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[quote=Anonymous]Our whole family is like this. DH has dealt with it by working for himself, so that he can wake up at 10 or 11 most days. DD mostly just suffers through, those sometimes she’ll take melatonin.

For me, I’ve found that keeping to a schedule helps a lot — I have a strict time when I need to be in bed, then a strict time about an hour later for lights out. In between I read, no screens. (Kindle Paperwhite doesn’t seem to affect me, and I’m not sure about phones or TVs, but laptop exposure past 11 is a nightmare for hoping to fall asleep later. And my bedtime is 12 or 1 — laptops affect me for HOURS!)

In terms of sleep meds, I’ve developed a mixture that works for me. Benadryl about an hour before bed (dye-free because turns ironically I am allergic to the red dye that they use in regular Benadryl), a very low dose of lorazepam (0.5 mg, shortly before bed) that fights adrenaline surges that used to wake me during the night, and roughly 1 mg of melatonin. The melatonin takes about 20-30 min but does quite well at getting me past the hump into actual sleep. Most doses at the store are much higher than that, but personally I’ve found that higher doses are actually counterproductive and make me wake up during the night. (They also make extended release melatonin for that reason, but I’ve had mixed success. Everyone’s body is different, so it’s worth experimenting!)[/quote]

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