Sleep problems (HELP) November 12, 2004, 05:07:06 PM I know my nametag is chronicinsomnia so it shouldn't be a big surprise that I have sleep problems. However, it is becoming more and more of an issue to me. I am only able to sleep roughly 4 hours a night for weeks at a time. I literally lay awake staring at the ceiling in the dark for hours. After a few weeks I will crash like the Hindinburg and sleep an entire day away then it starts all over.Has anybody here ever heard of this kind of sleep problem or have any advise as to what I can do to alleviate this. Any help would be very much appreciated. For the past 7 days I have slept a total of 24-25 hours tops. It is starting to effect my ability to concentrate at work.Thanks in advance. Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #1 – November 12, 2004, 05:12:42 PM Have you talked to a doctor? I'd be inclined to take the advice of a proffesional over some guys on a cougar/t-bird forum.I take my super-anti-histamines before bed, so I never have trouble sleeping. Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #2 – November 12, 2004, 05:14:59 PM do you work or do anything all day? Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #3 – November 12, 2004, 06:10:59 PM Quote from: oldravenHave you talked to a doctor? I'd be inclined to take the advice of a proffesional over some guys on a cougar/t-bird forum.come on now,, you actually trust the doctors? If you in to being their test case on the latest and greatest drug out on the market then go for it. otherwise,,,go natural.A beer before bedtime works for me.Camamile tea mixed with honney or ginger also works great.A hot Toddy is great for sleep and colds(shot of wiskey mixed in a cup of warm lemon / honey tea.lavender/sage teavalarian root (yucky tasting)warm bath followed by a glass of warm milkmeditation and relaxation techniques.try to listen to your own heart beat by lying on your belly with one hand palm against your chest. You will feel and hear it (two senstations which will give you mind something to do)dont do anything in your bed other than sleep or you know what :) ,,your brain will start to associate your bed with sleep. Under no cirspoogestance should you stay in bed while you are awake. If you cant sleep,, get up right away and do something. Dont read or work on the bed,, basically stay away from it except for its intended purpose.all this was brought to you by my wonderful wife who knows the herbal and natrual ways of going about life. Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #4 – November 12, 2004, 08:00:03 PM if u have alot on ur mind that could do it. how stressed are you during the week? Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #5 – November 12, 2004, 08:24:15 PM Quote from: Cougar8775if u have alot on ur mind that could do it. how stressed are you during the week?yeah he's right the only time i seem to have that trouble is when i can't seem to shut my mind off. Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #6 – November 12, 2004, 08:41:15 PM I've lately been taking these "Sleeping Pills" that aren't really anything to that nature, but they work. You can find it in the vitamins section of most any store as well as health food stores and it's called Melatonin. It's a synthetic hormone that "resets your biological clock". It's worth a try if you can't afford the dr. That's my method of falling asleep. Either that or alcohol, but not both! Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #7 – November 12, 2004, 09:05:06 PM Do what I do and smoke a fatty Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #8 – November 12, 2004, 09:34:07 PM Quote from: Dookie86Do what I do and smoke a fatty for some reason smoke a fatty and that dancing bananna made me laugh pretty hard Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #9 – November 13, 2004, 12:33:12 AM Quote from: IfixyawataI've lately been taking these "Sleeping Pills" that aren't really anything to that nature, but they work. You can find it in the vitamins section of most any store as well as health food stores and it's called Melatonin. It's a synthetic hormone that "resets your biological clock". It's worth a try if you can't afford the dr. That's my method of falling asleep. Either that or alcohol, but not both!Nothing wrong with melatonin and alcohol together.. I do it all the time. I often get my best sleep from a melatonin and a light beer buzz.I've been taking melatonin for a year or two now.. 3mg a night.. I've found that it's better (for me) if I alternate taking it every other night. According to something I read a month or two ago, you don't always get the right kind of sleep with sleep aids like that. I'm thinking of buying a bottle of the 1mg pills, and maybe using those on the alternate nights as opposed to not taking them at all.Other things that help: Not having caffeine for at least 6 hours before you plan on going to sleep. I think it was said somewhere that caffeine takes 12 hours to get out of your system completely.. but 6 hours seems to be a reasonable compromise. I used to drink pen 15e classic right up until I was ready to go to bed, when I was in my teens/early 20s.. which, combined with a lack of a set schedule most of the time, is probably why I have the sleep problems I do.. a sleep schedule slowly rotating out of control. (although whenever I've had a job with regular hours, I've still spun out of control on sleep.. which is really awkward)Also, don't do mentally involving tasks right before bed. Even stuff that seems mindless enough, like when I'd play a first person shooter right before bed, was enough to keep my mind active for a couple hours afterword. Let yourself wind down before you lay down. Even a little mindless TV is better than doing something involving right before bed. (I'm still guilty of the doing stuff right before I lay down thing.. and it still causes me problems.. so yeah, it's easier said than done sometimes) Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #10 – November 13, 2004, 02:39:02 AM I am with ifixyawata. drug isle sleeping pills are the best way i have found to fall asleep. During school days or when I work I rarely sleep more then 5 or 6 hours. but during the weekends I just crash. I have slept for 20+ hours from lack of sleep. Pills will get me to sleep. I usally dont wake up until the alarm. But I have problems not going right back to sleep. I also feel alittle disoriented for a couple of hours after. Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #11 – November 13, 2004, 07:54:53 AM A little hippity dippity might help before going to bed. Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #12 – November 13, 2004, 09:02:57 AM am i the only teenager who doesnt have a hard time sleeping? Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #13 – November 13, 2004, 09:11:22 AM It's not so much that I have a hard time sleeping... it's that I don't ever go to bed when I should. Melatonin is also supposed to increase the quality of the sleep you do get. The reason I said not to take the pills with alcohol was because one night I took one then had a couple beers. I've never slept so well... but I also didn't wake up when I wanted to. "What alarm?" I usually have 2 - 3 going off in the morning as well as my g/f calling me to wake my ass up. Doesn't always work. So I guess it's not harmful, just reeal effective. Quote Selected
Re: Sleep problems (HELP) Reply #14 – November 13, 2004, 09:21:02 AM Quote from: Tbird232ciam i the only teenager who doesnt have a hard time sleeping?You just have a hard time remembering to close up the car before that sleep.. :p(I had t-tops leak on me one time, when we had several days of flooding rain.. had a couple small plants growing in the carpet afterword.. so I know how the soaked interior thing goes) Quote Selected
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