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What do you do when you can't sleep?
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Brian Fellows
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Smoke pot
FatallyYours
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Have a wank mate
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Go to the bathroom to urinate and Drink water.It's almost 4 a. m. here, I still can't sleep after several hours. Fresh air and moving a little has brought nothing. Sheep countin didn't help as well. What do you do when you can't sleep?
If you can't rest with that.... Use the 4-7-8 breathing and inhalation technique.
Close your mouth and inhale the air through your nose. Count to four. Hold your breath for seven seconds. Exhale the air completely from your lungs for eight seconds do it many times and you will sleep.
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LordOfChaos
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German Hops
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Alcohol does it for me.
Your miles may vary, though.
Your miles may vary, though.
Spyxos
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Thx i will try this out.
Spyxos
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I don't really drink. I don't even think I have anything at home.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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Yes, it will work, it is better and natural than taking medications like clonazepam or some other... And also with that you take care of your kidneys.
Hawking Radiation
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Syphon Filter
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dont have thoughts in your mind.
Pegasus Actual
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Harry Potter audiobooks.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Mistake
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There is something primal about it, but I get the best sleep when it's pitch dark, cold, and I'm under a weighted blanket
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bitbydeath
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Working the midnight shift?
I’d write down whatever was on my mind, then it can be dealt with later.
JimmyRustler
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As someone who recovered from 2 year insomnia…
Nothing really helps, except maybe meditation if you have the patience. It’s probably some unresolved underlying psychological issue that causes stress.
Hope it’s just a one time thing and you get over it quick. Not sleeping sucks and fucks you up royally.
Nothing really helps, except maybe meditation if you have the patience. It’s probably some unresolved underlying psychological issue that causes stress.
Hope it’s just a one time thing and you get over it quick. Not sleeping sucks and fucks you up royally.
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Hawking Radiation
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Spyxos
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No, I'm on sick leave right now.
KrakenIPA
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Ironically it was a hotel with a golf course. It was a hundred years old. Once the restaurant folks ended their night i was responsible for the main building and an out-building. I had to clean the downstairs bathrooms and when I went down there i could always feel a presence looking over my shoulder. It was not a good presence: doors slamming, lights going on and off, and auto-dispensers dispensing for no reason. I lasted about a year there.
John Bilbo
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I used to get up and do some casual stuff I do normally: make coffee or chocolate milk, watch YouTube, read a book or play Splatoon.
After a while I'd get sleepy again.
Edit: washing dishes and folding laundry also helped.
After a while I'd get sleepy again.
Edit: washing dishes and folding laundry also helped.
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Exercise during the day.
No caffeine or sugar at night.
Put pen to paper or a thought to do list on your phone 30mins before bed.
If you're past those above then melatonin, no other ingredients. Also don't use your phone at bed time.
No caffeine or sugar at night.
Put pen to paper or a thought to do list on your phone 30mins before bed.
If you're past those above then melatonin, no other ingredients. Also don't use your phone at bed time.
Trunx81
Member
"But this is nothing compared to my colleague, he worked there for hundreds of years!"
Melatonin was already mentioned and I endorse it as well. 3mg sublingual or 5mg sublingual work like a charm, every time.
FunkMiller
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If it becomes a chronic, long term condition, go to your doctor. They may prescribe amitriptyline or mirtzapine off label to help you sleep. Both work incredibly well.
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Trunx81
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You mentioned something very important: Screens. So many people are tired as hell, get into bed and spend hours on their phones. Get rid of them in your bedroom: Plug them in in the living room or kitchen and go to bed without this. Read a book. Avoid light.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Did it work the sugesttion?
Spyxos
Gold Member
I tried it, I don't know if I did wrong or not, but I know I must have been in bed for a good hour. Before I fell asleep. Thanks anyway. I will certainly try again next time.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
I take a melatonin and a Benadryl an hour before bed these days. On a night where I know I am going to have trouble or when I know I need a full night's sleep I take a melatonin and 2 Benadryl.
It seems to work. It's especially handy during the fall and spring because the extra Benadryl does wonders for your allergies.
It seems to work. It's especially handy during the fall and spring because the extra Benadryl does wonders for your allergies.
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Cyberpunkd
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Go for a run. It's an incredible feeling running through an empty city.It's almost 4 a. m. here, I still can't sleep after several hours. Fresh air and moving a little has brought nothing. Sheep countin didn't help as well. What do you do when you can't sleep?
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Portugeezer
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It's funny, because my antidote to not sleeping is watching some long-form youtube video until I sleep. (I do turn on the eye comfort feature on phone)
And I find that worrying about sleep makes it worse. Especially when you know you have something important to do and want to maximise every hour of sleep.
