That I don't know, I'm sorry.

I have an urge to continue answering questions as if I were an unquestionable authority, but in the end I prefer to be honest. I could probably build up the image of a master, and that might be a way to get people to believe everything I say (bowing to "celebrity" doctors or authority figures seems common around here), but I prefer honesty. In part because that means _I_ get to ask questions and to grow in my knowledge and wisdom.

That said, I have figured out some very important things and I believe people would be better off if they heard those things. Still, if you see me phrasing things as "this is the way it is" instead of "as I understand it..." I ask that you gently remind me to beware my certainty.

I'll speculate if you like. Even my speculation has some value, I'm sure, though some people might immediately dismiss and forget anything that's preceded by "my guess is..." or that isn't preceded by "Dr. So-and-So says".

It's my (entirely intuitive) guess that sunlight upon waking helps one get to sleep at night. Probably bright light helps, not just sunlight. I've heard there's such a thing as "light therapy" for sleep difficulty, so you might look into that and how it's supposed to be done.

A regular schedule will help a lot with getting to sleep at night. Melatonin is useful for resetting a sleep schedule and for help a person get to sleep. (It's also a great antioxidant.) So that could be one tool to help a person get to sleep. Melatonin is an important hormone, though, so I think some caution would be advised here. I haven't run into any problems with it that I'm aware of, but that's just me (and my awareness).

Another good soporific is 5-HTP. That's a nutrient that your body needs to make serotonin. 5-HTP is also a nutrient that your body produces from tryptophan that it gets from food. I believe serotonin is produced mainly while you sleep, so (and this is a guess here) if your body has the building blocks for serotonin it might be more inclined to sleep. In any case, 5-HTP is a natural substance and it does seem to promote sleepiness (i.e., it's a "soporific") in my personal experience and from what I've read of the experience of others. But be careful about using this with SSRIs (mood drugs like Prozac) because those drugs work by making serotonin more potent (by reducing how fast serotonin gets used up basically) -- it's possible to get too much of a good thing.

Diphenhydramine is another soporific that's easy to come by. But note that it's also (and mainly used as) an antihistamine. (Dehydration is something we adrenal fatiguers often experience, and histamine is something our bodies produce to fight dehydration (I just learned that this might be because histamines constrict bronchial vessels and that helps minimize water loss). If histamine really does fight dehydration, and if we're suffering dehydration, we might want to be careful with using an antihistamine.) Diphenhydramine also acts like an SSRI, so be careful about mixing with 5-HTP.

I think there are a number of things out there that will promote falling asleep. Might want just to read up on those. But a better route to go might be to figure out what's causing your difficulty in the first place.