I use to have this problem as well. As a pilot for a cargo company I work at irregular times and mostly at night. As long as the FTL sceme allows it, we fly it, with no regular roster and days of. Today night, tomorrow afternoon and then 2 days off while trying to sleep at nigh to start at 4 at night again for the next shift.

I suffered from insomnia for about a year, with an average sleep of 3 hrs a night, meaning falling asleep after hours (or some times not at all) and always waking up 3 hours later.

I found out that for me it was because of 2 things:
1 my body clock
2 peace of mind

Now i reset my body clock using a melatonine or melatonin mouth spray or pill. Only the first day i need resetting, so if i sleep at daytime, the first of these days i use melatonine, the retst of the days my body should make it as it is reset to sleep at this time. When I want to sleep at night, i reset it for night. Melatonine is natural (almost homeopathic) and your body should make it when it is time for you to sleep.

Peace of mind is something you have to learn yourself. Try relaxing more, forget the world and the problems. Dont think about falling asleep but just do it. Try to find your own way, for me it was relaxing my arms and legs and feeling how relaxed and tired they were. It sounds a bit strange, but that is how it is.

Finally, I think it is for everybody different, try to find your way, try not to care. Maybe you can try hypnotherapy, maybe excersize before sleeping or listening to music. It might take a while before you find it. For me it took a year.

Happy snoozing

Ok, now on third drug to make me sleep (Zolp was hopeless, Trazadone had no effect) so my question is......

Anyone had experience of Loretazepam? Need to know how effective they are, experience of side effects, etc.


and will I get high off them?