I cant sleep! help, ideas?!

I cant sleep! help, ideas?

i need a way to help me fall asleep because my mom is worried about me and tells me that i need to have a normal sleeping pattern. Im a 15 year old boy and i have already been to the dr about it and it doesnt seem to be improving. im taking zoloft and seeing a therapist because the dr. thinks that i have things on my mind. She's right, i know that im up thinking about things, but sometimes i'm not thinking at all its like my subconcious is thinking too loudly so i can hear a machine hum that stops me from sleeping but i dont know what i'm thinking about. how can i stop myself from thinking when i dont know what im thinking about? im getting worried because therapy and meds havent worked and ive tried some other things, but it gets better then worse i dont have a sleep pattern. somedays i would get no sleep or just 2 hours. how can i sleep?

3 weeks ago
i have not been diagnosed with anything as far as mental disorders go, I am being treated for normal stress. I have tried Benadryl but most times that doesnt work either. I am just too awake thinking to sleep. Sometimes I even feel tired enough to sleep but I want to stay up because something is nagging me but i dont know what. I need to get a good sleep pattern because when i was goining to school I was groggy and sleepy all day, but not usually tired ehough to sleep when i got home. I need sleep but I cant get it unless I sleep in because usually if Im sleeping then i will stay asleep. One other thing, i cant do anything too loud to help me sleep because my family is sleeping so i have to be quiet. This means no TV and my music has to be really quiet.

One thing is for sure don't lay in the dark trying to go to sleep because all you do is get more frustrated. Watch a movie that is a light comedy anything but a drama. Try reading something light until you get sleepy. It is tough to do but don't go to bed with negative thinking, such as I just know I'm not going to sleep tonight because you just get more up tight and have even more trouble going to sleep. Try getting in the recliner or on the couch to help relax you so your mind in on something besides TRYING to go to sleep. I don't know if you drink dost drinks with a lot of caffiene but that definitely will keep you awake. You might want to try drinking all caffiene drinks and avoid chocolate which is also high in caffiene. Hope this helps.