When sleep becomes elusive

I need to sleep...
Somehow, due to some hormonal changes, and the worries I carry in my mind, I have been finding it hard to get my rest. Oh, I do fall asleep around ten - that is more out of habit rather than anything else. But, lately, from one to four, the body clock re-sets itself. I am awakened by some thing that keeps on playing in my mind.

At the same time, that's when I find myself feeling very warm. Mind you, I sleep in an airconditioned room, but I will be drenched in sweat. Once, I got up and took a bath, but this would not be good for the joints in the long run...now that arthritis has set in.

I have tried praying...
But I found myself more alert than ever. I wanted to mark, but the eyesight is not very good at that time of the night.  So I have spend fruitless hours surfing the net mindlessly, hoping to look for a cure for the insomnia.

The doctor prescribed amitriptyline...
I know,...it's more on an anti-depressant which is supposed to help  me relax...If it was the other GP, he would have given me valium...so far, it only worked once this week..cos in total, I had less than 4 hours of sleep.

Panda eyes, sallow skin...
and extremely poor concentration during the day....this is bad.
Sleep is truly a balm for the body and mind...
I need to sleep.