Pulling an all nighter to adjust my sleep pattern?

First off I'd like to welcome you to the club CONGRATS! I am in the same situation, but I could actually go 2 or 3 days without sleeping, I dunno why but I just can't fall asleep anyway I tried the whole all nighter thing until it was an appropriate time for me to sleep but it didn't work, I just ended up sleeping till very late because my body was so tired and then I couldn't sleep at night because I felt fully rested, so nope it doesn't always work! I went to the doctor and he gave me 10 prescription sedatives to get my sleeping pattern in order but then when I was all out, I couldn't sleep without them....if you figure it out let me know please...I know it's a horrible thing to go through!