A busy mind before sleeptime doesn't help. Leave aside the hassles and busy stuff an hour before. It will assist all the other remedies.

I find that Olympic ice dancing helps.

Arthur Digbee wrote:I find that Olympic ice dancing helps.

Watching or doing?

tigerlilly wrote:pass the brandy - - I slid off that slope (pretty badly) and now I'm trying to manipulate Kp=Kc(RT) ^delta n

Actually, it works best if you don't pass the bottle.

Alcohol at nigttime has a "rebound effect" - helps get to sleep, but then causes wakening in the early hours.

(I gave that Spiral Stairs a go, but forgot to descend. I woke up at the top) Well, it was I climb of the same name I did a couple of times)

Often I do Yoga right before bed -- not all the balancing stuff, just a few exercises (like leg pulls) that stretch large muscles. If done gradually, the body works through a little starting pain by producing endorphins. The rush of relief after I finish Yoga is most similar to the feeling I've gotten after a morphine shot, say during a kidney stone episode. YMMV.