Sometimes I crawl into bed and get cozy, but then I can't fall asleep at all. It's like my brain won't switch off. Sometimes I'll be awake in bed in the dark for hours before I can finally get some rest.
Oh my goodness yes! It's either that, or my husband starts snoring, or I can't get comfortable, or my allergies start acting up, or I take benadryl before going to bed so my allergies don't act up and it makes me tired but because of either my brain not switching off or not being comfortable enough or noise I end up going the whole way through the drugged tiredness and come out jittery on the other side, or last night our three year-old came toddling into the room just as I was drifting off scared because he "saw a weird bug" out the window. It was a firefly. What he was doing with the curtain open in the first place, and how he got it open, we couldn't get him to say. It's an extra coffee sort of morning. I hope yours is better!
Danny1924...have u ever heard of private messaging? Take it offline..Ur making this all about Urself ! Give it a rest !!! Maybe talk to wulop2 in private....
I get that it happens to me quite often too the trick is to clear your mind of all the things that are troubling you and concentrate on sleep ,people will tell you to think of something that relaxes you or calms you but I find that not thinking of anything but sleeping works for me you have to kind of trick yourself into thinking that what's more important it is to get some sleep rather than keep yourself awake thinking about things.
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Same here I usually sleep around 4 hours But I take a nap When I have a chance 😴
Maybe eat dinner earlier...skip liquids before bedtime..and a nice hot bath may let U relax more....and once U are in bed, U immediately start to think ...am I going to be able to sleep...I've been there..breathe deeply and try to sleep...Good luck! Another thought would be to get into yoga....or transcendental meditation...
I usually listen to a story, like a book on CD. Something I've heard before, with no major dramas. Like a kids book or mild comedy. I close my eyes and focus on the audio, but it's no new information so my brain gets bored and turns off. I'm asleep 5 minutes later. Hope your sleep is better now
You could try taking an herbal supplement called Valerian root it helps me just take it as described on the bottle and it should help but not gaurenteed as with anything it works for some but not always for everyone we are all different
Danny1924 - Basically, I stop breathing 20-30 times every hour when I am asleep. It leaves me exhausted almost every morning. I use a CPAP machine at night, but this doesn't always work well for me.
Try listening quietly to a book on tape (or CD/Podcast). One you hear for the first time when you are awake. Kids books work quite well. You focus on it and your mind ignores other things, then you just doze off
I'm not real big on takeing prescription or otc meds but I do herbal stuff but an herbal supplent called Valerian root used to work for me you might try something like that
Same here.. have to breathe and focus on just breathing... then with each breath, relax toes, then legs, then thighs.. all teh way to your fingers.. that helps me..