I have chronic insomnia, and have excellent success with treating insomnia with short acting sedatives (once i get to sleep I stay asleep). The problem is that most of those substance I quickly from a tolerance to, and stop working. Ambien will quit after 3 days. Zopiclone seems to quit on the 4th or so day. I ammuse just upping the dosing could result in dependance. Benzodiazepines seem to work, as long as they are extremely short acting. (or i find it hard to wake up)

I've tried both amtitriptyline and seroquel to go to sleep, at many different doses and timings. Is there anything out there with no dependance issues and a SHORT half life in the body?

Another problem is the fact that I like natural sleep best, so often by the time i know i need to sleep, it will be 12 in the morning, and most medications will make it extremely difficult to wake up, or leave me feeling 'hit by a train' due to anti-chlorenogenic action.

Anybody in a similar situation had luck?