Insomnia

i know how you feel i suffer with it too, try some pot

 

Any sudden change in diet?

Usually stress is the cause for my insomnia, however so many things lead to it.

 

53 hours, thats pretty intense.

I have mild random insomnia. Might rather call it restlessness though, nothing as bad as completely skipping a night.

Will often not fall asleep until hours past my usual time. Or wake up in the middle of the night for no reason and not be able to go back to sleep. Or even wake up very early for no reason.

I find the sleep aid tablets (Diphenhydramine) to be good for falling asleep and camomile tea is good to get restful sleep and complete night. I refuse to take those on a regular basis though. Will only use them occasionally.

 

You are not alone. I barely sleep a night without getting up and down and lying there in bed for hours trying to get to sleep to no avail. I've been on and off sleeping medication for a few years now, I don't really like taking it but it deffinately helps nodding off, wish I could get a good nights sleep naturally though.

 

personally i avoid the prescribed medication due to the side effects, mainly the turn me into a zombie

 

A round of Tokyo Bus guide might do the trick

 

Yep, I've heard that there is no need to take medication for sleep at all. It's there for people who REALLY need it though. Sure there are lots of natural remedies.

 

well i've suffered with insomnia for about 4 years, everything the doctor prescribed that actually worked turned me into a zombie, didnt dare drive the next day etc. which is pretty useless to me, natural remedies allow me to sleep but i can still function normally

 

I've been prescribed medication for it in the past to which, it had no effect on me. I've been ill for the last few weeks and am just starting to feel better but I'm finding it impossible to sleep despite how tired I am.

Looks like I'll be needing to buy some more camomile tea since it's starting back up again (well, started back up a few days ago - haven't gotten more than a tiny nap).

On/off issue with me. Mum has the same issue, but she's a light sleeper in contrast to when I'm asleep I'm dead to the world.

Argh. Looks like I'm going to be listening to music until I have to go to work in a couple of hours since I can't focus on coding my site or translating stuff from Japanese like this. DX

 

Ah dark times, my sleep issues hit a peak during university at a point where I needed sleep but couldn't after 5 days solid of being awake I collapsed with my heart and lungs going crazy.
Was rushed to hospital and told I had an insomnia induced panic attack lol.
Bit embaressing when your family rushes up across the country to check on you haha

Problem is/was (rarely spend more than a day without sleep nowadays) my mind would start racing like crazy the second I lay down. For a while totally sapping all energy from myself worked, like going swimming or going to the gym late at night and really going for it. This eventually stopped being too useful and also I am very very lazy so this did not sit well with me!

Hope it fixes itself!

 

I think I've mentioned this before, but I'll say it again because it may be helpful. These things have helped me:

1. Melatonin. It's natural and not addictive, and you don't need a prescription for it. It doesn't always help, but if I don't take it I usually have a harder time falling asleep.

2. Reading. I find that reading before going to bed helps my mind wind down a little. My problem is that very often, when I go to bed, I have a thousand thoughts going through my head. Reading has a dual purpose: it helps to calm me, and it also distracts me from whatever I might be thinking about long enough for my brain to settle down a bit. An added bonus is that reading is very enjoyable.

In spite of doing these things, I still sometimes have a hard time getting to sleep. However, doing these things certainly doesn't hurt, and I'm fairly certain that if I didn't do these things, my problems would be even worse. Those are my suggestions.

 

Go watch Hunger Games... that will put you right out.

 

This works until you get to that part of a novel that is insanely captivating and then you are Doomed to read for 3 hours.

 

I've had the opposite of insomnia all weekend. I've just been sleeping and napping between football games.

 

Fap like these's no tomorrow. That always puts me out.