Insomnia

Tallon

What a load of bollox!

I'm lying here trying to sleep for over an hour and i'm up for work in two hours.

I feel like having a cup of coffee, but that will only fcuk me up more!

So who here suffers, and how do you cope?

I Was VB

Fap like a boss

qz

By not going on Boards in the middle of the night. I was up finishing a dick of an essay and no lectures tomorrow so this is R&R time until sleeps.

Aoifey!

I SHOULD be doing college work...but boards is more fun!

TeddyTedson

You need to get yourself some sleeping pills. Your GP will prescribe you.

hondasam

Tallon wrote: »

What a load of bollox!

I'm lying here trying to sleep for over an hour and i'm up for work in two hours.

I feel like having a cup of coffee, but that will only fcuk me up more!

So who here suffers, and how do you cope?

have you always suffered or is it just recent ?

Sharpshooter

I go to bed and read boards through my eyelids.:(

hondasam

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You need to get yourself some sleeping pills. Your GP will prescribe you.[/QUOTE


It's not a proper sleep with pills,If you can manage without them it would be better.

Tallon

hondasam wrote: »

have you always suffered or is it just recent ?

Always

also, I don't take tablets, and would especially never take sleeping ones

marty1985

I take stilnox. But to be honest, just a bad habit, don't think I ever really had insomnia like some people do. But at the moment probably couldn't sleep without sleeping pills simply because I got used to them. D'oh.

hondasam

Tallon wrote: »

Always

also, I don't take tablets, and would especially never take sleeping ones

I'm sure you have tried everything at this stage. Do you try stick to a routine or is that possible.


I work shift work so I do not have a routine. I'm up now because i'm at work.

Sharpshooter

Tallon wrote: »

Always

also, I don't take tablets, and would especially never take sleeping ones

Neither would I, jeeze if they go asleep they are not doing their job!

TeddyTedson

hondasam wrote: »

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You need to get yourself some sleeping pills. Your GP will prescribe you.[/QUOTE


It's not a proper sleep with pills,If you can manage without them it would be better.

Oh crap really? I thought they just induced sleep.
You can get herbal pills too, but there's no demand for them because they're ****e. :pac:

hondasam

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Neither would I, jeeze if they go asleep they are not doing their job!

your sympathy knows no bounds

Tallon

hondasam wrote: »

I'm sure you have tried everything at this stage. Do you try stick to a routine or is that possible.


I work shift work so I do not have a routine. I'm up now because i'm at work.

I have tried previously but to no avail

I played a lot of video games as a kid and would regularly play all night, go to school and come home and do the same. Sometimes being awake for a couple of days.

I think my body has just become acustomed to it

some days I could be shattered and sleep all night (~8) hours, but the next day I'd be cack to square 1

hondasam

Tallon wrote: »

I have tried previously but to no avail

I played a lot of video games as a kid and would regularly play all night, go to school and come home and do the same. Sometimes being awake for a couple of days.

I think my body has just become acustomed to it

some days I could be shattered and sleep all night (~8) hours, but the next day I'd be cack to square 1

ya I know it is difficult to break the habit. Maybe try herbal remedy or hypnosis.

I guess boards does not help, we are all guilty of been on here late at night.

hondasam

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You need to get yourself some sleeping pills. Your GP will prescribe you.

well done on your 1000 post btw :pac:

amacachi

My sleeping pattern is all screwed up, for years I was sleeping from 8-10am til some time in the afternoon which was fine til I started college. Last year was a cun and I've now gotten so I can't sleep for more than 4 hours at a time and if I do get a proper night's sleep I then can't sleep for 18-20 hours which sets me back again.
Ah well, at least it's useful tonight, have an essay due tomorrow we were told about over 3 months ago, time to get started methinks.

Sharpshooter

hondasam wrote: »

your sympathy knows no bounds

Lightening the mood is all , pillease forgive me.

Tallon, thank god for boards, at least you have us to relate to.:pac:

chillywilly

OP do you do any exercise during the day? I find a good workout tires me out!

