Trouble Sleeping

[S Freud]

Does anyone here have trouble sleeping? Sometimes I stay up for one, to two nights in a row not feeling tired, but then I crash and sleep all through the next day. Missing classes and other responsibilities. I have trouble sleeping usually becuase my mind races over things I need to do, things that I did that day, things that are coming up. And sometimes I am just plain not tired, I just a lay there staring at the ceiling.

Does anyone else have trouble like that? Do you take any sleep meds? Tips for relaxing and falling asleep?

 

[Gibson486]

Start Fight Club.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Start Fight Club.

How does that help?

 

[chairbornrangerx]

if you've seen fight club, you'd understand.

Try doing something that bores you, like reading, or watching movies.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: chairbornrangerx
if you've seen fight club, you'd understand.

Try doing something that bores you, like reading, or watching movies.

Well I have seen it,

I have tried those things, doesn't help at all. I read all the time for school so that no longer has the effect on me, and I probably watch about three full movies a night when I stay up.

 

[I Saw OJ]

I have trouble sleeping but only because my upstairs neighbors are loud A holes

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
I have trouble sleeping but only because my upstairs neighbors are loud A holes

Maybe you live below me?...sorry

 

[mdbound]

Originally posted by: S Freud
Does anyone here have trouble sleeping? Sometimes I stay up for one, to two nights in a row not feeling tired, but then I crash and sleep all through the next day. Missing classes and other responsibilities. I have trouble sleeping usually becuase my mind races over things I need to do, things that I did that day, things that are coming up. And sometimes I am just plain not tired, I just a lay there staring at the ceiling.

Does anyone else have trouble like that? Do you take any sleep meds? Tips for relaxing and falling asleep?

Maybe you should go see a doctor. Medications however are the WRONG choice here. What you need is good, focused relaxation therapy, whether that be in the form of meditation or yoga. I say this in a total allopathic, western medicine tone. Sleep meds at all are NOT helpful in the long run. What that means then, is that YOU need to change your lifestyle and your approach to sleep, otherwise you are going to face some serious consequences. Try to identify the factors that prevent you from sleeping. Specifically and methodically. Do you have good "sleep hygiene," Do you drink caffeine (at all, at any time of the day), Do you have any other things that specifically prevent you from resting? Again, you have to be objective about it. In my experience, most people can identify what's wrong with them by themselves....sometimes they need a little guidance. Then, once you figure it out, you have to work on changing those things....even if it means never drinking coffee again, etc. That's the hard part....actually carrying through. But hey, if you're not going to do things for yourself, who else are you going to do them for?

Sorry to be so blunt, but it's the truth; you have to change.

Good luck!

MD.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: S Freud
Does anyone here have trouble sleeping? Sometimes I stay up for one, to two nights in a row not feeling tired, but then I crash and sleep all through the next day. Missing classes and other responsibilities. I have trouble sleeping usually becuase my mind races over things I need to do, things that I did that day, things that are coming up. And sometimes I am just plain not tired, I just a lay there staring at the ceiling.

Does anyone else have trouble like that? Do you take any sleep meds? Tips for relaxing and falling asleep?

Have you examined your diet and your exercise habits? Eating a balanced diet, exercising daily (although not right before bed) and keeping a regular sleep schedule (wake up the same time every morning including weekends) should all help you sleep more regularly and soundly.

 

[Madwand1]

One method I've heard recommended: Once you wake up, even in the middle of the night, stay up -- ideally for the day, but for a minimum of 3 hours. This will be tough at the start, but start training you to have a deep, sound sleep, and not go back and forth restlessly between waking and sleeping; not sleeping enough deeply. This will also be a exercise in sleep deprivation at the onset, which will help you sleep at night.

It may also get you up in time to see the sun rise. This is an awesome time to think, and the best time to start your mind going -- if it energizes you, all the better for the rest of the day. If you try to do this thinking in the middle of the night, odds are that it'll negatively impact your sleep and next day.

 

[S Freud]

My excersize and diet are fine, I get at least a half hour a day of excersize(through running or weights) and my diet is in full check for my lifting.

It may have to do with a lot more stress brought on lately, and I started sleeping on a rather thin futon.