Insomnia; the brains way of showing the body who's boss

[Fev]

Anyone got some funny sleep stories? ie things you have done while sleeping?

about a month ago my girlfriend told me while i was sleeping i got heaps angry about somthing, then i said.. "F-cking Paris Hilton!!!.........Broke my watch.... bit-h!!"

i was surprised..

[XR06T]

wtf hahahahaha thats awesome.

[BlackLS]

Whats the opposite to insomnia - I have that.

I've slept through some pretty loud stuff, I've deadset got 4 alarm clocks in each corner of my room as well as my phone alarm, all set to go off 15 mins at a time. Even then I wake up 3 hours later thinking WTF my alarms didn't go off? only to see I turned them off in my sleep.

I fixed this problem for a short time by wrapping packing tape around the switch area of alarm clock, until I became pro at unwrapping packing tape in my sleep :S

[kremmen]

Get your girlfriend/wife to talk to you about what what she wants out of your relationship,

works a treat...

[mattp]

Google 'sleep hygiene', have a read, then follow their advice...

[steevo d]

"sleep hygiene", LOL, sound like something your parents
gave you "the talk" about as a teenager......ROFL.....

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Outbackjack

That is a fact confirmed by my doctor. Alcohol is a stimulant in small amounts and a depresant in larger quantities. But I still love it..... mmmmm Beeer

Alcohol is anything but a stimulant for me :

Originally Posted by Dan635

Redbull gives me chronic insomnia. Multiple redbulls.

I have about two Redbulls to keep me awake then I drown it out with a 6 pack + of beer to get me to sleep. Can't imagine it doing wonders for my health though but meh :

Funny even if I work long hours (14hrs or more) I often find myself stayin up pretty late even if I'm really stuffed! :

[NGN 351]

Regular exercise and learn how to meditate. As a paramedic who shift works I know how important sleep is and sometimes meditation helps as it calms and slows you down.You can buy some CD's which will help talk you thru this. I dont like my circadium rythym either but can talk myself into sleeping when I know I need to sleep.
Hope this helps
Justin

[iCat]

another non-sleeping shiftworker here. I don't fret about not sleeping anymore; I figure my body knows when to sleep, and if I'm in bed and relaxed, then that's all my body needs at that time. If I sleep I sleep, if I don't I don't. I just accept that my body knows itself best. Took a while to get into this mode of thinking but it really helps me not to fret over the amount of sleep I don't have.

[Deadman]

Originally Posted by Fantome

I too suffer from insomnia at times. One of the tricks I use is to watch a DVD/video in bed. It must be a show that you have seen heaps of times but still enjoy and because you know the storyline you seem to drift into dreamland pretty quickly. Hope it helps.

Have a few beers and then watch a replay of an old test match or ashes series - does the trick really well

[rag top]

Changing from 9-5 work to shift work cured my insomnia.

[ABoringUsername]

I used to have problems. I found thinking about (not) sleeping kept me awake.... I just try and direct my mind elswhere.

[brenx]

Take up panel beating/repair, spray painting and beer. Works for me.

[GT0132]

Originally Posted by Van D

I used to have real hard times getting to sleep, saw heaps of people, took drugs etc..
I now work 10 hour days, up at 5am, home at 5.30pm, by the time i've made dinner and worked out or jammed for a bit i'm out like a like light. A (that's one) beer or spliff also help.

Friend of mine used to be the same and we both changed habits and it's worked real well.

Seriously, if anyones having trouble sleeping on here and doesn't do these things.. Get outside more, do more exhausting things (even if it's sport, gym, going for a walk etc after work) during the day/evening, EAT/DRINK HEALTHY (don't drink coke/soft drink, red bulls, sugary drinks, caffeine etc, anywhere near bed time, or even at all, also stay off maccas etc as much as possible), spend as little time as possible in front of a TV/computer, especially before bed. I've been told staring at a computer screen before bed tricks the mind into thinking it's still daytime. I stopped and it helped me.
I find reading and listening to classical/technical music help me, as it exhausts my mind, and by the time I go to bed it doesn't want to think.

That's my 2c.

Good advice there champ...However I can't see how watching a computer screen would be any different to watching TV

I too have sleeping problems.

Weeknights I'm usually in bed by say 11pm and it often takes me till about 1am to drift off...When alarm goes off at 6.30 just can't seem motivated to get up and wake up with eyes hanging outta my head.

On Weekends, when I can sleep in, I'm usually in bed no later than Midnight and no matter how hard I try I'm always wide awake at 5.30am and wanna get up and do things rather than relax and lay in for a couple more hours

During the day at work I start getting really sleepy after lunch and have nearly dozed off in afternoon meetings a couple of times but wide awake by the time I get home around 7pm. Ironically I tend to get more sleepy in the afternoons on the days I go to the gym at lunchtime.

I get by on around 5-6 hours sleep a night on average but its not enough and I'm not sure what i can do to overcome it.

If I decide to have an early night (say 9 or 9.30) I'm often awake again by 3am and can't get back to sleep and, before you know it, it's time to get up for work...Real pain and I'm gonna get a sleep study done at a local hospital as my doctor reckons I may have sleep aeopnia (excuse the spelling). I do snore apparently.

Cheers

[M&Ms]

Try thinking about something that will stop you thinking about everything else. A good tip is to just think of a red STOP sign. Not only does this narrow your thoughts down to one thing, but but seeing the word STOP sends a message to your brain to stop (or so I've heard).