Lack of sleep

Due to stupid stress beyond my control, I was unable to sleep last night. I couldn't turn my brain off.  I think I might have gotten an hour and half, at most. I am amazed at the level of pain and what seems to be muscle stiffness.  I cannot wait until I can get into bed tonight, and hope hope hope that a good night's sleep takes care of it.  Unfortunately, being overtired leads to restless legs, and I can feel it already. Any suggestions on how to get a good nights sleep, without drugs? Thanks!

I have found something that helps me. I am a diehard insomiac, lol. I take an herbal med called sleep md with 100mg of trazadone. Something in the sleep med allows me to hit that sleep we need. It doesnt knock you out but makes you sleepy, then allows you to sleep. No drowsinedd next day either. I would give it a shot to anyone who have been down the prescription road:)

Cricket

I am a person who can not turn off my mind. Hubby makes me crazy. He can lay down and is asleep in minutes. He says he can just blank his mind. MEN! I was going to bed about 10 pm when hubby went (until he discovered farmville and now more like 1 or 2 am). I would read till about 2:30 am. Then sleep till about 12:30 pm. I have to be at work at 2 pm till 8 pm. To relax on unusually  bad days, I will take a hot shower. It relaxes me some when I am hurting or so stressed. Reading always help clear my mind. I love sappy romances.

I'm intolerant to just about everything, and trazodone is near the top of the list. It helped me sleep but gave me restless legs and pain in the legs. I have good luck with Ambien if I also keep to a schedule and turn off the TV and just read a few pages. It's only good for about 3-4 hours, and then I need 1mg diazepam to relax the muscles.

My pain doc really hates diazepam because he thinks I will get addicted. I'm taking only half the smallest pill once a night though. It's also good for emergency back muscle spasms. I'm not an addictive type person, would live in pain first. I'm trying everything else out one med at a time - under pain doc's guidance.

A muscle relaxant is a good thing for help getting to sleep. I have tried just about everything, but except for diazepam, I either don't tolerate them or they just don't work for me. But they do help many people!