"i am coming off more than a couple non-prescribed medicines and could not sleep. i didn&#039;t want anything else addicting so the doctor said try this. i take this combined with 1mg of melatonin. seems to work great so far the only thing i don&#039;t know is whether the 50mg of doxepin has something to do but i have taken it 5 days and no problems. i take it at 11pm and am out cold within 20 minutes but i get straight in bed. other than that no side effects. i sleep right at about 8 hours a night and wake up refreshed, maybe a tiny sluggish for 15 minutes but not really noticeable. "