any tips on getting to sleep.

i'm guessing 3 hours sleep is maximum i get at any one time.

i wake up, then fall asleep again around 4/5 times per night.

have heard chinese herbs help a little, not yet tried.

decrepit said...

The big trick is not to worry about not sleeping!!
It's easy to set up an internal negative feed back loop, then you'll have no hope!!!

Get up, watch TV or read a chapter of a boring book have a cup of milo, then go back to bed and start again.

Don't lay awake in bed worrying that you're not sleeping.

Perfect advice Mike. My brother is a sleep specilist and runs a very busy sleep clinic. I suffer the same problems Pete and this is word for word what my brother tells me. Oh, and no caffine after midday

id have to say exercise and stress are contributing factors
along with diet.
i dont have a body clock i work 24/7 all round rotating shifts.!!!!
it is very difficult to settle.
you should try and get onto an afternoon shift
mabe there is somthing in your life troubling you? people often use drink and drugs to forget these problems so the mind can rest.?

temazepam!! won't put you to sleep but they keep you there!!

^^^^^^ I think Peter ....you! may have helped cure yourself

SWEET DREAMS

why materialism

I didn't know that by focusing your life around posessions could give you sleep issues, but I guess it makes sense?

Another vote from me - re; not eating too soon to bedtime, and no glucose/sugars (chockies, sweets, fruit) within 6hrs of bedtime. Main meal should be pre-middle of waking time (or for non-shift workers, breakfast or lunch). I was told not to eat anything heavy after 3pm if I wanted to go to sleep before midnight. If I do, I balance it out with beer!

[edit] - I did!

A lot of exercise, exercising to the point of exhaustion plus two beers.

Mobydisc said...

A lot of exercise, exercising to the point of exhaustion plus two beers.

I find the opposite. I used to go to the gym late in the evenings and if I came home and had a few beers I would stay awake. It would also be bad if I drank a protein shake and tried to get some sleep.

Strangely the beers without the exercise seem to not have the same problem.

My offer to Peter is that I subcontract some of my work to him and he can do it when he is not able to sleep. If it doesn't put him to sleep at least it will get my work done...

I have nightmares or vivid dreams, making for an unrestful sleep if I eat before bed.
2 hours for food, none for beer.

Here's one I heard about and tried... worked for me when I was a stress bunny.


Every sound you hear, say that you can hear that sound (not out loud, just in your thoughts) ie if you hear the clock ticking, keep saying "I can hear the clock ticking, I can hear the clock ticking" when another noise is noticed say that - "I can hear the fan spinning, I can hear the fan spinning"

Just keep saying it in your mind - the theory is that you cant concentrate on 2 things at once so that the 'worry de jour' doesnt get into your head and keep you awake ruminating about other outcomes etc. If it does just gentlt go back to repeating the sounds. I think its a bit like yoga/meditation where you clear your thoughts and think of nothing - but sometimes thats too hard.

Found a link from Paul Mckenna www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1114645/Talk-sleep-Paul-McKenna-harness-emotions-shed-anxieties-good-nights-rest.html

australia's biggest loser had something about this on Friday night. They said that

forcing yourself up at the same time every day
exercising before dinner and dinner 2-3 hours before sleep time
eating your biggest meal at lunch

They didn't mention staying up all night on the internet getting concerned about the NWO but I imagine if you'd been on it then they would have mentioned it...

Chinese herbs are bull****. Chinese people aren't stupid. They seek out proper western medicine whenever they can.

Whorelicks. That'll fix you up Pete

I was forgetting. Spelling jokes don't carry on this forum.

NotWal said...

I was forgetting. Spelling jokes don't carry on this forum.

I got it

not for me it don't.....in fact that could be the problem.

bigmark100 said...

try get hold of some Melatonin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin

I wasnt sure you could get it in australia. but apparently you can.

www.goldenglow.com.au/product.asp?pID=361&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=for%20melatonin&utm_campaign=sem

Just posted the same suggestion...