I suffered for a very long time of chronic insomnia, and I tried out lots of meditation techniques and even learned how to lucid dream because of it. But for m

I suffered for a very long time of chronic insomnia, and I tried out lots of meditation techniques and even learned how to lucid dream because of it. But for me, those techniques never worked and I had to adapt my workflow to be really "done" in the evening so I can get my mind away from code. Last year my girlfriend discovered a random tiktok, where lots of ADHD folks responded to. Apparently there's ongoing research related to lack of melatonin and therefore the heart and the whole body cannot get really into a resting state. The ironic thing is that I always thought that drinking a chocolate milk in the evening helped me in the past, and most of my meditation techniques from the martial arts world focussed on pulse control. But, as I got older I got lactose intolerant...and also skipped my evening chocolate milk (obviously). Now I'm taking 1mg of melatonin in the evening and I've never fallen asleep so easily. I was kinda mind blown when I discovered it, because I've long accepted that nobody can help me and this is just how my "condition" is like. Note this is not medical advice, but my personal experience. Please check with your doctor whether it's okay to take melatonin safely (and whether your heart is okay, too).