Insomnia cures that worked for you

Hiro

Hiro

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Ladies and gentlemen of the forums, lend me your ears.

Every single night, I struggle to fall asleep. No matter what time I jump into bed, it takes an hour or more to a tall fall asleep. The fact that I only get in bed at midnight means that I'm only snoozing by 1am :(

There a plenty of suggestions on the net to cure insomnia, but I need to know what YOU have tried and what has worked (and what hasn't)

I'm gonna a go try a glass of warm milk now. Fingers crossed :D

Edit : no joy :(
 
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Have a kid. Never been able to fall asleep so quickly as since mine arrived.
 
matt said:
Have a kid. Never been able to fall asleep so quickly as since mine arrived.
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Haha, thats drastic.

Read a book. Not sure about you, but with me I generally play games until I go to sleep, and my mind is on high alert whilst playing, so it takes about an hour to chill out. I reckon any kind of technology can do that to you, using your phone, watching tv etc. So just stop doing what you normally do and give yourself 30mins earlier than usual to chill out with a book in bed. I find you fall asleep much easier.
 
Cicero said:
Haha, thats drastic.



Read a book. Not sure about you, but with me I generally play games until I go to sleep, and my mind is on high alert whilst playing, so it takes about an hour to chill out. I reckon any kind of technology can do that to you, using your phone, watching tv etc. So just stop doing what you normally do and give yourself 30mins earlier than usual to chill out with a book in bed. I find you fall asleep much easier.
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Ya a book might be a better option. My problem with reading a book before bed is that there's always that one more chapter
 
No TV,PC or phone 1 hour before bed. No snacking or eating anything for at least 1 hour before bed. Grab a book, put some easy listening music on, dim the lights or use a lamp to read. Do this when you turn all of the gadgets off, takes an hour to 45 mins to get your body ready for a a good rest. Try to get 6-8 hours of sleep at least otherwise your body will never rest fully and you will feel groggy and agro most of the day.

The bright lights and the lights from the gadgets or TV keep your brain in an awake state, so does snacking before bed. Your body is still on full blast and it takes a while to calm down. Dimming the lights and reading a book relaxes the brain and prepares it for sleep. The light dimming also helps by forcing the brain to go into sleep mode. The easy listening music could be anything from classical to easy jazz, anything that relaxes you.

If you have trouble waking up as well, try meditation as soon as you wake up. With the lights off and still in bed, start with breathing exercises to allow more oxygen into your blood, this also kickstarts your brain. Do this for about 10 mins, laying flat on your back and breathing in deep through your nose and breathing out slow through your mouth. After 10 mins turn on the lights open the curtains and eat a good breakfast. You will feel different after a few days.
 
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matt said:
Ya a book might be a better option. My problem with reading a book before bed is that there's always that one more chapter
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I guess its different for other people, but no matter what I always get super tired while reading.
 
Get a stream of Golf on YouTube, and watch that for a while, whilst being interested in what they are doing. If that doesn't make you tired, nothing will. It is the calmest thing that you can find on TV.
 
I also generally find that reading a book puts me to sleep quite quickly... Either that or i get really into it and then am awake for hours... but if im tired and i read its tickets...

Also like Spartan said, No TV or PC at least 1 hour before bed... Also if you go to Gym that will help... And do you shower at night or in the mornings?
 
I usually put a documentary on and just listen intently to it. I suffer from insomnia as well and I usually doze off within 30 minutes.
 
Cicero said:
I guess its different for other people, but no matter what I always get super tired while reading.
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You probably need to find better books then. If I'm not really into a book, it'll make me sleepy, but if I can't wait to find out what happens next, I end up reading late into the night.
 
awesome, thanks for all the suggestions guys :D

I don't drink, so those ideas are off limits.
I already have 2 kids but they are in bed by 8:30pm so don't really impact on my insomnia
I guess i could try reading. Any recommendations ?
Exercise before bed sounds like a good plan as well
finally, i also suspect that its the electronic overload which is causing my brain to be over active at a time when its meant to be winding down. trouble is, i feel like there is SO much to do and that sleep is a waste of time :o yes yes, i know that its physcially critical, but still
 
Take natural herbal remedies such as valerian root, melatonin, those work for me on the very bad nights - I tend to fall asleep easily, but we have a neighbour's cat that loves to wake me up or the outside alarm beams will be tripped, so loud noise jarring me awake. Then I can't sleep again, will take me up to 3 hours to fall asleep then if I dont take one of the above mentioned. The nice thing I have found with them is I don't get that drug induced hangover the next morning - aka I wake up feeling hyper and alert, not groggy and bedonnered.
 
korn1 said:
I think you need to get melatonin over the counter now? Just say it is for jet lag.
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I get it at the health section of my pharmacy - or at least I did last month. I tend to swop between the two every couple of months so that my body doesnt get used to it. I am a big insomnia sufferer.
 
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