is anyone here Insomniac ?

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Scruff7 said:

9009pc said:

Scruff7 said:

I get insomnia pretty regularly, it comes and goes, usually lasts a couple of weeks then the exhaustion just takes me to sleep.

Sometime i can feel tired during the day, but as soon as i get into bed, i'm wide awake.

Few things i do:

- Reading - when i'm struggling to fall asleep i read, it clears your mind and gives you something to concentrate on other than the clock. Plus if it doesn't work, at least you are doing something productive.

- make sure you keep your bed for just 2 things, sleeping and sex. don't sit in bed for too long if you can't sleep, get up and do something. you want your subconscious mind to associate bed as a place to sleep, and not a place to think/stare at the ceiling/clock watch.

- avoid sleeping pills. I find they work for me, but i can't wake up in the morning properly and i'm groggy all the next day. aslo you can start to get addicted to them as it becomes the only way you can fall asleep.

- Finally, do exercise during the day to get your body tired before you go to bed. Even a walk in the late evening can be good.

Can't say its the miracle cure, but it works most times. Reading bit is the best for me, if i really concentrate on the words, each one individual word, then my eyes and mind get tired, and i can turn the light out and fall right asleep. can take a while though.

I watched a program about it they mention them things they also said having a warm bath and getting into a cold bed works. apparently when your body is cooling down it makes you tired, somehow fools your body clock or something.

they mentioned something about sleeping patterns as well but I cant remember what. I will see if I can find the program somewhere and get you the link.

Sounds like a good idea. i love a cold bed - Smooth and cool, like the other side of the pillow. Funny enough, i always find it harder to sleep in summer. it's too hot for me.

I got most of those ideas from the NHS Direct website (UK).

hope it helps, the vids were from a bbc documentary I think.