I haven't been able to fall asleep til after 3am for about 2 weeks (unless I have company in bed )


What do you do to get out of these habits/fall asleep?

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 2:02 AM. Reason : currently wiggling my toes and ran out of sheep to count]

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 2:03 AM. Reason : unfortunately, it's not possible to share the bed every night]

1/13/2011 2:02:11 AM

wish i could help ya, but i can never get it right myself. itll be another couple weeks at best before i can sleep well again (unless i have company in bed too )


and by help you, i definitely mean ill share the bed with you on nights you are alone

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 2:07 AM. Reason : haha]

1/13/2011 2:06:12 AM

I'm sorry, I don't swing that way...

1/13/2011 2:07:12 AM

or do you??

1/13/2011 2:07:56 AM

it would just be a classic mixup, amirite?

1/13/2011 2:08:24 AM

urite

1/13/2011 2:08:40 AM

urine

1/13/2011 2:13:24 AM

seminal fluid

1/13/2011 2:13:52 AM

I used make a stance like I was about to run a race at a track and run as fast as possible into a brick wall.

I slept pretty well then...

1/13/2011 2:21:49 AM

have the same problem, 1. I am completely a night person so I am always up anyways, and 2. when I am just lying in bed I think about a lot of shit that keeps me up, hate it.

I usually try to listen to AM Coast 2 Coast to see what whackos they have on, sometimes helps

1/13/2011 2:27:21 AM

1 and 2 is me...it sucks


the best thing that semi-works for me actually is if i put on something that ive seen before of the history/nature/science variety. however sometimes i get into it even though ive seen it before, especially stuff about the universe

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 2:29 AM. Reason : f]

1/13/2011 2:28:17 AM

a very odd thing, is QVC... but it depends on what they are hawking. If its some loud guy then it doesnt work, but if its some old woman taking 30 minutes to describe a fucking 2 inch windmill figurine then it sometimes works

1/13/2011 2:31:06 AM

i have to work in the morning actually so i really need to sleep badly. i think im gonna throw something on about the roman empire

1/13/2011 2:36:04 AM

I drink a lukewarm glass of water or smell something that's lavender-based.

1/13/2011 2:54:39 AM

I usually end the night with a laptop in the bed reading TWW and Facebook. I also play angry birds on my phone. You could always pop a Tylenol PM too.

1/13/2011 3:09:55 AM

put on some philip glass.

solo piano is a good choice... very repetitive. puts me to sleep with the quickness.

1/13/2011 3:21:35 AM

melatonin supplements are pretty good. I'm prescribed ambien but only use it in rare circumstances as it causes me drowsiness in the mornings. watching a movie you've seen a bunch helps, new stuff just makes you stay wake to watch it until the end.

aqueous transmission!

1/13/2011 3:48:48 AM

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"aqueous transmission!"

1/13/2011 4:38:39 AM

last night at 7pm i took 2 melatonin and 2 (valerian root, passion flower, celery seed, catnip powder, hops powder, dried orange) and i feel fantastic getting up at 5am

it also took me .2 seconds to fall asleep and i didnt roll around like i usually do

1/13/2011 5:16:37 AM

I touch myself...or my girlfriend. Knocks me right out.

1/13/2011 5:37:08 AM

If I'm in bed having trouble falling asleep it's almost always too late to do much about it.

If I start having trouble falling asleep I usually bite the bullet that night and try and get some work done or something and then make sure I do about an hour of moderate cardio after work for the next few days. That usually gets me back in a good sleeping pattern. Just don't exercise 4-5 hours before bedtime - it'll keep you up even more.

1/13/2011 6:01:00 AM

Two over the counter sleeping pills, a shot of rye and sex.

1/13/2011 7:26:13 AM

I, too, can't get to sleep until about 130

1/13/2011 7:36:21 AM

Sex or melatonin

1/13/2011 7:51:49 AM

catch a beat

1/13/2011 8:06:49 AM

Playing sudoku on my phone has become a regular way of knocking me out. Though last night I couldn't because the battery was dead Now I'm all :zombie-face: for the day

1/13/2011 8:08:10 AM

Quote :

"aqueous transmission!"

