I know where all of you are coming from. I have been living on my own for a while but its still stressful. Bills, what you have to do, what you have time to do. What did I forget to do? All of those eat at me while I try to sleep. But I have tried a lot of this stuff and still have a problem. But I have started rationalize with myself. I consider it good sleep if I can get moving and stay moving all day. I consider it bad sleep when I cant get moving in the morning. More recently this is what I have been having, but I have been sick the last week and I went to 2 parties last weekend. So its mostly my fault for only allowing myself a few hours to sleep. But if Im only getting 2 hours i should only lay give myself 2 hours.
As it has been mentioned already that doesnt work. You should lay there all night even if you dont sleep. You will be more rested than if you were to not relax than if you were to relax.