Before your insomnia assessment, you will be invited to complete electronic questionnaires about your sleep patterns, lifestyle, symptoms, and mental health history. These allow you to provide important background information in advance, helping your psychiatrist understand your situation more fully. You might also find it helpful to keep a simple sleep diary for a few nights, noting when you go to bed, when you fall asleep, how often you wake up, and how refreshed you feel in the morning. Bringing any previous psychiatric reports, therapy letters, or a list of medications can also be useful.