Insomnia

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Does anyone else have issues going to sleep or staying asleep? I can lie in bed for 5 hours trying to get myself to sleep and it just seems impossible. I can't shut my brain off, I keep overthinking pointless stuff. Does this happen to anyone else? how do you deal with it? Is there any secret recipe for aspies to go asleep?

yes,its one of the most common problems to those of us all over the spectrum though, not just aspies.
try melatonin/circadin [if in the UK], its a supplement as opposed to a full on drug but the brain does develop a tolerance to it and eventualy will need increasing every so often.

am prescribed quite a high doseage of a high potency anti pyschotic called halperidol,and take it twice a day and this helps a lot with sleep but the problem is for people on the spectrum we have had these sleep problems all our lives so have built it into a routine and its hard to get the mind to go to sleep no matter what drugs thrown at it.

Stay off technology for at least half an hour before sleeping. Also helps to maintain a bit of consistency with a sleep schedule.. taking a nap here and there, or sleeping in intervals makes it worse.

Welcome to my world!

I've recently moved my bedroom to another room with no TV or Computer and no windows to help with my sleep issues it will take some getting use to because I've conditioned my self to go to sleep with the TV on (perhaps the worst thing one can do for a decent sleep) tho I find my self sleeping at very odd times and it kinda pisses me off because there's things that I want to do things that are apart of my normal schedule that go unaccomplished because of my sleep issues tho on the upside I did gain a new rumpus room that I can retreat to during the day and if I find my self needing to get away to a dark cool room I've got that now too!

I have it pretty bad
sometimes I can go days without sleeping

Yes, all my life I've had problems with sleeping , particularly falling asleep. Taking cipralex has helped a bit and I take melatonin (over the counter) before I go to bed.

Sleep issues here too, though more of a case of getting to sleep rather than staying asleep.

A little tip that ties in with the no technology half hour before bed is to brush your teeth half an hour before sleep rather than just before bed. The minty freshness along with the vigorous brushing movements and sound (especially if using an electric toothbrush like I do) can be quite stimulating. Not helpful when wanting to sleep!

the problem with that is I would have to do nothing after 7pm as I have to be in bed at 9 to get up at 5am

I have serious trouble falling asleep too. And sometimes I wake up way too early.

I don't know of any secret recipes... Now I get something on prescription ( don't think it's available in any other countries ), and I keep my bedroom a bit cooler and I listen to talk radio ( with the music cut out ) to keep thoughts from racing too much.