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Every Sunday night for the past few months I can’t sleep. I work full time and start the week off dragging my butt because I’m tired every Monday because I don’t sleep a wink on Sunday nights! I hate my job, and I have a coworker whose a nasty old “c u next Tuesday” kinda of special!

2 things I recommend that worked for me.  
 
1. Don't sleep in too long Sun. morning  
2. Get a new job. I look forward to my Monday mornings back at work where I get to see everyone.

I am in the same boat as well, except it is all week long!  
 
I am up several time throughout the night, amd when my alarm goes off at 630am, I do NOT want to get up. I barely sleep in on weekends either, usually still up by 830am. I think I go to bed at a decent time (10-1030), but gosh my nights suck for getting a solid sleep.  
 
I also have a boss like you describe, so that doesnt make the week much better. Getting a new job aint an option asap, so gotta just smile and nod.

Yep every Sunday night. It doesn't matter how tired I make myself. Either it takes a long time to fall asleep or I fall asleep right away and wake up between 3-4 (like this morning) and sometimes both. My job does tend to be stressful so I'm sure that is probably a huge factor. I have tried melatonin, it gave me weird dreams, weirder than the ones I have already, and it still didn't make me feel rested in the morning. Next step is to the doctor and getting a better sleeping pill but I want to avoid that because I don't want to get dependant on them.

I know the feeling.  
 
I've come to agree with the above posters. If the situation isn't going to change course on its own, then one has to be the change. Indeed, easier said than done. Considering how much I hate the pageantry of finding a job.  
 
Try keeping an eye on the classifieds here, and sign up for a job board like Indeed. They compile lists of available jobs that employers have posted to their site (which they feel would match your qualifications), and compile them in an email every morning. Take a peek through them, and fire off a resume or 2 daily.  
 
It's at least a step towards getting yourself out of an employment rut. Which is important if the situation is anything like my current day one.  
 
Another recommendation (just for the sake of your sanity) is embracing a hobby outside of work hours (if you haven't already).  
I had largely neglected my personal sanity for years, which meant that the nonsense of employment was starting to crowd out everything else. People in such a state of mind tend to not make career healthy decisions. Let's just leave it at that LOL.  
 
Which is why I decided to write a book (reboot a project I 'de been pecking at for years). I tackled lengthy and complex research topics in my spare time. I started experimenting with poetry.  
Aside from bike riding, the pen has always been my favourite creative outlet.  
 
Find yours. So you have something to look forward to when you get home.  
 
Edited by Simonwalcal, 2020-01-20 09:22:18

All of the previous advice is quite sound, especially Simonwalcal's. With our current work environments, finding as much of a balance as possible is key. Work to live, not live to work as they say. I know several people who yes, took pay cuts by changing their jobs or working fewer hours, but they really are happier for it.  
 
Work usually sucks no matter where you go or what you do, but if your job is having such an impact on you that you are struggling to sleep, that isn't a very good sign, and in fact you should take action to make a change.  
 
Something that hasn't been mentioned yet is that maybe you could try and change your perspective a bit and try to find ways that you can have fun at work. I am fully aware that this is much easier said than done, and depending on how much disdain you have for your job/how jaded you are, it might be impossible. Some bosses and coworkers will make this hard but at the end of the day if you aren't able to find ways to laugh, you will have a miserable time, no matter the job.

Do not sleep in on Sundays (wake up early) and you might be a little more tired. I try not to think about work a lot on the weekends but it has always ruined my Sundays knowing I have to go back on Monday. I have a co-worker that bullies me for no reason and nothing has been done. I would not quit until you have found a new job. Good luck!!!!! Keep your head up

Take it for sleep, not to get stoned. Take whatever pre-existing judgment that 's been swimming around your head and get a good nights sleep with it. It will help.

I might have to slip my miserable co-worker some!

It’s called stress. Your subconcious is working overtime so you can’t rest. You obviously need to change something up soon or you’ll find it will keep getting worse ... been there done that

I'm the same. For years, I've never slept well on Sundays and I've even tried the sleep aid. I don't mind my job at all and I still find the anxiety of the week ahead, leaves me waking up several times through the night on Sundays. I sleep fine the rest of the week.