Falling asleep

[pokah5]

dont know what pink noise is... but i like sounds of nature.

[SmokeyRidesAgain]

Along the meditative lines I visualise riding my bike if I'm tired but not switching off. I ride every day and its relaxing when I'm awake, and picturing it in my head as I try to sleep lets me stop thinking about stuff and just picture a chain of events. That seems to help my brain into a dream like state, and I always end up having dreams of doing mad wheelies and [censored] everywhere which is fun.

[Velocity]

I've had lots of trouble sleeping in the past, I could lay in bed for all night, even after taking an advil pm, and not sleep. One thing I've found that helps me fall asleep is listening to an audiobook. A common, or least my, problem was that my brain was simply too active to shut down. Listening to an audio book is interesting enough to keep your brain focused on it and not racing on other things, while not requiring enough thought to keep you active and awake.

[What?]

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It takes me an average of 90 minutes to fall asleep at night. (Some nights it takes up to 6 hours of me laying in bed)

I haven't found anything that works, but I haven't tried super hard. So, please keep the suggestions in the thread coming.

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Xanax 2hrs before bed. Followed by Ambien 1hr before bed.

[David LoPan]

this is going to sound nuts but I am a major insomniac and found that listening to this CD called deep sleep w/subliminal messages [no joke] (www.brainsynch.com) helps a lot

[AZK]

fall asleep/wake up at the same times everyday
remove tv/stereo, etc from your room, your bed should be for only two things.

Those are probably the biggest factors affecting people's sleep.

Exercise helps, not drinking coffee/caffeinated beverages late in the day if you have a sensitivity... I drink so much coffee that it doesn't affect my ability to fall asleep (I've had double espressos and then gotten into bed) but it does affect the QUALITY of my sleep. Also when I workout late, take a hot shower, and get right in bed, I am asleep within 15 minutes, and it's the best sleep ever.

[runningmarvel]

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It takes me an average of 90 minutes to fall asleep at night. (Some nights it takes up to 6 hours of me laying in bed)

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wtf? see a doctor ftw. that's bad...

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It takes me an average of 90 minutes to fall asleep at night. (Some nights it takes up to 6 hours of me laying in bed)

I haven't found anything that works, but I haven't tried super hard. So, please keep the suggestions in the thread coming.

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I suffer from the same thing. I'd guess that on average, I'll have at least one night over a two month period where I'll be lucky to get 3 or 4 hours of sleep. It completely ruins my next day b/c I'm one of those people that needs at least 7 hours of sleep a night. I was prescribed Ambien once but I hated the way it made me feel the next day. Not much better than getting very little sleep imo. I've never gone to a sleep specialist though. Exercise does seem to help but it is definitely not a cure.

[Rootabager]

I usually put on a simpsons episode. I have been doing this forever and when they come on I can just fall asleep. So maybe get a few of your favorite movies or something and always fall alseep to them and you can get used to it.

[James Boston]

Falling asleep is super-hard for me, always has been. Sleeping pills sometimes work, but I don't want the dependancy. Meditation has never worked - tried it. One problem I had was medically related. I have heart problems, so I would lie awake feeling my heartbeat - like it was popping out of my chest. Atenolol helped that. Even with that, my mind wanders and I can't sleep. When I exercised alot, that didn't help. Really, nothing has. The only time I can fall asleep with ease is when I'm hammered, but I don't want that to become a daily routine, so I guess I'm just screwed.