BTW, I am certainly not promoting this. What works for one person may not work for others. And there are a list of possible side effects that I have not exhibited, that could be serious.
Had a long stretch of bad sleep (couldn't sleep in bed, had to use recliner) for reasons never really figured out, from about mid May to mid July. Then all of a sudden, back to normal.
Back to normal, I was two sleeping again. Go to bed for around 3hours, wake up and be up for a couple hours and then back to bed to get the rest of the nights sleep. Typically, 6.5 - 8 hrs Typical AHI, 2.50 down to 1.58 up to 3.5. Very similar to what I have been getting for many years.
Follow up with Primary, asked if she thought anything might help with sleeping through the night. Ambien was not on the table even though I had tried it a few times with some minor success.
Instead, she got me a short RX for Trazodone. Told me that I could take 1 or 2 if needed and see if that helped.
The first night was a wow night. Almost a bit scary. Normally AHI around 2.5, dropped to a 0.24 night. I never saw such a low number. Slept a full night through with no interruptions.
By scary, I mean it was such as drastic change that I was very cautious to see if this was causing other issues.
Backed off and didn't take one the next night or the next night and had a carry over effect of 0.39 and 0.58. No more two sleep nights.
Since then, I use them occasionally but have cut them down to 1/4 and they still have the same effect.
Couple of the new normal nights:
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I do have off nights, where it really doesn't matter what I do and I have a typical before normal night but not very often. Last night was a good example, but they are few and far between.
I still have very good sleep hygiene, that I have carried through the years, but this has made a significant change for me.
