"trazodone works well me.  i%u2019m 76 and about 10 years ago i started to sleep poorly when i had a mild bout of diverticulitis, which made it hard to fall asleep because of stomach pain.  i began to take a mild sleeping aid, 50 mg diphenhydramine, which worked ok most of the time for 8 years.  then i had a recurrence of mild diverticulitis and diphenhydramine became ineffective.  i switched to 50 mg trazodone, which i supplemented with 750 mg of acetaminophen.  i take the two medicines together when i go to bed; read for 30 minutes; turn the lights out and fall asleep in usually less than 15 minutes.  most nights i sleep for more than 4 hours before i wake up because i need to urinate; i usually get back to sleep ok.  "