from Melatonin to St. John's Wort to ZyyyQuil....none of them every worked for me. Nothing but prescription meds.
I have been alternating between Ambien and Lunesta for almost 20 years. Can't get to sleep without them. In fact...I actually use a "cocktail" of an Ambien OR a Lunesta AND 2 Trazzy's.
Unfortunately...I have spent years having all the weird side effects of sleep walking/cooking/driving/shopping etc. Finally...about 4 months ago...I shifted off the Ambien/Lunesta part and onto Temazepam. It seems to work as well for me as the others without the nasty side effects.