By trial and error I have figured that I need 8-9 hours of sleep, now that I am 40, to be fine during the day. And I cannot get it, missing out on not that much - I sleep between 6 to 7 hours. I take Melatonin, 2 pills, AND I take Klonopin, a whole 0.5 mg pill, more than I used to take, and I STILL wake up too early. Then I am falling asleep at work and that sends my anxiety level through the roof, and then, perhaps, anxiety does not help me stay asleep.

I have to drink large amounts of fluids to prevent dehydration-related migraines, so I also need to be up to pee a couple of times a night. But that in itself did not interfere in the past.

Oh, and I am divorced, so sex/cuddling/just being close to a warm fellow caveman is not an option, and I know that that has a ruinous effect on sleep on its own - for me. But that is just my station in life.

So what can I do to get that extra one to one-and-a-half hour that I so sorely need?

Thanks!