I take Ambien, and I find that it does not make me feel groggy or anything like that. It works well for me. Hope this helps...

Ambien, can either put me to sleep for the next two days or do nothing for me. Same dosage and everything. OTC meds haven't worked for me either.

I use Melatonin, it is a herbal supplement. Take it 2-3 hrs before bed, 6-12 mgs a night. It doesn't put you too sleep like Ambien but it helps to calm my nerves and let me relax.

Also, if you take any meds that make you tired - find out if you can take them at night.

Good Luck {{{HUGZ}}} SG

Sleep has been a huge issue for me, but in 2007 my doctor put me on 12.5 mg Ambien CR plus 50mg of Trazedone. That's what it took to get me some decent sleep. And I usually had to add in a few herbal capsules, too. Then, recently, I found out my insurance won't let me continue Ambien, so I switched to 200 mg Trazedone plus 4 herbal capsules called Rest and Restore (you can order from RealScienceRealNutrition.com). This is the herbal remedy suggested by my doctor at the Fibro and Fatigue Center in 2007. It's working for me, maybe it will for you, too! Good luck!

Ambien works for me. I only need half a pill and I will sleep. The only problem with sleep aids like Ambien, is that they are only meant to be used in the short term....so I only take Ambien to break a non-sleep cycle, like what you are talking about!

I tried Melatonin and really was hoping it would work for me...but my body didn't like it for some reason and it didn't work.

They say that people that routinely use Ambien do crazy things in their sleep and don't remember doing them. That's highly possible, but it's never happened to me. The worst side effect I've ever had was bad dreams, which is why I cut the pill in half. The half dose, does me just fine and breaks me out of my non-sleep cycles.

I wish you sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep! We all know how important that is for our bodies!!

I used to use Zopiclone. At first, I felt groggy the next day until I got used to it. It stopped working and now I use Lorazepam. I've had to increase the dosage to 1.5mg as my body got used to it. The only thing about Lorazepam is it is known to be addictive. I don't care because I would rather sleep then not.

I also tried Melatonin and other herbal remedies but it didn't work for me. Good luck in finding something that works for you. I find it's trial in error with the herbal remedies.

My nightly "cocktail" is ambien, elavil, flexiril and melatonin. I've tried dropping the melatonin but I seem to sleep better with it.

I've been taking the ambine and elavil for more than 10 years. It definitely helps but I do have a groggy hangover for the first hour of the day. Mostly, it's worth it.

I take 2 zopiclone each night and am never sleepy the following morning. Been taking the stuff for years now.

Xyrem is the only sleep remedy that has given me, enabled me, to get the deep stages 3 and 4 of sleep for the last seven years. My sleep specialist, a psychiatrist, prescribes it for me.

Since I've been getting good sleep, I am no longer bedridden, can exercise, read books again, have a balenced and normal, though small, life.

I have taken note of all your recommendations and will try some of them. However I wonder if it is time for me to go to the hospital. I am not sure what good that will do knowing how little doctors know about cfs. But maybe they will put me to sleep for 2-3 days or something like that. I have had severe insomnia for more than a month now and I feel terrible. I cry almost every night.

The hospital won't help you because they don't know who you are. They won't prescribe sleeping pills for people off the street.

You need to see your family doctor for a sleeping pill prescription.

You've probably already tried this, but, the thing that works best for me is tylenol PM. I always wake refreshed, not foggy, which is a plus. Hope you are feeling better.

I've tried just about everything; Lunesta, Soma, Ambien, Ambien CR, Loranzapam. I've tried all the natural things like melatonin and sleep time tea - I was at the end of my rope until the doctor prescribed Xanax. That does the trick for me.

I take Elavil 20mg in the evening. It's an old drug and cheap and non-toxic and non-addictive. I've heard Menlatonin is also a good natural remedy. isabelle1954

When it's bad I take at warm bath, 2 eight hour tylenol for muscle relaxant, .5 mg xanax and 25 mg benadryl. I go to bed and listen to my favorite guided meditation cd through my pillow speaker. If I wake during the night I have some sleepytime tea and listen to the cd again and sometimes I can go back to sleep.

I've found the most important thing for me is to be unplugged as to tv, computer, phone, tablet for at least 3 hrs before bed. Reading a book or on a regular kindle is ok but the blue light from the others activates your brain and keeps you awake.

also, no caffeine, period, all day. Messes with your rhythms. And if you can try to eat a pure carb and fat snack, like a small potato with some butter on it before bed it will trigger the part of your brain that activates sleep. Should be about 3 hrs after dinner.

Wanted to ask if you've had your thyroid checked and if you are on meds if you've had your levels tested recently? When I go up on my t3 med I sometimes have insomnia for weeks.

I take melatonin extended release for sleep, as well as one tablet of tylenol pm and amitriptyline to help with my pain.