Now that I am off all of my sleep meds I am honestly shocked by how powerful my body's own sleep mechanism is. In my favorite sleep book, it's called the "Wave of Sleepiness", and it blows my mind that it is as strong as the Ambien, Xanax, Trazodone etc I was taking over the last 20 years.
Falling asleep is so easy now! Not only am I off these meds that have really bad long-term effects, but I basically don't have bedtime insomnia now. I haven't been unable to fall asleep which blows my mind, it was a big problem for so long. I don't actually know what has changed there but I am so grateful 🙏🏼
I still wake up a couple times a night, maybe from sleep apnea, but I go right back to sleep. Only issue left is that sometimes after that last morning wakeup (say after 5-6 hours) I can't get back to sleep. I'm experimenting with various supplements as well as minidoses (1/10th) of sleep medications.