Have you tried melatonin? It works awesome. I don't take it anymore because of all the other night time meds I take. But man that stuff works. I have yet to meet someone who has tried it that said it didn't help to some degree. They say as we age we make less melatonin ourselves and all the artificial light we are exposed to effects our bodies ability to produce normal amounts of melatonin. Stress, trauma....things like that can even effect melatonin levels. Some hospitals have even started giving 3mg of melatonin at night to there ICU patients to help them get better sleep and they say it is working.
Valerian root, it works to calm me down. I haven't taken it for years though. One of my girlfriends takes it when she feels anxiety coming on and she says after that she is cool with anything.....we laugh about, I ask her....did you take your V today? Lol!
Hydroxyzine is sedating. Works good! You can take up to 75 at night. You have to start slow. It's a good antihistamine.
I have taken zyrtec at night and had no issues as well.
One more other thing is calcium can induce sleep, you've probably heard of a warm cup of milk at bedtime. Tryptophan is the amino acid that the body uses to make serotonin, the neurotransmitter that slows down nerve traffic so your brain isn't so busy. Calcium helps the brain use the tryptophan to manufacture melatonin. This explains why dairy products, which contain both tryptophan and calcium, are the top sleep-inducing foods.
Just so you know melatonin can give you some vivid dreams but it usually only lasts a few nights.
I hope you can find something that works for you. Getting broken sleep or no sleep is like torture. I'm dead serious when I say that. Torture! I've been there......problems with frequent waking most likely caused by fibromyalgia. Do you have fibromyalgia? Sleep problems are one of the main problems with fibro.
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20110119/light-exposure-may-cut-produc...Melissa
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