Originally Posted by
peanut44 
I've had anxiety/insomnia issues for most of my life and I've tried many things.
I've tried Remeron and it was okay but I gained quite a bit of weight, trazadone and that worked really well but it has 1 drawback in the it completely blocked my sinuses. I'm talking 100%.
What works best for me is ambien. I've been taking it for several years and its consistent. I've even went from 10 mgs to 5 and I think the lower dose works better.
So there's not a tolerance issue and its much safer than ativan.
Hope that helps.
I was prescribed ambien a few years ago and it worked very well for me. However, I would get up in the middle of the night and eat, not remembering it the next day, until I found evidence. One morning I got up and found an empty plate of spaghetti next to my bed, or I would wake up to an empty box of Girl Scout cookies. LOL. Presently I take .5 mg xanax and an OTC.