Anyone here have experiences using trazodone for sleep?

[Iris]

16. I've been taking it for about 6 months

When I asked my doctor for something to help me sleep, he asked if I had trouble going to sleep or staying to sleep. I said staying - I wake up at 3:00 a.m. every morning without medication.

Sometimes the trazadone works great; other times, not so much. But recently, I learned that the way Trazadone works for insomnia is that one of the side effects is drowsiness, which made me realize that when I take it, even if I wake up at 3:00 a.m., I'm drowsy and it's easier to go back to sleep.

This thread is helpful because I have gone through stages where I don't take it regularly because the instructions on my prescription say to take it "as needed." I think I'm better off when I take it consistently.