Parasomnia - any practical advice?

figure out of you have anything on your mind that's bothering you and talk it out. Figure out what's taking your REM sleep, is it noise, is it a too-warm or too stuffy room, is it too much light from the window, is it noisy neighbors, is it that someone else sleeps in your room, is it someone who slams their door as the go to work about 5am that wakes you, etc. Fix all those things and then take some cold milk, lay down, say a prayer and ask for good sleep, then start to put yourself by starting at your feet and tell them all is calm now and they are allowed to go to sleep, then mentally say that to your knees, to your hips and all the way upward. By the time you get half way up your body you should be sleeping. I use hypnosis tapes. Most times I can't get past the first sentence on the tape and I'm asleep. For some reason the hypnosis tape throws me into immediate REM, I just conk out and wake up refreshed. Try it. I'm thinking that you've filled yourself with so many drugs, noise, caffeine, and excitement that for sure you can't sleep now.