I am new here. I have had chronic insomnia for over 11 years. Before it got bad, I used benadryl to get a good night sleep. I also used melatonin. After a while, neither of these worked at all. I saw a few doctors and ended up on the anti-psychotic medication Zyprexa. It helped me sleep, but I suffered from the side effect of weight gain and had to go off of it after about 4 or 5 years. I started another similar medication Saphris. This helped some with sleep, but not as good as Zyprexa. I added benadryl and I slept good again for about 4 years. At the end of that time, I started having insomnia again. I am now taking Trazodone (which helped for a short time, but doesn't anymore) Lunesta 6mg and Saphris 10mg. I discovered about 1.5 years ago that high cortisol can cause sleep issues. I did a saliva test (several since the first one) and my cortisol is normal in the morning and high the rest of the time. A naturopathic doctor recommended Adrene-vive and Cortisol manager to lower cortisol, but it has had no effect. From reading in here, I have started Glycine. It has helped a little, but without Lunesta, I wake up feeling like I did not sleep much at all. To make things even more difficult, I build up tolerance to Lunesta very quickly. I use it for 3 or 4 nights and then have to take a night off. Does anyone have any advice?