"i&#039;ve had insomnia for 10 years; couldn&#039;t shut my brain off! my uncle is a doctor &amp; flipped when i told him i hadn&#039;t slept in 16 days. he immediately prescribed tricyclic antidepressants &amp; sent me for a sleep study; in only 4 hours of sleep, i woke up 69 times. the antidepressants made me suicidal. everything else worked for just a few weeks. i started getting depressed, panic attacks, anxiety, quit working, having seizures, became a shut in, cried every single day, then became suicidal. the only thing that stopped me was the thought of my family finding me. i was then prescribed ambien &amp; it worked well but made me hungover. amitriptyline worked but gave me bad muscle spasms. finally, i was put on 2mg klonopin. i can sleep now!"