My son was killed in the line of duty in 2004. (police officer) At that time I went on Ambien in order to sleep. As time went on, mainly in the last two years I was taking one at night, one during an early nap in the afternoon and sometimes more than that. My family bugged me to get off so in July I told myself I could get off. I am was having alot of pain in my legs if I sat in a car or straight chair. Anyways my doctor recommended I take seroquel to help me get off Ambien. It seemed to help me get sleepy but lately has not helped me sleep for 6-7 hours. I teacher 2nd grade so have to be ready for combat duty (ha) I talked to my doctor yesterday and said I wanted to go back to Ambien but she said she would rather I did not and thought it would be better if I try something else. She prescribed trazodone 50 mg and I can take two a night. I took two and it made me sleepy but that was and hour and a half ago and I am wide awake. I am 62 and with working full tiime and teaching two nights on top of that, I need my sleep. That s all I want to do is sleep. Please let me know what you would suggest. I noticed I already had a bottle of trazodone in the cabinet so it probably did not help me sleep before. It was dated about 2 years ago. Help if you can. F Sawyers