Sleeping Aids

[Boxermum]

Funny that Amitriptyline was mentioned by someone. That's what I've got now to combat the insomnia.

I took amitriptyline for facial nerve pain. I was on 50mg at one point but have weaned myself off it and pain seems to have mostly resolved itself ( except if I am stressed). It always helped me get to sleep quickly. I wondered at the time if it affected my AHI when I came off it as it was about the same time my AHI started going haywire but this group has shown me there was no link.

[Dawnstar]

I’m taking trazodone for similar reasons, it’s also an antidepressant

[Boxermum]

Isn't that also an antidepressant? I'm already on antidepressants so not sure I want another one

It's used for allsorts, in my case it was nerve pain.

[Big Guy]

As I mentioned earlier, I've been taking OTC stuff that I buy @ Costco. Have been for years. 

It's Doxylamine Succinate, 25 mg. tablets. I'm not a pharmacist, so I'm not sure if it's good, bad, or indifferent.

[Deborah K.]

I second the Trazodone. It worked for me when nothing else would.