What do you do when you can't sleep?

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Lately I've been having a very hard time so ive been taking milk warm coco and melatonin as well as a cool room and warm blankets but it has not really been working what do you do to get to sleep on time and wake up early. Especially if you have chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms.

There is an herbal pill called Garcinia Cambogia (not sure I spelled that right). It's intended for weight loss, but it works by increasing serotonin. I have a lot of anxiety in the evenings, so I sometimes take one about 15-20 minutes before going to bed. It helps me fall asleep, and the quality of my sleep is also much improved.
Since you're a minor, you could ask your parents to look into it for you.
(BTW it has not caused me to lose any weight)

Don't stay up late, wake up early. Get comfortable and try to count your heart beats. They should get slower and slower. I also usually listen to ASMR as I go to bed which is super relaxing.

take sleeping pills

Usually I just lie there and daydream about things I like (cartoons, video games) until I do. I take prescription medication to help me sleep at night so I'm usually too drugged-up feeling to do much of anything else.

I don't like the idea of taking sleeping pills at all, I've read horror stories about the side effects that make people sleepwalk and do dangerous things without remembering, like smashing up their home, getting in their car and driving, or taking even more pills so that they sleep at least an entire day or die. I even read that a little boy's parents both died in their sleep after sleepwalking and overdosing on the pills!

It's always "take a pill" no matter what the problem is, instead of trying to fix the problem causing what is actually a symptom of that problem.

Melatonin and/or valerian root. Closed eye meditations are a good way to increase the efficacy.

I usually use my imagination to create a scene I play in and eventually I'll fall asleep because I get so lost in my own imagination.

There's a Sufi meditation, focus on the air going in and out of your nose as you breathe, and try to think of nothing else. I find that helpful, though if my brain's really hyperactive, it's not enough.

Sensory issues keep me awake sometimes (randomly itchy skin), so I apply remedies.

I try to avoid doing hard brain work before I go to bed. Ideally I'd do something artistic. Hard to achieve because I tend to hyperfocus and intellectualise everything.

I remove unpredictable external sounds by reporting noisy neighbours and by using a pink noise machine or an electric fan to drown them out. There's something very soothing about those noises. It used to help my son sleep when he was a baby, if I switched on a hair drier.

If you're lucky enough to have a bedmate, sex can help.

Some folks are kept awake if they eat before bed. I'm the opposite, I sleep very well on a full stomach, and if I haven't eaten, I feel especially hungry and restless in bed, and have to get up and pig out, which takes ages, I even have to clean my teeth all over again.

Physical exercise helps me sleep.

I've tried alcohol. It can help me sleep but it makes me feel really groggy in the morning.

In an ideal world, if you're not sleepy, don't try to sleep. Get up and have fun, and sleep when your body tells you it's bedtime. In a sense, the only problem is morning appointments, but we can't all avoid those, what with jobs, school etc.

Dude, look at the OP's photo and age. Not appropriate.

I haven't had too much difficulty sleeping in quite some time.

I sleep with earplugs in & I always put some epsom salt lotion on my skin (chest/shoulders etc) after I shower. I find that one of the things it does (by helping detox acids from the body) is make it easier to go to sleep.

Also, make sure you don't have any caffeine or other stimulants throughout the afternoon/evening. Caffeine has a half life of 5 hours. One Venti Starbucks coffee at 8am w/ 260mg of caffeine leaves 35mg in your system at 11pm, and only 13mg is required to disrupt your sleep. And stay away from artificial light/screens etc before bed (for a couple hours at least if you're having problems sleeping.)

Learned that at a monthly meeting all about sleep. I've gone to the first two of them. The second had a guest speaker who talked about restorative yoga to calm the mind and get better sleep. I can't remember who the next guest speaker is. It's amazing how much sleep impacts our health.

Oh, and as for a natural sleep aid: the host recommended drinking a mixture of 1/2 a cup of orange juice (for the glucose/fructose required for your body to turn it into glycogen for liver repair (and other organs) while you sleep) w/ 1/2 a teaspoon of creme of tartar (for it's high potassium content) & 1/2 a teaspoon of himalayan or celtic sea salt (essential minerals)

Ha! On that note, there's always the DIY option at any age..

I know, I was wary of bringing sex into it at all. I would have mentioned DIY too, but didn't want to dwell on the subject, being so demure myself.
Thanks for rescuing me there, Goldfish.

I take Prozac which seems to help with sleep but I only need 5 or 6 hours. If I can't sleep, I read. I usually wake up at 6am and at the moment it's still dark here so I read until my dog gets restless at 8am. I usually have a brisk walk every day. Every second day or so I walk my dog for about 5 miles. The exercise helps and mental stimulation during the day is crucial or my mind is too busy at bed time. Also don't eat anything for a few hours before you sleep; digestion can keep you awake.

I get lost in my thoughts until I sleep. The few hours before I sleep are perfect for brainstorming, even if most of the ideas I have on my mind (for things like a book, a few computer games and an airship) will never get done due to my lack of motivation.

I'll get up, read for a while or listen to calming music until I am ready to sleep.

I've found I only have trouble getting to sleep when I try to force myself to at a certain time.
What I've been doing for the last few years now is just staying up reading, watching movies/tv shows, listening to music, etc. until I start to fall asleep sitting up, then I go to bed and fall asleep right away.

Trazodone....can certainly knock you out, if you take enough, it does work. I still have a bottle of it for if my remeron doesn't work to help me sleep but yeah with the trazodone I rather quickly lose a lot of motor control and can do nothing but lay down and then of course fall asleep. Except leaves kind of a hang-over in the morning so doesn't make it the easiest to get up early if you need to.