What is the most powerful non benzo drug for sleep?

[cutstack]

Hi cutstack,

I too have built up a tolerance to zolpidem.  It helps me fall asleep still, but only for 1-3 hours.  I've been taking trazodone--prescribed from my doctor.  It's technically an antidepressant, but it really helps me sleep through the night (though it doesn't always help me fall asleep initially.)  The side effects are dry mouth and drowsiness in the morning.

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Also, my mother takes lexipro and it helps her sleep through the night.  My doctor was hesitant to prescribe it to me, saying it's a "real drug" and a good friend of mine had terrible health problems linked to lexipro.  However, my mom is on a low dose and it really has helped her sleep through the night.

I'm afraid to take trazadone as the priapism issue is more common then what it appears to be.  A well known Manhattan psychiatrist told me that some time ago. As far as lexapro, I can't take ssris. I know too many people who have suffered permanently from them in ways that are even worse than benzo withdrawal. I am trying to figure out if seroquel is right for me or rameron. Another one I hear about is viibryd. I'm not sure it would help sleep though. A psychiatrist consultation would cost me like 500 dollars and right now I'm in a desperate state in which I can't start experimenting with drs who might not even help me. All I know is i need something powerful to knock me out.  I can taper myself off benzos it's just the sleeping problem which is destroying me.