[Evans, Marv]

I've taken melatonin for 20 years. It didn't/doesn't make me sleepy but seems to make me sleep more soundly. Supposedly you only have to take a small amount, rather than up to 10 mg. I take a 3 mg tablet. For times when I seem to not be sleeping well, like when I wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning & don't go back to sleep (I can get revved up and feel like starting the day), my doc prescribed 1 mg. Lorazepam for a good night's sleep. It's not a sleep aid exactly, but something they give patients before some procedures to calm and relax them. I don't depend on it and take it every night, but only if I had a lousy night sleep the night before or feel like I haven't been sleeping well for a few nights. It's supposedly not something you (supposedly) develop a dependency on, but I don't trust taking anything like that on a regular basis. Just the psychology of being used to it on a regular basis might lead to a bad night's sleep if I didn't take it. I always have a really good night's sleep when I take it and wake up feeling normal. You might give something like that a try.