Insomnia, any ideas?

**giggles7p** · 6 July 2009, 11:26 am

HAHAHAHAHAHA, these posts are cracking me up!

Greek, I hear ya on the "pillow" situation! LOLLLLLLL, at least i have a "shower" head! LOLLLL

Remember the "Cowardly Lion" in the Wizard of Oz? They told him to count sheep, and he replied.." I would, but i am too afraid"! LOLLL....just thought of that and made me laugh! lolll

**giggles7p** · 6 July 2009, 11:28 am

ROFLMAOOOOO, Just thought of a sure fire way to fall asleep.....just do a search here for "Universal's" posts, and all the tech stuff he talks about will surely put you to sleep!!

ROFLMAOOOO, j/k Rick, you know i love ya! lolllllllllllllllll

**pgaming** · 6 July 2009, 12:30 pm

Now watch I will be getting tons of spam offering me something in that department LMAO. Who knows what "free pillow give away", "lonely tonight"...

Or I could stick with Rick's posts lol.

greek39

**universal4** · 6 July 2009, 12:44 pm

Funny....

Now the technical aspects of why my posts may make those reading them a bit more wreary is that due to the effect of......

Ooops....this isn't the tech forum.....LOL

Rick
Universal4

**Chalkie** · 6 July 2009, 12:49 pm

Originally Posted by greek39

Now watch I will be getting tons of spam offering me something in that department LMAO. Who knows what "free pillow give away", "lonely tonight"...

Or I could stick with Rick's posts lol.

greek39

LOLOL

Can i be invited to the wedding of Rick and Greek?

Never mind giggles you can be a bridesmaid!

**pgaming** · 6 July 2009, 12:54 pm

Can i be invited to the wedding of Rick and Greek?

I think Rick is taken isn't he? LMAO

greek39

**Focalclick** · 6 July 2009, 4:51 pm

I used to have trouble sleeping as well but found the best way to get back to a normal sleep pattern is to get into a regular routine. It may sound simple but it's not that simple.

For instance, try to go to bed and wake up about the same time every night, even on weekends. What happened for me, was that I would sleep in until almost 11 on weekends and then get off my cycle. When I started getting in a routine and going to bed at about the same time every night and getting up at about the same time, my body clock was much more in tune with itself.

Even if you get 4 hours of sleep, try to go to bed and get up at the same times each night. So if your regular sleep is going to be 1 AM to 8 AM, try to do that each night. If one night is 4AM to 8 AM, go to bed at 1 AM and get up at 8AM the next day.

That helped me, along with cutting caffeine at night, not eating before I went to bed, reading as opposed to being on the computer before I went to bed, and having a notepad and paper next to my bed to write down things that I knew I would forget the next day.

I still think the most important is a consistent routine.

Mark

**Doolally** · 6 July 2009, 5:05 pm

I think our 3 little girls have insomnia. None of them sleep for more than 2 hours before waking up. (They're all 17 months old.)

A regular sleep pattern is just a strange idea in our house right now!

**Chalkie** · 6 July 2009, 5:11 pm

Triplets, 17 months old omg that sounds like hard work but no doubt very rewarding. So sweet!

I bet you have no insomnia problems of your own!

I have even gone without sleep for a whole night to try to get back in a routine - still could not sleep the following evening.

**giggles7p** · 6 July 2009, 6:56 pm

Focal Click, i know your 100% right, but i am with Chalkie {yikes} on this one, i have stayed up for two days straight to get back on a decent routine, as guess what, couldn't fall asleep until the bewitching hour of 4 am, affiliate time!

**giggles7p** · 6 July 2009, 7:06 pm

Funny....

Now the technical aspects of why my posts may make those reading them a bit more wreary is that due to the effect of......

Ooops....this isn't the tech forum.....LOL

Rick
Universal4

Roflmaoooo! Rick, gotta love ya...your are such a riot! lol

Now watch I will be getting tons of spam offering me something in that department LMAO. Who knows what "free pillow give away", "lonely tonight"...

Or I could stick with Rick's posts lol.

greek39

LMAOOO!...Spam? whats that? We should start a thread called Insomniac's Room, and have all of Rick's post in there! LMAOOOOOOO

LOLOL

Can i be invited to the wedding of Rick and Greek?

Never mind giggles you can be a bridesmaid!

Chalkie, We would have to hold Greek up right, at his wedding cause Rick would put him to sleep! LMAOOOOO......but at least Greek would have plenty of pillows to fall on! ROFLMAOOO

I think our 3 little girls have insomnia. None of them sleep for more than 2 hours before waking up. (They're all 17 months old.)

A regular sleep pattern is just a strange idea in our house right now!

TRIPLETS!!!!!

Thats all i can say to that! lolll

**Chalkie** · 6 July 2009, 7:48 pm

Originally Posted by giggles7p

Focal Click, i know your 100% right, but i am with Chalkie {yikes} on this one, i have stayed up for two days straight to get back on a decent routine, as guess what, couldn't fall asleep until the bewitching hour of 4 am, affiliate time!

Yikes ?

What you trying to say Giggles? (said in the same tone as shorty in different strokes)

I know ya loves me really.

**giggles7p** · 6 July 2009, 9:29 pm

Ah, Love is in the air! LOLLLL

Nothing but love chalkie, nothing but love.

Gigs

**Betpartners** · 6 July 2009, 9:37 pm

OI you have derailed my thread

You lousy lot, you have had me laughing my socks off so how am i suppose to sleep now

**giggles7p** · 6 July 2009, 9:46 pm

ROFLMAOOOOOOO

Isn't laughter fantastic!

We may not get sleepy, but it makes us feel good, now go search for some post from Rick {Universal} and i am sure you will be snoring in no time!

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

Rick is gonna shoot me if he ever meets me in person....lollllllll

**casinochipsj** · 7 July 2009, 10:48 pm

I haven't read all the posts or suggestions so apologies if I repeat anyone else's suggestion. I personally find that most problems like this you cannot solve with drugs and there is always a root to the problem that seems impossible to find.

So I would recommend the following and not to assume you don't do these activities, they are suggestions if you don't:

Working out
If you get a serious work out into you it's really hard staying up all night as you'll feel tired and sleep better. I'm not much of a gym person myself but sometimes I do kick boxing and my sleep is always better when I'm training

Get a massage
I find most people don't go for massages and feel they are more luxuries than the health benefits involved.

Acupuncture
I love acupuncture and I started it to help rid of my sciatica but it's also a great way to deal with stress and to just relax. I feel just as good after acupuncture as I do with a massage and to think it's only a bunch of needles

Hypnotherapy
I have tried it and I understand the benefits of it. Most people might think this is weird stuff but you never know what you are getting into until you try it. The worst case scenario you'll come out of a session feeling like you had a massage. The exercises to help put you in a trance are just relaxation exercises where you use your own mind to put yourself in a relaxed state. I listen to some of these tapes every once in a while myself.

Those are my serious answers. If you're looking for something less serious then I recommend the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wS5xOZ7Rq8

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