Thanks so much for your responses. I think most of the problems I have with sleep are due to noise in my area, so I have to be careful about what time I choose to go to sleep. It's quieter at some times more than other times. A fan usually drowns out a lot of noise but it hasn't been hot enough. Meditation is good when there are no noises that wake you back up again.

I'm going to start taking a multi-V, along with vitamin D and B and magnesium, and other things that I don't feel like listing, and a night vitamin maybe. I'm a vegetarian so I'm used to taking vitamins daily, but lately I have to admit that I've been lazy with them. And I've also been sick a whole lot! Going against my usual health regime, geesh.

And when 'insomnia' hits, I agree with you Jinja about the racing mind, however I seem to always remember the thoughts that keep me awake, so they're obviously things that bother me, things that I'd otherwise never think of if I wasn't so fragile from sleep deprivation... lol. There's also the thing that happens when you come in and out of sleep, and even though you've slept maybe 6-7 hours, you had no REM sleep at all, so it's the same difference.

I haven't tried melatonin or magnesium citrate. But, I bought some Valerian yesterday which gave me a wonderful night's sleep, however I'm still feeling rather groggy from them today I will keep using them though.