Try Hops-Valerian combo.
I don't sleep.
I've tried changing my diet, cutting out caffeine, Ambien, and another couple prescribed sleep-aids/anxiety pills. The pills will def knock me out, and i stay asleep all night but when i wake up in the morning i'm either still groggy feeling, or i get really tense and irritable mid-day and have to take another pill to counter-act it. But here in the past few days i've been trying these Hops-Valerian pills like 30 mins before bed and they really work. I get sleepy feeling instead of that drugged up sleepiness...and in the mornings i can wake up instead of feeling all funky like.
It says to take 3-4 pills before bedtime for a sleep-aid, but you can also try them in small doses (2-3 times a day) to reduce stress and anxiety. I haven't tried them for that yet...i've just been using them to help me sleep b/c sometimes you just want to go to sleep w/out drinking a 6-pack to get you buzzed, or taking some meds that drug your ass up and have you seeing shit...yeah when i take Ambien and happen to stay awake i start almost trippin.
I have taken ambien before and saw rabbits crawling all over me! That stuff made me trip bad... anyway, I have never had insomnia, but BD does. My dad has given me some tips for BD to try that are more natural. I got some all-natural sleeping tea at a health food store, don't read or watch TV or music before bed (it can make your mind more active or whatever)... I sometimes used to not sleep well, but now I'm so exhausted that I fall asleep easily... good luck!
i was seeing shit in the shadows of our room...i swear i stayed awake for an hour just b/c i was too paranoid to sleep. then another night i woke ben up to make him hold my hand while i fell asleep.
BD has insomnia and was taking something for a while and doesn't anymore - but it help. I will check at home and see what it is. Yeah ambein, man - jeez... too many people I know have just gotten it to trip. I am really bad with medcine though - I will take tylenol day no drowy and feel like I am going to pass out... but yeah, when I took that ambein (only one!) I felt & saw rabbits all over my body. It was crazy and I couldn't see either...