Insomnia

[heyzeus]

Can't sleep. I'm a zombie. Advice?

[Hudler]

Booze...it'll put ya to sleep every time.

[Popeye_Card]

Watch this. (NSFW)

Take care of business.

Go to bed.

[CT Defector]

I went through about 3 months where I would wake up after 4 or 5 hours and couldn't get back to sleep, it got to be a habit. I finally went to my doctor and got a prescription for the lowest dose of Ambien and took it just for 3 nights to break the cycle of waking up and it really worked. I only took it for those 3 nights.

My allergy doctor told me to take Benadryl every night, that is what Tylenol PM has in it, but if you don't need the painkiller, just take Benadryl. I have been sleeping much better overall now. The doctor says it's safe and not habit forming. I only take 1, 2 makes me hyper.

Or, I remember Stephen King wrote a book called "Insomnia". For some reason I remember one of the things the guy tried to get to sleep, he would name grocery produce items in this mind. I have tried that and it kind of works, sort of like counting sheep, I just name something in my mind at each breath... "carrots....celery....squash....apples..." zzz

Or try this yoga breathing, count to 4 will breathing in, hold your breath for a count of 8, then breath out through your mouth for a count of 7.