insomnia
 

it's 5:10am...once again i can't sleep...it's driving me crazy...for the past two months my sleeping patterns have been completely off, i go to sleep arround 4 or 5am and then i can't get up in the morning and that really fucks with my concetration for studying. even if i get up early, say 8:00am ( like today) it doesn't help....(as you can see)...i've decide to buy sleeping pills....23 and buying sleeping pills....i don't know what to do anymore.......it's never happened before, not for this long anyway.....anyone have the same problem?

yeah but not so extreme. i go to sleep at like 1 or 2 but I have to wake up at 6. It's like I want to sleep and I'm tired but right when I lay down I'm wide awake. you might want to take half a pill because those things knock you out for like 8 hours

If there were 30 hours in a day my sleeping patterns would be perfect

my friends only 13 and she stays up till 1: am on school nights talking to herself and then she has to take sleeping pills

and she thinks I'M crazy


phssshhht

oh..and i hope you get some sleep
cause sleeping is good and not sleeping is bad
:)

yeah, i've noticed you stay up fairly often....but you actually have to work which is probably even worse....

I`m not too bad during the week , my job is pretty tiring.

Sometimes i`ll fall asleep around 8 or 9 in the evening & wake up again at 2 or 3am.

After that there`s no point going back to bed because if I go back to sleep I wake up feeling even more tired.

I'm 14 and have a similar problem.
Only I fall asleep at like 3 or 4, wake up at 6 and can't get back to sleep.

Yep i cant sleep either. I go to bed between 3 and 4 every night, even when i have to get up for school at 6. And then im like a zombie. I know its really unhealthy and it interferes with my school performance, but i just have so many things on my mind and cant go to bed until i have sorted everything out. Im pretty used to it though, ive been like this for the past year.

if only i had some weed, i would be out like a light...

I used to have mild insomnia, where I'd take daily naps to compensate for sleep deprivation. I'd literally be laying there, half asleep half awake, fully aware of what's going on around me, but disfunctional at the same time. It's hard to explain.

Your body gets used to a certain amount of sleep. For our age, I'd say 6-7 hours is more than enough. If you can't get that much, then there's a problem.

Relax. My problem was that my head wouldn't turn off when I wanted it to. I kept reprocessing the previous day and amounting too much stress. THere's no way anyone can sleep with that.

As naive and immature as it sounds, smoking and drinking yourself to sleep isn't that bad of an idea. They even have herbal teas that help you relax before sleeping. Or, try more exercising. Forcing fatigue into your body, along with the daily dose of school and work, plus a nightcap of your favorite drink (and maybe a smoke too, wink wink) will give you more than enough to fuel a good night sleep.

gotchya..;)...i mentioned weed because it seriously makes me sleepy...but unfotunately, i don't have any at the mo....and i don't have a personal drugdealer.....:(...my sister always got it for us....:(

oh yeah, my average is about 4-5 hours of sleep. I dont even drink coffee anymore. not entirely sure what causes my insomnia, most likely stress, but after a while i've gotten used to it. then every month or so the lack of sleep will catch up with me and i'll get sick with something which will lead to days of drugging myself up on day-quil, asprin, and whatever medication helps me through the day, knocking myself out with nigttime cold medicine, and then repeating the process until it goes away, usually after a week or so.

once again....it's 5:30am.....no sleep....wide awake...maybe i should just let it ride it's course...i'll get up arround 3-4pm....then go to sleep arround 7-8am the next day and so on until i get to the normal times to go to sleep...

yeah i tried to do that, but then i only end up getting 3 hours of sleep, and then i stay awake all day long, and once again, can't fall asleep until 4 or 5 in the morning. so no matter what i do, i just dont sleep.

so poppin sleepin pills is the only solution?

i dont like to do that, so i just drink tea in the morning, coffee started to make my stomach hurt, and then i always stop at around 5pm, but even after the caffeien wears off, i still cant sleep. I've decided i'm just screwed. but sleeping pills would most likely work

i actually had a thought that i'm not sure if i would like it if i had no control over falling asleep...somehow it reminded me of narcosis if you know what i mean...then i got a bit freaked out....i don't know how it works, never tried it, but i got a mental image of falling into darkness and you can't help it.....freaky.....

