re: Anyone have a “fix” for insomnia?

Melatonin works for me as well. The dreams are close to lucid. Cool if they are pleasant…fricking catastrophe if a nightmare.

I take Trazadone and a OTC sleep pill from Costco. Really doesn't give me what I wanted. I'm retired and for over 30 years I started work at 2am. Most every night I wake up between 12 & 1. I think my internal clock is still screwed up.

Try magnesium glycinate or three ate before bed with a pinch of salt in some water.

ETA: practice box breathing. Works wonders. Also after waking up try taking another pinch of salt with a sip of water. Your brain could be craving minerals.

Take a small hit off a joint around 8pm.

Echoing a lot of others and adding a few things. I struggled with this recently for about 18 months as well.

Everything below helped me piece the puzzle together. All of these things are net positives in your life in and of them selves, but really powerful when stacked together.

-Ice cold room when sleeping - I keep my downstairs on 65 at night
-Blackout curtains & minimal to zero light of any kind. your room should be pitch black
-Magnesium glycinate to relax your body/muscles
-Melatonin to slow down your brain & induce tiredness (add to regiment last if everything else fails)
-Exercise / movement during the day
-Eat healthy, real food and put some distance between dinner and when you go to sleep.
-Go to bed and wake up around the same time
-Sunlight
-Vitamin D

CBD / Delta 8 gummies as a last resort if the melatonin and everything else doesn't work. Just until you get sorted with the peripheral things listed above unless you like smoking / being high. Whatever works for you.

As soon as you wake up, drink a 20 oz water to rehydrate. Add hydration salt if available for minerals.
Do what you can to get this addressed as quickly as possible. Prolonged / extended sleep deprivation will wreck your mental health & cognitive functions. As you know - The lack of energy from living in a constant state of exhaustion bleeds over into your marriage, kids, relationships, work, etc.

Good luck - rooting for you

Work your arse off with extreme physical activity, relentlessly, all day. You will sleep like a baby.

I think about guitar stuff.

Exercise doesn't work for me. I work 12 hrs on a normal day and sometimes 16 to 20 hrs. I still have a hard time sleeping. I'm trying to go to sleep right now, have to be up at 6. I wish I could smoke weed, the first day of my retirement I will.

A couple of these have been briefly mentioned, but here are my tips:

1) During the evening drink a hot drink consisting of 1-2 tsp. turmeric (kurkuma), 1/2 tsp. black pepper, 1 tsp. olive oil, a healthy portion of honey, hot water, and milk. Not only is it super healthy, but it helps with falling asleep/sleeping through the night. I've noticed a considerable improvement since I started this regimen.

2) Excercise before going to bed. Whether it's push-ups, etc., light yoga, whatever, move your body.

3) Before falling asleep, try meditation/prayer. Concentrate on your breath and let intruding thoughts fall away. This is very effective and doesn't require any kind of religious belief. Pray for someone; positive thoughts are more powerful than you think and help yourself as well as those around you.

I'm a recovering alcoholic and know all about sleepless nights. The whole "dark night of the soul" thing. I try to avoid as many pharma products as humanly possible and have found that the above really works (at least for me). Good luck and sleep well!