Have you tried trazodone for sleeping? That stuff knocks me out. I take adderall for ADHD and used to have insomnia too until my doc prescribed me trazodone. Now I fall asleep in 10 minutes and get the best sleep of my life.
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I haven't. Heard very bad things about prescription sleep aids not giving you proper REM sleep cycles, and being very habit forming (makes things worse when you get off or you build up a tolerance), and causing nasty side effects.
That sounds nice, though. The Adderall would probably help a lot too, but I don't seem to have any luck at all with doctors being open to letting me try things out to see if they'd benefit me or not.
The last time I went to one for sleep issues, she tried to push an SSRI (Zoloft) on me >_>
Maybe try asking your doctor about Trazodone. It is so old school that it doesn't have much of a stigma unlike the newer drugs out there that have bad reps for being addictive or encouraging drug seekers wit recreational uses (benzos, narcs, beta blockers) it's sort of an old mellow antidepressant that has sleep benefits. Doesn't get abused much because literally all it does is make people sleepy. I'm on a super low dose- 25mcg and it knocks me out with really good quality sleep. I think my "anxious brain" was what was keeping me up and when trazodone first came on the scene it was shown to help with anxiety.
Good luck with everything.