Hi everyone. For as long as I can remember it has taken many hours tossing and turning in my bed to finally get to sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It get's annoying because I wake up in the morning to go to school sometimes and I'm very tired and find it hard to concentrate. And so everyone knows, I have tried going to sleep earlier and it doesn't work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think what might be the reason for this is that I heat up very easily. In winter I wear barely anything, and have the fan right next to my bed. If I turn the fan off I heat up and have to sleep without a sheet or anything and I still heat up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Purpose of this thread :?: Discuss methods on how you get to sleep easier, Share Stories about consequences that have arrised from over/undersleeping and discussing sleeping. If it helps to solve any of my problems, I'm 13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember to keep it appropriate and to the topic. I don't want my thread locked :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Everyone

 

 

 

~Ben

As for the heating: I have it too but not as bad as you. I have it all the time though. I could walk in 5 degrees C in a T-shirt and not feel cold..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to my gf I just radiate a lot of heat (and that's just literally, not going into other stuff on this board). No idea howcome. But I get too warm really easily.

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but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly

I don't have any methods as such.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I find it easier to sleep when music is playing, Otherwise my mind just starts thinking about life, then that slowly turns into bad things.. And I start to worry, So the music takes my mind of it.

Try to breathe in a regular and deep pattern. In..out...etc. It kind of helps me. As for the heating problem, I use a fan and it works for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This may sound stupid but meh, i've had sleeping problems too and it sucks.

a few things i do is have a cold shower before bed (not 2 cold but lukewarm sorta thing) or i stay up late.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u could try getting a really soft pillow, that helps me

Personally I can't sleep, if I haven't done enough that day (in terms of physical activities). I can always predict whether I can sleep or not. If I haven't done something like that for at least an hour I can't sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe this works for other people too.

I personally prefer to nap for an hour, wake up, do something - and repeat that for a few hours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sleeping for 9 hours, that's like a third of your life gone if you sleep that long everyday. And i can't do it, it just doesn't seem right...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The only time I sleep solid is when I'm ill or hungover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for trouble gettng to sleep, try doing some excercise just before you try to sleep, failing that, just stay awake and do something constructive!

Haha so I suppose your going to be up late tonight with the weather in Sydney today. Geez it was a scorcher! I'm going to have the fan full blast on me tonight as well.. :lol:

Normally I can't get to sleep because my mind is too active, so I just focus on dreamy sleepy thoughts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh and T-Roach, keep it clean :P

These are my tips:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Get in a sleep routine. Always sleep at a certain time and wake up at a certain time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Try to only use your bed for sleeping, not for watching TV in or playing computer games in (I'll allow some fun with the gf though... :P ).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- If you do wake up half way through the night, just tell yourself that this isn't the time to wake up, and you've got another x hours to either sleep or just lay there being bored, so you might as well just get on with sleeping. Don't give in and get up and do something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Possibly read for half an hour before going to bed to tire your eyes out, and take your mind off what you did that day. Don't watch TV or a DVD, because this is a mindless activity that won't tire you out (your brain is less active while watching TV than it is while you're asleep.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Try not to have random naps during the day, unless you have a routine and always nap for half an hour after lunch or something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- One strategy that has recently been discovered is to say the word 'now' at random intervals, i.e. "now... now...... now... now... now..now.......now". The human brain isn't very good at being random, and needs to concentrate to do it properly. This will interrupt any thought patterns that you have.

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but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that works for me as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some experts say reading in dim light helps. do that for 10 min and you should be fine.

 

:-w

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that works for me as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some experts say reading in dim light helps. do that for 10 min and you should be fine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That either makes you sleepy or gives you a horrible headache...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dunno if its worth it.

 

 

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but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that works for me as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some experts say reading in dim light helps. do that for 10 min and you should be fine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That either makes you sleepy or gives you a horrible headache...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dunno if its worth it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a horrible head ache of warm milk :o

 

 

 

then you are allergic for something in the milk i think and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in dutch it is called anijs i dont know what it is in english but put "anijs" in the warm milk

Grr...I have bad sleeping problems sometimes. I don't think I heat up, but I just don't get to sleep that easily. Many times, I'm so bored at night tossing and turning that I walk over to my computer at 1:00 AM and use Tip.It...:roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(On a school night.) On a non-school night, it's up 'till 4:00 AM! :P

Grr...I have bad sleeping problems sometimes. I don't think I heat up, but I just don't get to sleep that easily. Many times, I'm so bored at night tossing and turning that I walk over to my computer at 1:00 AM and use Tip.It...:roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(On a school night.) On a non-school night, it's up 'till 4:00 AM! :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you sleep on non school nights :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and you go to bed at 1 am :shock:

Luckily I am Aneamic so I fall asleep/get tired easily. Waking up early makes you sleep easier at night.

I hate it when your biological clock is off, that's the worse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Usually I try a meditating session right before bed. I'm still practicing to get it perfect, but for now it's fine. It helps me relax enough that I can just lay in bed and usually fall asleep a few minutes later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, sometimes soft music on my iPod is good too. But I can't go to sleep with music playing.

wel i have precisely the same thing im 13 and always sleep with only my underpants and no bed sheet i always just open my window on cold nights (preferrably freezing) and then close it on al warm days and when its cold again open it (helps thoug annoying to never have your door open)

Tylenol PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I develop a sleeping disorder once in a while and this stuff is great. No more waking up every half hour or laying in bed for hours before I finally fall asleep :

Make sure you have an easy first hour class with a lenient teacher, that way you can sleep through first hour, thats what I did lol.

Supposedly the smell of lavender makes you sleepy, and I'm going to try it again soon. The routine is a good idea, and if you usually excercise a lot in one day, but you don't, then it's going to be hard to sleep.

A while back I was having more difficulty sleeping. I really find soft ear plugs help, along with deep breathing. Soft earplugs, I think, helped most because they amplified the hearing of my own breathe over other things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another that helped me was trying out a trial for a program, the music was called "energizer nap" and I just edited out the beep in the end with audacity designed to wake you back up [nap] so i continued sleeping. It was pretty relaxing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe, but am not sure, that the company i got the tracks was Pzizz, http://www.pzizz.com, but they don't seem to have the same 30 minute track that i had. They do have several 15 minute tracks for listening though. If anyone knows how, I can upload the trial track i found [somewhere]. It is perfectly intended though to be used as trial [the track]

Though it's not something you should get into the habit of taking, benadryl really helps to knock me right out when I can't sleep (when I get it through IV it's a godsend)).

I used to be the same way. Now, I either just stay up until i'm ready to go to bed or I try to work out a couple hours before.