"i changed doctors yesterday because my doctor has gotten older and forgetful. my new doc is 30ish and a woman. i have had sleeping problems most of my life. i am 56. two years ago my insomnia got so bad i was going 4 and 5 nights with no sleep. old doc had me on as many as 4 sleep medicines at one time.  finally i worked out by problem by taking 3 mg melatonin about 8:00  taking a hot bath, laying in bed watching boring tv, 9:00 taking 3 valerian root supplements, just as i was going to bed taking 1 1/2 mg xanax and 2 tylenol simply sleep. worked great. now, new doc says she will not give me xanax, said it causes short term memory loss. she said to take 1, 2 or three 50 mg trazadone. i did last night and laid in bed all night trying to sleep."