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I have trouble sleeping too. Sometimes I fall asleep for 20 mins and something wakes me up and I am awake for hours. Or, sometimes I sleep for a couple of hours and wake up. Alot of my sleep problems come from anxiety. Whey I wake up or if I can't fall asleep my mind is racing and I am so tired but can't shut my mind off.

I just started taking Trazadone about a month ago and for the most part it does help. I still have nights where I wake up or can't fall asleep. For Christmas I got an alarm clock that has soothing sounds you can play all night. There are 6 of them, rain, thunder, waves, rainforest, spring sounds, and waterfall. I didn't think this would work but it does help to put me to sleep and if I wake up so far it has helped me fall back to sleep quickly.

Can you sleep with earplugs? They aren't expensive and will block out the noise. You could also try to find a tape of soothing sounds and let that play all night.

I do understand what you are going through and it is very frustrating.

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Janey

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