[JqC]

This insomnia is getting to me. What do you guys do to fall asleep?

Any home remedies/techniques?

I've been mindlessly surfing the net for hours now. This is brutal. Another hour and I might resort to opening a textbook.

[Fafine]

already 6 am might as well stay up

[SkinnyPupp]

Fap
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[asian_XL]

1) don't eat or exercise 4-5 hrs before sleep
2) no TV or games or reading 2-3 hrs before sleep
3) wake up early every morning, even you have nothing to do.
4) go to bed at 10 or earlier if it takes you few hr to fall asleep
5) smoke a joint

[ray666]

when I can't sleep I just drink a glass a milk and either watch tv or play some xbox until I get tired.

if worse comes to worse, you can always turn to sleeping pills. But I heard there are some crazy side effects for some people.

[JqC]

Fap
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Already did but it doesn't get me tired cause I'm a fucking beast.

1) don't eat or exercise 4-5 hrs before sleep
2) no TV or games or reading 2-3 hrs before sleep
3) wake up early every morning, even you have nothing to do.
4) go to bed at 10 or earlier if it takes you few hr to fall asleep
5) smoke a joint
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Gonna keep this in mind for next time.

[dogeatcookie]

1) don't eat or exercise 4-5 hrs before sleep
2) no TV or games or reading 2-3 hrs before sleep
3) wake up early every morning, even you have nothing to do.
4) go to bed at 10 or earlier if it takes you few hr to fall asleep
5) smoke a joint

Smoking weed wakes me up. I could smoke weed all day and not feel tired. lulz

[wouwou]

dude,

just fap, or ask a girl friend of yours about her love life.

[b0unce. [?]]

read a boring book.

[Kim Jong Un]

Hump your pillows.
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[fliptuner]

Ask your GF to talk about her feelings. If that doesn't put you to sleep it means your the ghey and should make a sandwich.

[Hot Karl]

massage if you can get one. (massage chair @home is boss) a nice bath is pretty solid too. especially if you have a nice doob rolled up. i is so relaxed i'd probably shit myself in the tub if i wasn't sitting on my butt.

ymmv.

[toyota86]

go for a cruise. get sideways in a rwd.

[v.Rossi]

Watch baseball or NASCAR highlights, silly Americans..

That should put you asleep or listen to your girlfriend, that works too
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[ilvtofu]

Watch a movie, pretty much every night in september I watched a movie and fell asleep after 15-20 mins. Lol took me a week to get through a movie but yeah, always works for me. Just don't watch something that's really good and engaging.

[jeedee]

Don't take naps 4-5 hours before you go to bed.

When I can't sleep, I just do some boring ass homework till I get sleepy.
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[Lowered_Klass]

Go to bed, and read a book.

Or what really works for me, I listen to sports talk on CKNW after I've gone to bed. Lights out of course. That usually does the trick.

Good luck, I hate not being able to fall asleep :(

[Mercy]

Had the same problem but now I take a pill. I was at the point of not being able to fall asleep at all I would lay in bed toss and turn before i know it the sun would be coming up and I'd be having to goto school in an hour. Brutal times. Atleast now I get 8 hours instead of one or two.
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[OTG-ZR2]

surf the interwebs :thumbsup:

[spoon.ek9]

i learnt these tips in psychology:

your bed should be used for only two things: sleep and sex.

when you associate your bed with reading, tv, computers, etc you are no longer using the bed primarily for sleep. so if you have these things in your room, try to eliminate them or at least limit usage prior to sleeping. it's best if you only jump in bed when you want to sleep.

sidenote: apparently having a tv in the bedroom kills your sex life (if you two sleep in the same room regularly, ie your wife)



also, give yourself time to wind down. do an activity you find boring and doesn't require a whole lot of focus. ie, for some people this may be reading, clipping your nails, or anything else you find boring.

only other thing i could recommend is a shake weight for your wife/gf :awesom:

[mpr]

^ good tip.

you can also try melatonin. my friend couldn't sleep well these days and took some last nite and slept for 11 hours.

myself woke up at 3 am last night and couldn't sleep till 5-6 in the morning. I fell back to sleep afterwards. that happens when I have too much on my mind. I kept trying to relax myself and stop thinking of what I need to do the next day.

