Natural aid to improve sleep quality?

[Rafterman]

It's been mentioned in this thread already, but I'm one of those people for whom Melatonan (at a nightly dosage of only 5mg!) works wonders for.  It doesn't help me get to sleep (my newly beloved clon@zepam does that), but it certainly keeps me asleep once I'm out...I've been taking the "Nature's Own" brand for 7 years or so, and have never had a need to increase the dosage.  No grogginess in the morning either, which is very nice.

The problem with Melatonan seems to be that it works wonderfully for some people, and not at all for others - And it's not an inexpensive supplement, a good brand name, though it can be found at the grocery, runs $13 plus for 60 5mg tablets.

My wife also favor's Melatonin. She has told me that if she had to choose any two sleep aides, they would be that and Benadryl (but not at the same time). And she was a hard core insomniac for so many years. I wish that other people would give those a try. Could be that one of the other would do it for them and then they would been in a great place. They would have control over their ability to sleep using something inexpensive and OTC. I wish that it was that easy, however, and I know that it seldom is.