Oh, dear sweetheart! -- I was the same way! Please don't take anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, and sleeping pills. The side effects are under-rated, under-reported. Try bio-identical hormones. I just wrote a short post about it in this section (WedMD Menopause Community: Try Bio-Identical Hormones). After only a few days of use, I got my life back, my sanity back. Before that, I hadn't slept normally for almost a year. I tried Ambien to sleep -- which made me hallucinate and caused an overpowering sense of hopelessness and thoughts of suicide. I took anti-depressants, which dulled me out and made my mouth incredibly dry. My advice: Go natural. Drugs are over-rated and should only be used in emergencies and if nothing else is available. Do a search on Google for your area to find a doctor or pharmacy to help. Bless you!View Thread