Insomnia Problems III

This is the 3rd time I'm blogging about this in a year and I have really exhausted all options.

How It Started / Worsen
As far as I remember, I started having insomnia problems as far back as 2015. At that time,  I thought it was caused by a poor mattress which is partly why I replaced the whole thing.

After that, it still occurs once in a while, but usually with a clear cause - Some unhappy event in the day, major stimultant before bedtime, overly anxious about upcoming event etc. Once in a while it will happen with no apparant cause.

This continue through my ex-job until Nov 2016. Frequency as far as I remember is about once or twice a month.

It became extremely bad this year. The first month of 2018 is barely over and I've already had 5 sleepless nights, often consecutively. It's so bad then I had to repeatedly take half days in order not to suffer panic attacks during the afternoon.

The worst thing is, there are no apparant cause now. Competely adhoc occurences with no pattern.

I think it's a vicious cycle - when I fail to sleep for 1 night for some reason, I would go to sleep the next day fearing that I won't be able to sleep - a self fuilfilling cause.

I don't know if it is the insomnia that is causing me stress, or the stress that is giving me insomnia.

Everything I've Tried
I've googled hundreds of articles and advices. Everything you can think of to combat insomnia, I've done it.

1. Sleep meditation, sleep hypnosis, sleep music (delta waves), ASMR videos, white noise app, sounds of nature, random podcasts playing the background - I've prowled through hundreds of them on Youtube.

2. Lavender scent, eating supposedly sleep inducing food including banana, milk, bread, camomile tea.

3. Deep breathing exercises, yoga poses (dozens of them), pattern breathing, supposed tricks to sleep.

4. Blue screen filter at night, wearing socks, keep temperature cool, exercising, yadda yadda.

5. Supplements. Many different type of supplements.

2 years ago, insomnia was annoying but tolerable. Today, it is really having a big negative impact on my life. I am pretty sure my frequent migranes and cold aliments originate from have bad sleep so often.

What Am I Doing About It?
I am trying to record as much details as possible right now, and trying different combinations and variables to make identify the cause.

Like trying different time to go to bed, drinking/not drinking milk, exercising at different timing, etc.

Hopefully I can finally find a pattern that will eventually work.