cautiously hopeful

So, I had agreed with my therapist to talk with my psychiatrist about adding a medication to help with sleep.  I know that sleep deprivation is a significant aggravator for me.  The longer I go without sleeping decently, the more difficult it becomes to manage the day to day stuff AND the depression/anxiety stuff.  Then it becomes a vicious cycle.  Understand that I am NOT a fan of meds; it took many, many –did I mention many?!– years for me to accept that meds would likely be a part of my life forever and be compliant about taking them.  So, anyway the reason to be hopeful–although I woke up a couple times, the half-dose of Trazodone made it possible for me to almost immediately fall back asleep.  I got more sleep last night than I have in months.  Now, if I can ‘reset’ my sleep pattern, it will be easier to manage the other stuff.  So, I am cautiously hopeful…