[Trina]

I am tired all the time. When I wake up, as the day goes on, at night, all the time. The problem is that I have trouble falling asleep at night and getting fully rested because it takes me so long to fall asleep once I lay down and close my eyes, and then I can't stay asleep more than 4-5 hours at a time without waking up and not being able to fall asleep again. Then I am dragging all day and end up falling asleep in the afternoon for an hour or so, and that throws off my sleep at night even more. I end up doing a weird cycle where I stay awake later and later every night until I end up all night and have to force myself to stay awake all day or I will never be able to sleep and get up the morning after that and do the things I need to get done.

I would go to the doctor for this problem, but we have no insurance and I don't have enough extra cash right now to pay for a doctor visit. That will all change early next year (hopefully by March) but in the meantime I am struggling here. It isn't a depression problem. I have had bouts of depression enough in my life to know what that feels like for me personally, and I am very happy with my life right now.

Any suggestions on what I can try? Diet? Vitamins? Sleep aids? Meditation? ANYTHING? TIA!!