Opinions - Slight insomnia... can't quiet my brain, looking for sleep aid

[wespawloski]

As the title implies, SWIM is looking into possible temporary sleep-aid pills... something SWIM could use to help get his sleeping regular.

He has used ambien and xanx in the past, ambien worked well for a couple of weeks... but ambien and xanax both led to SWIM abusing them, and on some nights, he would get a shot of benzodiazepine energy... waking up and writing horrible poetry and such (as if being extremely drunk)

SWIM is surprised that benzodiazepines are used over sedatives, are the latter less effective at coaxing sleep? What are SWIM's options outside of barbituates and benzodiazipines, preferribly a chemical not of social-recreational nature.

He has only tried promethazine, in example, with codeine (10:6) and an unknown dose (I assume 40mg). But that was not in a sleep-desired situation.