Couldn't sleep at night..what would you do not to waste your time...

well, you propably will not fall asleep any time soon, especially after two cups of black coffee, but personaly, if it is my bed time, I fall asleep even if I drink coffee, I cant help it, I am so tired from the days chores that when I fall to bed I fall asleep in the first 5 minutes, so I cant say that I seduce mr sleepy but the other way around :) here is not so late, its only 10.00 pm but soon its my bed time, my kid is sleeping now so I will go to bed too :)

Good Morning dear Martin I just finish writing one article and will submit it tomorrow. Well, not to waste my time- after writing the article still I am not sleepy so I came back here in mylot to post a few- and earn a few as well. And, found your topic. So, what makes you keep awake till this time- was it the coffee- or you want to keep mylotting :p

Read. I usually read when I cannot fall asleep.

After drinking two cups of black coffee I wouldn't be able to sleep either... actually I can't even drink it without milk at all. For me using the computer is rather awakening... unless I'm terribly tired, I guess the light keeps me awake. Reading a book help more often. I remember when I was a student, whenever I tried to read in the bed at night I fell asleep in minutes, and woke up with the book under my head Sometimes drinking a cup of lemongrass or cinnamon tea also helps. If there is no milk at home It's time for me to go to sleep soon, too.

It sometimes happen to me specially when I drink softdrinks before bed time and yes, I couldn't sleep when I drink coffee earlier. Coffee just keeps us alive no wonder why every morning we always love to drink it;).. Drinking hot mild can really help us a lot to get a good night sleep, this is why kids are being given that drinks for them to sleep early at night.

The only moment I can't sleep is when I have something in my mind that is bugging me. It's not my caffeine intake, as it doesnt stimulate me to be active. It just gives me the palpitations. My laptop, ipad, or cellphone will be my destination from my bed and for hours I would surf, surf and surf. Sometimes I even chat to anonymous people and if ever I get sleepy, I do this habit of leaving them in midair, with them wondering what happened to me. Hehe. Just when I think I am drifting off to sleep, thats the time people will be awake to do their usual business. But after they're gone off to work, I will have the time to sleep until they return. And they retire early to bed and you wake up, stay awake until wee hours of the morning and the cycles goes on and on unless you really refrain from exercise, caffeine, and solve your problems. :)

If I do not sleep, I do not sleep. I just focus on what I am feeling. If I feel bored with this, I stay with the boredom, focusing on my breathing and what I am feeling in my body. This is a form of meditation and boredom rarely if ever happens these days. I only sleep for about 4-5 hours anyway.. Trying to sleep can often keep us awake! As a therapist, I always invite my clients to do this who come to me for insomnia. It is not easy, but trying to force the mind to do what it obvioulsy not wanting to do, leads to stress in the longer term. Just my opinion, and not suitable for everyone I guess, but it is something that you can test out for yourself. There will be some resistance from the mind, this is normal, but stay with it, and see if it works.. _Derek

Hello Mob, I think you felt sleep and fallen into asleep after starting this topic. I could not find you anywhere in this topic). So you might be got a great idea what to do when sleeping God is not blessing. Since you have the computer and net connection then why worries. If you worry about this (not getting sleep), which may lead to complications. Instead of worrying spend your time here and start topics. Mr. Sleep will be there immediately. A word of caution- Coffee can prevent sleep

Most times I am always up till about 2am my time watching movies or NBA if there are games being played and if there's no NBA, NHL would be a perfect substitute. I don't just know but am a late night person because I have gotten used to it when I was in college. More so, being up that late gives me a lot of time to post on Mylot, since am 5hours ahead of US eastern time and by the time I wake up I see Mylot has credited me for the work I did. When I used to write so much I write during day times because I find it as a way to keep myself busy and post it at night but when sleep knocks the door at any time I fall to bed and sleep off because it a perfect way to keep my brain rested.

Its a good decision to work online while waiting to get sleepy. Better earn while waiting that watch TV or read a book. haha!

