Do you have trouble sleeping or relaxing at the end of a long day?

I use a cpap, make the room totally dark and wear ear plugs.

Every day.

I cant get to sleep and when I do I keep waking up. The next thing I know the alarm goes off and I'm tired and feel beat.

Wake up several times each night

I now take Ambien to fall asleep and stay asleep, My VA therapist has understood my inability to shut down my brain and the anxiety that can come from sleep deprivation. I'm thankful for that. It seems that the older I get the worse, the syndrome. There is no particular thoughts that haunt me, it's almost always different. Sometimes it's combat related, sometimes it's just stress related from things I'm going through at the current time. It's extremely frustrating, and debilitating, at times. Especially since I can only take the medication for 20 out of 30 days. If it's two or 3, or 4 o'clock in the morning, and I have to be up early the next day, it causes anxiety, which feeds on itself. But I consider myself one of the lucky ones. I do have some help.

I get to sleep easily following two minutes of 4 8 7 breathing, then wake after 5 or 6 hours and cannot get back to sleep.

I wake up every morning at 3:00 Am. I have trouble focusing and my attention span has gotten very short

I am currently exploring this option

Reclining in my recliner and falling asleep for a short period of time.

Exercise.