I cannot sleep tonigh...what now???

i actually hate that kind of situation when you have been lying down for quite sometime and then you realized that so much time has passed and that you barely had any sleep. whenever it happens i just wake up and get a really boring book, that usually never fails to put me to sleep. :)

Sleepless or restless nights, I have had several of them.. I am like you would rather stay up on the computer then stay in bed for several hours tossing and turning, getting frustrated that I can not sleep.. Some of the things that I try to do to get myself to relax enough for sleeps are; medition, listening to light music, taking a nice hot bath, day dream get my mind in a happy place, and other times just clearing my mind of all thought... Which can be hard if I am worried/excited about something... If all else fails I get back up and work on the computer, and just lay down during my son's nap, or figure the next night I will be tired enough regardless of what is going on.. I have for the most part, have had a hard time sleeping at night.. I would rather sleep all day and stay up all night.. But being a single mother does not allow me to do that anymore... Just have to take each situation for what it is and hope for the best.. I hope you were able to get some sleep earlier today..

it happens sometimes but I hate to be like that cuz I have to go to work early morning and stay up almost the whole day. If I can't sleep then I just watch TV or listen to the Radio or counting to myself... lolz... sound silly huh? but these works really for me.

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When i can't sleep, the first thing i always do is turn on my TV, watch TV for a while then i will read books, that helps me fall into sleep again.I never surf online when i can't sleep, that would let me stay up throughout the night and feel sleepy in the morning

Usually I lay in bed and look at my fishys in the aquarium pass by. They make me feel so relaxed that I dose off. Or ust like you I will get on the internet and just chit chat with people. Sooner or later i will end up wanting to go to bed. They say a warm glass of milk. But i do not like warm milk I like it cold. Well hoped I helped out. Maria

I have that problem alot of times. I work nights and try to sleep during the daytime hours. I have a hard time getting enough sleep also. I get up and get online and work some more.

H! Beertjie, I assumed that your ready for your treatment. What I do if I can't sleep is I read book. My favorite is "Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. I already finished that book. But if can't sleep I open that book and read it again. And it works my eyes will get tired and makes me feel sleepy. Happy myloting!

Hi, it's 10:41am my country now, and it's summer here, so we just opposite, there are winter, and here are summer, so it's so hot outside and hard to get asleep. I will watch movie and play game, when I can't sleep., and this will always get tired the next day, so we'd better get enough sleep, we can have a glass of milk before sleep, this will help us sleep.

It does happen with me sometimes when i sleep for a long time during afternoons, and then when its bedtime i just cant sleep, infact sine my vacations are on i take a nap in the afternoon and stay awake during the nights like about 2.00am and then go off to sleep........I am on mylot i just love being here I cant even imagine the amount of knowledge i gained form here, be it about religion, personal life and many such things........and atleast i makes some pocket money for me by the end of the month so that covers up for my mobile bills and stuff........ It can really get irritating if you have nothing to do and cant get good sleep, i wonder what will i do if i don't have anything to do, by the grace of god it has not happened yet and i pray it should not........ Well Beertjie, ill pray for you and your treatment......do well i am sure many people will be praying for you, an offcourse god is always there with you, he knows you are his man so nothing can go wrong with you !!!!

beertjie, you have a difficult condition there. Sleep is necessary, at least to prepare you physically for that dialysis. Do you drink coffee or tea? I think you should refrain from doing so if you do. I suppose it is useless to say count sheep or count your blessings instead of sheep. Maybe a warm glass of water and hugging the pillows and reminiscing good memories and talking heart to God might do the trick. But please get off the computer.

I have an insomia. Most of the time, it is really hard for me to fall sleep. Before, I am really mad and really trying very hard to get a rest. But with the Mylot and other PTP sites out there, I don't force myself anymore. If I can't sleep, so be it. What I do is make some posts and after a while, I can already have the rest that I have been looking for. :)

if i cannot sleep, i just get up, read some books or just watching tv.. just some tips for you, when i can't sleep in the night, with my eyes closed, i just imagine see a beautiful blue sky.. it works with me, not always tough but often make me fall a sleep..

I do have such problem sometimes...especailly in Sunday night at the thought of Monday's working plan. When I can't sleep, I count sheep and that doesn't work all the time...it's really hurt when you are tired and sleepy but just cannot fall asleep! I even tried to turn to medicine. And now I have made up my mind that I will take physical exercises (say yoga), which may solve my problem.

That's frustrating... Things i do when i can't sleep is doing something productive instead. Sometimes I exercise like do push-ups or ab exercises and that usually does the job... but now that it's school season again. I read my books so that i can fall back to sleep. Have a nice day mate!

sometime, when i cannot sleep, i just lie down on the bed doing nothing hope to fall asleep soon, just like yesterday , i need to turn off the light at 10 pm because my daughters need to go school today, today is the first day of school and they need to wake up early at 5:30am, i think i fall asleep after 1 am

hi beertjie, I do stuff that can make me sleep like for example, reading a book or talking to someone for a while. Try drinking a bit, that worked for me also :) since it will help you relax. Or I don't know with you, but majority of us girls keep a journal, wherein we write our everyday thoughts. If you're up for it, then try writing :)