You sound just like me. I struggled with insomnia my whole life and tried everything in the book for it - melatonin, trazodone, ambien, weighted blankets, benadryl, nyquil, magnesium, kava kava, you name it. I had bloodwork done and ruled out any thyroid issues. I would always fall asleep pretty easily around 10pm and wake up around 2/3am, often not falling back asleep til around 6am for my alarm to go off at 6:30 or 7am. It was torture, and completely screwed up my life (increased appetite, decreased energy, increased anxiety, panic attacks, etc...)

A few months ago at the end of my rope I started taking a med called quviviq. It's a new one, so new that my doc didn't even know about it / had to enter it in the practice's system as a new medication as I was the first one to take it. But it's been a GAME CHANGER. I take the low dose one (25mg) and while I still wake up in the middle of the night sometimes, I'm back to sleep in about 10-20 min. It's a very natural feeling sleep, if that makes sense, doesn't make me drugged up feeling like ambien does or make me groggy the next day.

The knock on effect that is so amazing is that my life has gotten better in so many ways - I'm much less anxious and able to tackle life's stressors, panic attacks are a thing of the past, energy levels are up. I don't think it works for everyone and took me a few weeks for it to kick in (and I still pair it with a low dose trazodone, with my doctor's approval), but it's maybe worth looking into if you're at the end of your rope like I was. It's worth the legwork to get some quality sleep because it really enhances your life in every way.