i want to get back on sleep medication, i have severe anxiety and it causes me to have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep. i average 1-4 hours a night and that’s it. i used to have sleep paralysis every night which is probably where some of my night time anxiety comes from, but i also have bad health anxiety and i get worried about dying in my sleep.

my dad has a great experience with trazodone

i was on seroquel in 2020 for insomnia and it made me super manic to the point where i quit cold turkey

around 2023-2024 ish i took buspar for like 3 months and i had a good experience but i stopped because i got scared of dying lol.

what’s a good sleep aid medication that you genuinely recommend/have had positive experience after prescribing for your patients in a similar situation to me? i try to avoid medications but it’s just getting so much worse and more severe.

i don’t care if it would be prn or a long term med, either way is fine i just want some recommendations