I am a long term insomniac. I tend to have 6 to 8 weeks of insomnia followed by 4 to 6 weeks of sleeping quite well. I am currently - and blissfully - in a sleep period! I go to bed, read a bit then snuggle down and sleep. I have to get up to go to the loo once, usually, then go back to sleep. I've turned off all and any alarms and can sleep through till 8.30am if I'm lucky. All my working life I got up at 5.30 to 6am so this is luxury!! Insomniac periods will see me going to bed at 11, snuggling down, reading a bit, possibly falling asleep for about half an hour, then getting up again if I can't get back to sleep after half an hour. Those nights are spent reading, watching TV, sometimes doing something useful like cleaning out cupboards, entertaining the cat, surfing the net. I have tried everything over the years including heavy duty sleeping tablets, but nothing worked, and prescription medication made me feel awful all day. So I have given in gracefully. I thoroughly enjoy my sleeping weeks and don't worry any more about the insomniac periods. I can always snooze in the afternoon in front of the TV pretending to watch something silly - so glad I've got Netflix and Prime!!