Originally Posted by Kris47

Trazadone worked for me for over 5 years and then just stopped. I was up to 200 mg and that was the upper limit I could take safely. Ambien worked for about a year. My last sleep doctor told me to go off of thr trazadone as it was a dangerous drug. By that time it no longer worked anyway. Even 50 mg of Benadryl and 5 mg of melatonin worked for awhile. That is where I remain. I refuse to up the dose. I now manage 3-5 hours of sleep perhaps every few nights or so. I try to tire myself out and if I follow my regimen perfectly I sleep some. I am lucky that I am my own manager and can take lots of breaks as needed throughout the day.