I had difficulty sleeping for several years. It became a major problem, and I tried a lot of different things. I started keeping a sleeping log and found I was up about seven times on average during the night with about 45 minutes being the longest stretch of time that I actually slept. This went on for about 5 years.
In the end the solution turned out to be so simple that it was amazing. Two simple changes.
The onset of the problem seemed to start when I moved from the country into the city. My bedroom was too large with a lot of window, and a glass balcony door that let a lot of light in.
(1) I moved my bed from my larger room with a lot of windows, into this little room I have that only fits the bed and nothing else. I blackened the window so no light can get in and try to keep the room as dark as possible. I'm like a "bug in a rug"
(2) I started taking a Herbal Product with Melatonin in it. The particular product I'm using is "NightRest", I purchase from www.pureprescriptions.com. Canadians can not buy Melatonin off the shelf in Canada, but you can import it for your own use.
The benefits where almost immediate. I went from being up half dozen times a night to most nights now I sleep all the way through and don't even get up for a bathroom break.
Most nights a little feline fur person sleeps on my bed with me and I never hear her coming and going during the night.
Hope this information will be on some help to someone.