Says me posting at twenty to 5 :P

TeddyTedson

hondasam wrote: »

well done on your 1000 post btw :pac:

Thanks
And in two more months I'll be able to start sh1t threads again :D

Tallon

chillywilly wrote: »

OP do you do any exercise during the day? I find a good workout tires me out!

Says me posting at twenty to 5 :P

I run 2-3 times a week in the evenings, nothing too mad though.

As above, it would tire me out that night, but back to square 1 the next day

hondasam

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Lightening the mood is all , pillease forgive me.

Tallon, thank god for boards, at least you have us to relate to.:pac:

we are always so helpful or are we just been nice tonight.

hondasam

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Thanks
And in two more months I'll be able to start sh1t threads again :D

please save us from that

Princess Peach

I get it from time to time, like now! Theres lots of lifestyle things I can do, some of which I try to follow, others I don't. Like I really shouldn't be on the computer right now. And I can't sleep cause my brain is too loud, and I should have written it all down before I went to sleep, but I wasn't bothered. Some of the things I do, like exercise and no sugar or food in the evening.

Sometimes my doctor gives me pills, but your not supposed to take them all the time so I can only get them when I really need them, like if I have something important going on or I've had a severe nervous breakdown :pac:

So I guess the best tip is to turn off the computer! Read a boring book always seems to be the best bet.

Tallon

An hour sleep and now I'm at my desk in work, and the strange thing is, I feel great

Hopefully it will make me sleep tonight

galwayrush

Sleep on the edge of the bed, you'll soon fall off.:cool:

Tallon

Tallon wrote: »

What a load of bollox!

I'm lying here trying to sleep for over an hour and i'm up for work in two hours.

I feel like having a cup of coffee, but that will only fcuk me up more!

So who here suffers, and how do you cope?

Were you only planning on 3 hours' sleep?

Tallon

galwayrush wrote: »

Sleep on the edge of the bed, you'll soon fall off.:cool:

Sounds like an ancient Chinese proverb

Tallon

bluewolf wrote: »

Were you only planning on 3 hours' sleep?

no, but I didn't feel tired until 3 hours before bed, and I figured 3 is better than 2...

chillywilly

Princess Peach wrote: »

I get it from time to time, like now! Theres lots of lifestyle things I can do, some of which I try to follow, others I don't. Like I really shouldn't be on the computer right now. And I can't sleep cause my brain is too loud, and I should have written it all down before I went to sleep, but I wasn't bothered. Some of the things I do, like exercise and no sugar or food in the evening.

Sometimes my doctor gives me pills, but your not supposed to take them all the time so I can only get them when I really need them, like if I have something important going on or I've had a severe nervous breakdown :pac:

So I guess the best tip is to turn off the computer! Read a boring book always seems to be the best bet.

I get that aswell!! How do you stop thinking? I cant get my brain to shut up when I close my eyes:D

Sanjuro

Yeah, I suffer from insomnia too. Been doubly bad over the last week since I found out the company I work for are letting everyone go. I've tried herbal stuff, but it doesn't seem to be doing very much. Fapping, reading, watching TV, nothing works. Lousy bastard insomnia.

jackiebaron

Drop of brandy?

Ditch

Sanjuro wrote: »

Lousy bastard insomnia.

Yep. That sums it up, doesn't it? I've had a completely ballsed sleep pattern for as long as I can remember now. And, lately ~ last year or two? ~ it's just gone completely to rat sh!t

I finally went to see my GP, last tuesday. He's given me a box of Mogodon 5mg. I had some of those once before, decades ago. Found they made me sleep eight hours or so, then wake up feeling like a zombie!

Now? I take one. Go to bed. Straight to sleep. Bang! Four hours and I'm bouncing off the bloody walls again! It's seriously doing my head in

iPlop

I have always had it ,I regularly go to bed ,don't sleep and get up and go to work.Then come home ,fall asleep on the couch for ten mins ,then bang Im brand new like a second hand car and have to endure another night of no sleep.

fabbydabby

Suffered until I stopped drinking and started to exercise every day. I now sleep soundly for 8 hours and wake really refreshed... I hadn't realised that this is what is actually supposed to happen until recently... it's an epiphany for me. I used to spend half the night awake and then until about 10AM walking around like a zombie and drinking coffee, now I bounce out of bed ready to go.

