Combating Insomnia

I don't have any sleep problems. My problem is that I don't get enough sleep because I have too much to do every day and don't go to bed until very late. The few times I had sleep problems I just took a light sleeping pill and drank some camomille tea before bed.

I have that problem a lot until I lay down and start watching a movie or tv and it doens't take too long for me to fall asleep after that! I am just like you I need only 4-5 hours and I am good to go Anything over that and I am over tired

for me 4 hours of sleep would be devstating, I like to sleep a lot and I usually sleep like 10 hours per day, for some people it´s too much, well probably it is and I am trying to reduce that, insomnis is not a porblem for me as you may notice, when I can´t sleep I just take a pill and that really helps, reasding help s alot, too, but in those hours that you a re awke you can log in here and make some extra money, isn´t that a good way to improve ypur income?

I'm like that too. It's hard for people to understand that I don't like to sleep. I have had insomnia since I was a teen. Currently, I take a sleep aid and I still only sleep 4 hours a night. I just don't like being asleep. Maybe I should get therapy. LOL

I am like you, in that, many times I get 4-5 hours of sleep and feel great.....I am not really clock aware...in that I do not set my inner clock according to the rest of the world......yes, if I have to be somewhere....I am there...short of that though I set my own hours....if I am tired at 5 in the evening, I lay down....I can always do something if the rest of the house is asleep when I am awake. I can recharge in a few hours so I do not miss out on the things that I need to do.....also, my husband is the same way..so it works for us. It is not that I feel sleep is a waste of time, because our bodies are made to recharge while we sleep...but I, like you, have so many things to do..or that I could be doing that I don't stress it... Good topic, my friend.

Wow, you're one of the few people I know who hates sleep. I love to sleep. I am always sleepy and I take any chance I could get just to sleep. For me, 6hrs a day is the ideal amount of sleep, but with school, that's a luxury. I usually get 3-4 hours, 5 if I'm lucky, and about 3hrs of nap in the afternoon. If I can't sleep, I don't know, I just get irritated I guess. Lol! Well, sometimes I read a book to fall asleep (reading my notes help me fall asleep as they are really really boring). sometimes I watch TV or do something on the computer. There were times when I desperately needed to sleep because I had to get up early so I kind of sang myself to sleep. Weird, right? I've tried counting sheep too... And sometimes I just lie in bed and think. Think about whatever...until I fall asleep.

I do not have a regular sleeping habit at all. It is totally need dependent. I can continue to work for couple of days even at a stretch, obviously I get tired while doing so, but, I can still somehow manage to continue. Neither I suffer from Insomnia - whenever the workload is minimum I just continue to sleep both in the day time as well as at night. You can say, I can control my sleeping habits like many people do with their eating habits.

I don't hate sleep; but I do like staying up late. I can be a fitful sleeper too, and yet unlike you, I need alot, at least 8 hours I'd say, although I can survive for a while on very little sleep. As I sleep fitfully, I do the same as you: occupy myself with useful tasks until I feel absolutely exhausted, and then sleep. I can also take catnaps; these can be very refreshing. One way I sleep when I'm a bit agitated is invent movies in my mind, and just get lost in teh action of these movies...they can really draw you in until...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Sometimes, I have that insomnia, too. I can't get asleep when the clock ticks after 12 midnight, I know it's weird but it really do happened to me everytime. So if I worked online so late then I need to force myself to sleep since I can't worked much on that next morning if I don't have much sleep. What I did is that I just say prayers (Our Father, Hail Mary) again and again so I could go to sleep. It might be work for you, try it.

I wish you didn't hate sleep so much! Try to look at it as a recharge time. Your body recharges itself during sleep, just as your mobile phone or your laptop need to be recharged after a while. These are the hours when your body repairs the damaged cells of your body, and if you neglect sleep for too long, you will age faster than others. If you ever have insomnia, just try meditating - try imagining a blank wall, or a candle flame, and you'll be asleep in no time! To top it, you'll have a very restful and refreshing sleep as well.

I love sleeping, lol...Even if i only have 10-30 minutes break, i will still take the time to take a nap...I don't know, i always feel sleepy even if i am at school, so i always sleep on the chairs. There were also times that i could'nt sleep especially when i am excited with the next day. I still try to get my sleep, though its hard trying to sleep, im glad that i am still able to sleep but not fully.

i think about donald duck. it's a good remedy for the insomnia.

for me , i will listen to music and read some books . when i feel tired ,i will fall asleep easily

I wish i could have reduced my sleep. Minimum sleep i need is 8 hours and if i sleep less then that then i feel like tired and restless.