Lisa (Goblin) had some really good thoughts. I have had trouble sleeping for years. I just can't turn my brain off and it keeps me awake. I take Klonopin and Nortriptylene every night, and it usually works okay. But then sleep in our house is a transitory thing, and we grab it when we can. I do know some things that make sleeping harder, tho. Exercise late in the day revs me up and I have trouble relaxing. Eating sometimes does also (string cheese, jerky, etc). Having a lot on my mind, having any caffeinated products after about 6pm...
Melatonin works pretty well, it's cheap, and doesn't leave you hung over the next day. Take 3 of the 3mg tablets, and you should be in dreamland without the help of a habit forming rx. There is also a drug called Sonata on the market that my shrink gave me samples of. Getting to sleep is easy--the good part. But then it's users tend to wake up like 4-5 hours later and can't get back to sleep. It happened to me too, so I even have unused samples of it in my "drug drawer." Melatonin taken with some hot sugar free cocoa really does a good job. Then if all else fails, the drugs that we take for sleeping are actually low doses of antidepressants and we kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Amytripylene, Nortriptylene, Klonopin, Ellavil--all antidepressants, but in low doses. Really helps shut the brain off so the body can take over and get the sleep it needs.
I hope you find something that works for you!
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