"i had trouble getting to sleep, getting a restful sleep and waking up after a few hours and sometimes could not get back to sleep. even when exhausted my mind was racing a few minutes after i went to bed.  i was constantly tired, had no energy to do much during the day.  i was prescribed lorazepam, lowest dose to take at bedtime as needed. however, after a year i was having so many up and down days because i wasn&#039;t sleeping well every night (tried to take it twice a week, because i don&#039;t like to take medications) that my doctor said to take it every night which i started to do in dec 2015 and i have had the best sleep i&#039;ve had in six years. i have fibromyalgia which contributes to the sleep problem. i don&#039;t have any side effects."