Benedryl works pretty well for about 3 nights. Then it doesn't help with the sleeping any more, but leaves me incredibly groggy the next day. I went through a time when I was having to get up way too early three times a week, and not able to get to bed on time. The more tired I am, the harder it is to sleep. So I used Benedryl. I could NOT wake up in the morning at work (bad thing in a health care provider ). Finally stopped taking it at night, slept about the same, but I could think in the AM. Now I take it rarely. Taken that way, it's effective for helping me sleep, and doesn't leave me too out of it.

Like Nanci, I cannot sleep without reading first. One time I was so tired that I couldn't keep my eyes open to read, so I lay there and thought about what I'd read the night before so that I could fall asleep!

Reading a great book right now, The Hummingbird's Daughter. Off to read...I mean...to bed!