Can't sleep, what are some of your tricks?

DannoXYZ

DannoXYZ

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Rum!!! sometimes vodka. sometimes both!!

Watch out for that Ambien stuff. People get really addicted to it. Was probably designed that way.
 
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Dude at work swears weed oil is the trick, he takes it every night. Not sure how safe that is if your job drug tests.
I ate a lot of hot wings just before bed and here I am posting on barf in the am so put that on the list of things not to do.
 
TheRobSJ

TheRobSJ

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The entire series of those Bob Ross painting shows is on YouTube. I rarely can make it to the end of the painting.
 
berth

berth

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Watch TV, if I'm really up, I'll play a video game.

I know all about that "screen time keeps you awake", but typically when I can't sleep, it's because my mind is off doing it's own thing, so I need to shut it up with distraction, and reading takes too much energy.

So, I watch TV.

Also, notably, if I can't get to sleep in 15m, I get back up. I won't just lay there.
 
Godsdarling

Godsdarling

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All that drinking cannot be good for all yall!

Eldritch said:
Make him wear you out.

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That is what woke me up in the first place, he calls it "energy transference" I wake up and he goes to sleep :laughing

TheRobSJ said:
The entire series of those Bob Ross painting shows is on YouTube. I rarely can make it to the end of the painting.
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I have not tried that, good idea. His voice is very soothing, "we will place a happy little tree right here" :laughing
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Dude at work swears weed oil is the trick, he takes it every night. Not sure how safe that is if your job drug tests.
I ate a lot of hot wings just before bed and here I am posting on barf in the am so put that on the list of things not to do.
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I will pass on the weed but thank you :laughing :shame
wazzuFreddo said:
I meditate
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I am so bad at it! horrible! I have tried it and fail, how do you think of nothing? :rofl

I ended up taking Tylenol PM lol
 
wazzuFreddo

wazzuFreddo

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Godsdarling said:
I am so bad at it! horrible! I have tried it and fail, how do you think of nothing? :rofl

I ended up taking Tylenol PM lol
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I started out using guided meditation off of YouTube. Work also gives me a free subscription to the headspace app. After practicing for a couple of years I can pretty much sit and meditate by myself, but it did take some time to get to that point. The key is to focus on your breathing.

With everything that is going on during the day these days, it feels like a treat to sit and think of nothing for a couple of minutes. :laughing
 
CocoLoco

CocoLoco

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wilit said:
Weed
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Any edible with 5mg THC. Not enough to get you high or leave any lasting effects. Just enough to make your mind wander off into dreamland.

If the insomnia is happening on the regular something else is up that you need to deal with. Aint no amount of external substance gonna help work that out.
 
dravnx

dravnx

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I don't have any trouble falling asleep but I wake up at 2 or 3am and then can't get back to sleep. I've been taking melatonin just before I go to sleep for a couple of months. I started at 2 mg and have worked up to 4mg. It hasn't done a thing for me.
 
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