Thank you for the ideas everyone! I will try some meditation music and some visualizing a nice scene. So very frustrating to feel this way, like it is my mind that controls my thought patterns rather than me. Thanks again!
I do the same thing! reading, watching TV tends to distract me enough that sometimes I doze off before I even take my Kavinace.
I also have meditation music on my IPOD and listen to it all night, I have the ocean and soothing music. I love it and it really puts me into a deep sleep and helps to distract me as well.
I have found that falling asleep while watching TV distracts me as well as reading to fall asleep. Any "down" time just allows people like us to think too much and that's where the problems starts. These two things have worked wonders for me, plus a therapist gave me some good advice. He told me when trying to fall asleep to visit in my mind my favorite vacation spot and to go there. For me it's the ocean, he said to feel the breeze, hear the sounds, feel the warm sand beneath my feet and just keep building on it and you will fall asleep. This works every time for me! I hope this helps, it's what allows me to sleep. Take care.