Advice wanted for Insomnia

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Hello,

Does anyone have advice for someone who has been experiencing insomnia for the better part of a year? This has been the longest period of time where I have struggled to fall asleep at a normal hour. I am really getting tired of this (pardon the pun).

Magnesium
Melatonin
NAC

What have you tried so far?

Melatonin

Camomile tea

I-Theanine

Sleeping pills

I've had the best luck with Sleeping meds in recent history. I am going to get my prescription refilled tomorrow.

What kind do you use?

As a short-term solution I find diphenhydramine can help, but it's not a good idea to rely on it long-term.

I've never had much luck with melatonin, personally.

Magnesium can be calming, but doesn't really put me to sleep.

5-HTP and valerian might be helpful.

That said, nothing really resolves my insomnia.

Same.

I use all those things in addition to prescription sedatives, yet here I am.

Melatonin doesn’t work for me on its own but it does help to reset my clock a bit so I’m susceptible to sleep at the right times, when I take the other stuff.

*Editor’s note: Excuse the run-on sentence. I do them when I’m tired .

Autism isn't my superpower, being unable to sleep despite being loaded to the gills with practically every sedative and drowsiness inducing substance known to man is.

Z class sleepers (zolpidem, zopiclone, zaleplon) I find helpful to get to sleep, but not to maintain it. Most benzodiazepines will keep me asleep if I can get there first. I rarely use either, preferring to get stoned instead.

Listen to ASMR videos on YouTube.