Thanks for the good wishes! I ended up getting about 5 hours of decent sleep, plus 2 hours of tossing and turning. I think I do need a prescription for ambien cr or something similar.
Look up melatonin, a natural hormone made by the pineal gland which, like most glands, produces less as we age. Likewise, look up Pantothenic acid (vitB5), THE stress vitamin. And magnesium.
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Keep going.
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac