Question for those who take sleep aids

I've been on Ambien for as long as I can remember. I don't know what's going on with me, but I take my Ambien and it puts me to sleep, but then I wake up around 2:15 wide awake and if I can get back to sleep after taking a warm bath, then I wake up anxious and frustrated at 4:00. At 4:45 after trying to do breathing and just trying to calmly accept that I was awake, I finally took a xanax to get back to bed. This sleeplessness is insane.

I'm thinking of asking my doctor to switch me to the long lasting Ambien but I wanted to know if someone takes something that they think would be better than Ambien.

Thanks Hibee. I just left a message with the nurse at my doctors office. Ambien definitely puts me to sleep, but staying asleep is becoming a real issue and it's definitely starting my day off on the wrong foot!!