[i-vtecyo]

when i had problems sleeping before, i would plan ahead and go to a community centre to use their pool, sauna and whirlpool. the sauna and whirlpool is relaxing and gets my mind off things. Also when ur in bed trying to sleep, do not look at the time.

[van_driver]

1) don't eat or exercise 4-5 hrs before sleep
2) no TV or games or reading 2-3 hrs before sleep
3) wake up early every morning, even you have nothing to do.
4) go to bed at 10 or earlier if it takes you few hr to fall asleep
5) smoke a joint

I actually find working out helps me sleep a lot better

[FN-2199]

I sometimes slap on a movie. I pay attention for the first bit, then end up losing focus and falling asleep.
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[Gnomes]

Drink a cup of warm milk

[murd0c]

I just normally have 6 bag of my volcano and a couple bong hoots and I have no issues sleeping. Fap before to get that over with. Or maybe a hot bath as well could help.

[hirevtuner]

drink booze until you get really hammered then sleep

[BLUETIGER]

i watch infomercials and make soap

[$_$]

drink booze until you get really hammered then sleep

Sleeping drunk reduces the QUALITY of your sleep

[PuYang]

warm milk sweetened with some honey. helps skin and soothes you ;]

i like to put on family guy DVDs as background noise, and fall asleep on the couch. (any show that you like, but have seen far too many times to really need to pay attention will work).

[MindBomber]

I go driving for a bit, hit up timmy ho's for a cup of tea.

I love driving at 3am, being the only car on the road is kinda cool.

[raygunpk]

fap and use the jizz to cover your eyes. once it dries your eyes will be forcibly closed, and you will have no choice but to sleep.

[ToyotaPowah]

I usually just play guitar or read a book. I try to stay away from TV/computer cause I find it just wakes me up. Although, sometimes putting on a slow movie helps :p

[nabs]

like someone else said earlier, i listen to sports talk on cknw, then coast to coast AM on cknw... really good show on until 5AM...

I play on my phone mostly while listning to the radio till i sleep.

[RiceIntegraRS]

i like to put on family guy DVDs as background noise, and fall asleep on the couch. (any show that you like, but have seen far too many times to really need to pay attention will work).

i do the exact same, if that doesnt work i usually make myself something to eat, like a bowl of noodles and get myself into food coma then sleep

[- kT]

when i can't sleep i usually get up, make a bowl of instant noodles or something and eat til my stomach is round and bulging and then when i hop back into bed i fall asleep right away

another tip - if you smoke, don't smoke an hour or so before you intend to go to bed. been known to cause insomnia and restlessness for some people. but on the same token, i'm sure some people can't sleep until they've had one

[v.Rossi]

I just normally have 6 bag of my volcano and a couple bong hoots and I have no issues sleeping. Fap before to get that over with. Or maybe a hot bath as well could help.

Haha word, I hate sleeping after a j. I think it's a waste of the high, I wanna feel it then sleep on the burnout. Do something enjoying while high to get it over with.
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[drunkrussian]

1. fap - if it doesn't work, hey, it was still pretty fun
2. Watch a movie you really like, which you watch often, but always only watch bits of, because you already know it inside out - ie with Forrest Gump or Goodfellas, I can never watch more than 15 minutes at a time anymore
3. Go eat all you can eat sushi, followed by cheesecake for dessert lol - you'll wake up bloated and shitting your pants, but hey, you'll also wake up from a nice, long sleep hahaha

[drunkrussian]

dude,

just fap, or ask a girl friend of yours about her love life.

lol call a girl friend of yours at 4am asking about her love life. hahahaha

[wobuffet]

down a can of four loko.

another thing you can try is when you're in bed, turn to one side then sleep.
i always face the ceiling when i lie down and can't sleep. once i turn towards the wall or something, i tend to pass out faster.

