"to be honest, i don&#039;t know what i&#039;d do if this drug didn&#039;t exist. yeah, it&#039;s certainly got its risks, but if you&#039;ve got sleep onset insomnia and the trazodone, antihistamines, and everything else you&#039;ve tried has failed, don&#039;t be afraid to give sonata a try. even the smallest dose available helps me, which is kind of surprising, considering that doxylamine and hydroxyzine both crapped out after less than a month, trazodone barely did anything, and diphenhydramine always left me drowsy the next day and had a tendency to make me oversleep, not to mention that it takes 50 to 75mg combined with melatonin to do anything. sonata works wonders for me. just don&#039;t take it every night, since it can get less effective if you do."