I usually fall asleep hard and fast, but when I have a lot on my mind, I have trouble sleeping. Anybody have any advice?\n\n(Good night, I'm off to *try* to sleep.)
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ON THOSE OCCASSIONS THAT YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR MIND, WRITE IT DOWN.  DON'T WORRY ABOUT GRAMMER OR PUNCUATION JUST WRITE. GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND ONTO THE PAPER.  KEEP IT ON DON'T IT IS UP TO YOU.  HOPE IT HELPS.
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Uhh...I think I understand what you are saying. When we have insomnia or something, sometimes it's caused from anxiety and stress. Adn best ways to fix those are to mentally just damn fix them, personally. It's hard though. And from what I can see, not many people seem to have an intelligent enough brain to solve their own problems. But on the other hand, some sleep problems are health problems. Sure, we can fix those, (seriously we fuckin can people!), but takin a drug to subside it so sleeping is possible in order to relax and rejuvinate, is good. There's too many factors to sleeping to blame it on sleeping pills or whatever. People just don't want to think. They want to do what it takes to get by, and if it means not doing anything, then they don't really care.
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lets see... where to begin? alright...\n*I sleep with my eyes open and they get all red and i look high all the time\n*I sleep fully clothed, jeans and tight t-shirts socks and all\n*I can fall alseep almost instantly\n*I sleep walk sometimes\n*I talk a lot in my sleep\n*I wake up laughing a bunch\n*I always have to sleep towards a wall, any other way i cant fall asleep\n*Once im asleep, its really hard to wake me up, unless you yell GARY!\n*MUST! have one arm under a pillow or under my head\n\nthats about all i can truly think of... im like a big sleeping mess... its fun though
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I know exactly how you feel. Here I am up at 2.24 a.m. and I have to be up by 6.45 a.m. I am going to try a hot relaxing short bath and a warm glass of milk with a little low fat chocolate. I think we should both log off our computer for a start if either one of us is going to go to sleep.  Ha! Ha! Hope it work for you, try to close your eyes and think of pleasant thoughts.
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I feel for your friend- But,I have the same problem.I'm a 37yr.old female.And I have Insomnia really bad.I've had a sleep study done.But,nothing I've tried has helped.I've tried- Reading,Simply Sleep,Tylenol P.M.,Ambien,Lunesta,and even a natural med from the pharmacy.Nothing has helped me yet.Sometimes I'm up for 2-days straight.It sucks.So,If you find out something please let me know if you don't mind.My E-Mail is: jac9blond@yahoo.com I wish i could help.
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I've been plauged with insomnia since as far back as I can recall. My mom always had problems getting me up for school in the morning, mainly b/c I didn't get much sleep at night. I've been a night owl ever since. I went through a time where I did speed/meth to stay up all night so I didn't have to worry about fighting to fall asleep. that was the first sign for me, I was always fighting to go to sleep. My mind just didn't seem to want to shut off. so, I had read never to stay in bed when you can't sleep after about 15 minutes....to do something relaxing, like read, or take a bath, or watch tv. but don't stay in bed. your not supposed to associate your bed with anything else but sleep. nothing helped me, even did a sleep study. I only slept 4 hours so they could only come to the conclusion that I had insomnia....gee, ya think!! well, I can only sleep with the help of prescribed meds now. good luck!!
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i never sleep...i can't sleep...\n\nseriously though, if i can't fall asleep on my own i do something tedious...i have a pocket yahtzee game by my bedside and basically, i play it until i get bored...VERY BORED.  then when i'm bored into utter submission, falling asleep isn't a problem.\n\ni also have an old economics textbook from college that i keep around for special occasions when i absolutely HAVE to fall asleep.  couple chapters of that and viola!, my head's down on the pages and i'm drooling in the bindings...problem solved.
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The world moves fast. I don't sleep myself. Try reading. Worse case there is always sleep meds. Sexxx also can work...
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I can't finish reading your question without falling asleep.\n\nZZZZ.........
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When I have this problem, I read sometimes and if that doesn't work to make me drowsy, then I think of lying on a beach with my favorite alcoholic beverage with the sounds of the waves and the cool breeze coming off the ocean.  If you concentrate on all that, that usually makes me drift off.
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I have fibromyalgia, and have a great deal of difficulty getting restorative sleep....I usually get about 6hrs, but it's not "good" sleep, pain in my "trigger spots" wakes me often, and I have chronic migraines as a result of my poor sleep rhythm. Praise the Lord, other than that life is WONDERFUL!   ;-)\nEDIT:\nOh...did I mention, Hubby's a big SNORER?   LOL
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I'm a nurse and probably could answer this more medically.  But, the kind of sleep state that you are experiencing is really not well described in science, in my opinion. So, bear with my fluffy talk about it.  It seems to me that different sleep states are kind of like different states of matter . . .gas, liquid and solid. There's a "twilight" sleep state when we first start to fall asleep sometime that is a little "gooey".  It feels like we are awake and yet we aren't.  But, that's not what you're talking about.  That state that you are experiencing, when it has happened to me, seems like another "state of matter" altogether.  It's like the fourth state of matter called plasma. Fire is mostly plasma, a high energy form.  This sleep state, when it happens to me, is like a burning, churning flush of energy. I noticed that I was blowing off a sugary breath, like a diabetic. So, it may be metabolic related. I changed my diet off empty sugar foods then and it seemed to help, though, I won't ever give up all my candy and sweet junk food. I've also noticed that this kind of sleep state occurs when my life is going along at a hot and heavy clip, like sailing into busy shipping lanes full of confusion and quick decisions, with all the adrenaline rush of navigating such perilous waters.
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I understand how you feel, because I did sometimes, but not that serious, how to deal with?\n\nEat your three main meals regularly, don't eat too over much, at the night time, don't eat too much, just 7% is OK, because while you sleep, they also working some nutrition for your body, but not come from the food.\n\nSleep regularly, because the body clock doesn't recognize your sleeping time, that may leads to problem of your body function. So that's also makes you headache\n\nRelax yourself and don't eat anything before you straight to bed 30 mins or 1 hour before!\n\nDon't think about any working data in your brain, on the contrary, think about the happy things.\n\nWhere you sleep, should be not near by the electronic stuff, like computer, TV set, Stereo set, or any digital thing, and especially your cell phone.....!!!!!\n\nOpen little window slot, and let the air comes in for good ventilation.\n\nI hope they will help you a little!!! Good luck!
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yes...worrying too much is where you actually lose sleep or cannot concentrate on other things due to worrying about whatever....it can be a serious illness that leads to treatment! A little worrying is normal though...especially if you are under deep stress...I worry more when I am stressing.
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I fell asleep, took a nap, so now im less tired!!!!!\n\n\n=) Survivor tomorrow!!!!!!!1\n\n=)
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I'm thinking that I'm sad and I don't know why. . . Maybe I'm just tired- maybe I'm about to start-  I feel the lump in my throat like I'm about to cry.  I think I'm just a little lonely b/c my man and children are sleeping and I'm still awake at 2:09 AM- I'm thinking that there are so many closed-minded people in the R & S section.  \n\nThanks for asking
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I worked all night last night and slept at like 5am, and lo and behold, here I am at the crack of dawn after like 6-7 hours of sleep, while my boyfriend who did not work last night...could probably sleep until 2-3pm....if I let him..\n\nI would call it laziness, lack of motivation to do something in life, or depression (has been linked with oversleeping)