I do like your responses! When I gave in to the sleep study, mine came back disgustingly abnormal!Story of my life! My apnea is not severe, yet my PCP says it's just like being pregnant, you can't be a little pregnant, and you can't have just a little sleep apnea, you either have it, or you don't. I have apnea and insomnia, insomnia is not part of the apnea. Did that make sense?

My sleep doc told me we all need to have a regular sleep habit, to bed at the same time every night, awake at the same time every morning. People who sleep late on the weekends, saying they are making up for the sleep they missed during the week, are not doing their bodies any favors. He told me to keep bright lights on until maybe 1/2 hour before bedtime, then dim them, to make my brain realize it's time to relax. I do know, I do best if I go to bed at 10pm...if I stay up until 11 or later, then my brain has a much more difficult time relaxing...by then I am overtired, and just like a baby, it's harder for me to settle down when overtired.

For many of you on meds though, it's an whole different ball game. Pain and meds change everything. I wish there was something special for you. Then of course, there are always exceptions too. A friend of mine with diabetic neuropathy, and a bad knee, can take a Lunesta, and sleep through the night, like a rock. Why doesn't it work like that for all of us? Who knows.

Another friend told me to take 1/2 a Xanax before bed, saying my brain can't slow itself down..yet I really don't want to be dependant on Xanax either, and my sleep doctor says Xanax is not good for sleeping either.

I guess we all have to do that which works best for us. Our bodies naturally produce melatonin, and being that works fairly well for me, I am thinking maybe my body isn't producing enough melatonin to begin with. So I will stay with it.

Just my opinions!