I think it is worth trying to get off the pills. I have never taken any sleeping pills, but I would think it takes a few weeks to adjust. Do you drink a lot of caffiene? Make sure your bedroom is very dark. Also, I have read the best way to adjust to a new sleep pattern is to stay up later and later until you go around the clock to the new time. Like lets say you want to go to sleep at 10:00pm, but seem to fall asleep around 2:00am naturally. What this theory suggests is purposefully staying awake until 4:00am so you go to bed very tired, the next night would be 6:00am then 10:00am. It is like readjusting from bad jet lag. They say tossing and turning waiting to sleep is not a good plan, and it normally takes people approx 20 minutes to fall asleep.