Yes, I have a few tips.
The first thing to get to bed earlier, is try not to take any supplements 2-4 hours before bed time. Many supplements can keep you up later. Skip all supplements in evenings and see if that helps. That helps me.
Try a warn bath, that always works for me.
Have someone to give you a foot massage..very relaxing.

A hot cup of chamomile tea can make you more relaxed and prone to possibly getting tired earlier as it is calming.

If you are getting to sleep by 11, I would not worry too much about it..but if you staying up really late to 12, then it can really be bad.

The point is to be sure to get enough sleep..and not too little. I think that is why people suggest 10..because most people ordinarily are waking at 6.30 or 7 to get to work or even earlier.

The other concern with what you wrote is that you feel "wired" on waking. I do not believe that is a common symptom with adrenal fatigue. Most people cannot wake up in the mornings...not feeling wired .so I hope that you are keeping track of your temperatures and pulse rates...because a racing feeling may indicate that something is not right. That is a big tip off of something happening.

Make sure you see drrind.com to keep track of your temps and pulses, if you are not doing it.

Hope that helps!

I know that sleep problem. For years I just kept different hours than much of the world [after the kids were off on their own etc.] and enjoyed the quiet time till about 2 AM. But I I certainly don't recommend that now that I know adrenal fatigue was behind it. Taking valerian has never put me to sleep but it does help me stay asleep. This web site says valerian has tin, good for our adrenals, too.
http://www.acu-cell.com/sni.html

I'm reminded as I write this that getting more natural and ultra violet light has often helped me recover when various health challenges wouldn't budge. I haven't done very well on that lately & will get with it. After all it is June!
Goodnight Konner

If you have high cortisol, Phosphadityl-Serine can help. Seriphos is a good product. It was recommended to me on the Yahoo NaturalThyroidHormoneADRENAL board.

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http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T138573.html
says:
Some 1000 to 2000mg of L-tryptophan are needed in order to increase blood levels sufficiently to induce sleep. However, the lowest dose (often as little as 500mg) that works as a sleep aid should be maintained to continue benefits. The dose may be repeated if one wakes during the night. Doctors often recommend starting with 1gm of L-tryptophan 30-45 minutes before bed, which will reduce the time it takes to fall asleep. If 1000mg is insufficient, the dose may be increased by 500mg each night until either the desired effects are achieved or a total of 3000mg is reached.

Also, there may be external things that may be keeping you awake (like subtle sounds and lights that you may not realize are there, but are bothering you). Try wearing a face mask over the eyes and ear plugs.

Most face masks I've come across aren't comfortable and let in too much light at the cheekbones or by the nose. The most comfortable I've come across that does keep out the light are the ones put out by Tempurpedic. I get way too much light in the bedroom when I try to sleep from the streetlights glowing through the windows, to the little glowing light on the TV (I guess it's on for the remote to work), to the little blinking lights on the modem router, to the light on the computer printer even when it's on standby. When I first fall asleep, those lights don't seem so bright or bothersome, but once I've gotten drowsy, or have fallen asleep but might waken, they sure seem bright! Only problem with a face mask is that sometimes it'll slip off, or I may wind up taking it off because of it making the face too warm later in the night.

As for earplugs, find ones that are comfortable to you. I've tried many, and most I don't find very comfortable. But I've found some purple ones at Wal-Mart (I can't recall the brand) in the pharmacy area where the ear products are that I do find comfortable. And these block out the most decibles as compared to all the other earplugs I found there ... and I even compared them to what was over in the sporting goods department for gun users, these were better! The earplugs do NOT block out all sound, just muffles things enough (like a spouse's snoring—gotta love 'em, just don't love the earth-rattling volume when trying to sleep!) so that you're not distracted and can sleep yourself. So you will be able to hear if there's an emergency.

I'm super sensitive to the miniscule sounds and lights that most people don't notice during the night. These absolutely help me to fall asleep, and stay asleep better.

The face mask and earplugs could help you to trick your mind into thinking it's a little later in the night, so you may be able to fall asleep earlier.

Also, try some of the brainwave entrainment CDs for sleep, like the Jeffrey Thomas ones.

I also highly recommend Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's meditation CDs, especially the guided mindfulness and body scan. I almost always fall asleep before finishing a full body scan. Not good for the meditation itself, but for me I'm thrilled at the falling asleep. The meditation would help you with the adrenal problems, too. I like his meditation methods better than others I've come across; they've been more effective for me. While with other meditation methods you actively have to focus on breathing and thoughts, this method has a nicely passive approach, more just recognizing you are breathing (no set way you MUST breathe) and if a thought pops into your head recognizing you had the thought but just letting it drift away instead of concentrating on it. I think this is particularly good for when you try to go to sleep because I think that's the problem insomniacs have ... they latch on to a thought or thoughts and worry over them such that they aren't able to let their brain go and relax into sleep. Your brain knows what it needs to be doing for the body, but we often don't allow it do do its thing. This method of meditation allows the brain to do what it needs to without our conscious thoughts sabotaging the brain's maintenance of the body and mind.