Posted: 2/15/2007 8:20:51 PM EDT
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This past week I have been having trouble sleeping. In the past 3 days I think I have slept 3 -5 hours total. I go to bed between 10 and 11 and just cant seem to fall asleep. The weird thing is i actually didn't feel that tired today. I have taken two Tylenol PM's and I still don't feel that tired. Anybody have any ideas on how to fall asleep?...other than drinking myself to sleep I'm open to ideas. |
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When you're laying in bed, try this: Your eyes will be closed. You can make yourself "see things" better this way, your mind's eye is more in tune with actual vision (no hippie). So, picture a face. Then picture it morphing into a different face. So on and so forth. Eventually you'll fall asleep. Always worked for me. That, or pot.  (kidding) |
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1. tylenol pm. it will make you groggy in the morning, but it WILL put you down. ETA: i saw that you already took some. two of them should make you go to sleep withing the hour. if not, see suggestion #2. 2. try beating off. people always think i'm just being stupid when i post that, but it helps if you haven't had any release in a while. 3. stay away from anything with sugar or caffiene. i've found the rumor of beer making you sleepy to be false. |
I have been having trouble for 2+ years now. Seen a few docs. Alot of it depends on what you have done the past 8-12 hours. Don't eat within a few hours of laying down. When you take the tylenol PM, don't have MUCH food in your stomach. Have just a little to avoid getting sick. Turn a radio on low-helps drown out sudden loud noises. Kinda odd but I sleep the best with the dish washer going 
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i think two pills is the maximum for an adult, right? unless you're a very large individual, i don't think it would be a good idea to take more than two... |
Damn..thats what i was thinking too. I was thinking that reading a lot of posts would help too but maybe i should get off ARFCOM and see if i can sleep... |
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I have an absolute sure-fire method to try. When you're laying in bed, tell yourself that if you don't fall soundly asleep in 30 minutes, you are a flaming butt-pirate, totally completely in love with the penis. You will either go right to sleep, or find something new about yourself. |
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I went for two weeks on a minimum level of sleep 2 summers ago. I would MAYBE get an hour a night, for two weeks, if I fell asleep at all. Not surprisingly, the doc diagnosed me with insomnia. First thing she tried was Ambien. Put me out like a light, but if you take it and find you need to do something before you go to bed, you WILL be stoned, it's a heavy narcotic. But it will put you to sleep, no matter what. Laying in bed stoned, however, isn't too much fun after about 5 minutes. Next she gave me a prescription for Trazodone. 10mg, a tiny dosage of a drug that used to be used for depression but is now only used as a sleep aid. Worked like a dream. I never felt stoned, went to sleep seemingly on my own, and never felt groggy. Doc supposes some of my insomnia have to do with depression. If this lasts more than a week, see a doc. They WILL fix you up. |
I sleep like a baby. Ironically, I dream about hunky men. |
The Tylenol PM worked. It took a bit longer to kick in, probably hour and half. I got some good sleep but like said before I did feel groggy. I just hope tonight I can get some good sleep. However I have been asked to go to the bars with some wimminz and for a Friday night I'm thinking that takes precedence 
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