Insomnia

[Bandage]

@maroonandwhite

Awake til 6.30am and i woke up at half nine. Ive had 11 hours total sleep the last three nights, used to have occasional bad nights here or there, once every 3/4 months but im in rag order here, wired. Never thought id take sleeping tablets but im going for them whenever i can get a doctor open again.

Lots of children can’t sleep with excitement in the run up to Christmas, mate. Asking for a surprise in your Santa letter probably magnified it for you this year.

[KinvarasPassion]

@maroonandwhite

Awake til 6.30am and i woke up at half nine. Ive had 11 hours total sleep the last three nights, used to have occasional bad nights here or there, once every 3/4 months but im in rag order here, wired. Never thought id take sleeping tablets but im going for them whenever i can get a doctor open again.

Don’t go the tablets route. Exercise, winddown routine and diet all can be tweaked to help.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

exercise and a danger wank should sort you out

[maroonandwhite]

@Kinvara's Passion

Don’t go the tablets route. Exercise, winddown routine and diet all can be tweaked to help.

Thanks horse

[fenwaypark]

@maroonandwhite

Awake til 6.30am and i woke up at half nine. Ive had 11 hours total sleep the last three nights, used to have occasional bad nights here or there, once every 3/4 months but im in rag order here, wired. Never thought id take sleeping tablets but im going for them whenever i can get a doctor open again.

Try the exercise route. If you see no improvement go have a chat with your GP and discuss options. Tablets are a bad road to go down. Having said that, you need sleep to be able to function. I know some people with insomnia use Melatonin, would be worth mentioning it to GP if you go down that route.

[Tess_Tickle]

@maroonandwhite

Awake til 6.30am and i woke up at half nine. Ive had 11 hours total sleep the last three nights, used to have occasional bad nights here or there, once every 3/4 months but im in rag order here, wired. Never thought id take sleeping tablets but im going for them whenever i can get a doctor open again.

I was the same last night, awake until at least 5.30 or 6am even though had been drinking a good bit all evening until hitting the bed, normally i would sleep well after as much booze so that was i surprise. I’m very anxious about nothing in particular or big, think i must go to a doctor myself after this week is over.

[Horsebox]

Don’t start taking tablets @maroonandwhite . I did about two years ago and it was a big mistake. The first night is great but you become immune to them and they stop working and I was worse than ever for about 6 months afterwards. Exercise, keep regular hours as much as possible, lavender candle in the room, no iphones or laptops for at least an hour before you try to sleep all helps as does a jump or pull the stomach off yourself if a jump isn’t available. I’m a lot better since I started the above although I still get the Sunday terrors after a big weekend.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@Horsebox

Don’t start taking tablets @maroonandwhite . I did about two years ago and it was a big mistake. The first night is great but you become immune to them and they stop working and I was worse than ever for about 6 months afterwards. Exercise, keep regular hours as much as possible, lavender candle in the room, no iphones or laptops for at least an hour before you try to sleep all helps as does a jump or pull the stomach off yourself if a jump isn’t available. I’m a lot better since I started the above although I still get the Sunday terrors after a big weekend.

wernt you the guy threatening me before? the lavender candlie info diminishes the threat

[maroonandwhite]

@Colin Montgomerie

Lots of children can’t sleep with excitement in the run up to Christmas, mate. Asking for a surprise in your Santa letter probably magnified it for you this year.

The lad who cant drive well into his thirties is calling me a child!?

Happy Christmas by the way you bollix

[Bandage]

[QUOTE=“maroonandwhite, post: 1062091, member: 1406”]The lad who cant drive well into his thirties is calling me a child!?

Happy Christmas by the way you bollix[/QUOTE]

Same to you, pal.

[flattythehurdler]

@maroonandwhite

Awake til 6.30am and i woke up at half nine. Ive had 11 hours total sleep the last three nights, used to have occasional bad nights here or there, once every 3/4 months but im in rag order here, wired. Never thought id take sleeping tablets but im going for them whenever i can get a doctor open again.

Try half a bottle of night nurse. Also highly recommended for boring flights.

[flattythehurdler]

@Tess Tickle

I was the same last night, awake until at least 5.30 or 6am even though had been drinking a good bit all evening until hitting the bed, normally i would sleep well after as much booze so that was i surprise. I’m very anxious about nothing in particular or big, think i must go to a doctor myself after this week is over.

Personally, I reckon the doctor will do fuck all for you. Try going to bed with a bit of exercise and no drink first. I always find that in the half awake state of the half light, you’re awake enough to worry about things but not quite fully functioning enough for the logical part of your brain to tell you that the worries are unfounded. In the cold light of morning, you realise that the things you were worrying about in the night are actually fairly trivial. It becomes a bit of a vicious circle. Drink kills your sleep. If you drink yourself into a stupour, there is no rest in it either.

[dancarter]

@flattythehurdler

Personally, I reckon the doctor will do fuck all for you. Try going to bed with a bit of exercise and no drink first. I always find that in the half awake state of the half light, you’re awake enough to worry about things but not quite fully functioning enough for the logical part of your brain to tell you that the worries are unfounded. In the cold light of morning, you realise that the things you were worrying about in the night are actually fairly trivial. It becomes a bit of a vicious circle. Drink kills your sleep. If you drink yourself into a stupour, there is no rest in it either.

If your mind is racing in bed at night a simple effective trick is to have a pen and paper next to the bed. Write down a note about what’s bothering you and how you will deal with it the next day. This tells your sub conscious that the problem is dealt with for now. Has worked a treat for me in the past

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

@dancarter

If your mind is racing in bed at night a simple effective trick is to have a pen and paper next to the bed. Write down a note about what’s bothering you and how you will deal with it the next day. This tells your sub conscious that the problem is dealt with for now. Has worked a treat for me in the past

weirdo

[Thrawneen]

Valerian root works for me. Awful foul smelling stuff, mind.

[KinvarasPassion]

Starved… Few potato waffles would sort it.

[KinvarasPassion]

@Horsebox do you recycle the wax from those lavender candles pal?

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

had 10 hours sleep last night

[myboyblue]

Had a coffee from Insomnia this morning, delish.

[Horsebox]

@Kinvara's Passion

@Horsebox do you recycle the wax from those lavender candles pal?

Sorry, pal only seeing this now. That bloody tag function. Anyway, no I don’t pal. However the Lavender candles in Tesco are gone up to €5.45:eek:. I might do a trip into town tomorrow and go candle shopping, see if I can get a better deal than that.