Thanks for the tips everyone...

Anti-anxiety meds don't work for me because I usually end up still awake but a zombie. And, anxiety is not the reason I can't sleep. I might try Restoril again, though. If it would get me one good night that might last me awhile.

Lunesta doesn't put me to sleep at all. Rozerem did put me to sleep but I'd say it had about the same effect as a bottle of whisky and not nearly the fun - similar hangover though.

Ambien works if I only take if from time to time, but I'm still up for at least 3 hours after I take it and then I'm all foggy the next morning and it never works 2 days in a row. I usually have to wait a week or so before that one will work for me again.

That's what I like about the Sonata - no morning fogginess. Even with Sonata, it takes a long time for me to go to sleep but it eventually gets me 3 or 4 hours I might not have gotten otherwise. For now, I take 3x the prescribed dose of 10 mg Sonata and throw in Ambien every now in then to shake things up, then go a few days with little to no sleep and start all over again.

The mood stabilizers I'm on haven't been particularly helpful with the sleep but I'm trying to be patient. I know I can get knocked out by some of the heavy hitting antipsychotics, but then I can't get through the day doing the things that have to be done because I'm too disoriented by the zombie brain fog that lasts all day from those.

Trying so hard to find a sleeping pill that will actually put me to sleep makes me think I must just be destined to stay awake. Too bad we can't live like that - not for too long anyway.