just asking for ideas about things that work for sleep

that which I was taking - and worked fine for a number of years - well this new doctor (he's old and has some of his own health problems that I did not need to hear about, and he has an attitude "pills won't solve problems")

well - I disagree with him - those pills helped me sleep at night, and then during the day I solve my own problems.
His unwanted meddling was "pray to god"
That might work for him but it isn't a solution to anything for me.

What else can a person use to help sleep? I have a list of items from About.com "Herb and Sleep" - black cohosh, camomile, kava kava, valerian, lemon balm, etc
I don't need to "relax" - I always am relaxed -- couldn't get much more relaxed. I don't need to relax - I already am relaxed.
It's a shame that for me to start trying these herbal products is to try items that are unstandardized in their ingredients or dosages, may not be pure, haven't be scientifically researched, etc. But I don't know what else to do? Benadryl?
There is no reason to deny me the item that I was using - why change something that works? Other doctors prescribed it for me (but one died, and the others are in another city).