Sweet Dreams Baby

I have been having some trouble sleeping lately. This is something that comes up from time to time, I suspect as a result of not enough physical activity. Go ahead and make all the jokes you want, but sitting at a computer all day long has a downside I'm only beginning to explore.
As time goes by the effects caused by a lack of sleep begin to influence my behavior, including the rituals and proposed solutions to sleeplessness. The pillows are punched first, then the fan is turned off/on, depending on the current state, then the t.v. is turned off/on, again depending on what didn't work last night and finally a dizzying array of sedatives, ranging from boring movies to tequila shooters, is employed.
And when none of the above work?
Why, self-hypnosis, of course. It goes like this.

Begin with any number of relaxation techniques, including counting backwards while relaxing body parts one-by-one. Then imagine a walk which takes you past symbolically pointed markers, for example: descending stairs, large bodies of water and darkness, all representing the unconscious. Then finally a vivid and relaxed image of repose, focusing on the steady rhythm of the breath. Try to ignore the couple that has stopped outside your window to argue about his mother. Forgive the cat for being nocturnal and chasing around a pen he managed to slide off the table. Ignore the sirens sounds that travel from all over the city to instigate that fight or flight response in your primordial brain. Stop wondering if you locked the car, turned off the stove, or have enough money in your chequing account to cover the rent. These things will intrude into your relaxation time and sit around like friends from high school who don't know when to go home.

And I worry about the hazards associated with self-hypnosis. Specifically, that I'll enter a random bit of code into my brain by accident and then suffer from the embarrassment of stripping down to my underpants any time someone says "lunar eclipse." Not that it's happened. But it is a valid concern. The assurances of psychologists, who claim that no form of hypnosis can coerce any type of behavior we wouldn't normally partake in is no comfort to me. I've willingly done a lot of things that I regretted later.

The point is moot, though, because no amount of self-hypnosis has resolved my sleep issue. I want to be unconscious not hyper-conscious. I have, however, learned three languages and how to do algebra, just not when I'm awake.

Warm Milk-tastes like crap
Larry King-almost, but not quite
'Personal' attentions-sometimes
C.S.I. marathon-makes me dream about autopsies
Any book on Economic Principles-just makes me mad

I'm willing to take any suggestions at this point. Sweet sleep. That would be nice.