I have my body clock ruined lately because I sleep so late and wake up so late. Due to that, of course, I can't sleep at night. At times I'm still wide awake at around 3am and I'm kinda aware that its not the best time to be awake. I just lie on my bed and shut my eyes. Think of fun things I would like to do. That's when I think of great ideas for the stuff that I love to do. For you to regulate you sleeping pattern, try to sleep on the same early time every night and wake up early in the morning. Do that for a month. Turn off your lights because that could induce sleep and rest. Keep stocks of milk in your home for it to be accessible for you. Drink the milk warm. And also, don't drink coffee when its nearing you sleeping time. I hope this helped you.

can't sleep? easy you just take medication to sleep. i also often can't sleep but i always take the medicine, which reacts to make sleepy. but you better consult doctor, more secure :)

Well, i believe generally speaking,mr. sleepy is a king and you are his subject and logically you need to respond to its call unconditionally, but in your own case i think perhaps mr. sleepy is busy somewhere attending to other more pressing issues and as such he let you go for the night............ That is just by the way. Gentleman, you have already said it all.. you had two cups of coffee in a matter of two hours black coffee for that matter. it is just normally that when you take coffee in the night you would be deprived of sleep because of the nature of coffee which contains stimulants ..if am right, if i were you i will just get to the bathroom and cool myself down or just have it ...

hi,,, i hope you were able to sleep already last night. It sometimes happen to me I almost cry because i really really wanted to sleep but no matter what i do i can't. I have observed that if i am stressed or if there are big/major things or activities that i am looking forward to do the following day,,i experience the same sleepless nights as yours. Coffee also is sometimes a culprit although i am a coffee lover but sometimes it does the crime. What do i do? well,,, i just force myself to sleep and just close my eyes,,, until comes a time that my eyes start to spin around in circles get tired of its own. Then I am able to sleep. I don't do things because the more that i can't sleep,,,i just lie down and close my eyes.

I always have my computer nearby, and the BBC World Service playing on the radio. It's easy to find something to occupy my time, if I go on line and look. There's always myLot. :)

Sleeplessness in fact is very much related to your mental make-up when you retire yourself to bed. I would not try to establish sleeplessness to be having a close link to consumption of coffee. When you think too much about a problem ,try to seek out viable solutions and in turn carry the proposition to your bedside, it is but natural that you begin to lose the blessedness of getting sleepy.

I'm sure the coffee will keep you up for a little while longer. When I can't sleep I get up and read a chapter or two and then I can usually fall asleep. I don't have a problem very often anymore. I used to get up to go to the bathroom and then couldn't fall back to sleep. Now I am on a medication that prevents me from getting up. I don't get on the computer very often, because I would end up being awake for longer than I intended.

good day mobhomeir, for so many times, i have also experienced the same. as my eyes was too sleepy then but for some reason, i could not sleep. so what i am doing everytime i encounter this, i am reading my favorite pocket prayer book, and this is really effective for me, as i just fall asleep after reading some pages of it.

I think not to be nervous is the best way to deal with insomnia. If one is worried about insomnia ,the situation will be worse. So one should be relaxed about it ,just lie in bed with everything passing without any noticing. when i meet with this kind of case. i will only close my eyes, lie down, thinking nothing and after a while i am sleep.Have a good sleep the following day.

Hi Mobhomeir, it also happened to me when I drink coffee even when I drink it in the morning but I still cannot sleep at night, I will try to force myself to sleep but if I still could not sleep I would take my notebook and try to do my assignment, and if all my assignment is done but I still not feeling sleepy I will take my yarn and crochet hook then. The computer is in other room so i cannot mylotting at night because Im too lazy to wake up from my bed to go to the room, I sometime browse mylot from my cellphone at night but I cannot make a reply because sometime my connection is not fast enough and tend to get dc when I post a reply (when I get dc and try to submit my post I will get a notification that Im not allowed to use the copy paste feature before I reach 500 posts).