Inability to Sleep / Insomnia

1 and a half hours sleep. I'm so fucked tomorrow.

similar to you VB, I had 2, but because of a job interview that started an hour ago.
and i cant sleep now. too much fucking work.
fingers crossed though eh?

You know that feeling, when you're riding a caffeine tide and everything is slightly unreal, but your brain is functioning well.
brilliant isn't it?

also why the fuck are people letting off fireworks?

I used to suffer pretty badly from very poor sleeping patterns caused by a severe lack of routine whilst working on my phd. I would go for days without sleep until the point physical effects put me out of action for a couple of days to recover, hallucinating whilst working with radiation seems to be frowned on by the HSE! But the following things eventually really helped me:

Altering my sleeping environment. The room in which i sleep now contains nothing but a radio a lamp and a bed. Nothing else. I don't even get dressed/undressed in that room. Straight in, straight under the covers, straight to sleep.

Meditation. I was initially horrified when this was recommended due to unhealthy connections to poi, bongos and unwashed hippies that nestled in my mind but learning some simple techniques has been really benificial for both sleeping and general concentration. A good breathing technique i use regularly is to breathe in through the nose for 6 beats and out through the mouth for 4 beats whilst focussing on using your diaphram rather than your shoulders to breathe and literally focussing on nothing but this. very calming and satisfying. and/or picking a decent square object in the room, door frame/window/mirror etc and running your eyes around the outer edge of the object, breathing in for the first two edges and out for the second pair of edges. Again good for concentration/relaxing and helpful if you have anxiety/panic issues. I think my slightly obssesive personality aids using these techniques.

Baths with lavender oil. Whilst making you smell like an old woman a good hot tub plus concentrated lavender oil is more effective than a cosh to the head for achieving unconciousness. for me anyway!

and the biggie:
ROUTINE: get into one as much as you hate it, its worth it. Stick to it in the beginning and introduce the flexibility as sleeping improves. Pick a time to go to bed and a time to get up. Stick to it and your body rapidly adapts. I despised doing this to start with, but doing it now, with sufficient flexibilty to not feel like some sort of organic robot, means i dive under the covers at 1am and am sleeping in minutes. I wake up before the alarm at 6.45 leap out of bed, double fist punch reality in the throat and balls before leaping astride my bike and cycling a round about route to work kicking cars out of my way. Leave one morning a week for a lie in to no later than 10am, just cos it feels sexy.

disclaimer: I have never been a true insomniac, just suffered from brutal sleeping patterns but the above trinkets of information helped me.

eyebrows: I feel for you. I used to run time course infection experiments that required tending to every 12 hours for a 5 day period at a time. Scientific brutality at its best.

sleep well all.

its 3:11 am why am i still up? oh yeah I slept from 7:30 am till noon... my sleeping pattern is so well and truly fucked. Plus side is I'm caught up on all hulu's bad tv.

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Post in here if you can't sleep. Yup another pointless thread. Hi!

Im unable to sleep cos I was ill yesterday and a nap that was supposed to be a nap turned out to be an 8 hour sleep!

Working, or more accurately sitting around waiting for some people in Malaysia to fix a server. I'm knackered as was in work today as well.

Off for a ride over the Cat and Fiddle at 10 am as well........

Can you post in here anytime?
Cos I can't sleep now!

Yup, its unable to sleep thread :P no time limits haha

I am glad you understood what I ment, cos I didn't! lol

I am glad you understood what I ment, cos I didn't! lol

Haha, it's one of my many talents!

I think I'm going to nap/sleep for a few hours in a minute. I do not want to waste a Saturday though!

notices the forum makes a huge relief sound, as LdnGrrl is always posting crap and has passed her 250 post mark

UTFS!

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread11804.html

get hippy to assist you sleeping
i've often heard of him putting things in young ladies drink to help them sleep ( allegedly )

;-) *makes sure to add smiley face so people know i'm just joshing *

cant sleep....?....get out and ride then!!

What andyp said.. read this and you'll be napping in no time..
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread11804.html

face palm'd

get hippy to assist you sleeping
i've often heard of him putting things in young ladies drink to help them sleep ( allegedly )

;-) *makes sure to add smiley face so people know i'm just joshing *

The way things are with my sleeping pattern, he's welcome to put things in my drink..

finally got to sleep at about 7 but now i'm awake again. feel like i want more sleep but its not going to happen. oh well.

Amphetamines ftw

finally got to sleep at about 7 but now i'm awake again. feel like i want more sleep but its not going to happen. oh well.

e-hug

Another good thread:
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread15690.html

Another good thread:
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread15690.html

Classical music sets off ringing in my ears :) but that's good for others!

https://www.londonfgss.com/thread24066.html

tonights the night for insomniacs!

Ooooh, 2.30am start, wow