[Euro7r]

Surf the net and try to make my eyes tired from reading stuff.

[G-spec]

go to your local London Drugs and get a bottle of Melatonin, toss like 5 in your mouth(recommended dosage is I think 2) and let them dissolve under your tongue, if your eye lids don't start feeling heavy within 15 minutes you're a fckin champ.


I'm 6'1 and 190 lbs, 5 of them works well for me, try 3 at first see how it goes.

[Gerbs]

Reading makes you tired try reading a magazine or a lame book
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[Renthal]

couple beers, fap, surf the web.. pass out. :thumbsup:

[LiquidTurbo]

Exercise regularly. Do you do this?

[murmur]

bucket of hot water for your feet.

[Nightwalker]

I've been terrible the last few days, not able to sleep at all.

I think I'm going to turn the heat on in my room, maybe it's been a bit cold. I've noticed my feet can't warm up when I'm trying to sleep.

I use melatonin, I've run out right now. The advice above is completely wrong. You'll probably get a better effect with half of one pill than a bunch of them. I've been working nights for 6+ years.

Dosage

Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have said that melatonin pills sold as supplements contain three to ten times the amount needed to produce the desirable physiologic nocturnal blood melatonin level for a more rapid sleep onset. Dosages are designed to raise melatonin levels for several hours[citation needed] to enhance quality of sleep, but some studies suggest that smaller doses (for example 0.3 mg as opposed to 3 mg) are just as effective.[88]

Large doses of melatonin can even be counterproductive: Lewy et al.[89] provide support to the "idea that too much melatonin may spill over onto the wrong zone of the melatonin phase-response curve" (PRC). In one of their blind subjects, 0.5 mg of melatonin was effective while 20 mg was not.[89]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin

[alwaysideways]

Read all the wordings in every insurance policy you have! That'll do it ASAP!

[JSALES]

buy some melatonin, will probably knock you right out

[dachinesedude]

take some nitric oxide and hit the gym, you will have a VERY good night sleep

[orange7]

take a tea spoon of cough syrup.

[Qmx323]

i choke myself out

[hal0g0dv2]

sleep aid plus zma

[MindBomber]

I had insomnia issues for awhile and I was taking melatonin routinely, so I experimented with the dosages to see how little I could take and still get the effects. Half and tab gets me to sleep, a full tab and I feel the affects throughout my sleep, two tabs I'm still feeling dozy in the morning.

[you!]

fuck till u pass out

[maxxxboost]

Already did but it doesn't get me tired cause I'm a fucking beast.





LOL!!!!

[palepilsenpin0y]

I personally watch all the latest episodes of my shows or a movie. A glass of warm milk sounds a little cliche, but it actually does help as well :thumbsup:

[quasi]

Take a sleeping pill.

[MG1]

Usually watching soccer puts me to sleep, but lately, the Canucks have put me to sleep.

[rsx]

have a baby then you'll be wishing for some z's

[hotjoint]

Usually watching soccer puts me to sleep, but lately, the Canucks have put me to sleep.

Thats why I was watching the laker game instead ;) :thumbsup:

[Greenstoner]

go out and shovel you and your neighbor's driveway if there is still snow

[gdoh]

practice meditating, keeping you mind clear of thoughts

go for a run

have a stick of celery right b4 u go to bed

[TheNewGirl]

Take a sleeping pill.

Many sleeping medications cause short and/or long term memory problems. I would not advocate using them except in short periods of high stress or trauma.

I'm a life long insomniac in a long line of insomniacs. I also worked for a sleep researcher at SFU for a couple of years.

First of all there's three kinds of insomnia, and it's important to identify which you are. 1. People who have trouble going to sleep. 2. People who have broken sleep and 3. People who wake up earlier than they want to.

Then you need to identify what your trigger is. Some people have racing thoughts or anxiety (this is the easiest type to deal with in my experience), others have no clue why they can't sleep. If you are the former, distraction, self hypnosis/meditation and other mind clearing methods work best. Creating a routine to deal with this works best, as it sets up triggers to tell your brain 'okay, time to settle down and rest'. I found that for example there's specific movies that I only use for this now and I rarely am awake through the credits because that's my 'time to sleep' cue.


