Severe Insomnia Difficulties

I've had chronic insomnia for years. At first, it was manageable, like I would eventually fall asleep, it would just be pretty late, like at least two or three a.m. Then, a year or so later, it started progressively getting worse, so I took over-the-counter medications, like NyQuil, Unisom and ZzzQuil. After two years of taking those, I inevitably built up a tolerance to them and they stopped working, and the insomnia got worse. In-fact, I started having "manics" (where I would get really hyper) and severe panic attacks in the middle of the night. So I visited several doctors and tried several different prescription medications, such as Xanax, Trazodone, melatonin and Hydroxyzine. All of those worked for a few weeks or so, then slowly stopped. This insomnia is worse than it's ever been now. I still occasionally experience panic attacks, and I experience those "manics" (or whatever you want to call them) in the middle of the night.

I have no idea what to do, as I'm honestly hopeless. Sometimes I also feel really bad about all of the costly medications and doctors visits because I know they've been a financial burden on my parents... It makes me feel like a failure as a daughter, honestly.

Anyways, thanks for taking the time out of your day to read all of this, and I would highly appreciate any advice.

Thanks.

God bless you.

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