Insomnia
 

How many on here have had it or currently have it? Advice on how to get over it? For the past week or two I've been sleeping for maybe 2-4 hours and then randomly wake up and can't go back to sleep until later in the day when I take a nap.

booze

Night cap.

Exercise..don't eat too late....take vitamins

When you take a nap? Who the **** has time for a nap?

I got 3 hours sleep & good to go. May crash later on, but figure will get plenty of sleep on or day after 12-21-2012.

Stop taking naps.

been having any health issues?
problems w/the bed?
life problems you can't get off your mind?

could be lots of things. i used to have problems getting a good nights rest. still do at times. sleepwalked and talked in my sleep all the time.

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Don't understand insomnia. I am always dog ass tired by 10.

How long of a nap are you taking?

I live on 3-4 hours sleep almost every night. Life is too short to just sleep away.

I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead.

It's called Interval insomnia.I sleep a little while,wake for no reason,repeat.Typically I sleep 3-4 hrs max..Been going through it for 12-15 years now and taking something is the only treatment that I know of,excersize didn't help me.Because of my work I cannot take certain drugs/medicines so most sleeping aids are not an option for me.I've just learned how to operate as best I can on 3 hrs sleep..I take one day a week and "recharge" so to speak by taking a benadryl,which knocks me the **** out,and sleep 8-10 hrs.Don't know what to say except good luck.It doesn't help much but it's all I got.

Stop stressing about the Chiefs QB situation and get some sleep.

It's almost always stress related. Deal with whatever it is that's stressing you out first.

And don't try so hard. When you try to force yourself go to sleep, it never works. You can't force it. If you can't sleep, get out of bed and do something. Don't worry about feeling like you have to get X hours of sleep every night. Let your body actually get tired.

My doctor told me to exercise, don't eat to late, and to get up at the same time everyday. Then only go to bed when your tired. If you lay down and can't call asleep within about 15minutes or so, get up and stay up for a while until your tired. Eventually you'll get your clock on the right schedule.

Oh, and no naps

Exhaust all exercise/diet/mental preparedness options before trying to treat it with booze or pills. You're rolling the dice with that crap if you have any tendencies toward dependence/addiction issues. Good luck.

Not any real health problems thankfully though I did have some problems with allergies in the room a few weeks ago which went away after dusting. I've had pretty bad anxiety in the past and i'm wondering also if it being winter has anything to do with it.

Rub one out.

drink a glass of red wine, read a book. You will fall asleep. Quit taking naps and you will be tired at night.

This makes a lot of sense. I'm moving soon and I think it's causing anxiety for whatever reason. I know in the past changes in my life like going back to school and switching jobs has really messed with my anxiety. I have been worrying about the number of hours of sleep I've been getting too. Thanks for the advice.

Yeah, stop taking naps. If I crash in front of the tv for even an hour, it takes me most of the night to fall asleep.

I really wish I could do that, but by day 3 with only 3-4 hours of sleep per night, my brain starts shutting down. There's even a significant difference for me between ~6hrs/night and 7-8 over the course of a week. In college, I'd get 5-6/night and be fine... getting old sucks.

Infomercials watch 1 or 2.

after trying the exercise, no naps, and rubbing one out, you still have the problem, talk to a doctor. the anxiety deal could be the culprit. the exercise and flogging the dolphin might help and surely won't hurt, but there might be more involved inside your melon. i don't mean to sound like a jerkoff.
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I suffer from winter anxiety. Probably because I don't get a lot of exercise in the winter. I really need to correct that by working out inside. There's really no excuse. I have all the equipment at my disposal. It's just a matter of getting off my fat ass and doing it.

No naps. Whatever you do, don't just lay there thinking about it. That just makes it worse. Read a book.

I know it wasn't Stephen King's best work, but it wasn't that bad.

Serious answer: stop taking naps, start exercising, and stop eating late.

ROFL.

Nice.

no one with kids, that I know.

As you can see by my grammar and missing words in my post.....I have kids....and I'm ****ing tired right now.

Watch soccer /thread

take magnesium before going to sleep...keeps you from waking up all the time, a much deeper sleep...i take 400mg

has the bonus effect of keeping you real regular, so don't go popping a bunch of pills...

I had the same problem. I would go to bed and go right to sleep then I would wake up at 3:00am and be wide awake for 2 or 3 hours. I think it was the red wine. I don't know why but when I don't drink red wine I sleep all night. Also my medical marihuana really helps but there are side effects like getting the muchies and having great sex.

Working out will help but adding a passionflower and a vitamin D supplement will further decrease the effects of winter anxiety or SAD.

Melatonin on most nights. Melatonin plus Benadryl on the really difficult insomnia nights. Also Valerian has benefits for aiding sleep. Drinking Chamomile tea will also help.

I would lean towards this as the root cause. Go to your doctor and talk to him/her about some anxiety meds.

Or avoid big pharma and try Passionflower or Valerian first.

Or just take the pill and be relieved.

Ambien.

Get a rx for 10 mg and cut them in half...

Trust me, they work wonderfully.

Hey guys, I take a nap every day, but I can't sleep at night - any ideas why I'm rested when I go to bed at night?

It's a cycle. You can't really make up a four or five hour sleep deprivation by taking daily naps on a regular basis, except under unusual circumstances.

:hmmm:

I've heard too many stories about Ambien.

But i'm not.

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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Not only that but a warm bath with lavender will also aid insomnia. Also, trying a thunderstorm cd also is very relaxing. A bit of gentle yoga doesn't hurt either.

I'd try a million holistic homeopathic things before I'd take one Ambien or Lunestra.

You know he's a dude, right?
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Most of what was mentioned was basically forms of meditation. Aroma Therapy doesn't sound manly but everone, including men have a sense of smell and you'd be lying if you said some of those aren't relaxing. I know it doesn't sound "rugged" to say, light some incense, take a hot bath and drink some herbal tea but if it ****ing works then who is really the tard? The one who stays up refusing to do such because it isn't "manly" or the one who does it and gets a good night's sleep?

I don't know how anyone could sleep with all of the dicks slapping them about the face and torso. You keep your lavender body wash if it works for you. I sleep just fine, thank you.
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LMAO...

Yeah.. I had no idea that being gay cured insomnia...

FTR, I was not advocating the Lavendar part but hey, if it works, WTF?

LMAO

I know, right? The things people will do to get a good nights sleep.
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just kill yourself, you wont have to worry about it anymore.

Yeah. Everyone's different, but I meant that you can't make up four or five hours worth of sleep with a "nap". When I think "nap" I'm thinking an hour or so at most.

I've tried several methods to get better sleep. I have worked mostly early (5 AM) shifts for the last fifteen years. I recently went through a traumatic life change that is screwing with my ability to get meaningful sleep. I absolutely have to function properly right now and I can't do that with sleep deprivation. I took Ambien last night. It's the first time I have taken a Rx sleep aid in my life. It worked very, very well.

Sleeping not once, but twice a day isn't exactly insomnia.

And welcome, my friend...

The ambien walrus says hellooooooo!

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LMAO

You know....this might get really fun...I think I'll hide my car keys though.

I took Ambien many years ago - job/boss was so stressful I couldn't sleep. It worked, and I had no complaints. Later, I quit the shitty job and no longer needed it. Much better solution.

I'll admit to getting a little loopy on it if I stay up too long after taking it.

I have also noticed that I get the munchies, as well.

It's worth it, though.

I do have my 14 and 16 year old kids living with me. They are already making jokes about the Simpsons "Nappien" episode.