I firmly believe that exercise and healthy eating works in the overwhelming majority of insomnia cases and I think medication should be avoided until this approach has been shown not to work for someone.

jackie1974

I don't have insomnia but often find it hard to fall asleep. Once i'm asleep i'll stay asleep. I take half a xanax and read for half an hour and i'll be asleep. I don't wake up groggy or anything like that. I feel for people that suffer from insomnia, only a few times have I not been able to sleep all night and it was bleak. Seeing daylight creep in and you still have had no sleep, not nice at all. I have heard good things about taking the hormone Melatonin or even eating Melatonin rich foods.

jackiebaron

I'm the opposite. I can't get out of the cot. Could sleep for days but I often oversleep and then my day is tortuous as I'm just shattered.

Splendour

Tallon wrote: »

An hour sleep and now I'm at my desk in work, and the strange thing is, I feel great

Hopefully it will make me sleep tonight

Not really strange at all;could be adrenaline kicking in to keep your body going and on a long term basis this is not good healthy.

Try cutting out all caffeine after 4 p.m. Cut down on sugar intake. Cut out alcohol.If you find you are falling asleep when you go to bed and then waking in middle of the night, try eating some protein before you go to bed.
If you find the exercise is helping, why not have short walk on the nights you don't go running and see if that helps?
Also, get yourself to bed no later than 10 p.m.

Tallon

Sounds like excellent advice, I'll try that

Cheeky_gal

I thought this thread was going to be about coffee and their latest offers. I am so upset

PeterIanStaker

I selpt well last night but some nights I cant just sleep at all & am like a zombie the next day.

el oh el

went to bed at 12 last night, fell asleep at 6, had to get up at 8. same story all week... hurts badly man

th3 s1aught3r

Tallon wrote: »

What a load of bollox!

I'm lying here trying to sleep for over an hour and i'm up for work in two hours.

You are only giving yourself 3-4 hours to sleep anyway ?

Tallon

nope, read above

Daragh86

Not sure if I actually suffered from it but sleepless or near sleepless nights went on for the best part of 18 months. Refused to take sleeping tablets though and glad of it now.

Problem with no sleep is that it seems to kick on day after day and when working full time it is very hard to undo the kick on effect. I found though that firstly you just need to catch up on sleep, in work I'd be able to nod off no worries but as soon as I got home wide awake. But I did take any oppertunity to get a nap in when I did feel tired and after enough of these I started slowly to get back into a half decent routine of 4/5 hours per night. Along with well timed heavy exercise and healthy diet I'm back to a lovely 7/8 hours every night and having no problems nodding off at all. And now if I miss out on a couple hours sleep I'll make sure I have time to relax and nod off in the afternoon if thats what the body wants!

But defo nothing worse than insomnia...proper horrible

Renn

Take some magnesium supplement...something like this.

danslevent

I usually never post on boards, I prefer to lurk :P But I can really relate to insomnia sufferers. I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have sleeping problems, even as young as first class I remember walking around the house at night completely frustrated because I couldn't sleep. I'm in the Leaving Cert now and it became so hard to go into school and try concentrate and study after having a terrible nights sleep.
So I went to my doctor and he prescribed me amitriptylines. They are non addictive and different to sleeping tablets as they don't knock you out, they kinda of reprogramme your brain to sleep. I'm not very good at explaining but ask your own doctor about it. They are technically in the anti depressant family but I get the lowest dose which is used for sleeping problems and for people who suffer from migraines.
I know tablets aren't really the long term solution, but they really help me. You should really go to your GP and talk to them, they are very helpful and amitriptylines are only about 4 euro for a months supply.
Goodluck

Tallon

I would never take anything that would 'knock me out"

I like to be in control at all times of my body..

Except when drinking of course :pac:

hondasam

Tallon wrote: »

I would never take anything that would 'knock me out"

I like to be in control at all times of my body..

Except when drinking of course :pac:

Are you wrecked now ?

when you get home will you have a power nap ?

marty1985

The problem with sleeping pills is you get a very drunk feeling before falling asleep - that is, if you try to stay awake. And then you will likely do something stupid, like texting people you shouldn't.