I have had sleep problems for years. I don't know if you tried all the sleep things..... I am an expert (and have no small ego, too!)
Anyway, in no particular order here are things that have worked for me:
Make the bedroom dark! Get rid of all the little electronic glowing things. Set your alarm clock on the dim setting and don't have it pointing in your eyes!
Get on a sleep schedule. Really! I try to go down and get up at the same time. Even on weekends.
Don't nap during the day.
If there is some background noise that is disturbing you you might not even know what it is. I woke up at 3:30 ish many times. I finally figured out it was the kid with the broken muffler delivering newspapers. To solve this problem I got a "White Noise" machine. A fan works, too. I swear by it, and even have a little portable one for travel.
I relax by deep breathing. And try the drain the tension out of my body thing.
Then I take the 1.5 Ambiens and conk out because I have exhausted myself trying to sleep. Okay really the Ambien wears off after 4-5 hours on me too. Which is why I do all the other stuff I listed, because when you are trying to sleep it seems to get harder.
So I hope something here helps.
Wendy
Me 57 XH 58 Sons age 32 & 27 M:32 D final 9/12 Bought 10 Acres and Living the Dream!
