I'm awed at how well she copes. She's a "fragile diabetic" who is constantly battling high/low blood glucose. I actually got to know her when she started cleaning for me after I ended up paraplegic. She's the cousin of a friend of mine. She became my valued, close friend over time. She's amazing -- she's stronger and more able to do whatever than most men I know, and she just bloody well does it. I'm the one who stops her when she's around me. I can tell when her blood sugar has dipped -- she keeps pushing and pushing. I even told her she was fired a couple of times if she didn't stop. 
(I was totally kidding and she knew it....at least I got her to stop and eat something to bring her blood sugar back up!)
She has a son who's the light of her life -- I"m so happy she had him. He's 7 now -- she went into kidney failure when she was pregnant with him but has recovered almost normal kidney function since.
I know she's had problems with insomnia at times. I know she's done what I've done (I get it associated with both MS and chronic renal failure). She mostly relies on melatonin. I do the same, though there've been times I've done both melatonin & diphenhydramine (Benadryl). I've tried both Ambien, which I hated, and I think the other one was Lunesta, which was better. Ambien gave me whacked out dreams, as it does many people, and my sleep cycle was totally unhealthy -- I was getting an hour, MAYBE two at a time with Ambien -- it left me worse off than the insomnia itself. The best for me most of the time is melatonin alone or in combo with diphenhydramine.
I feel for you -- insomnia sucks!!
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