What do you do when you can't sleep?
350336
One of my problems is that I'll be thinking about the things I need to do the next day or the week.  That makes me stay awake.  Get up drink some water and lay back down and try to just relax, don't think about going back to sleep - just relax.  If that don't work then count sheep, that does work.
813625
Don't do anything but go to sleep.
1120608
I don't know what time zone you're in, but I would suggest possibly taking a nap for a couple of hours then going to bed at your regular bedtime tonight. That way you don't totally throw off your body clock tomorrow. You need to get some sleep though!
255101
Generally if you can't sleep but are tired you are considered to have insomnia. \n\nIf this has been happening for more than a few weeks and none of the following suggestions help, you may want to talk to a doctor.\n\nI had a bad problem with insomnia for many years, and did some research on it.  Here are the things I’ve found that help the most.\n\n1.  Don't take the sleeping pills.  Although they are not addictive in the way we tend to think (you won't jones for them if you miss taking them) they are addictive in the sense that once you have taken them for a while, you will have to take them to get to sleep, but they won't have the same effect they used too.   This is because you tend to not get the necessary REM sleep you need to be rested.  If you must take a sleeping pill, take it well before you go to sleep.  For instance, I prefer to take sleeping pills 2 hours before I go to sleep, so that the pill can get into my system and make me drowsy before I get into bed, then get out of my system (hopefully) early enough that I get some normal sleep.\n\n2.  Try to go to bed at about the same time every night.  You have some wiggle room on this, but if you stay out on Saturday night till 3, it'll be harder to go to sleep at 10PM Sunday.\n\n(Which somewhat contradicts:)\n\n3.  If possible, don't go to bed if you're not sleepy.  Note  - one thing I have read and found to be true is that you have to be awake for 12 hours before you can go back to sleep.  So if you sleep till noon, again, you won't be sleepy at 10PM.  \n\n4.  Don't spend more than 15-30 minutes trying to get to sleep.  If you notice that you've been in bed more than 15 minutes, get out of bed and do something for a while.  Make sure what you do isn't going to make you more hyper; e.g. no exercising or energetic music or writing posts to online debates. \n\n5.  When you go to bed, choose a chore or some other task that you do not want to do and tell yourself that if you are still awake in thirty minutes you will do that task.  Then, if you are still awake, get up and do your chosen task.  This is my favorite suggestion, as it has worked nearly every time I've used it. .\n\nThose are the most useful suggestions I have.  Other things you can try:\n\nBefore you start getting ready for sleep, turn off high energy music and turn the lights down.  I love R&R music, but I went through a period where I had to turn the radio off every night about an hour before I went to bed, or I would be too wired to sleep. And our bodies react to reduced light by producing melatonin which puts us to sleep.  \n\nGet plenty of exercise, but not right before bed.  (Unless you're weird like me - exercise right before bed just puts me to sleep)\n\nAnother suggestion that might work is to relax your body, consciously, one area at a time, starting from your feet. You think about the ball of your left foot and relax it, then the ball of your right foot, then the arch of your left foot, etc. You have to concentrate (pretty hard) on what you are doing.
193888
Close your eyes and go to sleep.  We will all be here in the morning or whenever you want to ask a QUESTION.
389542
I also stay up way later than usual so that I am pretty much instantly asleep when I finally turn off the TV. \n\nIt also helps me to let a neighbor know when my husband is traveling...(especially years ago when the kids were little)\n\nMake sure you feel your locks are secure. Sleep with your charged cell phone at your bedside.\n\nI keep a tealight candle lit on my dresser. It goes out on its own after 2 hours or so.
1124677
Sleep, talk, Do nothing..... LOL
634023
what do we do at night..?? what can we do at night..??\n\n\n\n\n\nSleeeeeeeeeeep..!
105606
Nothing better to do this late at night?
721195
Try not to close your eyes, when you want to sleep. You must have a gap between your sleeping schedule. If you cannot sleep, try to massage the outer side of ur eyes, circling the eyes and then the forehead with your fingers. You will feel better and I hope you can sleep faster. Avoid to take sleeping pills, otherwise you will be habitual and then you couldn't sleep without those pills. I hope this helps you.
978125
Usually take a nap....But seriously we love to play cards,,,almost any card game.....
1111192
sleep work...swim run eat bike jog fix a car work on the house work in teh house/appt\n\nfind a friend meet new people drivae around walk around hit up the mall walk teh neighborhood.....\n\ntalk to friends\nmispell words such as "the" and not correct them when one should be sleeping...
736300
I am surfing the internet, wasting some time. \n\nHow can you get to sleep? Masturbate, it helps a lot if it's an emergency to sleep.
157028
1.Drink caffeinated coffee.\n2.Splash your face with hot or cold water, whichever is more shocking.\n3.Resist lying down. A sure fire way to put you to sleep.\n4.Keep moving. It helps.
368322
nothing just go to sleep
195454
Stay in bed, drink juice and water, and take medicine.  You should get better after that but, if you don't just stay in bed and get lots of sleep.
69329
You have a serious problem and you need to seek professional help. It's very harmful to your body to not sleep when you need to. Don't be afraid to tell your mom of your concerns, and ask for her help (emotionally and financially).