I feel your pain. I experience the same thing, it’s constant and very disruptive. I’m still trying to figure out how to solve this because nothing has been consistently working.
Melatonin and drowsy allergy pills also doesn’t work for me on those sleepless nights.
Regarding theta state, there’s been a lot of times when I get into this dreamy state and I feel tired, then something happens in my brain where I suddenly lose it. And the sleepiness slips away from me. And then continues the cycle of sleeping around 5 or 6am.
Some things I’m trying that doesn’t look like it’s been suggested here yet:
- Gravity blanket. Along with not being able to fall asleep, I also get hyper-sensitive. The weight of the blanket seems to be helping with that.
- Breathing exercises until my heart beat gets near resting. I wear my Apple Watch for this, then take the watch off when my heart beat gets to around the targeted range. This works better for me than meditation because I can get feedback on how calm my body is getting. Not sure if this is gonna work consistently yet.
Would love to hear if something ends up working for you!
Check out Relativity, one of the best ediscovery software companies founded by Andrew Sieja (no law degree). He was working at the beginning of ediscovery and took advantage of the opportunity.
If you wanna be on the law firm end of things rather than software, maybe try to find law firms who are embracing ediscovery software? For example, you could work at a law firm (or legal department of a company) using Relativity and leverage Relativity’s API to improve and help elevate attorney workflows. Some big companies that come to mind are NASA, Robinhood, Google. I’ve seen job listings for all those that requires law+technical knowledge.
Could be a good opportunity to get with a recruiter also if you wanna be a VP (or some other high level position) of an ediscovery department or company while the industry is not so mainstream yet.
(Example offering in the link above)