Insomniac

[Jason]

Any one else get chronic insomnia?

 

Ive got it bad lately, exams and stress and all that stuff left me with about 4hrs a day this week. But still fully awake and not tired at all :)

 

Any one else suffer / got remedies ive tried everything. Atm ive finished two beers and not ready for bed yet. (light weight)

Edited November 6, 2008 by Jason

[7shades]

I get like that when I'm overtired/exhausted... its a vicious circle. You're buggered, and yet can't sleep... so you get even more buggered... until you have a whole day off and end up just sleeping on and off for like 20 hours of that day.

 

Sucks.

[kangaroosa]

Tried exercising?

I started doing weights before i go to bed. I used to lay in bed for hours, occasionally looking at the clock and still not drifting off to sleep. Your heart races for a little while afterwards, but i have been getting the best sleep ever since I started.

[Taz_Rx]

Yeah they say some form of exercise befor bed is a good idea. I can recommend something other than lifting weights though!! :bash:

 

If that fails..... :) :)

[Lexxi[ke35]]

I had that.

 

Exercising works, but I had these natural tablets that were like sleeping pills, but sleeping pills just knock you out, you don't actually sleep, your body gets no rest, it just stops working. So i used the natural ones and they worked they make you actually sleep. You can get them from natural health stores or whatever they're called. I think pharmacies also have them, though I'm not quite sure.

 

And don't go thinking I'm a natural greeny and swear by that stuff just coz its natural, bekeive me, I practically live off codein. lol

[JiP]

I always thought weights before bed was bad. I always found that if I did weights before hittin the sack I was more awake and my heart was racing. Tho it could just be my heart being whacked.

 

Could try sleeping pills. I still have some prescription ones left over from my maccas days, or you could try the herbal ones. Just don't pull a Heath Ledger. :y:

[Rich_Rolla]

I do very little work.

I have a hot as girlfriend.

I have a nice car.

 

Nope....I'm good.

[Jason]

The sleeping pills make me feel hung over in the morning.

 

The herbal 'Valerian root' works ok except i need about 4 strong ones to feel anything and they build up tolerance. Excersise dosnt really help ( :D ) Since I'm on holidays now i just stay up and until I pass out at about 3/ 4 in the morning. Seems to work :y:

Edited November 9, 2008 by Jason

[machg]

Any one else get chronic insomnia?

 

Ive got it bad lately, exams and stress and all that stuff left me with about 4hrs a day this week. But still fully awake and not tired at all :jamie:

 

Any one else suffer / got remedies ive tried everything. Atm ive finished two beers and not ready for bed yet. (light weight)

exams and stress and all that stuff = insomnia

I'd say that's a fairly normal reaction to stress.

The clinical definition of "chronic" insomnia is sustained trouble sleeping for a month or more.

Insomnia becomes a problem when it stops you from functioning "normally". I got to the stage where I was having less than 2 hours sleep three nights in a row and I couldn't do normal things like work, eat properly (lost 5kg!) hold decent conversations. I have been prescribed anti-depressants for the insomnia and "anxiety" and still don't have a normal sleeping pattern, but I get enough sleep to do normal things again, and that's what's impotant.

It can take a while to get back to normal after stressful stuff.

If it gets to the stage where you feel restricted by it, see a doctor

Edited November 13, 2008 by machg

[Jason]

Yeah it was chronic + 2 months. But its gone for now :jamie: