Trouble Falling Asleep

CD,

Hello, it is 3:26 AM where I am. What helps me is to just get up and go to the computer and talk to all of you.  When I keep my mind busy eventually I will get sleepy and go back to bed.

Remember you can only think of one thing at a time so if your focused on the posts here you can not be worrying about something else.........stay focused.

Hope you can get some sleep.

Night,
Kitt

ComedyDork,

I find that writing these thoughts down helps me. Even if I have to switch on the nightlight and write the same thing down 400 times.

I also try and say to myself "I cannot do anything about it tonight" over and over. Because I can't. If that still doesn't help then I read and try to get the "cycle" of negative thoughts out of my head.

I hope this helps. Sweet dreams

Meg

Hi ComedyDork,

I'm a fellow insomniac as well, so I share your pain, lol :o. What's helped me a pretty good deal is 100 mg of Seroquel that my psychiatrist recently prescribed me. I've been through the entourage of drugs in Ambien, Lunesta, Rozerem, etc. Very resistant to many of them. In terms of the non-medication route, I would see if reading doesn't help just a little bit before bed to relax your mind. If not, try very very hard to simply think of one thing for a while. It can be difficult because your mind gets bored after a while, but see if you can simply follow one thing or one train of thought for a while.

-Travis

HI there

For me it is a hot milk at night just as I am ready to try to fall asleep
It has to have a touch of cinnamon on top
OHHHHHHH it warms the body so
It has ( milk) a natural ingredient in it when heated is activated
Kinda like the reason they give babies warm like...........

I got so bad I had to also get myself meds ( trazadone) they work for me when I really cannot fall asleep
I have had plenty on mind lately so ..........

You have to try the hotmilk honestly

Be well .....
.........LYN

The no or little sleep thing can certainly play havic on how you feel and act the next day.  I celebrate when I get 6 hours of sleep.  I use to aways sleep 8-10 hours at a stretch.  Lately it's been 2-4 hours at a time.  What helps me to fall back asleep or get me into a relaxed mode to go to sleep is:  a cup of chamomile tea with some sort of carb (toast, crackers, baked potote, etc.) and then I take a magnesium suppliment.  While I'm laying in bed I thank God for 10 things (the blue sky, warm weather, cool breeze, good food, prayers made by other's for me, God's love, a phone call,  etc.)  This puts my mind at peace.  If I'm still not sleepy, I play a game in my head where I'm writing a movie script.  All my favorite actors are in it.  Of course I'm the leading lady.  Everynight the script progresses.  Some nights I don't even get through the pre-empt before I've nodded off.  I hope something will help you sleep. 

hostas, what great advice! I'm going to try that as well. I wonder if Jonny Depp will be my leading man?

happy vel, great input too a bath really soothes doesn't it? I got a bath pillow and salts for my birthday and sometimes my partner has to prise me out of the tub!

Meg

ComedyDork,
How have you been doing? Are you falling asleep better? Hostas- what a great bunch of ideas for trying to fall asleep. I myself am going to try some of those things, on those nights when i just cant fall asleep. something I do when i cant fall asleep is i start listing in my head all of the people I know. jsut the names of them. Sometimes i find that Ill only name like 15 people before ive nodded off. Journaling your thoughts also helps. I hope you are doing okay!
Kate

CD,

Good to hear from you and know you are getting to sleep.......... keep on doing whatever your doing as it is working.

Smiles,
Kitt