Been unable to sleep

This is as common as belly buttons. Anyone with a decent conscience and who loves at least one other person will naturally ruminate, worry, and fret over an undesired change in someone they know. Just clucking in sympathy is not often our style of being 'present' for them. We try to imagine what else can be done.
Some try Ambien, some try up to 5 mg of pill-form melatonin or gunnies, both at drug stores, some take Zopiclone or other soporifics, ALWAYS under doctor's orders and with a prescription. I would advise against using any of them two nights in a row. Try for two nights not using anything, and then try one the third night. This prevents habituation, or getting used to whatever you want to keep potent.

You can ask your Dr and for a mild medication for anxiety, or Trazodone, which helps makes you sleepy and 50mg is safe to take every night. When you feel better, you can taper off these medications. I take 2mg melatonin with my Trazodone for extra help feeling sleepy. I also use some CBN gummies with help also. I recommend the Minny Grown brand, which are 3rd party tested.

Hi, I'm new to this support group and blog posts.
I became a patient at Mayo Clinic Phoenix little less than 1 year ago.

Sleep became an issue for me because I'm a high anxiety person, but especially after what I've been through. I don't like using drugs to sleep.

I just wanted to share what really helped me sleep as well as relax during the day. I searched quite a while on YouTube looking for non-looping videos of nature that lasted hours so that I could sleep through the night, and keep the sounds of birds chirping in the background during the entire day.

I discovered it's really not that easy to find non-looping videos, looping is a big turn off to me. So I was looking for video recordings of the sounds of nature with no looping that lasted hours.

For reasons I don't understand, this seems to soothe my nervous system. Anyways I hope this helps somebody.
We are not allowed to post messages that include links and URLs so I listed the title of the videos on YouTube so you can look them up.

One more thing, whomever made these videos, I guess they are all made in the state of Georgia where it rains a lot. So there's a lot of good rain videos.

Severe Wind-Rain Storm That Came Through Last Night - YouTube

The Sun, Wind, Clouds & The Pines - YouTube

99% Illumination Tonight: Practice. It's Not Worth Watching Really. I Warned You - YouTube

Mother Nature Sings As A Full Moon Appears To The East - YouTube

The Sounds Of Birds Throughout The Morning Until Early Evening. AUDIO ONLY! - YouTube

Audio Only! A Thunderstorm Passes Through Crawfordville, Georgia This Morning - YouTube

A Great Storm Passed Through Crawfordville, Georgia Last Night - YouTube

Birds Singing This Morning - YouTube

The Beautiful Sound Of Birds Singing - YouTube

Beautiful Birds Singing - YouTube

A Rainstorm That Started Over Birmingham, Alabama Passes Over Crawfordville, Georgia - YouTube

An Early Morning Turns Into Some Heavy Showers And Then Clears Up Again. AUDIO ONLY - YouTube

Audio Only! The Sounds Of Song Birds And Carpenter Bees Pollinating And Looking For Nesting Spots - YouTube

Here's A Storm That Dumped Over 4 Inches Of Rain In 24 Hours - YouTube

The Beautiful Sounds Of Mother Nature As A Full Moon Remains Visible - YouTube

Audio Only Of The Storm That Dumped 4 Inches Of Rain & Washed Out Some Bridges In Crawfordville, GA - YouTube

More Bird Audio Getting Ready For Spring - YouTube

Audio From Last Night's Thunderstorm - YouTube

99% Moon Illumination Tonight: Crawfordville, Georgia - YouTube

Nighttime Audio In Rural Georgia From 10:00 P.M Until 5:00 A.M. - YouTube

10:00 P.M. To 6:00 A.M. Sounds Of The Night In Rural Georgia. AUDIO ONLY! - YouTube

10:00 P.M. Until 7:00 A.M. Insects, Spring Peepers & Birds. AUDIO ONLY! - YouTube

Audio Only: Mother Nature's Sounds Transitioning From Day To Night - YouTube

AUDIO ONLY. 7:00 P.M. To 7:00 A.M. The Sounds Of Mother Nature. No Looping - YouTube

Thunderstorms Passing By Today. Audio & Video - YouTube

A Day Of Rain Trails Off Until Dusk: AUDIO ONLY - YouTube

Audio Only. A Storm From The West Eastward. This Is A Transition From Midnight To Sunrise - YouTube

Audio From Out In The Woods All Night Long. Transitioning From Night To Day & The Associated Sounds - YouTube

From Night Until Day. All Night Audio Recording Of A Recorder Left In The Woods - YouTube

Song Birds Sing As The Sun Arcs Overhead To The Northwest - YouTube

Song Birds Kickin It. AUDIO ONLY! - YouTube

Audio Around The Pond As Day Turns To Darkness & Reptiles Replace Birds - YouTube

From Dusk Until Dawn. A Recorder Left Out In The Woods - YouTube

Beautiful Clouds All Over Yesterday - YouTube

Welcome To The Jungle - YouTube

AUDIO ONLY. Day To Night Transitions, Vice Versa, Birds, Storms - YouTube

Sweepy Sounds: Storms Passing By - YouTube

Night, Night Sweepy Sounds. No BS. No Looping. Night To Day, Vice Versa Transitions. AUDIO ONLY - YouTube

AUDIO ONLY! 20+ Hours Of Sounds From Mother Nature: No Looping. AUDIO ONLY! - YouTube

The Beautiful Sounds Of Rain. AUDIO ONLY - YouTube

28+ Hours Of Audio Recorded In The Woods: Birds, Coyotes, Insects, Heavy Rain, Thunder, Etc. - YouTube