Anyone else out there have insomnia?
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I would and used to. I have good luck with having a cool breeze blowing on my face and concentrating on the feeling. I can put myself into a trance while listening to the hum of the fan. You really need to clear your mind and feel free and peaceful. Can I help?
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I think medication is the most successful method. You can also try decreasing the Caffeine intake. I heard anxiety is fully responsible for insomnia.
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I think it's the other way around.  Being depressed can usually lead to sleep problems.  Are you sure you're not depressed already?  If you're worried about a little case of insomnia, they have medication out now such as Lunesta.  You should look in to them if you're worried :)
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i have always been quite the insomniac. luckily for me, I'm on a night shift now, and seeing as i enjoy staying up late i just do and it's fine. however i wasn't always on a night shift so i can give u some of my techniques.\n\n1.) first of all, u could try herbal supplements. Valerian root and melatonin are the two best. melatonin will always be in pill form that i know of, but it's just a replicate of the exact same chemical that your brain uses to put you to sleep. it's either the best stuff out there or it won't work at all. that depends on you. Valerian root on the other hand, has one major benefit for you. it doesn't to be a pill. u can actually buy this in it's natural form and i think u boil it in some water. the pills for valerian root and melatonin are the most convenient.  there may also be some herbal teas that have it.\n\n2.)ur second bet is herbal teas. there are alot of them available a sleep aid and even if they don't have Valerian root they do have other things that work. and drinking something warm before u go to bed usually helps you go to sleep anyhow. warm milk can sometimes do it for me. you need to make sure, however, that you do not drink anything with sugar or caffeine in it at least 2 hours before you go to bed. if i have to go to bed at ten, i don't drink caffeine after 5 pm, or not at all if i can help it. also, u might try not smoking about a half hour before sleeping if u r a smoker.\n\n3.) another thing u can try is a sleep CD. my friend Whitney swears by some of them. they have music or sounds or just gentle whispering and she says that some of hers will put u to sleep within 5 minutes of starting them.\n\n4.) make sure that you have the most comfortable bed set up possible. if your like me, your body and mind love finding any excuse to get up, and the wrong pillow blanket and mattress is an easy target. i love the foam pillows but the foam mattresses suck for me. but it all depends on you. if you sleep in clothes, make sure they are soft and loose. it's better to sleep in the nude, however. also keeping a room a bit too cold for ur tastes but having plenty of cover is a great way to go to sleep. you'll wrap urself up tightly and u won;t move. soon you'll be asleep. i always sleep better in winter.\n\n5.) reading or watching a television show that just DOES NOT INTEREST YOU is another way. i watch the news because i hate the news. sometimes the news can conk me out in the middle of the day. \n\n6.)there are plenty of meditation exercises out there and lots of them can relax you to the point of sleepiness. instructions for quite a few should be available on line, but try this one: breath in and fill your lungs all the way up. imagine that when you breathe in you are breathing in a number (the number one for the first breath and so on). fill ur lungs up completely with ones. then breath out all of the ones (emptying ur lungs completely) and then continue with the number two. sounds crazy but it does relax you and if ur laying on ur back in ur bed, it can actually put you to sleep.\n\ni hope one of these works!!
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I think the lack of sleep just caused my mind to drop straight into the gutter.\n\n\nKersplunk.
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I feel for you girl. I am 18 and got my diagnosis almost 5 years ago. I don't even remember what it was like to be without pain and actually have a normal sleep patern. I have tried just about every medication for sleep. Some worked, but I needed such a high dose that it made me really "out of it" when I was awake. Even then the sleep benefits only lasted about a month and then my body would require an even higher dose. It got to the point where I went through the process of just losing the medications all together. So I barely sleep, but atleast I know where I am...most of the time. On average I go about 3 days without sleep and on a good night I get about 2 hours. I can handle being tired, it is the pain that gets me. I've decided that lack of sleep is better than being all doped up. Everyone is different. It just comes down to what is best for you.\n\nBest of Luck!!
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4:47am. Whaaaaaaaaa? have to sleep
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Music, and I sleep around 4-5 hours a night.  Too busy with homework to sleep :(
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always and forever i am tired
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I had Insomnia about 10 years ago, after visiting a lot of Doctors and taking different medicines a friend took me to a Homeopath and she prescribed a Herb called PASSIFLORA INCARNATA in Q potency. I took it for three days 20 drop doses in some water every 6 hours ,never needed any aid to go to sleep after it. Wonderfully calming effect it had on me and its totally non addictive.Now whenever I am too uptight to go to sleep I take 20 drops in warm water and Zzzzzz :-) I go to peaceful sleep and wake up feeling fresh and pacified.\nBest of Luck
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wow..\ni'm 100% opposites of you...\ni'm totally addicted to sleep... i don't want to ever wake up if i can...\ni feel being awake in my life, all i feel is boredom and disatisfactions..\nin my dreams, whatever i do, i just do it happy... \nmay be we should exchange 50% 50% our addictions..
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i've been an insomniac ever since i changed schools at age 12 (i'm in my mid fifties now).\n\nwhen things get really bad i can usually break out of the pattern by taking a long walk (at least one hour) late in the evening and then making sure i do only calm things (sloppy movies or smooch music) between getting home and going to bed.\n\ntaking a long slow walk also tends to get you out of your own head (private worries are a major contributor to insomnia) since you see so many other weird things to distract you.\n\nor perhaps that happens only if you live in cardiff.\n\ndid you know that the word 'insomnia' was invented by the latin poet vergil?\n\nreading the aeneid is an excellent cure for sleeplessness.
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i have not had a good nights sleep for years, i work nights... :D
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How to Beat INSOMNIA with Sleep \nhttp://tips-to-sleep.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-to-beat-insomnia-with-sleep.html
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when i am out fucking it up....i burn a big old blunt to fall asleep... also eating will help....
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