Ha, yes bedtime rituals, I know what you mean mine is chamomile tea and toast. I also have the half sleep half awake thing going off usually after I wake at 4am I never know whether I've slept or not, it's like dreaming awake. Did you injure the front of your head, mine was just above the hairline. I'm always interested to know to see if there are similarities in symptoms - I should start a new thread on this if there hasn't already been one. Sleep is a complex thing I'm told and involves many parts of the brain. The brain itself never sleeps it's always active. I must say I miss that sleepy relaxed feeling I used to get zonking out after a days work.

I don't sleep well either, I have a very hard time falling asleep but do ok once I am asleep. I will sleep 4-6 hours. I have had strange and very real dreams since my accident, and have often woken myself up talking. I have found that I feel more closterfobic and do my best sleeping in the morning after my husband has gone to work.

I have tried, melatonin up 5mg then 10 and it will work, but not unless I only use it once in a while. I have taken Ambien, that made the dreams very strange and quit working after about 3 weeks. Now the doc said to try moving my magnesium vitamins to bedtime that it might help some. Can't hurt to try.

Ironically as I recover I seem to find it harder to get off to sleep, in the early stages of my PCS I'd be totally worn out in the evening.

Over here we can't get hold of melatonin without a doctors prescription on the advice of a specialist otherwise I'd definitely try some. I take a magnesium vit and 50mg of 5-htp at bedtime and 50mg Nytol for when I wake up, not sure they are working any more. I'm beginning to wonder whether it has to do with how much brain stimulation I get in the day, I might try a day without the computer and see if it helps plus I'll try moving my vit B supplement to the evening too as MomWriterStudent does. I've stopped taking the amiltrytaline as it was making me feel crummy.

I used that medication for a short while years ago for a long term headache cycle. It gave me restless legs and that was the end of taking it. Good luck, I have not yet found my own sleep secret. Mostly I sleep from 4am to? 7-10am no naps during the day just rest.