Several things help me with sleep:

1. I take a very light dose of neurontin (in higher dose, I believe it controls epileptic seizures), which has an interaction effect with noretriptiline (low dose) which controls IBD diarrhea.

2. When I'm bored with that or it's not working as well, I use half of a PM pain med, which helps with joint pain as well, or even benadryl, as that's the active ingredient. I am very sensitive to meds, so half a pill knocks me out.

3. I have a lighweight sleep mask to keep out light.

4. I have a white noise machine. The sound of surf waves sucks me down into sleep hypnotically. In fact, sometimes to wake up, I have to turn off the alarm and the white noise machine at the same time, bec. the waves suck me back down into sleep.

5. If necessary, I use those tiny foam ear plugs, that expand in the ear to keep out noise. These have been used in factories for people working in noisy environments for years, and I've recently started seeing them everywhere in drug stores, supermarkets. Which was great, bec. mine were looking very dirty, even after washing them.

Good luck finding a combo that works for you.