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I often use diphenhydramine. If you take too many in a night you get very uncomfortable and you end up in a weird delerium where you see moving lights when you close your eyes and you can't tell the passage of time. This is usually really bad past like 250mg. I still use them when I really need to pass out, but it's more of a plan B now. Also leaves you groggy as fuck in the morning.

Melatonin is good when it works. If you use it for too long you can't fall asleep naturally without it though. I have been back on this lately.

Doxylamine Succinate (Unisom SleepTabs, NyQuil) is another antihistamine. First couple times I took it in pill form I was fucking gone. Often I would sleep for like 12 hours straight, which isn't ideal. I built up a tolerance to it pretty quick though.

Still too pussy to go to a doctor about any of this. I've had insomnia since I was like 8 years old. I use blue light filters on my electronics and I try to get some physical activity done in the day but often that isn't enough