Who is counting sheep??

My LLMD has told me to try introduce melatonin or trazodone for sleep into my system because once I start treatment my sleep could go from "normal" to 2-3 hours a night. Has anyone tried trazodone? The melatonin did nothing for me, in fact it almost made me anxious and started numbness in my arms when I took it *eye roll* I really hate the thought of taking trazodone because it is an antidepressant found to also help insomnia. Prior to becoming a Lymie I've never taken anything long term as far as prescriptions go so I'm very concerned. Any comments are welcome :)

I don't mean to come off as snobby when I say I've never taken anything long term just mean I'm scared that I would become dependent on something and that's the part that scares me.

I wake up too early, and can't get back to sleep.

Margaret

I had no problems with trazodone. I only took half the prescribed dose and it worked well. I took it for a little more than 3 months and had no problems when I stopped taking it.

There are a lot of herbs used for sleeping and I would recommend trying some. My ND told me that for my body type (lean, generally high energy, high metabolism) that tryptophan was good for me. When I was having adrenal issues I used rhodiola to reset which helped my sleep immensely. I know others on here have has luck with valerian root, ashwaganda, melatonin, there are some herbal sleep aids also...if you are concerned about getting a prescription there are certainly other things to try!

I've had success with using both melatonin and GABA about 1/2 before bed, and it seems best if I'm in bed no later than 10 pm.

I've also started having dreams again that I'm remembering.

I'm off trazodone now for sleeping issues, but when I took it I slept great. I had to get off of almost all my meds when I got suddenly sick due to all of the GI issues. But I took it for 2 years before that with no issues, just take a low dose.

Maine76,

I hope you've aired out your house?

Need to go outside somewhere there is fresh air (no car exhaust, smog, etc.) and do some deep breathing exercises to get normal oxygen back into your body.

On yes the fire dept came and had to get the levels down we had to leave, thank god I smelled something even though CO has no Oder. I was nauseous all day and had a migraines no chalked it up to lyme. My bedroom which is a third floor bedroom had 80ppm we got out just in time before the level got so high we wouldn't have known how to get out. It was enough to make us feel sick because we were home all day.

Maybe you should go stay somewhere else for awhile?

We do tend to get bad luck, don't we?

That's why I'm going to move!!

Margaret