QFT

1/13/2011 8:18:18 AM

I fall asleep within 5-10 mins of laying down. It is awesome, pisses my fiancée off.

1/13/2011 8:26:22 AM

Using technology really fucks up your rem sleep patterns.

http://blog.directoryofschools.com/online-degrees/sleep-problems-avoid-laptops-and-smartphones-at-bedtime/

1/13/2011 8:35:49 AM

I usually roll around being pissed off that I can't sleep until I do fall asleep.

1/13/2011 8:48:28 AM

If I'm in bed for more than an hour without falling asleep, I say fuck it and get up to get some work done or play video games

1/13/2011 8:51:11 AM

^. Staying in bed being pissed that I can't sleep just makes me feel way more tired than if I get up and do stuff. Normally if I get up for an hour or two and do stuff I will get tired enough that when I get back in bed I pass out with a quickness.

1/13/2011 9:18:13 AM

reading late at night helps me sometimes

this is kind of strange but it works, if you stand beside your bed with all the lights off before you go to bed, doing nothing but standing very relaxed makes you wicked tired.

[Edited on January 13, 2011 at 9:27 AM. Reason : kind of reminds me of paranormal activity without being possessed by the devil]

1/13/2011 9:25:18 AM

I just jump up and down on the bed until I hit my head on the ceiling. That usually puts me right out.

1/13/2011 9:36:33 AM

How long do you stand for, punchmonk?

1/13/2011 9:44:11 AM

Just beat off

1/13/2011 9:47:42 AM

^ this

do it over and over again until you can barely cum or your dick falls off...either way works

1/13/2011 9:50:50 AM

GGmon, it doesn't take too long. 10 minutes.

1/13/2011 9:59:20 AM

I bet that freaked out qfred the first time punchmonk stood beside the bed.


Lol sleep with one eye open qfred!!

1/13/2011 10:01:25 AM

ThatGoodLockyou're wasting melatonin if you're doubling up... it gets less effective with larger doses.

If this problem has just developed lately, ClassicMixup should try staying up all night and until at least 8 pm the next day without napping. Then go pass out, having set your alarm for your normal time or 1 hour earlier. You might need some sleep aids to prevent rebound insomnia.

Some people have good results with benadryl and you can take up to like 6 at a time, but don't do this more than a week, the rebound insomnia can get bad after that. Me, I never feel like i'm really asleep with that stuff.

Sleep hygiene is so important- if at all possible, don't use your bedroom for anything but sleeping and fucking. make sure all extraneous power strip lights, cell phones, etc are plugged somewhere you can't see it from your bed. DON'T lounge and read in the bed or watch tv at non-sleep times.

If being in the water relaxes you, try a shower or bath before bed.

Your body is supposed to make melatonin in response to lack of LIGHT- that's the environmental cue that is supposed to set your circadian rhythm. So, 2-3 hours before your ideal bedtime, start dimming the lights in your apartment. Go buy some dimmer switches if you need to, because by the time you brush your teeth you should only be exposing yourself to twilight lighting conditions for optimum sleep.

If you don't nap and you mimic natural lighting in your apartment, don't be surprised if you wake for up to 1 hour in the middle of the night. It is an artifact of two-phase sleep, which is our natural pattern. Waking in the middle of the night was so common pre-artificial lighting that it is very well documented and people would even go visit their neighbors between the "first" and "second" sleep.

I have delayed sleep phase and non-24 hour day issuez going back to childhood, and it can be a struggle. however, taking an ambien every night isn't a good option. Sleep Hygiene and taking a bedfellow and melatonin supplements is the best way to handle it, especially if you think you have long-term problems.

1/13/2011 10:09:19 AM

Quote :

"sleep with one eye open"

GRIPPIN YOUR PILLOW TIGHT

EXIT LIGHT

ENTER NIGHT

1/13/2011 10:11:33 AM

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"don't use your bedroom for anything but sleeping and fucking"

very good advice, I sleep much better now that I have no TV in the bedroom.

1/13/2011 10:39:13 AM