Thanks guys…..
I have been cutting the Traz in half……as I have a tendency to stay up way too late and still have to get up with the kidlets. It still helps, and I feel less drowsy in the morning. I made the horrendous mistake of forgetting to take my 2nd Concerta (I remembered at 6:30 but decided that was a little too late to take it) and it was a very bad night. I was flying off the handle and so tired and dragging my feet. My poor children…..! Anyway….to describe my sleep issues a little more…..
The 2nd dose of Concerta gives me a wonderful boost of clarity and focus and energy (but does not take away my procrastination or distractibility) in order to cook supper, prepare kids for bed, etc. I take it usually at 5 p.m. If I take it earlier, the initial effect wears off too soon and bedtime becomes a nightmare. By 8:30 p.m., I am very exhausted after a long and busy day. By 10 p.m., however, I am wide awake. My coach and I came up with a plan to take the Traz at 10, go to bed, read, and then I’ll fall asleep at a good time. That was last Friday. This is a week and 2 days later, and I still haven’t gone to bed at 10. 
I usually go up to bed sometime between 11-12, then take my Traz, and then read, and then fall asleep probably usually closer to 12:30 or 1. My kids are early risers and are almost always awake sometime between 7-8 a.m. So, (hey, look at those butterflies!) to get back to the point, I fall asleep rather easily, once I get there. I wake up usually ever 2 hours or so, and sometimes am able to go right back to sleep and sometimes I am not. Sometimes, I wake up in the morning and feel like I didn’t really sleep at all. I will wake up at 4 quite often and feel tired but also wide awake, almost as if I didn’t really sleep yet. This was all before I became desperate and asked for something to help me sleep……..the trazodone has taken care of waking up in the middle of the night…….but I just feel that there is another answer. I don’t know….maybe it’s just wishful thinking. Perhaps I’m prone to sleep issues forever……and in reality, even long before I found out I had ADD, I had sleep issues. People always said to me….well the good thing is you’d be a good midnight shift worker!! So not true……I tried that (twice!) and totally and completely burned out both times.
To wrap it up……I am seeing the diagnosing psychiatrist again on Tuesday…..and hope to clear some of this up. 
To N……I do have very visual lucid dreams……and they almost always involve people and houses. At times, I have to remind myself that it is not true, and it didn’t really happen. But this is not from meds…..I have always had those. The meds for me have helped with the chatter as well, but I still have problems with procrastination, distractibility, disorganization…..who knows? I’ll keep you posted on the journey. I am only about 4 months into this whole world of ADD…..so I’m still learning and probably always will be!!
Cheers!!
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