I take Trazadone and it knocks me out... I can't take melatonin because it makes my nightmares a million times worse.. so maybe melatonin isn't working for you because of that? not sure. But trazadone works well - has a bad med hangover though

Yes. trazodone does give me a medication hangover.. I think melatonin may also, but I never remember my dreams, so I don't think it's that...thanks for replying!

i take SEROQUEL its a anti-psychotic , it works by calming the thought processes, great on stress and anxiety, thus it allows you to sleep. if your mind is like mine with to much thought going on to allow you to sleep thinking about truoblesome things and worry, this may be what you need. there are two kinds of SEROQUEL, One is very affordable and one is insanely expensive. The ER type is about a hundred times more expensive then the regular type. its just greed.

I take gabapentin and occasionally half of an ambien. I only resort to that if the gabapentin doesn’t work. I backed off my alcohol consumption and that has alleviated a lot of my sleep issues.

When I can’t sleep I get up and go into the other room and read or listen to meditative/hypnosis podcasts. I stay away from blue lite things like computer and tv. I tried ambien 1 time and it had the opposite effect on me. I was wide awake all night long, that was terrible. I have since been put on temazopam (sp) and that help some. Then I was told I had anxiety and I was put on a small amount of lexapro. That was the answer. Not as anxious and haven’t even needed sleep meds. Hope you get the answers you need. Also check out the DS insomnia group. People can give you their experiences.

I am Also taking klonopin for my insomnia. It doesn’t seem to kick in fast enough but once I’m asleep...I’m asleep. I take It too late so the next morning is basically hell. I’ve tried trazodone, triazolam, ambien, and lorazepam. Ambien kept me awake hallucinating. I had A seizure after taking trazodone. Lorazepam didn’t keep me asleep. I’m in the same boat for a better sleep medication. Melatonin has no effect whatsoever. I’ve been trying to find anything for the past 8 years. Insomnia is literally hell.

I also suffer from insomnia. Basically i'm so anxious i cant get to sleep, and i know if i do, when i wake up i will be in a lot of pain.. so i never WANT to sleep even if i could.

Ok, Anti depressants make for POOR sleep aids. Doctors say they make you sleepy, but that is typically a side-effect they have been working to REMOVE for years. Tri-cyclic antidepressants had LOTS of side effects, the SSRI's have much less side effects.

NOTHING, anti anxiety, anti depressants, pain killers, sleep aids.. none of them work on me so i'm typically awake for 2 days then sleep for 14-16 hours.

Not to be a salesman (because i'm NOT affiliated with this in any manner), i have to say that "Hemi-Sync" music helps me get to sleep when i'm struck with massive insomnia. You have to listen to it on headphones tho, it has different tones that go in each ear that cause a resonance inside your head. You can look up the music on youtube i'd bet and try it out. I have several of those CD's. It's more than relaxation music.. read about it..

I listen to binaural beats for just about anything insomni, headaches, sinus issues and I listen to subliminal hypnosis either of these help me and you can find them all on YouTube where else they cover it all. I have battled insomnia for 20+ years and this is what I have found that works without nightmares or med. Hangovers and melatonin does make your dreams more Vivid even if you don't remember having a dream it doesn't mean that you didn't and you didn't rest well. Set up a camera record yourself sleeping when you actually can. You would probably be surprised how much your doing even if it's just little twitches and jumps it's the amount of them that shocked me when I did that

I don't personally struggle with insomnia very often, but my husband does. There are times that he will be up for 2 days straight and then there are other times that he will sleep for well over 24 hours.

He has tried many different medications and is currently on 200 MG of Seroquel at bedtime and he takes Clonazepam as needed to help him sleep.

There are nights that he feels like he didn't even take his meds and he just doesn't sleep. He has been dealing with this for years.

I was having problems sleeping but my doctor has me on Seroquel & Clonazepam and I take Unisom at bedtime. This has been working for me for months now. I am just waiting for the day I have to change everything up again because I usually go every few months with doing good with sleeping to only sleeping 4-5 hours.

Have you tried any other over the counter other than melatonin?

I've had chronic clinical depression for most of my life, and I also have chronic insomnia that really messed me up. After having tried everything, I found that cannabis works like a charm. Don't know if that bothers anybody, but I use cannabis edibles, and I sleep like a baby.