I’ve tried:
-lying down and not doing anything
-counting sheep
-incense candles
-warm glass of milk
and they didn’t work.
What works for you guys?

You can be lying down & doing nothing, but is your mind still active on things you need to do, or from worrying about stuff? If you can’t turn your mind off at night, then you can’t fall asleep.
When you get in bed, lay on your back & start with your feet…make them totally relax (you can feel it) then go on to making your lower legs relax & work your way upward to every part of your body, even your neck & head. Think of nothing else except relaxing all the parts of the body one by one. Sometimes even when you think you’re relaxed, you’ll find theres tension in different parts of the body that you hadn’t realized before. Usually when I do this, I fall asleep way before I reach the upper half of my body.
You also might want to try a cup of camomile tea before bed. I’ve also used meletonin & valerian. You can get them from most drug stores or a health store. They work pretty darned good at making you drowsy enough to go to sleep.
But the main thing is clearing your mind of everything & relaxing. And if all else fails, go see a doctor about it. I take Elavil for migraines but it also has an added factor. If I take 50 mg. an hour before bedtime, by the time it’s bedtime I’m so drowsy I have to go to bed right then or I’ll fall asleep where ever I’m at…LOL. All this has worked for me. Hope it helps you & good luck!
alemap43

Valerian root (available in the supplements/vitamin section of any mega-mart) smells like stinky socks, but acts as a natural sleep inducer.
I suffer from insomnia too, and take 3mg of Melatonin every night. It’s your natural sleep hormone, studies in rats show you can’t take enough of the stuff to hurt you, it dissipates quickly in your system so you’re not groggy the next day and it’s also in the vitamin/supplement section of your mega-mart. I couldn’t function with out it!
cassee_a