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Thanks for the welcome. I haven't tried Trazadone, in fact my doctor hasn't offered it to me. I don't even know if we have it here. I'll ask next time I see him. I have been reading about a new drug called Silenor which is supposed to be non habit forming, but quite successful. I think it's only just become available in the US in the last few months. Have you heard anything about it? I'm also interested in finding out about something called a Zeo and as well as some kind of listening material from a company called “Sleep Tracks”. Does anyone know anything about any of this stuff? Should I be posting this to the “insomnia” forum?
Thanks Martin. Yes I have been to a couple of sleep laboratories over the years, but they are really not very interested in insomnia. Their main focus is sleep apnea. They made some suggestions about sleep hygeine which I followed, but which did not make any real difference. I was also advised to stay up until about 2am and get up again at 6, but this nearly killed me as I was working full time at that stage. I have good sleep hygeine anyway, the only rule I break is reading in bed which I have done since I was a child and which, I believe, actually helps me to sleep. At least it used to, but nothing seems to be working at the moment.
I have learned over the years that for me the best thing I can do is try not to worry about whether I actually sleep, but just try to rest as much as possible. That way I am a lot less stressed about it and can often fall into a sort of daydream state which helps me to survive. I think I've probably tried every kind of treatment there is available here, from mainstream to really alternative during the last 40 years, but nothing has really worked except drugs. However, I try to believe there is help out there, I just haven't found it yet.
I will ask a few questions of the others in the forums to see if anyone has found anything I haven't tried yet or isn't yet available in Australia.
