Insomnia at 4am
If you have ever needed something to read at 4 in the morning here it is. I only woke up a few minutes ago with my normal recurring insomnia. It’s a kind of half life. You’re not sure if you are awake or asleep.
You’re not sure if it is day or night. You’re not sure if you are alive or dead. All you know is you don’t sleep. You wake up and you’re not sure it it’s dawn or dusk. You reach for cigarettes. You reach for pills. You reach for coffee. You drive to work. You come home from work. You hit the computer. You sleeep.
If this sounds anything like the lifestyle you have been leading then welcome. You are not alone. Insomnia affects lots of people. Its the new silent life stress. Like me now you know you have a bizzy day in a few hours and you know you should sleep but you just cannot.
So whats the answer? More coffee? More cigarrettes? NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. The answer is to write articles on the internet for a while.
Try to get through to other insomniacs. Try to get through to other people who cannot sleep either. Try and get through to you. The real you. The real me.
Not the people who can’t sleep. But the people who can.
That other side of life. The calm quiet relaxed side of people who just find life easy without any problems. The kind of poeple who we all really are. We are the sleepers. The people who can sleep. The people who just lie down hit the pillow and just sleep.
We can sleep whenever we want. We are not really insomniacs. We are happy. We are relaxed. We are sleepy. We are the mental wellbeings.
So now its the morning. Everything is sweet. Everything is allright. You have slept well. You have rested. And you can face life again. Like me now for instance. I can face life.
Half way through writing this article I went to sleep. Now it’s the following morning and I have had some of the best sleep I have had in a long time. Seriously. It’s like writing the first half of the article last night drained out all of my energy. So when it was time to sleep it was just like switching out a light.
In fact I slept so well that I think I am going to try and write an article every night from now on. The sleep was so good.
Mentalwellbeing is something we take for granted until we lose it. Did you know that by the year 2020 depression is expected to be the world’s second most common illness? Maybe that would include depression about insomnia. Who knows? But what I do know is that if in any small way I have helped you with getting some sleep then I will be happy to release this article.
I don’t get much for it. But it should keep me at peace with myself. And should mean I can get to sleep at night. So I wonder what I am going to write tonight? Maybe something about my day. Maybe something about mentalwellbeing.
I know that I have been short of sleep for several weeks now and this morning is the most refreshed I have felt for a long time. But I needed to write this article. I needed to publish it. And it worked. I can’t get over this. It’s amazing. Whenever I can’t get to sleep I just write an article on the web. Maybe this is the answer. Well I know it is. It worked. Sleep well.
Insomnia…?
If you have insomnia what do you do to help you sleep?
smoke a joint!
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I suffered from Insomnia, and nothing worked.. I resorted drastically by taking downers to make me go to sleep. But when I became pregnant I had to find another way… so I would wake up very early..no naps during the day. Exercise and let all the energy out.. and would find myself sleepy early.. like 9pm. It helps to make the bed and watch tv in the living room and not in your room. And keep the room dark and cool.
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make my body busy in doing physical work till it gets tired,
do some meditation,
i will go to bed only when i get sleep .do not sleep in afternoons.
make my bed room more piecefull, calm ,dim lighted .
if i have any probs which make me think of it and not allowing to sleep,theni will work on it .
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A different thing works every night…sometimes its watching tv, sometimes its going on a walk, sometimes reading a book….
A lot of times if I get one part of me really tired, the rest of me follows…so I usually concentrate on one part…my eyes (reading, tv, video games), my legs (running, squats, lunges), my arms (lifting weights, push-ups)…
tiring out the eyes usually works the best….working out sometimes wakes you up more then it puts you to sleep…
When it's really bad I try Tylenol PM or a little warm milk (sometimes with a splash of liquor).
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occasionally this happens to me + the only thing that even helps a little is to put on a real boring movie .
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i suggest you make your bed time around 2 hours earlier. you also should lay off coffees and teas. dont take naps in the morning. watch a TV documentary that do not interest you at all or you could try to read a very boring, very slow-paced book…..
IMPT: and from the moment that you feel that you are a little bit sleepy, grab that chance to lay on your bed.
i usually get insomnia if i have a lot of things in my mind.. be it a problem i cant solve or just plain daydreaming of the day ahead of me…. so try to think about nothing.
if all else fail, ask help from your doctor
good luck!
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What fratts speaks of is absolutely true.
I have a friend that is 60 years old. He suffers from sleep aphnia. Hes tried everything. Wearing some kind of funky mask at nite, taking pills. His breathing actually stops while hes sleeping for a minute or so.
Somehow hes found out that smoking a spleef before bed has cured him of all that sleep aphnia. Only person I know that has a true medical marijuana situation
I told him he should move to california, he could just get it out of the vending machines.
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Make yourself tired during day time (work, walk), take a hot shower, and drink half of warm milk and eat some fruits - banana, orange, apple. Try not to take any medications! - sleeping pill, melotona, etc. you will get addicted to it.
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herbal tea seems to work for me. or if that doesn't work i will just listen to the presidential race. super yawn.
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Insomnia is often caused by fear, stress, anxiety, medications, herbs, caffeine, depression or sometimes for no apparent reason. Make sure your bedroom is quiet and dark. Soak a tablespoon of mint leaves in a cup of water for an hour, drink every night. Check out http://useinfo-insomnia.blogspot.com/ for more info
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I know exactly what you are talking about. I have come to the conclusion that the only way to get insomnia relief is to educate yourself as much as possible. Check out http://www.insomnia-relief-center.com, it has some great articles and advise to help with insomnia. I have learned a few tricks to help myself to sleep.
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My brother suffered of insomnia and I know he had a lot of trouble finding the best method to get some gooooood sleep and eventually he found a solution.
A great blog with information and cures for this is here:
http://info-on-insomnia.blogspot.com/
Hope this helps you
Ovidiu
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Getting sleep in the correct quantities is a vital part of staying healthy. You don't have to rely on a chemical insomnia sleep aid to do it either. Consider using the Sleep So Good cream to get some all natural relief.
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http://www.sleepsogood.com/sleepaids/23-gettingtosleep.html
Maybe u should learn some ways to overcome your insomnia problem through hypnosis at my profile.
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This website offers interesting advice I have not read elsewhere.
http://www.sleeplikethedead.com
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The main things that eliminate my insomnia are:
- Eliminate the high or extreme stress in my life
- Exercise and lose some weight
- Drinking sufficient water throughout the day ensuring a good flush of the kidneys
- Chamomile tea to relax before bed
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http://remedyhealth.blogspot.com/2007/09/insomnia.html