What Do You Do When You Can't Sleep??

I hope you have a safe trip.


Dave

 

Hi Adam: It sounds like you had the same kind of night I did. I had illness to blame, but it is still hard when you can't sleep.

The first thing I do is GET UP! Lying there tossing and turning makes it worse.

Secondly, I stop 'trying' to go to sleep. If I think about all the reasons why I HAVE to go to sleep, I am wider awake than ever. I just tell myself I will get to sleep 'whenever' and it really doesn't matter. Usually, once I remove the stress of 'having' to get to sleep, I go to sleep.

I don't count sheep, I talk to the Shepherd.


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Take Sominex tonight and sleeeeep.
Seriously, I take Melatonin (3mg) about an hour before I want to go to sleep. It is OTC and non habit forming because it is the same stuff that your body makes to make you sleepy. It is great for people who change shifts for work or jet lag. As always, consult you healthcare professional to see if Melatonin is right for you.

 

You should have picked up a Left Behind book. You wudda been out like a baby.

 

I am sorry that so many have a problem sleeping, I am like the doormouse (Alice in Wonderland ) I can sleep anywhere and anytime
Must be all that berry picking, and jam making I`m doing lately
Gwyneth

 

When I'm worried and I can't sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep counting my blessings. When my bankroll is getting small, I think of when I had none at all... and I fall asleep counting my blessings.

Any "White Christmas" fans in here? If I could sing like Bing Crosby, I wouldn't have any trouble finding a wife! LOL

 

Joshua, that was Perry Como's theme song and how he ended every show... I always wanted Perry Como to be my Daddy. We'd watch his show and mother would say I had to go to bed. BUT after the commercial, he'd come back, sing a part of that song and say... 'Good Night America! I love you' and I'd get spanked before I'd go to bed without hearing Perry Como tell me he loved me.

It was made famous in 'White Christmas' with Eddie Fisher, Bing Crosby and some others...

When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
And I fall asleep counting my blessings
When my bankroll is getting small
I think of when I had none at all
And I fall asleep counting my blessings

I think about a nursery and I picture curly heads
And one by one I count them as they slumber in their beds
If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings


Perry Como recorded it as a single. It was a wonderful song and it made the Top Ten for a few weeks back in the late 50's when music - and America - was more civilized.

Another of my favorites is Perry Como's:
Catch A Falling Star

Artist: Perry Como (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1958)
Words and Music by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss

CHORUS
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder some starless night
Just in case you feel you want to hold her
You'll have a pocketful of starlight

 

I usually think about everything that could possibly be thought about, then I pray myself to sleep.

 

I don't watch tv or get on the internet because that would only arouse my senses.

One thing that seems to work well is to stand in front of the fan until I get the shivers. Then I climb into the kivers and usually fall fast to sleep.

 

I toss and turn, and get up and get a drink of water, take an alkaseltzer, and check on my children, and look out the window, and check to make sure the locks are locked, and go back to bed to toss and turn and think about my life, fall asleep to have nightmares about...well, you don't want to know...wake up with a gasp, take a sleeping pill, get another glass of water, go to the bathroom, go to bed, toss and turn and toss and turn, try to adjust my pillow under my head and toss and turn and toss and turn, and usually fall asleep just before my alarm goes off.

That's what I usually do. I don't watch T.V. and I don't read...that would just make me more awake. I haven't gotten a good nights sleep since I was 28.

 

Here is a 100% fool proof way to go to sleep when all else fails.

Crawl into bed, open your bible, start reading and very soon the devil will get scared and will cause you to get sleepy. SWEET DREAMS

 

Hey Artimaeus were do you buy Melatonin in Pharmacy or Health Food Store ?

 

I can tell when I'm going to having trouble falling asleep -- taking one or two benadryls on those occasions works well for me.

 

For me, TV or the PC.

 

Having a hard time falling asleep comes naturally to me. I fight sleep each and every night. The only way I get myself to sleep is if I lay down and just rock the bed or violently shake my legs and ware myself out.

Now what do I do when I get a touch of insomia?
I either clean or bake. Or I will play a computer game. Or, I like to read but it makes me tired. I am not an advid reader. So I will pick up a book or the bible and usually within a few pages I am snoring like a freight train.