Insomnia

[Bedford Red]

Do you get on ok with that though Yeovil?

I've never had anything like this before; and although i'm not feeling great I think my body is getting used to 1 or 2 hours sleep a night and I'm still working etc. Don't want to get used to it but don't feel as crap as I think i should do!

Don't drink tea or coffee; off the booze too although I'm tempted to hit it big time to see if that would help.

[Bedford Red]

Take an afternoon off and go to the pub till tea time then eat something stodgey and carb filled like mash potatoe.Always sends me off anyway.

I might try that; by lunchtime when I've been up 10/11/12 hours I feel like I should be going home anyway.

I think I will have this afternoon off and go to my local; thanks.

[yeo]

When Im at work I get 4/5 hours of broken sleep from 8am -12am.I sometimes doze for 5 minutes here and there at work as well.When im off I sleep 2am -7 am and then have an afternoon nap.I do tend to get a bit jet lagged after a bit and have to force myself to do stuff rather than doze and fall in and out of concienceness all day.

Seriously, just have a couple or 3 bottles of wine it will sort you.It sounds like you are thinking about it to much and the more you worry about not sleeping the less chance you have of sleeping.

[Bedford Red]

Yeah; I'm sure you are right. Once i get a good couple of nights sleep I'm sure it will be all back to normal.

I have 5 bottles of wine; various bottles of vodka and lots of other alcohol in the house; so I will hit that later on.

[flammableBen]

I'm struggling at the moment. I'm working at 9am tomorrow (today actually - thur). I'll cope, but have been continuously putting off how much sleep I need. I've gone from I'll got to bed at 12   and get 8 hours sleep to I'll go to bed at 4.30 and get 4  hours sleep very quickly. I'll probably end up getting 3.

More of a change of sleep patterns for me though. Slept until 2pm today and didn't get out of bed until 3.

Annoying thing is that I'll have to re-reverse it tomorrow (today - thur) night as I'm doing a late evening shift on friday. Afternoon nap is going to be my friend.

[Bob's Orange]

Hmmmmmmmmmm.................

Anyone know how much sleep you need before it kills you!

I slept for 2 hrs last night; 90 minutes tonight and i can't see myself going back to sleep again. Sunday night I didn't sleep at all so adding in Monday nights 7 1/2 hrs which seems a miracle I've slept 11 hours in 4 nights.

I don't feel as bad as I think i should with that little sleep; lunchtime is a killer as it feels like evening to me.  

Ho hum; maybe I could get a job at night instead!

I reckon because you are worried about not getting any sleep this is affecting you. I never sleep well when I have something on my mind and perhaps this is the same for you. I went through a period last year when I was struggling to sleep and had the same problem, tablets didn't work either. I think I eventually took a week or so off of work as I was so exhausted and managed to shake the problem and back to normal.

Good luck though, I know how you feel.

[STFCBird]

Drinking is not recommended, it adds to your stress and you only get drunken sleep not proper deep sleep.  Go to the dr.  There are loads of things you can try.  Eating late in the evening is a no no also.

[Batch]

It's horrible. I have has a few bouts of insomnia. Not much worked really. One was brought on by jet lag disturbing my sleep pattern, one by an anxiety problem I had. Thankfully both cases turned out to be temporary.

Aside from the medication route, try excersise in the day too.

Failing that try a healthy mix of alcohol and masturbation.

[Bedford Red]

Hmmmmmmmmmm.................

Anyone know how much sleep you need before it kills you!

I slept for 2 hrs last night; 90 minutes tonight and i can't see myself going back to sleep again. Sunday night I didn't sleep at all so adding in Monday nights 7 1/2 hrs which seems a miracle I've slept 11 hours in 4 nights.

I don't feel as bad as I think i should with that little sleep; lunchtime is a killer as it feels like evening to me.  

Ho hum; maybe I could get a job at night instead!

I reckon because you are worried about not getting any sleep this is affecting you. I never sleep well when I have something on my mind and perhaps this is the same for you. I went through a period last year when I was struggling to sleep and had the same problem, tablets didn't work either. I think I eventually took a week or so off of work as I was so exhausted and managed to shake the problem and back to normal.

Good luck though, I know how you feel.

Thanks. I am sure the worry about not getting any sleep is part of it; I've been up 12 1/2 hours now and still got 4 1/2 hours at work to go; I am knackered!

I am going to the dr start of next week and hopefully get some tablets to get me sleeping properly. And I am not going to drink to try to sleep; I know that wouldn't help.

[Arriba]

i'd get an emergency appointment at the docs bedford asap.
i can only imagine how you feel.i sometimes have the odd sleepless night but i cannot understand how you havn't nodded off with the lack of sleep you have had?

[Lumps]

This has happened to me loads of times. Usually it's when I'm a bit busy at work or stressed out for some other reason. It can be really hard to clear your mind enough to get to sleep.

Whilst I know you said early in the thread that you're not stressed, it sounds like you've now got to the stage where just the thought of not being able to get to sleep is preying on your mind. This can happen, you have one disturbed night for no particular reason, you then go to bed the next night thinking "shit I've got to get a decent 8 hours tonight, I'm knackered", and as a result you get yourself tense. It happens again and all of a sudden sleep's become a big issue.

The only tips I can give you to get over it are:

1. Try sleeping alone - if you normally sleep with your other half and you've got a spare room then move into it for a few nights - if you're keyed up then any little thing they do is going to keep you awake
2. Start getting ready to go to bed at a set time and have a set routine,  take a bath and try to relax, read for a bit, but have a set time that you'll turn out that light.
3. Try to clear your mind. You say that you get bored and end up watching TV or logging on here. Don't! Lie back and try to think of nothing. I know that's really difficult but it's the only thing that works. If you're like me what's keeping you from sleep is your head refusing to switch off. You lie there with your mind turning things over. As you get more tired you can't even settle to think about anything properly, and your mind runs all over the place, jumping from thought to thought until your head hurts. You have to make that stop!

Try deep breathing. It's best to lie in a different position to how you nornally go to sleep to trick yourself into thinking this isn't about sleep but about relaxing. Take deep deliberate breathes and hold each one for a few seconds and than let it out slowly. Think about each breath as you breath in and out, try to visualise the breathing, waves flowing in and out, that kind of stuff. Concentrate hard enough on this and you can clear your mind of everything else.

Do that for 5/10 minutes and your heart rate will slow down and you should be pretty relaxed, you should feel yourself start to drift off.

4. Roll over and go to sleep!

Of course, if the option is available to you, shagging usually helps aswell!

[Ralphy]

Go to the gym!!

After a good workout i'm ready for bed!

[STFC Village]

So when it's black this insomniac take an original tack
Keep the beast in my nature under ceaseless attack
I gets no sleep
I can't get no sleep

 :\/

[Ralphy]

do do do do do do do do do do

I like that tune.