Melatonin helps in the short run but long term hurts. Alcohol too lol. Develop a healthier bedtime routine and get enough exercise

First thing to try is to get your sleep hygiene straight.

No screens for an hour before bed, get your room dark (no night lights, light-blocking windowshades, and cover the lights on any electronics in your room) and quiet (ear plugs can help in a pinch), quit caffeine, get some sunlight in the morning (optimally before 10:00 AM), get some physical activity during the day, don’t eat for a couple of hours before bed. It also couldn’t hurt to do some meditation before bed during that hour of no-screen time.

That meditation will probably particularly help if the reason for your insomnia is stress.

(And try not to be overwhelmed by the above list. Any one or two items in that list that you do will probably help quite a bit. And try to think of this as a “long game” of incremental improvement.)

If that all doesn’t work, you could try adding CBD maybe an hour or so before bed. Melatonin might be a tempting option, but be careful with it. Melatonin doesn’t stay in the bloodstream all that long, so melatonin supplements tend to be big doses in an effort to try to keep it in your bloodstream longer which… kinda works maybe, but not as well as you might hope. The result tends to be that you fall asleep quickly, wake up in like 4 hours unable to get back to sleep, and then are resistant to your body’s natural melatonin for a night or two. If you’re going to do melatonin, spend the extra money on time-release melatonin. The company “Life Extension” has a 750mcg 6-hour time release melatonin that is a good one to try if you do go that route.

Try sleeping it off

As most have said:

Underlying issues, sleep hygiene and doctor are all first port of call to check out. Some herbal remedies/melatonin can also help. For me sometimes taking a bath and having some lavender scent helped just in promoting calmness.

I haven’t seen much mention of mindfulness for sleep, and for me nothing has been as effective other than prescription sleeping pills.

Medito is a FOSS app, backed by meditation guides from universities.

https://medito.app/packs/2adEdsVRJwmU27G8

Body scan is a great first place to start, or try some of their “starting guides”. Meditation is a skill that needs time and practice, and sometimes you won’t be able to, but that just means you need to do something to reset your brain and try again.

They also have some sounds and sleep stories which are nice if you are into that sort of thing

Try to work on whatever problem is developing concurrent with the insomnia. Probably something else going on.

See a doctor but also look into valerian root or passionflower capsules to help.

Youre sleeping every night? I dont think you have insomnia. Im not a doctor though

All I can say is I have insomnia and it sucks. Last time I didn’t sleep for 5 nights in a row, and like 2 hours the 6th night.