No. 1 Rule in my house. Turn off ringers on phone in bedroom after 11 p.m.

No. 2 rule in my house. - Take alprazolam

No. 3. go to sleep.

I am so sorry that you can't sleep. I remember all the nights I'd be in bed till 4 .am. and say "oh well, you can survive, you've done this before" (just like they do in the ambien commercial).

I wonder why some meds work on some brains and some meds do not work on some brains. This should be a study in itself.

I think the anxious person (well the brain sets off certain impulses) and these prevent us from turning off our anxieties in order to get sleep.

I believe as we age it gets harder and harder to sleep. I've read that older people do not require as much sleep as younger people. Do not know if this is true.

I do know I never slept as a baby. Drove my mother crazy.

As an adult, after I became a parent, never slept either. Always anxious.

Even after they grow up (and if they have problems and drive you crazy), well, how can you sleep? Are we just supposed to turn off our brains???

I wonder if the monks in the monastaries ever get anxious and have to go on anti-depressants??? Maybe I'll become a buddist??

Mel