i can't take this anymore
 

Like i said i can't take not being able to sleep at night anymore. i usually try to go to bed around 11pm but i can't fall asleep until 4-5 in the morning then i wake up at 11, and needless to say i am a zombie all day long. some even ask me if i am drunk or on drugs. I really have no idea what else i should do. i tried the unison pills, i tried alcohol and nothing seems to put me to sleep. any ideas, tips and trick are welcome.

start working out... lift weights, run, play tennis, get active... if you are strenuously active during the day, you will fall asleep the moment you lay down...

i run about 10 miles each night and still doesn't help me

maybe because you do it at night... when you run 10 miles, your heart rate skyrockets, which will keep you awake...

what times during the day do you have free?

yeah, i'd go out early in the day if you can, maybe wake up earlier and run in the morning. thats what i've been doing and it really makes the day better

Excellent advice. However if you absolutely can't get to sleep... don't. What I do is stay up the rest of the night and all day. I'll usually pass out around anywhere between 9 and 10 at night. Get's me back on schedule pretty quick. Although it's really hard to resist falling asleep during the day, and I feel like ass all day... but it's worth it in the long run. Hope this helps.

well my job involves running and it's mostly at night. i know i should ook for another job, but i have to keep this for a while.

sleep when ur body wants to sleep...just get up when u need to get up....if it means 3 hours of sleep..so be it..it will learn...:P worked for me i feel the same on 5 hours of sleep or 10...

might be time to see a doc..

I agree with some of the above, especially the part with sleeping when you feel like sleeping, don't make it forceful and exercise during the day. Do you use your sleeping area [bed, perhaps] for things other than sleep? If so, don't.. you want your mind to identify the bed as a place to sleep. I remember in psychology class, something about getting up from bed if you can't fall alseep within 30 minutes..get up and do something mellow, and maybe you'll fall asleep after that. Wake up early and don't sleep in.. I hope this helps, I generally don't sleep until 2-3 am but lately I've been doing some of the above and this week, I've been crashing at like midnight.

:)

If you see a doctor theyre going to tell you to change jobs.
You could try sleeping aids, if you havent already...but Im sure you have.
If you get a doctor that actually listens, maybe they can look into hormonal level imbalances.