If you are the latter you need to speak to your doctor.

There's a plethora of health related issues that cause sleep problems: diabetes (particularly hypoglycemia), thyroid, sleep apnia, other breathing issues, cardiac issues, depression, anxiety and allergies. These are all pressing and medically urgent and important to be ruled out particularly for the broken sleep and early riser crowd.

For example often when I wake up at 3 am feeling like all hell and anxious it's because my blood sugar's crashed to 3.8, anything below 4 is starting to get in the bad news range. If I have a snack and make sure my blood sugar's over 8 before I go to bed I can prevent this.

to long ; didn't read - If getting into a mellower head space doesn't work for you, see a doctor.

[TheNewGirl]

I had insomnia issues for awhile and I was taking melatonin routinely, so I experimented with the dosages to see how little I could take and still get the effects. Half and tab gets me to sleep, a full tab and I feel the affects throughout my sleep, two tabs I'm still feeling dozy in the morning.

Melatonin is naturally produced by the body in preparation for sleep, meaning you need to have your body manufacturing it about a half hour to 45 minutes prior to when you want to sleep. Taking it in pill form can decrease your body's natural production which means you can be dependent on it for life or at least until you retrain your body. Which is fine if you need it but I wouldn't recommend it until you've exusted everything else and ruled out potential health issues contributing to sleep problems.

What most people don't know is that your body will NOT produce melatonin in a brightly lit environment so one of the best things to do is, about 45 minutes prior to bed turn off or greatly decrease the lights in the area you're in. This triggers your body to initiate melatonin production which begins the whole preparing for sleep.

[freakshow]

I watch CSPAN.. and if I still couldn't fall asleep, there's always CSPAN2 and CSPAN3..

[bloodmack]

From what I've heard and as spoon.ek9 has already mentioned.

If your mind doesn't think that your bedroom is a place of sleep it won't want to sleep there. I used to have my computer in my bedroom, i could stay up till 9 am playing video games, watch movies, of all kinds ;). But, when I moved out on my own all i had in my room was my bed and clothes. Now it takes me 10 - 15 minutes to fall asleep, in that time I listen to some Bob Marley on a quiet volume, I find that using headphones keeps me awake. Usually what I do is have my iphone on a stereo dock and set my timer for 20 minutes then it puts my iphone to sleep once 20 minutes is up. Oh, I also have a very low wattage bulb in my room as well.

[JDMStyo]

Bust a nut.

That usually makes me sleepy as hell afterwards so its awesome

[Jegz]

Pop an ambien

[saychun]

have a drink

[Stormspirit]

lay in bed and think of nothing but the nice relaxing beach or oceans... then ZZZZzZzzZZ

[SkinnyPupp]

I had insomnia issues for awhile and I was taking melatonin routinely, so I experimented with the dosages to see how little I could take and still get the effects. Half and tab gets me to sleep, a full tab and I feel the affects throughout my sleep, two tabs I'm still feeling dozy in the morning.
Same here. If I want to make sure I fall asleep at a reasonable time, I Just pop 0.5mg. I tend not to have to do that more than once a week. The more you do it, the more you'll need until eventually you become totally dependent on it. But there are no withdrawal symptoms (other than insomnia) so it's not that big a deal.

[StylinRed]

watch the shopping channel

[quasi]

Many sleeping medications cause short and/or long term memory problems. I would not advocate using them except in short periods of high stress or trauma.

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Nor would I, but when needed in the short term they worked. I had to take them for a while a couple months ago due to high stress where I was getting maybe 1 hour sleep a night, they really were a life saver. I'm not advocating abusing them, see your doctor obviously. :p

[achiam]

Turn on the laptop and do more work on Excel.

[alwaysideways]

Sleep is for unsucessful people! Just work harder while you cant sleep!

http://www.revscene.net/forums/secrets-success-t630908.html

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