What to do when you cant sleep...

[mill_mobile]

Well, its 4:37am and i have been awake since about 2:30am and couldnt get back sleep.
What do you people do to help you get to sleep when this happens and you are SOOOOOOOOO F*CKING TIRED?

[The UniSLAB]

have sex

drink some milk and cookies

eat some ice cream

have sex

all of those seem to work

[jamessd]

Take some (more than the dose if you're eager) sleeping pills.

[Into the blue]

have sex

drink some milk and cookies

eat some ice cream

have sex

All at the same time?

[$unidude$chad$:)]

comforting~

[1-wheeled-grape]

close my eyes and pretend im asleep lol:D

[cathwood]

Take some (more than the dose if you're eager) sleeping pills.

But they would still be working during the day if you took them in the middle of the night.

Read.

[mill_mobile]

close my eyes and pretend im asleep lol:D
I tried that for about 2 hours and it didnt work:(

[mill_mobile]

But they would still be working during the day if you took them in the middle of the night.

Read.
Exactly, and i get up usually at about 6am so there is no point trying anything now:(
Another looooooooooong day at work almost falling asleep at the desk:(

[James_Potter]

Listen to or play music...or read a book.

[Triball]

I usually watch TV until I fall asleep, or embrace the fact that you can't sleep, and you will fall asleep soon.

[maestro8]

Stay away from pills...

Read a book.

Write in a journal.

Do yoga.

Meditate.

Clean your house.

...anything to focus your mind on something else besides sleep.

[mill_mobile]

Stay away from pills...



Clean your house.

...anything to focus your mind on something else besides sleep.
Yeah, i wouldnt resort to pills i dont think.
RE your second point - my room is rather messy, and i still have 40mins till i gotta 'get up'... but i cant be bothered cleaning it at the moment!

[wheres_your_other_wheel]

Listen to or play music...or read a book.


+1 works for me

[mill_mobile]

+1 works for me
Maybe i should start reading then... or listen to some softer music.
Might have to pull some of dads Dire Straits cds out for tonight me thinks.

[1-wheeled-grape]

I tried that for about 2 hours and it didnt work:(
no it never works for me either im just too tired to do any thing else

[thejdw]

You can try somthing pretty physicaly demanding, ie hanging for as long as you can from an entrace to a loft. Untill you drop of from exastion.

[mill_mobile]

You can try somthing pretty physicaly demanding, ie hanging for as long as you can from an entrace to a loft. Untill you drop of from exastion.
I usually sleep better after i have gone for a hard uni ride, after the adrenalin rush has disappeared. However it was raining last night so it was a night in front of the computer:(

[thejdw]

I usually sleep better after i have gone for a hard uni ride, after the adrenalin rush has disappeared. However it was raining last night so it was a night in front of the computer:(
Hard uni ride or lots of cider are likely so send you off to sleep, I dislike days were I get no exersize in (like this one, unless I go tramploining in the dark). You should try unicycling i the rain, its not so bad.

[harper]

Hold your head under water for 15 minutes. This always cures insomnia.

[MuniAddict]

Stay up and party! There'll be enough time to sleep when you're dead!:p

[mill_mobile]

Stay up and party! There'll be enough time to sleep when you're dead!:p
Thats what i think - i dont sleep much!
But when i am as tired as i am, i feel like i just need one day off to sleep then i'd be right!

[MuniAddict]

Thats what i think - i dont sleep much!
But when i am as tired as i am, i feel like i just need one day off to sleep then i'd be right!Yeah I'm the same way. I've had to deal with insomnia all my life, but it hasn't been as bad the past few years. I do take non-prescription sleep aid, basically it just takes the "edge" off so I can get to sleep, but it does take about 2 hours to kick in.

[hugo]

Open the window to get some fresh oxygen in the room. While the window is open, do some sports which really gets your heart beating fast within 5 minutes or so (situps, jumping, whatever you can do next to your bed - I am usually doing 50 knee-bends). Then, slowly relax within the next 2 minutes and drink a glass of water. Don't forget to close the window.

Then, go to bed. Think about something nice - do not think "I must sleep, I must sleep" Your body will relax after the sports and you fall asleep.

Do not wait too long before you go to bed - the effect works only right after the sports.

[cathwood]

Have a good and consistent bedtime routine and bed time.

Have a glass of warm milk and a banana before bed.

Don't do anything that involves mental stimulation for about an hour before bed (eg computers, arguments, etc).

Try to have a calm bedroom with as little as possible that doesn't involve sleep in your room.

If you can't get to sleep don't lie there and get frustrated because you can't sleep, get up and do something. then go back to bed when you're tired.

Don't have a lie in.

[thejdw]

Have a glass of warm milk and a banana before bed.

Have you just been watching supersize vrs superskinny?

[cathwood]

Have you just been watching supersize vrs superskinny?

No, Ive been practicing my 5 ball juggling and Tekki Shoudan, why?

[thejdw]

No, Ive been practicing my 5 ball juggling and Tekki Shoudan, why?
ah they had that as one of there natural sleeping tips

[cathwood]

ah they had that as one of there natural sleeping tips

It must be right then :)

[thejdw]

It must be right then :)
have you tested it?

[TattooedBandit]

Drink at least half a bottle of whiskey. That always works. Should sleep like a baby then.

[orbis]

Hit your self really hard in the head with a frying pan, it works ALL the time:D