. I take Temazepam sometimes. I can't always sleep well so it helps me.

i take 900 mg gabapentin, 2 mg klonopin, 50 mg metoprolol, 25 mg tramadol, and 25 mg phenergan.

Klonopin does the trick for me with rimron I took ambien for years and realized that stuff is evil I nearly set my place on fire in my sleep, poured my coffee maker full of spaghetti sauce and took 52 mg of klonopin and slept for four days be really careful with that stuff.

I us what you guys in the US call Dramamine. In Canada we call it "Gravol" also known as "dimenhydrinate". I take 2 or 3 50mg tablets before I go to bed. Sometime if that's not enough I take 1 or 2 tablets of diazepam....also known as "Valium"

That's my solution to the " I can't sleep" problem.

Well I am a true insomniac and if I don't take something I don't know if I would ever sleep. I started out on Ambien but it only works for 3-4 hours so I was moved to Ambien CR and got about 6 hours. The problem was the insurance company would only authorize 17 pills a month so WTF I don't sleep the rest of the month?

I was then put on Lunesta but that leaves this HORRIBLE taste in your mouth when you wake up that there is no getting rid of. I was then moved on to Trazadone and have been taking it for over a year. I get about 5-6 hours of sleep which I am damn grateful for, if my insomnia is really bad I will add some Lorazapem in the mix to help.

In the old days when I self medicated and also when I was going through chemo and radiation I got help with marijuana.

I take Remeron (mirtazipine) to help me sleep. I believe it's an AD, but at low doses, it works for sleep.