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Insomnia

flo-ra
edited April 2008 in General
How do you deal with it???

I'm desperate to get some sleep right now... I was sick all of last week and for some strange reason I haven't been able to sleep at all. Well I slept a few hours on a sleeping pill... but at one point I was on a sleeping pill and I still couldn't fall sleep. Now that I'm no longer sick I still can't get myself to sleep, whether it's at night or when I'm trying to take a nap in the afternoon. It might be cuz I'm stressed... but seriously, if I'm this tired, it can't be that hard to fall asleep right?

... I'm not even sure if what I just said makes sense... :embarassed:


HELPPP. I have so many assignments due this week and I can't imagine this sleeplessness going on for the rest of the week...

Comments

  • Broken Lizard
    edited March 2008
    no caffeine
    glass of warm milk
    melatonin
  • baby e
    edited March 2008
    I dont have insomnia so i wouldnt know.

    No, i voluntarily keep myself up much longer that i should :/

    My bf just pops back like 4 tylenols and it knocks him out, but that doesnt have an effect on me. I cant imagine that being very good for you either.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited March 2008
    ive taken 8 T3s at once before... still didn't fall asleep

    stay up all night then go to bed at 8 or 9 the next day, lol
  • flo-ra
    edited March 2008
    lol. But I've already been up for two days. And I need to go to class tomorrow... so I don't know about sleeping in the morning... probably wouldn't work anyway... =(

    Damn I've never felt so helpless in my life lol. I'm too tired to do any work but I can't go to sleep ._. and I think the fact that I'm losing more and more sleep is making me even more stressed out...
  • meeshmeesh
    edited March 2008
    that sucks, i wouldn't call myself an insomniac but i don't sleep very much--i'm a night hawk.
    i just pretty much let it go, if i can't sleep i can't sleep. i just occupy myself with stuff to do and hopefully that'll tire me out.

    or...red wine does the trick lol
  • Shi2
    edited March 2008
    Do more studying and reviewing. If you don't fall asleep from that, then at least you'll be more prepared for finals.
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2008
    pick up any boring comp sci book :P does the trick for me every time haha

    on another note try some intense exercising
  • Broken Lizard
    edited March 2008
    i wish i didnt sleep
    i hate sleeping
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2008
    sleeping is a waste of time =P
  • siuying
    edited March 2008
    oh gosh flo-ra i feel for you.. =( i was like that last semester right before finals and it was a pain being awake but not being able to study at all.. but what i did was grab a textbook like shi mentioned and do some attempted studying till i was getting sleepy then i just flop on the bed and get as much sleep as i can from that session then study again..

    i'm pretty certain that stress is the culprit behind this unless something else is bothering you.. other than that.. try to relax and de-stress!! take care.. =)
  • baby e
    edited March 2008
    bufli;25423 said:
    sleeping is a waste of time =P
    Sleeping is my favourite thing to do!

    I get tired....very tired, but i force myself to stay up in order to do schoolwork.

    Just try to get things done....if you feel tired, try going to sleep. If it doesnt work, get up and try to do some schoolwork. Once you feel really tired again, try to sleep. You just have to try to break the cycle.

    If it gets really bad, go to the doctor....hopefully they can help.

    Not being able to sleep is not fun at all.
  • Shi2
    edited March 2008
    What I hate the most is when you're finally able to fall asleep, your alarm rings and it's time to get up for school or work. In those cases, I would rather to not have fallen asleep since getting up is so much harder after just falling asleep.
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited March 2008
    Shi2;25570 said:
    What I hate the most is when you're finally able to fall asleep, your alarm rings and it's time to get up for school or work. In those cases, I would rather to not have fallen asleep since getting up is so much harder after just falling asleep.
    tru that
  • toast
    edited March 2008
    maybe go see a doctor?
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2008
    baby e;25440 said:
    Sleeping is my favourite thing to do!

    I get tired....very tired, but i force myself to stay up in order to do schoolwork.

    Just try to get things done....if you feel tired, try going to sleep. If it doesnt work, get up and try to do some schoolwork. Once you feel really tired again, try to sleep. You just have to try to break the cycle.

    If it gets really bad, go to the doctor....hopefully they can help.

    Not being able to sleep is not fun at all.

    hehe but think of all the time u waste sleeping!!! imagine all the things you could do! (i hope u got the sarcasm in this post and prev lol)

    i've never not been able to sleep cuz of school work, actually quite the contrary if i’m working hard on something and i go sleep i usually dream up a solution (no joke) esp for programming assignments i’m like coding in my dreams, lame? yes but when u wake up with a solution in mind it kicks assss :teeth:

    only thing i've ever lost sleep over was girls haha damn u women for being so difficult :tongue: jk haha

    as to the OP you should see a doctor, if the lack of sleep is stress induced then there are stress pills/advice they can give u
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2008
    Triple;25411 said:
    ive taken 8 T3s at once before... still didn't fall asleep

    stay up all night then go to bed at 8 or 9 the next day, lol
    haha dude wuts wrong with u... ive heard of ppl taking t3 to stay awake longer hours to do projects/long shifts.. not as a drug to deal with insomnia.
    I may be wrong but im pretty sure you guys are using it wrong,lol.
    And i've now just realized that you may have been sarcastic as 8 t3s is equivalent too like a small bottle of reg. Tylenol ,so shudn't u be dead?
  • lazyGUY
    edited March 2008
    and did Penis McNickles just get banned?
  • flo-ra
    edited March 2008
    omg I'm so happy... I slept 12 hours last night!

    I don't know what I did differently but I'm so glad it worked. Hopefully I'll be able to do it again tonight =)
  • Simon604
    edited March 2008
    lazyGUY;25589 said:
    and did Penis McNickles just get banned?
    Why yes he did...8 posts, and 7 of those were spammy pictures.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited March 2008
    lazyGUY;25587 said:
    haha dude wuts wrong with u... ive heard of ppl taking t3 to stay awake longer hours to do projects/long shifts.. not as a drug to deal with insomnia.
    I may be wrong but im pretty sure you guys are using it wrong,lol.
    And i've now just realized that you may have been sarcastic as 8 t3s is equivalent too like a small bottle of reg. Tylenol ,so shudn't u be dead?

    oh i used them as a high, im just saying they didn't make me tired, lol
  • lazyGUY
    edited April 2008
    Triple;25636 said:
    oh i used them as a high, im just saying they didn't make me tired, lol
    haha, not that im a druggy or nething but im pretty sure t3 aint the best drug for a high, so y t3 ? lol
  • Broken Lizard
    edited April 2008
    lay in bed and watch a movie, you feel all fuzzy and warm, super relaxed

    Get nauseous though, but it passes

    its the codeine in it that causes it. Its like very weak morphine i guess, i duno ive never taken morphine but that's what i've heard

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