A few years ago I had sleep issues related to my CPAP, I was essentially unable to get to sleep with it on. My doctor prescribed 5mg of Zolpidem, which was enou

A few years ago I had sleep issues related to my CPAP, I was essentially unable to get to sleep with it on. My doctor prescribed 5mg of Zolpidem, which was enough to knock me out without making me do strange things in my sleep (at least none that my wife ever told me about). It didn’t cure the insomnia, just overwhelmed it. I’ve given up on the CPAP, and I’ve managed to get off the Zolpidem as well…not that it’s addictive, but it was still the most effective way of getting me to drop off, though I have a tendency to wake up in the wee hours and have trouble getting back to sleep. I didn’t feel comfortable taking the Zolpidem long-term. My doctor suggested melatonin. 1 mg is what she recommended, and it has been as good as the Zolpidem ever was at making me sleepy, and better at keeping me asleep.