I tried ambien once. I, allegedly, ran around the house talking about "the poison" and how I needed to get rid of it. Which apparently led me to the bread drawer--where I consumed an entire loaf of bread by smashing each individual slice into dough balls by rolling them in between my palms. Thank god this incident was pre-iphone/android. I would have been seriously screwed. It would have been like that fat-kid-starwars thing for me.
What I did eventually decide on doing was taking the last 30 minutes of my day to read in bed. Don't read anything for work or school. Eat dark chocolate and drink milk. I know that sounds like something I got out of a Cosmo or Redbook magazine, but from a chemical standpoint, each of those items provide the body with relaxing and sleep inducing benefits. Plus, dark chocolate is good for the heart...and a lot of my posts tonight have been overly touchy feely and based on the cardiovascular system. If none of the other touchy feely BS worked, rub one out.