The melatonin is helping a lot. It is a natural hormone produced by your body that tells your internal clock to sleep, but it only gets made if you are exposed to the sun during the day. So I'm taking melatonin at night, and going outside in the morning for 30 minutes to get the sun.

Taking baths helps relax, but don't take a bath too close to your bedtime or your body temp will be too high to sleep.

Exercise is another good way to get worn out enough to relax at the end of the day.

I can't use valerian, it knocked me right out when I tried it a few years ago.

I have a whole "sleep protocol" around here somewhere. A couple of others points: avoid caffeine or limit its use 6 hours before bedtime; use your bed only for sleeping or sex; make your bed and bedroom a comfortable environment.

For some of us, either our meds or our illness are going to affect our sleep. We can only do the best we can. But it's good to talk to your doctor about it.

I had a couple of sleep studies done, at one point I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and put on CPAP. But recently I had another study done, and they found that my breathing was normal at night.

I'm getting up in the mornings now. I hope I can stay on this cycle.