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    I seriously can't sleep lately. I have sleeping pills but they only work for 5 hours and I'm awake again plus I really don't like taking more than 3 a week, and only that when I'm desperate. I've tried bubble baths. I've tried naps. I've tried no naps. I've tried sleeping pills, my anti anxiety meds (as I thought, perhaps it'll relax me enough without being hard on me)... I've even tried sleepy time flu meds! I've even tried NO meds.

    I. can't. sleep.

    This is a warm milk and honey emergency!

    What do I do?

    At this rate I might end up going to the doctor tomorrow just so I can get a renew on my sleeping pills so I can just knock myself out for a week straight if he says it's okay.


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    I can't neither. I can't stay asleep for more than three hours at a time unless I am extremely exhausted or sick. I take meds as well. I just read or do a sudoku puzzle until I get sleepy again. You like reading?

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    Quote Originally Posted by greenidlady1 View Post
    I can't neither. I can't stay asleep for more than three hours at a time unless I am extremely exhausted or sick. I take meds as well. I just read or do a sudoku puzzle until I get sleepy again. You like reading?
    I tried reading AND sudoku puzzles. I finished 40 yesterday. I just end up spending 6 hours reading or doing puzzles and then sleeping for 2-4... Bah. ;-;

    So... fricken...tired.


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    This website has some useful info

    http://www.betterhealthchannel.com.a...a?OpenDocument

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    You like tv? Maybe try masterbating? I know some people have to have some sort of sound going to fall asleep. Masterbating relaxes me but doesn't necessarily make me sleepy. I can make me ambitious or sleepy depending upon my mood. They say warm milk and turkey will make you sleepy too.

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    Masturbating is the worst thing for me if i want to sleep. I can be really tired ready to fall asleep, then masturbate and then im wide awake.
    hehe.

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    Is it cold enough in your room? I know the doctors tell me to keep my room cold, because it's supposed to help keep you asleep once you're there.

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    Yea I can't sleep in heat... I need my room to be cold... lowers my body temp and makes me sleeeeeeeeeeepy heh.... rooms that are warm make me uncomfy n it sucks.

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    Slap a meditational image on your computer, as the background. A mandala, a fractal, a beautiful landscape. Focus on it in silence for a half an hour.


    Listen to a meditational radio station on sites like Live365.


    Change the location of your head on your bed. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed, or switch spots with the SO.



    Give yourself a Thanksgiving Hangover, eating foods that naturally make folks sleepy like:

    Beans
    Whole grains, including rice
    Lentils
    Chickpeas
    Hazelnuts
    Peanuts
    Eggs
    Sunflower seeds
    Sesame seeds
    Miso (fermented soy beans)
    Unsweetened soy milk
    Raw dairy products (if you can tolerate dairy)
    Poultry (especially turkey)


    Use the Heavy Body meditational technique. Either in your head or out loud, start at your toes and imagine each small section of your body being very heavy, very weighted... at rest. go from feet to ankles to lower legs to knees to upper legs... and so on. Until you've talked your body into being a still, heavy, sleepy object.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gingerlee View Post
    Is it cold enough in your room? I know the doctors tell me to keep my room cold, because it's supposed to help keep you asleep once you're there.
    Too cold. I sleep in a camper van and it's winter. *sigh* I love being homeless.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PaigeDWinter View Post
    Slap a meditational image on your computer, as the background. A mandala, a fractal, a beautiful landscape. Focus on it in silence for a half an hour.


    Listen to a meditational radio station on sites like Live365.


    Change the location of your head on your bed. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed, or switch spots with the SO.



    Give yourself a Thanksgiving Hangover, eating foods that naturally make folks sleepy like:

    Beans
    Whole grains, including rice
    Lentils
    Chickpeas
    Hazelnuts
    Peanuts
    Eggs
    Sunflower seeds
    Sesame seeds
    Miso (fermented soy beans)
    Unsweetened soy milk
    Raw dairy products (if you can tolerate dairy)
    Poultry (especially turkey)


    Use the Heavy Body meditational technique. Either in your head or out loud, start at your toes and imagine each small section of your body being very heavy, very weighted... at rest. go from feet to ankles to lower legs to knees to upper legs... and so on. Until you've talked your body into being a still, heavy, sleepy object.
    I think I'll doo all of the above at once, thank you. ^-^


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    Dude, I've had the same problem lately. I swore I had insomnia. I would sleep for five hours, wake up, be unable to get back to bed, take nyquil, have a fucked up few more hours... yea... it sucked. I got one of those 4" foam mattress toppers and it helped a ton! It lulls me to sleep and I stay asleep. People have actually been commenting on how peppy I seem and the bags have disappeared from under my eyes.
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    ^^OOoo I want one of those!
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    ^^Doooooo it! I swear, you won't regret it! Overstock.com baby!

    P.S. Don't forget to order some deep pocket sheets while you're at it.
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    I already have one of those!! I even got a new foam pillow...


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    Are you stressed out about anything? Too hot? Too cold? White noise keeping you awake?

    Have you tried sleeping in a different place, like the couch?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aviendha View Post
    Are you stressed out about anything? Too hot? Too cold? White noise keeping you awake?

    Have you tried sleeping in a different place, like the couch?
    No. No. Yes. No. Yes.


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    masterbating helps a little...
    hmmm.... maybe excercising in the morning to help witht he energy?


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    Magnesium suppliments. There is none in the soil here, lots of people are deficient. I can give you a longer version sometime if you like (-:

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    ^Hmm, you might be on to something. You mentioned that to me before so I made sure to take some but I haven't been for about a month now.


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    Quote Originally Posted by lilithmorrigan View Post
    Too cold. I sleep in a camper van and it's winter. *sigh* I love being homeless.
    *gasp* you're a hobo stripper too?!

    Magnesium's a good idea. Are you on hormonal birth control? Anything new, hormonally or that would affect your dopamine?



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    I am a raging insomniac and I've tried everything. Lately, if I'm up, I just stay busy cleaning or working out until my body tells me to go to sleep. Which is fine because I'm not working now and don't have to keep a schedule... The only thing that ever worked for me was Ambien. Just in the past week though, I tried Sleepinal and it has been knocking me right out without all of Ambien's creepy side effects. I also find that earplugs and a sleep mask are helpful or putting a pillow over my eyes and ears.

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    Yeah.I've posted before about my horrid insomnia. I'll second teh earplugs and sleep mask...fabulous!

    But I usually have to resort to a half an ambian to get to sleep.I dont get so much of the creepy side effects anymore..esp if I only take half

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    I can't live without my earplugs. Me and the male steal them from the Space Centre.


    I've been awake for so long now... I see spots. Oi....
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    ^How do you wake up then? I'd probably sleep so much better if I didn't here babies cry in the morning.
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