Help! My insomnia is causing me to lose sleep!

[TheVTCGuy]

Pun intended....

OK, so I need advice, any Doctors, Holistic Healers, medicine men, anyone..

Every night, around 10:30 or so, I get sleepy, go to bed, and fall asleep; pretty normal human being so far I guess. BUT, also every night, between 1 and 3 AM I wake up.... WIDE AWAKE. I toss and turn for about 30 minutes, then get up and... play chess on the computer, surf the internet, chat on TRF (like now for example) or do some work. I've actually got some of my best work done at 3 Oclock in the morning. This will go on for one, two, sometimes as much as three hours before I'm sleepy again and go back to bed. I get up 7:30ish and start my day. This happens NIGHT after NIGHT and I end up getting pretty sleep deprived. You would think I'd sleep the night through after a couple days of this, but it does not seem to matter, I STILL wake up, WIDE FRICKEN AWAKE in the wee hours of the morning. It seems the only method of breaking the cycle and sleeping the night through is by taking a pill. I'm one of those that hate taking medicine of any kind (of course I Do take what I'm perscribed for my disease), and certainly don't want to become addicted to sleeping pills, so I limit myself to once (OK maybe twice) a week. But there has GOT to be a better way!

The latest thing I just started trying was doing anerobic (weight lifting) excercise a couple hours before bed, it's only been a couple days so no verdict on that method yet, but how do you guys ensure a good nights sleep? Open for any and all suggestions.... help, Please!!!!!!

P.S. I know what my buddy Leo is saying right now.... take a shot (or two, or three... or four) of your favorite booze and you'll sleep the night through for sure! Sorry Leo, but with my diagnosis and new medicine, alcohol is not an option, (I was a non-drinker anyway).