Don't touch that shit, anyone who puts that in their body is seriously F-ed up. I dated (briefly) a girl who took it, she would pass out with food in her mouth while sitting up and then do crazy shit like stomp around the house yelling "where's my POPCORN!".

She ever take it then give you a blowjob?

She did like to wake me up with them, but I think that was the submissive- wanting to please her man Korean upbringing.

Well, then I don't know what to tell you. Anxiety? Probably.

I've always been a rough sleeper pretty much like what you are going through now. I generally go to sleep somewhere between 12a-1a and I'm up at 6:30ish. In between then, I wake up anywhere from 1-5 times most nights. Any time I wake up I'll be up for 30 minutes to an hour. Most of the time, it is for no reason at all....I just wake up.

Never a good nights sleep, but I've grown accustomed to it. I'll sleep like this for about 3-4 months until my body just can't handle not having a good nights sleep, then I'm dead ass tired for an entire day, and I finally sleep an entire 8 hours in one night....then the cycle starts over again.

Try taking a hot shower right before bed....that might relax you. Try some wine or a mild sleeping aid. My personal opinion, stay away from Ambien.

I mildly disagree. Myself personally, if I take a nap during the afternoon/evening, I'll be up later in the night the equivalent to the length of my nap.

Welcome. I had insomnia back in high school. But that was from the stress of living with an abusive stepdad. These days, when my head hits the pillow, I'm out in a matter of seconds.

But my ex wife used to struggle with it pretty bad. And she would resent me for falling asleep when she couldn't. She'd wake me up crying and demand that I stay awake with her. It was really awful.

I'd recommend finding ways to curb that anxiety. And I'd strongly recommend doing so without pills or magic flowers. You're not treating the cause that way, you're simply managing the symptoms. It's easy to let insomnia get you into a stressful cyclical loop. You get stressed about something in your life, whether you realize it or not. Which manifests itself in insomnia(i.e. I can't sleep now, I've got all this shit to worry about!!). But then you end up stressing over the fact that you can't sleep, and it just snowballs. The harder you try, the less you sleep. Quit trying, and sleep will overtake you when it's really needed.

Keep telling yourself that getting 8 hrs of sleep each night isn't a requirement. Nothing bad will happen tomorrow if you happen to stay up most of the night. The human body is pretty adaptive. Resolve the anxiety in your life, face up to whatever change you're stressing over, and your sleep pattern will work itself out.

Yes, a good tea will help you sleep. There is some stuff called "Sleepy Time Tea" you can get in the grocery store.

Again, make sure you are taking your vitamins. If your body isn't getting the proper intake of vitamins and minerals it will increase the impacts of stress on your body.

Again, exercise is paramount as it does wonders to relieve stress and your body will want to sleep to recover. If you can't exercise or just don't want too then look into getting some incense that you like. About an hour or so before you want to go to bed burn the incense and light a candle and just sit there staring at the flame. Don't think about anything else, just focus on the flame of the candle and your breathing. Your body will relax and you will sleep good.

I get my bouts of insomnia everyonce in awhile. Last night was a good one, finally fell asleep around 4am. Back up @ 7:30am and the ol' engine takes a min to get firing.

Chatting on here seems to pass the time well when I'm full on insomnia. I figure hey, I'm up might as well find some way to amuse myself.

:doh!:

Bad comparison. Gonzo knows where the damn popcorn is in our house. LMAO

I will, however, agree w/ those that say that Rx pills aren't the answer. I've seen what scripts can do to a person and it's heartbreaking. After witnessing such a thing, I told myself I will never get on scripts ever again. In fact, I suffer from anxiety issues and, up until a few weeks ago, I was taking a hefty med to help. I'll admit that they improved my mood, but I'm bound and determined to correct my anxiety issues on my own terms from here on out.

As far as insomnia, I've been battling that for quite awhile. I have no doubt that my anxiety issues play a big role in my disturbed sleep pattern. However, I work full-time, then I come home and continue to work, (dishes, laundry, etc.). On top of chores, I also have a 3 y/o boy in tow. Combine all of that and it equals exhaustion. Yet, when the boy is in bed, Gonzo is taken care of, (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), and the chores are taken care of, I want a little Lumpy time.

I honestly believe that the only way that someone can overcome their insomnia issue is to improve their lifestyle. Which is exactly what I plan on doing here shortly. I have an exercise routine planned out, began taking vitamins and eating better, and I'm going to quit smoking.

Quitting smoking will make your insomnia worse at first. It's a bitch!

Get a good nights sleep and it'll be easier to attack the problem tomorrow.

Ambien

that isn't insomnia dipshit

maybe getting a job and a set schedule would help...

perhaps laying around eating leftover pizza all day while waiting for your mom to get off work and bring your Arby's isn't a good way to get a nice sleep schedule down...

get a job, and your sleep troubles will go away

Watch the Husker highlight reel from their bowl game. That should help you gest some zzz's.

As far as Ambien is concerned, it works for 99% of the public. A few people have problems with it. This is usually due to the person using it to get high and purposely staying awake. However, that being said I don't really condone it's use unless you've tried all the hippie herbal bullshit that works for some people. Don't do otc drugs like unisom or nytol. You'll have trouble waking up and feel groggy all day.
NyQuil can work but you may as well just take a couple shots of whiskey. Same thing and all.
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