1-5mg of melatonin does the trick for me. don't use it often or else you'll become dependent.

Go see a doctor. Advice in this thread is not from doctors and should not be taken as true.

Chances are they will prescribe a drowsy antihistamine before going to sleeping pills, as the latter can be highly addictive.

Also don't rule out seeing a therapist about it, often times when insomnia is acute it's because of a particular stressor in your life.

"more trouble falling asleep than staying asleep."

doesn't that happen when you don't tire yourself?
I'm talking out my ass though

read a book.

i just stay up really really late playing videogames instead of staying up really really late staring at the ceiling lying in bed wishing i was capable of falling asleep

Don't look at a screen within an hour of going to bed

seeing a doctor wont do anything, they will tell you that you just need a good night of sleep. unless you're losing sleep from being in actual pain you shouldn't expect them to hand you a script for something, most sleep medicaiton like ambien can be bought on the shelf so they aren't gonna give you something stronger unless you have an actual health problem that is causing you to lose sleep

lie down and listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E--R1n3O_m4#t=39

Hah, I definitely have some helpful things. Sleep and I have not been on the best terms for a bit now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrSXo4tdQEI

Make sure to use headphones.

Also, my absolute secret weapon for sleep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe0VjvtEEVs

Once again, make sure to use headphones.

Thanks the heavens for ASMR and all the ASMRtists.

Some good advice here, with the reading a book and not looking at screens within an hour of going to bed. Guess you can add doing some exercise in the day to the list too. I was wary of using drugs to help sleep, in case i developed a dependency, but I don't really know a huge amount about them.

As someone who used to routinely suffer from sleep deprivation, it only started to get consistently better when my life was getting better. So perhaps the therapist is the best advice of all.

Finally, you have my sympathy. Insomnia is absolutely wretched, I hope you recover soon.

Exercise :)

hi bsc this did the trick for me real quick: http://www.crunchyroll.com/fate-zero/episode-1-the-summoning-of-heroes-585390

o btw can u now put ur status to online instead of pretending to be away and stop watching terrible anime with vortex and actually play gogo nippon that might help it will definitely help

It is a highly personal thing, especially the finer details that actually make the difference. One thing which really doesn't help is feeling pressured to go to sleep at a certain time because you have to be awake at a certain time, but there is not much you can really do about this because of the way society is currently structured.

The only thing I could think of adding to what has been said above is that with all things that have to do with health which aren't just a case of something being broken - whether that be obesity, depression, poor stamina, anxiety, insomnia, nightmares, substance dependency or whatever - it is most important to make the decision to change your life in order to accommodate for your body being in a healthier state. It's like doing exercise; if you're busy all day and you can't find the time to do some exercise, then you're never going to do exercise. You're going to have to decide to drop some of the things you are doing before you have the chance to choose to do exercise. The problem was not in the exercise, but in another part of your life. The same thing applies to bad sleeping: if you are doing things which you know badly affect your sleep, then you are going to have to make a change to make room for stopping those habits, rather than trying to force your sleeping mechanisms to work within your current lifestyle.

Also if you're in pain(mentally or physically) or your body is "malfunctioning" in any way, go see a doctor, because it might just domino its way through your body and make it nigh impossible for you to fix all of the problems it creates without a little help. Good luck.

You should probably see a doctor for professional advice. Nevertheless, I suffered from the same thing for a while, solved it though

-Don't use electronics/don't stare at your phone, tv, pc screen etc 1 hour before you go to sleep. As much as late night videogames is enjoyable, its not good for your sleep, sadly.
-Obvious one but don't drink coffee or caffeine drinks a few hours before you go to sleep. Water is your friend
-Exercise during the day, get a nice refreshing shower afterwards
-Try to have a regular schedule. This isn't possible if you have to do things late at night sometimes but having a regular time when you get up and when you go to bed kinda helped for me
-Don't know what kind of music you are into, but some relaxing videos on youtube that are labeled to help you sleep can help if you don't mind falling asleep with headphones. Personally a huge fan of slow jazzhop or chillstep for this
-Read a good book for 40 mins - 1 hour or longer in your bed. Really helps to calm down.
-Don't know where you live, but I'll assume the temperatures are high currently as well. If you can, leave a window open in your room at all times. Probably not useful if you live in a loud city though. Another option is getting a fan (preferably on the lowest stand/silent one) for a refreshing breeze

Hope this could help you, get well man

If the straight asmr stuff doesn't work i listen to this sometimes. Sometimes you can hear people in the background in some of his videos which might muck things up but all in all they are pretty nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYbIhwkC0CU&list=UUGLGsaujERrf_D_QI-W7xRw&index=28

This guy is a "sleep specialist" some of his videos has helped me in the past

https://www.youtube.com/user/In59seconds

Binural REM beats work real well.
I also use a sleep app and the rain sounds knock me out

Fap until you are tired works every time

In the same category of BUICK, i use these to relax before sleep.

1. You sleep better
2. Your muscles are more relaxed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYTFe0IPjVw&list=UURnMISkfkrZyYYh4EbDb6HQ

LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS (lol @ his face)

:D

this is a bit much but a nice wank before going to bed does wonders

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_hygiene

http://puu.sh/atp8Q/082e0ec34c.jpg

waffle crisps
i eat this shit raw in college

Is this a thing? I've never heard of lcd screens causing sleeping problems

watch cyzer play scout

jk

It's not the LCD, or screen, itself. Rather, the brain being in more of an active and stimulated state. Melatonin works great to get yourself onto a good sleep schedule, but doctors will say that your body can become dependent on it. Basically, your brain may stop producing the hormone itself.

-I've heard that books help some, but those that get "into" the books may have the opposite affects to sleep.
-White noise can help some too
-Don't watch TV in your bedroom, at least not before you go to sleep.

I drink a tea that has Valerian root in it, its a natural sleep aid. Most if not all tea's labeled as "Sleepy time" or such should contain it. Even better if its a Chamomile base.

Also do the no looking at your screen thing and read a book.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21415172

TL;DR the spectrum of light emitted by backlit monitors affects your body's circadian rhythm and suppresses your body's natural production of melatonin

In the same vein, I highly recommend everyone to use f.lux, this software dynamically adjusts your monitors color temperature to help avoid some of these aforementioned effects

https://justgetflux.com/

Make sure you get a flux-like app on your phone as well! That works wonders. I use Twilight on Android.