What do you do when you can't sleep?

Insomnia has been plaguing me for quite some time.. So why fight it, I just get up and read or write if it's to where I don't see myself falling asleep... But mostly I just think, I imagine things and let it go free and usually I end up falling asleep after some time, but I usually get very little sleep.. Maybe that's why I'm so odd...

 

hipforums, listen to music, read, take a walk, masturbate, meditate, if ALL else fails, take a couple benadryl.

 

If I have to get as much sleep as possible, because I need to wake early the next day, I just take some NyQuil and get it done with.

But if I don't have a reason to get to bed promptly, and i still can't sleep, I do a few different things.

1) If the probmlem is that my body's much more awake than the rest of me, excercising gets the job done.
2) If my mind is much more awake than my body, I read. Possibly listen to soothing music.
3) But if neither my body nor my mind is more awake than the other, and it's one of those nights there seems to be no particular reason for my inability to sleep, I meditate and do some basic yoga poses.

 

same here. I can't ever seem to wind down until about 5am. the HF are an insomniac's best friend.

 

I take a nap.

 

i dont seem to have any problem sl........................... Oh sorry i just dozed off again ..... ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz..... opps sorry ... gotta go i cant keep my eyes open ...... nite nite....

 

i drink till i cant stand...

 

i just daydream. Sooner or later I fall asleep.

If that fails I'll go downstairs and chances are my Mum'll be watching a soap of some sort because she can't sleep either. Watch for about ten minutes, drink some water. Go back to try to sleep.

 

Try not seeking any distraction. I know it's difficult if you're tired and excitable at the same time, but it pays off.


Just sit there, don't make any intellectual or physical effort. If you're PHYSICALLY restless, I'd go for a long walk.

The worst thing you can do is read books, play video games, come on hipforums.com, or look at porn, or do drugs.

Calling friends is no good either. But I have few and good ones, so that's not an issue for me.

 

i agree... that only guarantees that i won't be going to sleep anytime soon (masturbating is the least logical option in my opinion; vigorous exercise does NOT help me sleep)

 

you dont get that happy glowy relaxed sleepy kind of feeling after a good orgasm/cum? for shame

going on hipforums would guarantee that id be up for another hour at least. i dont turn my computer on again when i cant sleep, its just too distarcting

 

Um, it depends. Porn can be a distraction. I rather go for a walk, weather allowing.

 

I just lay there. Take some melatonin perhaps. watch tv. I dont really have much issue sleeping. sunday nights are hardest for me.

 

Eat, tv, music, think, masturbate.

 

maybe a happy glowy relaxed feeling, but it doesn't make me sleepy... i always assumed the guys they talk about on tv who fall asleep right after were actually just faking it so they wouldn't have to talk