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+1 to melatonin. It took me a very long time to dial in the right dose though. It’s not like it’s some miracle cure but it has helped a bunch with being able to fall asleep at a reasonable time, sleep through the night, and thus wake up at a reasonable time. Which of course helps a bit with everything else

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Melatonin lately (about 500 mcg) has helped me get better sleep and hopefully to help with the sleep drift.

However, it's almost like I'm so conditioned to being groggy in the mornings that I still find it hard to get up even if I feel fairly refreshed.

> so conditioned to being groggy in the mornings that I still find it hard to get up even if I feel fairly refreshed.

I am very much in the same boat. Mornings have never been my friend. Even the few restful nights and refreshed mornings I get are spoiled by learned grogginess and overstaying in bed.

That's part of the issue I had in terms of dialing in the right dosage. I was trying to use it off and on for about 20 years and could never get the right amount where it'd actually work at night but not leave me groggy in the AM. Part of the issue was for a long time it was hard finding the stuff in low enough dosages to even allow for this easily.

Turns out the answer is 500-600mcg for myself, but everyone's going to be different.

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