Re: Sleep apnea or just stress???

A few things that helped me...

Stop using caffeine or other stimulants.

Keep a pen/paper on the night stand to write down to-do's, concerns, etc... This clears the mind at night.

I use 3 or 4 small battery powered alarms (the cheap ones from Walmart) and a watch alarm all set to the same wake time. I have no worry that the electricity will go out or of a single alarm not going off.

Meditation can train you to control your mind and free it of unwanted thought.