Does anyone or has anyone else suffered from this?
Any tips or cures?
I have it on and off, but it's been bad for the past few days and I feel a bit off my head now 
. I've probably had about 12 hours sleep over the last three days.
Bastards. Bet you're all snoring away in bed now.
Eat regularly, exercise, stop using computer a good hour before bed. And if you do get to sleep, get up at a normal time to get back into a routine.
You could also try hot milk or reading before bed.
I don't suffer from insomnia, but I have had bad nights (and weeks).
I have some hypnosis CDs. They are not to help me sleep, they are for other stuff but I find that if I can't sleep cause I am stress or my brain is overworking, it can help me relax.
And don't read in bed or watch TV.
Go to bed only to sleep.
Quote: Nil Putters @ February 10 2009, 11:29 PM GMTor reading before bed.
Quote: Richard Wells @ February 10 2009, 11:30 PM GMTAnd don't read in bed or watch TV.
Go to bed only to sleep.
Ha! Guess not then.
Yeah, I think my routine is messed up because I've become a part-time student. I'm always woken at 7.30am every single day though. I also haven't been exercising as normal on the days I'm a student.
I might try some hypnosis stuff Ruby.
Quote: Richard Wells @ February 10 2009, 11:30 PM GMTAnd don't read in bed or watch TV.
Guilty of both.
Quote: Richard Wells @ February 10 2009, 11:30 PM GMTGo to bed only to sleep.
Only sleep? 
Nothing else? 
Yes, you have to have sex in the garden from now on.
Quote: zooo @ February 10 2009, 11:37 PM GMTYes, you have to have sex in the garden from now on.
Phew, nothing new then. 
I meant excluding the obvious lol.
Is it okay to play word games in your head? Like finding a car beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Or a band?
e.g:
Abba
Beatles
Christians, etc
(10 points if anyone gets the reference).
Just go to bed thinking of pleasant, easy going things that relax you.
I find anything that involves working the brain can keep you awake.
The only thing that can help me sleep when Insomnia hits is meditation.
I'm not the meditating type, I don't have the patients for it.
BUT I listened to someones advise and Vipassana meditation worked for me. I no longer have problems sleeping at all.
It's crazy man. Try downloading some Vipassana meditation CDs.
Quote: Curt @ February 11 2009, 12:14 AM GMTI'm not the meditating type, I don't have the patients for it.
BUT I listened to someones advise
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Gin
Quote: Curt @ February 11 2009, 12:14 AM GMTI'm not the meditating type, I don't have the patients for it.
BUT I listened to someones advise and Vipassana meditation worked for me. I no longer have problems sleeping at all.
It has side-effects, though. A friend of mine said that it affected his spelling.