Hi Trace,
I struggle with this, too.
It's even worse if I am traveling an in a public place, like a hotel.
While I love the dark, I am often on high alert and cannot sleep.
I have finally found a helpful med for myself: temazepam.
I am used to clonazepam. Temazepam has more of a hypnotic nature. We are using it to try to retrain me to sleep. It helps me the most of anything I have tried thus far.

I also have sleep apnea now. I have seen a sleep neurologist at a sleep center. We cannot do "sleep studies" until I can "sleep."

Prazosin is sometimes used if/when people are having nightmares which interrupt their sleep. I do not have nightmares and, thus, have not tried prazosin.


WC