Topic: what do you guys (and ladies) do when you have insomnia?

[fuzzybutt]

i did alot of meditation as a young deadhead, back in the 80's and 90's. i think i may try it again. gotta do something thats for sure.

[Terry in Australia]

Somewhere I downloaded a track of white noise, burned it to a CD and every night, I play that track on 'repeat'.  It's great.

Terry, next time you want to flush your ear, use a 50/50 solution of warm water and hydrogen peroxide.  You don't need to do it often, but that and a drop or two of H2O2 weekly will keep your ears healthy

Hey thanks Kit, it's about time for another "flushing", so I'll see if I can find some at my local pharmacy.

Hey Fuzz, if you can't sleep because you're thinking too hard, this might help. When I was in Special Forces, a friend of mine and I got talking about how much time we spent awake at night trying to figure things out.

He told me that he kept a pen and notepad beside his bed, and if he thought he'd found a solution, rather than it running around in his brain all night like a scratched record stuck on the one line of a song, he'd just write it down, and was able to fall asleep right away, secure in the knowledge that the answer wouldn't be forgotten by morning. I tried it and it worked for me. Cheers, Terry.

Re: Terry comments on Tinnitus. (Tin Ear) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus  You were lucky, Tinnitus from ear damage has no cure. I have it. Most often a result of chronic exposure to loud noise. In my case lawn mowing equipment when I was in high school. So...everyone...wear ear protection when riding. I can never hear "silence" again.

Geez, that's no good Ron, after 31 years in the Army my hearing's not to good either, it's a bit like that scene from "Good Morning Vietnam" where the fictitious Artillery man calls in requesting a song and Adrian Cronauer says "what can I play you" to which he replies, "Anything, just play it loud, OK?"

[my78k]

It's kinda like sex....I uhm....have some "alone time"?!?!?

Doesn't hurt that on my satellite TV after midnight every night they have some rather XXXplicit movies on TMN. Heck I figure if I am still up at 12 then it is a good sign I need to take matters into my own hands...ofcourse I have been married for 10 years lol!!

Dennis

P.s. if you don't have isatellite there is always the BABED thread...lol!

[syth82]

+100 on the meletonin, that and chamomile tea togeather helped me a lot when I was younger. I still often have those nights, but when I was in high school I literally would stare at the ceiling untill 2am or later EVERY night thinking about everything and nothing. Meletonin is a natural chemical your body produces when it needs sleep, I never had side effects and it won't leave you drowsy in the am like sleeping pills do.

I also surf these forums and other areas of the tubes... Sometimes you just need the distraction. I have serious paranoia issues, and anything to stop me thinking helps. As others mentioned a good "release" can work wonders, too.

Sorry about the lengthy post, good night all!

-Luke

[fuzzybutt]

yeah a good release works too, on nights that i go to the pistol range and shoot off a few boxes of .357 i usually sleep good. it's a great stress reliever

[mark]

Today in shameless history........

What kinda dumnass does a bunch of yagger-bombs,  knowing he has to work in the morning ?

Define "a bunch"...  I may have been guilty of that in the past from time to time. 

Wait... define "has to", "work" and "morning" also.

Hell, let's go Clinton style.  Define "in" and "the"

bunch= 6 or 7 (wasn't really counting)

has to= only guy in the fab. dept.

work= see above

morning= 8am (40 min drive)

 

[Caaveman82]

Not always, but some times, I pour about six ounces of whiskey in a glass and chug it down, then chase it with warm milk (for the same reasons mentioned before), and that'll do the trick. Tastes nasty but if it puts me to sleep I could care less.

They are also starting to say your diet has a lot to do with how well you do or do not sleep. A lot of red meat, and I don't know what the scientific excuse for this is, will make your brain over active. I dunno, something to consider I guess.

I still stand by Ambien. It works very well.

[Terry in Australia]

Well living in a third world country like Oz, I haven't heard of half of the drugs you guys are talking about, I've got a chronic back injury (parachuting) but the strongest drug I've taken for it was Ibruprofin every once in awhile.

The DVA (Department of Veterans Affairs) pays for me to have a 25 year old Vietnamese babe give me a back massage (physiotherapy) twice a week, but apart from the occasional Ibruprofin, I'm drug-free. 

Anyway, the red meat thing is the tip of the iceberg in my opinion, basically, the more you eat at night, the harder it's gonna be getting off to sleep. I'm on a diet/exercise program at the moment, (37.4 pounds lost since November) and I find that I sleep a heck of a lot better now than any other time I can remember.

I just eat less of what I like, and drink more water, and most of the time I can get off to sleep easy, and only wake up when the alarm goes off. Cheers, Terry.

[AK Cafe]

Whats Insomnia??








Seriously, with four kids and working for an airline, I rarely have any trouble falling asleep. When I was working nights, I sometimes had trouble sleeping during the daytime. Melatonin was the trick for me. That and Sex! 

[Mach-5(50)]

it's been said multiple times, but meditation is good, once you get it down. it takes practice, but with insomnia there is plenty of it. there are any number of meditation processes (i guess thats what you might call them) but trying a number of them helps finding one that works. me, i think about the color black. also, i don't fight the "committee". acknowledge the thought for what it is. its like opening the front door and letting it run through and out the back door. if you stand with your shoulder against the door you focus on not letting the thoughts in, and not whatever it is you want to be focusing on. it was sort of mentioned earlier, but writing helps a lot of people i know. it gets the committee out of your head and onto paper. it takes the power away. and, when i can see it, i don't have to listen to it. i also pray. not in the "please God let me fall asleep" sort of way. it is sort of like meditation. i thank him for everyone and everything i have in my life to day. i focus on gratitude, for my sobriety and the knowledge of his will for me. also, if there are people i have resentments toward, i pray for them. ya, sounds crazy, but it works for me and others i know. i pray for them till i am no longer resentful (over the course of many nights. it usually doesn't just go away). getting rid of resentments is a huge stress reliever. ultimately, i end up watching TV, reading, surfing the net and what not. rarely i take a few PM type pain relievers. usually i pay for it the next day though with the fog it leaves me in.

slep well all.

ryan

[78 k550]

Mick

Don't have insomnia but that helps.

Paul

[fuzzybutt]

well, the meditation is starting to work. i actually was asleep by 2am. first time in a month or so i've been asleep that early i think. that and i put a dvd in the player, it's 6, 1 hour long documentaries about the ocean and what lives underneath it. the smooth soothing voice of the narrator seems to help a little too. i have also stopped taking any pain meds after 6pm so it has a chance to wear off and the speediness from those goes away.

[78 k550]

good to see things are helping.

Paul

[Shenanigans]

If I cant sleep, I like to go to the Wikipedia random article button for how ever many clicks it takes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

[tortelvis]

Mick

+1!!!

[Bob Wessner]

Log-on and read oil threads.

[78 k550]

Log-on and read oil threads.

LMAO

Paul