I understand about plans needing courage and strength! Sometimes change makes things harder at first before they get better.

I am not doing too well, either. I was doing a little better, and now my sleep is kinda messed up again. I've only made more positive changes, and continue to investigate everything medically possible. I just wish I didn't have to work! I want to do the CBT for insomnia thing, but I know it will be tough, and it's so hard to try and function sleep deprived every day. I sleep better when I don't have pressure to be up at a certain time, that's for sure.

I think where I've ran into trouble in the past is that I've taken pills and been on things like Seraltrin or something like that...It helped numb the symptom and I slept quite a bit better. I was on it for a while and doing better but honestly work on what the real problems causing insomnia. Then to top it off, for honestly inexcusable reasons, I kept putting it off getting it refilled and now it's gotten to the point where the prescription is expired. I think my new plan is to get back on that and to somehow make more friends and also get in a relationship(That's what will be A) hard, B) take time, a C) take courage). There will be more to it that I'll have to add as time goes on, but those are the basics of it besides just living daily life including doing the things I love to do.

but honest didn't work on real problems causing insomnia*

I remember you Slayer and I hope things get better for you. As for me, things have improved since leaving my high dollar job that entailed working 12 hour plus overnight shifts and mandatory overtime. Still cant sleep right without some herbal supplementation but at least I don't need the trazadone or ambiem anymore. I need to find the real causes also for my wakefulness at times and deal with it as well. Best wishes,