I'm having the same problem from a month ago, 4 example, last night I slept at 6:00am, thx God I didn't have course only from 13:00 to 16:00,

and these days, what makes it harder, is that I fast until 17:35 and I drink my coffee at 21:00 which makes me sleep toooo late :(
and I refuse taking any pills, since if I start, I know I'll never sleep without cos I'm too dependant to any of these thgs!!!

i do too i won't gett to sleep till like 0:20am, then wake up at 1,2,3,4,5,6 on the hour till i get up for school(extreame cases)
usually i'm on the phone sometimes till one and i have to take a seditive to sleep.
they ask about that when I'm with my therapist

i got prescribed to 20mg of ambien before bed so i just drift off every night... :D

Sleeping pills can help in some cases, but they are not a cure for insomnia. They're only a temporary form of relief. They're best used for only a few days. Regular use can lead to rebound insomnia. This occurs when a person quits taking sleeping pills and his or her insomnia comes back.

Tips to help you sleep

*Make sure your bedroom is quiet and dark

*Take a warm bath and then read for 10 minutes every night before going to bed. Soon you'll connect these activities with sleeping, and doing them will help make you sleepy.

*Use the bedroom only for sleeping or having sex. Don't eat, talk on the phone or watch TV while you're in bed.


*Avoid or limit your use of caffeine (coffee, tea, sodas, chocolate), decongestants, and tobacco.

*Exercise more often, but don't exercise within a few hours before going to bed.

*Learn to reduce or manage the stress in your life.

*Don't lie in bed worrying about things. Set aside another time just for worrying. For example, spend 30 minutes after dinner writing down what's worrying you and what you can do about it.

*Try eating a light snack before going to bed, but don't eat too much right before bedtime. A glass of warm milk or some cheese and crackers may be all you need.

*Don't nap during the day if naps seem to make your insomnia worse.

yes these do work, i haven't had it as bad since i've been following some of these.

well, i havent really had trouble falling alseep in months (i can sleep just fine without pills) but ambien has a fun narcotic-like affect on you. sometimes you see double. mostly though, you just feel like youve knocked back a few drinks ;)

It`s even more fun when you HAVE knocked a few drinks with it & you`re on the phone ;)

Have you tried counting sheep?

last night i didn't sleep at all...i was still posting at 6:30am...then i gave it another go....didn't happen..then at 7:00am i just got up , took a shover and went to the store as if i had slept.....i did manage to get a nap in the afternoon so i'm hoping i made a full circle....if not....i bought some herbal pills....

WAY easier said than done.

warm milk would make my insomnia worse because i'd be up all night losing it.

i listen to classical music to go to sleep, the softness makes me sleepy

i listen to metal...maybe thats another reason why i cant sleep..

yeah, something soft at night hard during the day.

howd they work?

didn't work at all.....i think that anything herbal is just homeopatic or something...too weak to actually work....

so i decided I'd dig up this thread because it's 4 in the morning, and I can't sleep. what the hell is wrong with me? oh, and while I'm up, someone tell me what I want for my birthday, my friends have been asking and i have no clue what to tell them.

a new pair of skies? money?

anyway, last night i couldn't sleep either, went to sleep at arroud 5:30am but this time i decided not to post but to read a book.....

5:15 am and i'm still awake writing my paper. yay for waiting till the last minute to do it.

im doing so much shit at the moment that i sleep as soon as i hit the fucking pillow...

i'm the exact opposite, i've had a rediculous amount of shit on my mind lately, and so much going on, so i havent been able to sleep.

The Official Insomia Thread
 

Since it's 5 in the morning where I'm at, and I can't sleep, I figured I'd make this super awesome thread. So, who else can't sleep at the moment?