Sleeping aids during flare

I literally haven't slept right in over a month.. Maybe a couple hours a night and more recent It's been worse with zero sleep the past two nights. I wake up for bathroom runs, or just randomly wake up without needing a BR. I'm assuming I can't heal properly without good sleep. What are good suggestions to help with this? My mother has zzz in the cabinet too btw. Thank you

I use Nytol, if you have lactose intolerance beware that it has lactose in it (as do many things you'd never suspect would so reading labels is essential) thing is I only use it when I'm out of town with hubby and we sleep together, he's a very loud snorer and I'm a pretty light sleeper (at home we sleep in separate rooms because of this) even though I smoke mj before bed and it knocks me out all night (at home) hubby's snoring is so bad that I have to take Nytol as well as smoke...so that's only 10 nights that I take it in a row and I don't know if you're really suppose to take it indefinitely as I think you'll become dependent on it if you do and it will stop working and since I think pretty much all sleep aids do this even RX ones so for a bit here and there is fine but long term not likely.

I wake up everyday at 5.00am, which is a pain, but I just read my Kindle, so I can't really complain, but if you are having to get up for work then I would imagine that this is going to be very disruptive for you. Eyemasks can actually really help, but you need a good one, which you can find online, but there is a herb called Valerian which is a sedative herb, and has been used for centuries, maybe you could try and find this herb?

I wonder if having UC somehow disrupts ones sleep patterns, as I never used to consistently wake up at 5am like I do now, so I do sympathize.

My doctor just had me try Ativan for the first time to counteract 8 days of IV steroids and now 40mg a day steroids. I don't sleep on steroids. Ativan is super strong. The first time you take it....it will be lights out. Now I am finding on the 3rd day that it is becoming less and less effective.

He also had me try Trazadone(spelling?). I found that did nothing and I swear it made my bleeding worse.