Insomnia

[Titty Meat]

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.

[ClevelandBronco]

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.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by seclark

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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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.

[Fritz88]

Rub one out.

[DMAC]

Originally Posted by 4th and Long

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.

[tooge]

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

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

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.

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.

[Bearcat]

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.

Originally Posted by 4th and Long

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.

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.

[bevischief]

Infomercials watch 1 or 2.

[seclark]

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

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.

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.

[mlyonsd]

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

[Crush]

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

[Crush]

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

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by DMAC

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Nice.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

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

no one with kids, that I know.