Sleeping Problems

For as long as I can remember, sleeping doesn't come very quickly. Every night I can guarantee that I will lay in my bed for 30 minutes to an hour before I finally sleep. It doesn't matter what I've done that day. The weird thing is is that several times a week I could almost pass out right in the middle of the day. I have to avoid sitting down otherwise I'd start sleeping. (I've tried to WILD during these periods but each attempt has ended within a minute or two.)

Does anyone know of anything that could help me fall asleep? I'm NOT looking for a sleeping pill that will keep me in lockdown for 8 hours. What I want is something I could do during the day or before I go to bed that will help me sleep.

Just as a side note: I've noticed that as the sky gets darker, my mind starts working harder. Thousands of thoughts run through my head when I'm trying to sleep and when I focus on counting or something, I hear the numbers going up. I hear "1...2...3..." but there's always something else there and if I focus on it, I hear myself think "I drank 5 glasses of milk" or "I watched 2 episodes of Family Guy today". Then each of those thoughts springs off to something else until I'm right back where I started. Does that make any sense, or am I just weird? O.o

Thanks for any help :)

You need to ground yourself so that your thoughts can let you go to sleep.

Yoga or meditation. Or tai chi, or chi gong... Anything that lets you physically relax and quiet your mind so all those buzzing thoughts don't keep you up so late.

... You might also want to try cutting back on the caffeine to no more than two cups a day. That might seem like a terrifying thought if you're always so sleepy during the day but if you have a better sleep at night then you'll have more energy and won't be so tired all the time.