I had trouble sleeping in August. I would try to sleep then jump up every twenty minutes or half-hour gasping for air. I figured it was my allergies (hayfever) and I tried the nighttime otc meds and got a little relief. I still got tired at work and nodded off at work, snoring in front of my co-workers. I got around to going to my doc who sent me to the asthma clinic. It turned out to be a mild form of asthma, affecting me only at bedtime. My lungs weren't getting enough air, complicated by the phlegm buildup from the allergy cutting off the already narrowed passages, caused me to wake and fight to breathe. I'm currently on four meds from the clinic (I'm on more but it's not related) including an albuterol inhaler, which Slickassbiatch asked about in a thread on the chat board earlier this week. Even so I get about six decent hours sleep.