!st thing I would suggest is relax. Lack of sleep will NOT kill you. You WILL sleep eventually. Their are powerful mechanisms built into the human body that will make you sleep eventually. Worrying about sleeping will only make things worse.
If you are discontinuing sleep medicines then do so gradually. Expect that their might be some sleep disturbance as you reduce your sleep meds as a rebound/withdrawal effect. Find something that distracts your mind and relaxes you, perhaps the radio on at a very very low volume level or some relaxing music at a very low volume can help you sleep.
You’re sleep will return to normal. Trust me.

Don’t stress over this! Accept the fact that you have had problems sleeping and just let it go, mentally. Don’t expect anything..If you think like this-that you’re in a cycle, afraid of the bed- you stress yourself. You’re not perfect, nobody is..we all experience sleeplesness and various degrees of insomnia. Just relax, pamper yourself mentally, take a day off work, shop for something nice, eat some cake! Really, don’t think about sleep;)

But I wonder why you can’t sleep, aside from the thinking you can’t b/c you missed a couple of nights. Is it something else? It’s usually a worry, a problem that causes us to be so restless and not sleep.
You really have to identify and recognize your reason for staying up at night and try to solve it or come to some peace with it. What happens when you go to bed? What thoughts come to your mind? Is it something worrying?

Whatever it is, you have to find some peace of mind. The way I do this is through prayer. I pray to God to protect me, shelter me from the specific pain, take away the problems. Kind of like placing yourself in the hands of God, knowing that God could trully help in such a small matter (compared to the trully HUGE issues and pain of the entire world).

There are some teas that work also for me -”Sleepytime extra” and a “throat-coat” tea, from some Organic tea company (available at Kroger, probably at any store).

I have experience insomnia myself and I don’t like taking medication either. You can try drinking herbal tea. There’s one called sleepy-time tea or try Camile tea. You can also use aroma therapy candles or tea lights to help you relax. Also try doing yoga, stretching, exercising, and treating yourself to a spa for a deep tissue massage. These things help relaxes you so it’s a lot easier to sleep. All of those things have made my insomnia a lot better for me with out the medication. Hopefully one of these things will be able to help you.

Some things that have worked for me. Great sex with my wife. or a glass of warm m ilk. ,turn off the tv, reduce all noise that you can, sometimes the soothing noise of a floor fan will help, don’t eat anything after 7pm,,rain on the roof helps if it is soft and slow,walks after a heavy meal, shut off your cell phone, and land line, think nice thoughts about life, dump all negative thoughts,,and use prayer, Ask God to sooth your mind and take away your fears.

When I can’t sleep, I usually lay flat on my back. Relax every muscle in your body, then take deep breaths, close your eyes and think about something relaxing ie- a sunset or sunrise on the ocean. Also, make sure your room is not too warm. A little cool is better. Make sure you have blinds on your windows to make it very dark in there.

Hope this helps. It does for me.

try melatonin. it’s an all natural supplement that promotes sleep. It takes about a week to start working.

The best thing is just to drink warm milk before going to sleep. It really does work.

count sheep =) honestly sometime it works..

or else, try thinking of something, for example, what you have been doing in your life or what happened if you did blah blah blah.. basically just start thinking. soon you would fall asleep..

this works for me =)

What happened about a month ago? Did something change in your life or did you just start not sleeping? In knowint this you might get to the bottom of your sleeping problem. Dont eat just before bed , try and keep the same routine of going to bed at the same time and allow yourself to wind down.

Driving myself to the brink of exhaustion usually breaks the cycle for me. If means a week of 2-3 hours of sleep then fine. Two days with no sleep, fine for me two. Not the healthiest of ways to do it but ambien, lunesta, etc doesn’t work for me either. Sometimes Benedryl works for me.

I also workout and get tons of excercise in my yard and working my dog.

Good Luck