What is everyone on here doing for sleep?

Please tell me everyone and anyone what are you doing to goto sleep and how many hours do you sleep and what time to what time i'm curious and if any of you take medications for sleep or anti depressants or pain pills

i'm off opiates for more than a month and i quit xanax 3 days ago and i am taking lunesta 3mgs and lexapro 10mgs but i dont think this lunesta is that good i sleep for 5 hours maybe that is with 3 excedrin pms i just cant get my sleeping pattern down!! please help
josh

[bettersoon00]

Yeah the sleep thing is a huge problem. I am on day 11 and I can barely remember what sleep feels like. I have stopped fighting it at this point. I bought one of those 1000 piece puzzles and I just stay up and try to enjoy the quiet. One thing that has helped me is one of those plug in heating pads. Because it's so hard to get comfortable it kinda helps relax the muscles. The worst part of all is the racing mind. I think about the dumbest **** at night when I am trying to sleep (like how I would spend money if I won the lottery etc...). Then it's off to work where I often have to suffer through 12 hour days but I just keep telling myself that it will all be over...eventually. Last week I tried everything from Nyquil to Benedryl. I have no problem falling asleep (because by 9pm I am absolutely recked from not sleeping the night before) it's the staying asleep that kills me. The good news I am slowly, slowly sleeping a little bit more each night. Best of luck.

[justlikeyou]

i didnt/dont take anything, and didnt sleep at all for 25 nights, now im 90 days clean and can sleep as long as i like whenever i like.

[Josh26]

you dont take any medications at all ? the only reason i got on the lexapro and lunesta is i was depressed and couldnt sleep i wonder if that was my rebound from the pain meds what do you think? should i stop the lexapro and lunesta before i get hooked on those?

[The Hobbit]

I find that Unisom really helps me sleep. You can get it from CVS. I know it's naughty, but mixed with a beer it really knocks you out. I only have it with a beer though if I am feeling anxious. Otherwise, it works fine by itself.

[FLaddict]

Melatonin and L-theanine.. all natural.... when I am not in pain I sleep about 7-9 hours

[singha]

Hylands restful leg and Extremely hot baths. That was what worked for me.

[singha]

oh yeah and excercise