Ann Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 What do you do when you can't sleep at night? Do you count sheep, toss and turn, or get up and try to do something productive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Lamb Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Get up and read or go on computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchurchi Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Take a Pill Actually I am a toss and turn girl. If nothing else maybe the activity is burning off some calories Alan on the other hands, sleeps like a baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda661 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I don't generally have any trouble sleeping. But the times I have, I got up and did something like read for a little bit until I felt sleepy again. Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 I head straight for the Ambien bottle. I have found when I can't sleep and start thinking about it, I am awake all night. I seem to get in a panic when I begin to think about how many hours it is until I have to head out the door for work. Then, I worry about how I'll be able to stay awake all day without sny sleep. Then...I start clock watching. So, Ambien is my salvation on those sleepless nights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muriel Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I've tried everything but ambien. That's next. I actually tried counting sheep. Then moved on to counting (in German) rottweilers. Listing things alphabetically. Getting up and reading. Just tossing and turning. Whatever, I can't get to sleep until about 2 or 3. I get up at 8:30, have a cup of coffee and breakfast and then am asleep on the family room sofa for a couple hours. Obviously, part of the problem is sleeping during the day, but I just can't stay awake. Muriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaffie Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I toss and turn, I have this problem at least weekly and no sleeping pill the doctor has given me has ever worked so Ive learned to live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I lie awake for awhile and if I don't fall asleep I take a xanax. It shuts my mind off so I fall asleep. Before I discovered xanax, I used to get up and drink hot milk--what can I say, it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebywater Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Lately, I get up, journal out all the thoughts that want to keep me up, and can usually sleep a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 This has never been a problem for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Why is it that MEN don't seem to suffer this trouble with sleeping!?!?!?!?! Nothing much works for me..............I can go 2 or 3 nights and sleep hardly at all before I just FINALLY collapse! Kasey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meredith Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I started working nights at a restaurant/bar when I was 18, and I would often not even leave work until 2:00 am. Ever since then, I've never been able to sleep well at night! I think I am the world's biggest insomniac When I wake in the night (which is almost every night), I'll read, watch TV, snack, etc. until I go back to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debi Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I have bouts of bad sleeping. Usually I just lie there, tossing and turning, but sometimes I'll get up and go on the computer. I heard something once that if you lie awake for more than 15 minutes, you need to get up and do housework or something, because your not going back to sleep right away anyway. At least, not without prescription help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I take a valium and then the computer, when I start to nod, I go to sleep.. works for me. Maryanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrnalu Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 lately i lay awake half the night,toss7TURN,GET UP HALF A DOZEN TIMES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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