When You Can't Sleep, What Do You Do?

[porsche4life]

Damn craig!

[craigster59]

Just yanking Lubey's chain. I'm sure it's very informative and a great reference for those in the "industry", I wouldn't expect anything less from Mike. Just not applicable to my job (as I'm sure a book on Rothko and his contributions to the art world would be on Lubey's required reading list). Hey, we're all friends here!

[sc_rufctr]

And don't go to bed of you're not sleepy.

[stevej37]

Nobody has mentioned the most important thing to a sound sleep...darkness! Get the room as dark as possible..including led alarms and windows that let in small amounts of light. It makes a big difference.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by craigster59

I usually just crack open this book. After a few paragraphs I'm sleeping like a baby:
















Just kidding Lubey!!!

Bwahahahaha! That's gold Jerry, solid gold!

[Steve Carlton]

I usually wind up watching 4-5 reruns of The Rifleman. When I wake up a couple hours later, the TV is usually still on with another episode playing.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Just yanking Lubey's chain. I'm sure it's very informative and a great reference for those in the "industry", I wouldn't expect anything less from Mike. Just not applicable to my job (as I'm sure a book on Rothko and his contributions to the art world would be on Lubey's required reading list). Hey, we're all friends here!

I tell ya what, buy the book, read it from cover to cover and if you don't laugh and learn something I will refund your money. Seriously. (BTW - my fracking book would be a better sleep aid!)

[slow&rusty]

Watch old Top Gear episodes or surf Pelican

[berettafan]

I typically read up on a movie or actor or musician I've recently seen or heard. Couple nights ago I started with the Carpenters which led to Carole King which led to James Taylor. Learned he was just another rich kid with a drug problem who happened to have extraordinary talent. didn't realize mental illness ran in his family. when I hear his music it's so calming it doesn't occur to me that a tortured soul made much of it.

[kach22i]

Available at CVS, helps you get to sleep, and stay asleep even after taking a pee.

Now Foods, Melatonin, 3 mg, 180 Capsules - iHerb.com



Melatonin for Sleep: Hormone and Supplement Effects on Sleep

Melatonin is a hormone made by the pineal gland, a small gland in the brain. Melatonin helps control your sleep and wake cycles. Very small amounts of it are found in foods such as meats, grains, fruits, and vegetables. You can also buy it as a supplement.................

What does natural melatonin do in the body?

Your body has its own internal clock that controls your natural cycle of sleeping and waking hours. In part, your body clock controls how much melatonin your body makes. Normally, melatonin levels begin to rise in the mid- to late evening, remain high for most of the night, and then drop in the early morning hours.

Take it 15 minutes before you go to sleep.

If you take it at 2;00 in the morning, you may be groggy in the morning, no amount to coffee will help.

You can take it ever night.

If I don't take it I wake up after every dream, which is rough sometimes - like groundhog day the movie.

[porsche4life]

Melatonin didn't do much to help me sleep, but gave me some wildly vivid dreams!

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by berettafan

I typically read up on a movie or actor or musician I've recently seen or heard. Couple nights ago I started with the Carpenters which led to Carole King which led to James Taylor.

Watched a biography of Carole King on TV recently. What an amazing and prolific talent!

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Nobody has mentioned the most important thing to a sound sleep...darkness! Get the room as dark as possible..including led alarms and windows that let in small amounts of light. It makes a big difference.

My g/f insists on this. I pack a mini flashlight on my night stand ...stubbed my toes too many times on the way to the water closet.

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Melatonin didn't do much to help me sleep, but gave me some wildly vivid dreams!

Same thing happened to me!

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

Another thing you might consider are meds you are taking.

My friend was taking a prescription drug for stomach acid... at first he thought it was great because he could eat anything he wanted... but then he noticed trouble sleeping and mild depression (he is one of the most positive guys I know).

Originally Posted by porsche4life

I said TRY... I didn't say it always worked!

Yeah! Why is it if they wake US at 3AM feeling frisky it is game on but when we are in the mood all we get is a cold shoulder?

Life is so unfair!

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

And don't go to bed of you're not sleepy.

But is you have to get up early to go to work that can be problematic.

I was taking temazepam, worked great but work a little too good, I stopped because I didn't want it to become a habit.

[Evans, Marv]

Yeah, I take Lorazepam prescribed by my doc. It's supposedly not a sleep aid, but something they use to calm patients before doing procedures on them. Directions say to take nightly or as needed. I take it on a very sparing basis, usually if I've had a couple of poor nights' sleep which happens very infrequently. At least online, the word is you can develop a dependency on it using it on a regular basis. However it seems like if I use it one night, I experience several subsequent nights of good rest. I just don't like the feeling of using something to sleep. A decent diet and some exercise are what I want to promote sleep.

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Melatonin didn't do much to help me sleep, but gave me some wildly vivid dreams!

Yep same here. I now take 2 before bed for the suspense. Either lights out or an award winning screenplay the next morning.

[GH85Carrera]

When I was sick with the flu and developed a nasty cough my Dr. prescribed me some Tussionex.

That stuff is a time machine. I took a dose before bedtime turned off the lights and seconds later the alarm clock was on and it was morning. It works great as a cough medicine. I only used 1/2 the bottle before I got better. It made for some rock solid sleep. So I guess Hydrocodone is a good sleep agent. Not recommended for long term use.

[Por_sha911]

Read 23rd Psalm last night. Out like a light in less than 20 minutes.

Try it just once. Open the book to any page and read a little even if you don't believe in God. Nothing to be afraid of. You won't get infected and there's no bogey man to jump out and get you. Heck, if it works it works.