insomnia

[theMATEOlife]

ever since i got home for winter break, i've been having the worst case of insomnia. i fuckin' can't sleep. i've resorted to watching movies and posting on ap. i've watched all three mighty ducks movies, the sandlot, two three ninjas movies, and the santa clause. and all of season 1 of entourage.

but every day i wake up at 8AM, after getting to sleep at maybe 6 or 7, maybe not at all. i have my coffee, work on my computer all day, then rehearsal till midnight, then i watch shitty movies from my childhood and post here.

lame, right?

any ideas to get rid of the insomnia?

[Goober Snacks]

Sleeping pills eat some verarian root and get exersise.......(fight clucb)

[onik]

no caffiene after 4 pm. have a set time when you go to bed. if you can't sleep after 30 mins, get up. you need to train your body that when you go to bed it has to sleep and not just lay there tossing and turning. it takes a weekend to throw your bodyclock out, but up to three months to get it back in. so just keep trying every night.

[xglassjawx]

Read a lot when you cant sleep, its fucking nackering, thatll get you sleeping if nothing does

[lovely864md]

I used to have huge insomnia problems, but Ive mostly got rid out them because I made myself a routine for before bed. After brushing my teeth and everything, I put on a CD (usually Dashboard or Death Cab for Cutie, since they are melodic and more likely to put me to sleep then, say Flogging Molly.) and turn the volume as low as it goes. I am usually asleep by the time the CD ends.

On the other hand, I was up until 2:30 last night an woke up at 6 feeling perfectly refreshed, so right now I dont think I am the best person to talk about this.

[theMATEOlife]

yeah i got to bed at 4am last night (the earliest in 6 days) and woke up at 7 feeling great.

weird.

[MLLMillenium]

Nyquizzle.

[theMATEOlife]

i hear where everyone is coming from with the sleeping pills / nyquil stuff, but i don't really take medicine all that often, even when i'm sick. i was raised to just sort of cope with it for a few days and then get over it. if something's real abd I take medicine, that way stuff like tylenol and advil really help and affect me. i don't want to overdo the whole medicine thing and I am not sure medicine-induced sleep is the answer here.

[evillillimabean]

insomnia really got to me last summer for like two months i just hardly could sleep so i just stayed up all night watching reruns of jackass i don't know .... i just got over it

[preppyak]

and all of season 1 of entourage.

This does not sound like a problem, it sounds like a great thing to have happen.

But yeah, I didn't sleep much over thanksgiving or the month of school that followed it. my post count went from 200 to what it is now. Probably the only good way to break it is have a routine, but I always sucked with routines, so.

[theMATEOlife]

entourage is such an amazing show.

[save_me]

i have that, i take trazodome or something like that...it doest fucking work but my parents make me take it anyways...i stay up late, and i wake up like 6 times a night

[A picasso blue]

do you have late or early insomnia?


last week, as you might know, I was up from 11 AM on Sunday, through Monday, and didn't fall asleep until 10:40 on Monday night. i have issues :)

[purtipink]

try this stuff called sleepy time tea... i buy it from whole foods it will usally knock u out 4 a while. dont give it 2 ur dog... my dog slept 4 like ever when i gave it 2 her!!!

[Juliet R Delta]

get some more balance in your life... it seems like you have work, work, and sleep. there's so much emphasis on the sleep you do get being restorative that its not happening. if you're not sleeping there's something underneath, either physical or mental. find someone you can talk to, and i mean in person and without restraint.

[troublelovesme]

i have insomnia too, and my medication isn't working anymore so i've been in a shitty mood for about a week now...