I was thinking of asking my doctor about Lunesta but another co-worker of mine said that it isn't covered by our health insurance. There is no way I can afford it without insurance helping me pay for it. :(

Well, do you exercise? I have heard that exercising is soooo importantant... do you get stressed out a lot? do you have anxiety? These are things that could lead to insomnia -- I would see a doctor if you are any of the following. Also do you take adderrall? I have friends who take this and never sleep -- same symptoms -- they have quit and now they dont have problems...

for the past couple of nights I have been going to bed at about 4am. (usual time for me) I'm real tired when I go to bed, and its easy to fall asleep. Then about an hour and a half to two hours later I am wide awake. I'll toss and turn for an hour (none of the ususal tricks work - going to the bathroom, turning on the fan, going downstairs for a glass of water). After an hour I'll fall asleep into a pretty deep sleep and I could sleep till 2PM. Unfortunately, I have to be up by about 9AM, so I can start working. The phone starts ringing incessantly about 9:30AM.

I usually dont take anything. The ambien and such is too expensve and i've tried trazadone, which makes me feel like I am in a coma.

Or three tylenol PMs
Or a xanax and wine
Or two xanaxes.

lol OK yeah, I am a championship sleeper, but I never want to go To sleep. Once I'm asleep I don't want to wake UP.

I am so excited! My doctor prescribed the ambien CR for me on Thursday. It is a whole new experience sleeping pretty much through the night without the horrible dreams!!! I never thought I would sleep like this again!

Maybe I need to get some of that shit!!!

I need sleeping pills but I'm afraid that I may get hooked and NOT be able to sleep w/o them.

That's what I'm scared of too. I've been having nightmares every night so I probably need them, but I don't want to get hooked.

If we need anything, we tend to use melatonin around our house, and with good results. There is time-released melatonin now for people who go to sleep using it but wake up later in the night.

I took a ton of NyQuil last night and I was wide awake!! How the hell do I have the opposite reaction??