It seems as though your body clock is just fucked up? When I had to change my sleep pattern up, I just exhausted myself until I had to sleep at 12/1 AM and kept it up until my body got used to it. I used to get to sleep at 4 or 5 AM before I started 12-hour work shifts but now I can quite easily fall asleep between 10PM and 12AM. Even on my days off, I can fall asleep at 3 or 4 and still wake up at a reasonable hour (that would be 12 or 1PM for me!). I remember having issues sleeping back in high school. Laying in my bed for hours knowing that I have school in a couple of hours used to give me the worst feeling and I'd start raging at myself. "WHY THE FUCK CAN'T YOU SLEEP?!"
There's quite a bit of evidence that alcohol isn't that great of a sleep aid. It puts you out, but it's not so hot at getting you into deep REM sleep. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/features/article7015007.ece
Tried Melatonin annnnnnd it worked. Problem is i might have already been sleep deprived from the night before so its hard to judge.... If you have sleep issues, i would give it a try
Yea i give up and gonna get some melatonin for tonight. Last night i think i went to sleep at 2 and woke up at 6 and just lay in bed for a couple more hours. This is torture and can't take it anymore. Thanks for all the tips, hopefully I'm out tonight
Melatonin became famous 40 years ago and it was a natural miracle drug because it's not addictive like the ones they had till then. TV ads used to sing, "Try Sominex tonight and sleep...safe and restful sleep...sleep...sleep." Good tune. I sing it all the time.
AAAAAAAAAAND it didn't work. I'm going crazy now! I definitely felt the effects of melatonin but it seemed to be focused on the wrong thing. I'm starting to think I have sleep apnea like crandc mention because it feels like i have shot of energy or adrenaline shot into my body all of a sudden in the middle of the night. I can feel my pulse pounding hard and keeping me awake. I barely had trouble falling asleep but i once again woke up at 4:30 and then couldn't sleep until 7 for a couple hours. It's hard to explain but it seems like my whole left side is awake and my right side is exhausted and ready to sleep. hear anything like this?
I was starting to get sleep apnea when I weighed a lot more. I dropped about 45 lbs and it solved that problem without me even noticing it.
I agree the anxiety seems like more of an issue. I don't sleep well, but I don't worry about it. If I lose sleep, so what? Being tired is far from the worst thing that could possibly happen to you. barfo
We agree on something! I used to stress not getting sleep. Then I went through about a 96 hour sleepless period about 3 years ago, as each sleepless night fed on itself, and my anxiety about sleep loss versus production at my job worsened. My doctor asked me how I felt; I said functional, and I was, so he gave me some Ambien, which I've only refilled a 30-dose supply of in 4 times in 3 years. Now, I'll just get up and watch TV, post on the interwebs, or read a book if my mind is racing at night, which rarely happens these days, anyhow. Sleep is overrated, IMO, and it's not something to be anxious about. I've had entire nights where I don't feel I "sleep", but I feel rested, regardless.
I use whisper and relaxation videos on YouTube sometimes. I don't fall asleep listening to them but they settle me down.
I've been there. What helped me was to accept that I wasn't going to sleep and just tell myself that at least I have to rest my body and mind. So I just lay in bed or on couch and allow myself to physically rest . . . most times I end up falling asleep. Other tricks for me: rewatch the Blazer game, listen to talk radio, count sheep (I've done it), cut caffine out of my diet, stop using meth during the day, valium, lorazapam, ambien. If all else fails, what I have realized about my body and mind is that even after a night of 2 hours of sleep, I'm usually just as productive at work and not feeling run down. Then I usually crash the next night. I find it remarkable how well the body can function on little sleep Once I accepted that fact, it didn't bother me if I wasn't sleeping (which is half the battle). Just make sure you get a catch up on sleep night every now and then.
Classical piano music works really well for putting me down. Have you tried to have someone tuck you into to bed? Don't knock it until you try it!
Maybe you are nocturnal and need to sleep during the day. You may need to live a life with a night job. In the game "The Sims" there are vampires who sleep in coffins during the day and prowl at night. If you abhor light, you could fool your body thus: Keep the lights burning brightly all night, preferably big tall bloody red candles. Your body will think it's daytime and sleep. Then during the day, make your body think it's night. Haunt the shadows and don't emerge until dusk. Buy thick maudlin drapes to keep out the Sun. Make friends who live the same way and reverse your meals. Good luck.
