having trouble sleeping

king_buzzo · 03.01.2007, 05:24 PM

hmm heres the deal, i read i listen to music, i get sleepy and then ! i cant fall asleep. and after 5 or 10 minutes my stomach starts hurting ( not really hurting, the acid in my stomach is just too high so that just hurts me.) and then after like 30 minutes of lying there i finally fall asleep.

weird

Rob Instigator · 03.01.2007, 05:34 PM

are you 22 going on 23?

Danny Himself · 03.01.2007, 06:23 PM

I have trouble sleeping too. I usually spend about 30 mins or more just lying there thinking. I can't shut my brain off sometimes. Sometimes after I while I get back up and walk around doing things. Cooking in the middle of the night is quite refreshing.

Cantankerous · 03.01.2007, 06:28 PM

i've got a special cure-all for this. red wine and valium.

Green_mind · 03.01.2007, 06:29 PM

I can lie awake for hours, its horrible, everything gets so loud, I can hear my own hair growing.
Getting up is a big problem too, I find a nice ratio of hot and cold water to be splashed upon my face to be helpful, followed by some warmed clothes.

pantophobia · 03.01.2007, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by king_buzzo

hmm heres the deal, i read i listen to music, i get sleepy and then ! i cant fall asleep. and after 5 or 10 minutes my stomach starts hurting ( not really hurting, the acid in my stomach is just too high so that just hurts me.) and then after like 30 minutes of lying there i finally fall asleep.

weird

don't have the acid thing, but it takes me hours to get to sleep, i am up regularly to 4 or 5 or later into the morning

Danny Himself · 03.01.2007, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i've got a special cure-all for this. red wine and valium.

This is serious thread, silly woman.

Cantankerous · 03.01.2007, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny Himself

This is serious thread, silly woman.

in all seriousness. it works.

Danny Himself · 03.01.2007, 06:39 PM

What do I put inside me first?

(thats what she said)

Cardinal Rob · 03.01.2007, 07:13 PM

I can stay up until about four and a half hours before I'm meant to rise, because I over indulge in my personal space. When I do get to sleep, I usually think barely more than, "Sleep." before I do.
Failing that, reading some Platonian dialogues exercises and thus tires the brainwaves that are still flowin'. Reading sends me to sleep.

Green_mind · 03.01.2007, 07:16 PM

reading stimulates my mind and I can't fall off, I usually sit reading and only stop when I come to a page thats ends with a full stop.

Iain · 03.01.2007, 08:27 PM

Science people say that if you are in bed and you are lying awake for more than 20 minutes you should get up and do something and then try again when you are tired.

I've recently managed to get my sleeping patterns back to that of a normal person recently. It's better that way.

Iain · 03.01.2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

are you 22 going on 23?

BUTTHOLE SURFERS REFERENCE. GOOD ONE ROBERTO!

whorefrost · 03.01.2007, 08:29 PM

aaahhhh... wondered what he meant... nice obscure BS reference

pokkeherrie · 03.01.2007, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Iain

Science people say that if you are in bed and you are lying awake for more than 20 minutes you should get up and do something and then try again when you are tired.

If that's the best thing to do then I would live with the biorhythm of a vampire. I can lie awake for a long time sometimes, but i'll usually listen to music then.... or put on the lights and read.

pokkeherrie · 03.01.2007, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by whorefrost

aaahhhh... wondered what he meant... nice obscure BS reference

not that obscure, because i got it right away and i'm not really a fan. it's the last track on locust abortion technician.

floatingslowly · 03.01.2007, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by king_buzzo

( not really hurting, the acid in my stomach is just too high so that just hurts me.) and then after like 30 minutes of lying there i finally fall asleep.

elevate yr pillow and avoid spicey or fatty foods for a couple hours before bedtime.

GERD to yr mama.

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

are you 22 going on 23?

*cattle noises*

Tokolosh · 03.01.2007, 08:43 PM

Try switching off the computer or tv about 30 minutes before you go to sleep. Don't snack late at night, or you'll feel stomach acids burn all the way up your throat. Last but not least, exercise as much as possible, and you'll sleep like a baby.

pokkeherrie · 03.01.2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

Last but not least, exercise as much as possible, and you'll sleep like a baby.

that one always works. whenever i've been doing some running in the evening i always drift off instantly.

Cantankerous · 03.01.2007, 09:05 PM

i haven't slept like a normal person in years. i'm usually up until at least 4 or 5 AM and then whenever i have to go to work (which is never right now) i try and get up and make myself look less like a corpse. i eat a lot at night too which i hear is really bad but since my sleep patterns are pretty much non existent it probably doesn't matter.

you know, you should drink some milk. i hear milk is supposed to make you tired and it's better for your clean, wholesome image than red wine and valium.

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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	I have trouble sleeping too. I usually spend about 30 mins or more just lying there thinking. I can't shut my brain off sometimes. Sometimes after I while I get back up and walk around doing things. Cooking in the middle of the night is quite refreshing.
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03.01.2007, 06:29 PM	#5
Green_mind the end of the ugly Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 827	I can lie awake for hours, its horrible, everything gets so loud, I can hear my own hair growing. Getting up is a big problem too, I find a nice ratio of hot and cold water to be splashed upon my face to be helpful, followed by some warmed clothes.
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03.01.2007, 06:39 PM	#9
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	What do I put inside me first? (thats what she said)
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Cardinal Rob the destroyed room Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the O.. O.. Organ Loft, West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 553	I can stay up until about four and a half hours before I'm meant to rise, because I over indulge in my personal space. When I do get to sleep, I usually think barely more than, "Sleep." before I do. Failing that, reading some Platonian dialogues exercises and thus tires the brainwaves that are still flowin'. Reading sends me to sleep.
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03.01.2007, 07:16 PM	#11
Green_mind the end of the ugly Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 827	reading stimulates my mind and I can't fall off, I usually sit reading and only stop when I come to a page thats ends with a full stop.
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03.01.2007, 08:27 PM	#12
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Science people say that if you are in bed and you are lying awake for more than 20 minutes you should get up and do something and then try again when you are tired. I've recently managed to get my sleeping patterns back to that of a normal person recently. It's better that way.
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03.01.2007, 08:29 PM	#14
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	aaahhhh... wondered what he meant... nice obscure BS reference
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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Try switching off the computer or tv about 30 minutes before you go to sleep. Don't snack late at night, or you'll feel stomach acids burn all the way up your throat. Last but not least, exercise as much as possible, and you'll sleep like a baby.
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03.01.2007, 09:05 PM	#20
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i haven't slept like a normal person in years. i'm usually up until at least 4 or 5 AM and then whenever i have to go to work (which is never right now) i try and get up and make myself look less like a corpse. i eat a lot at night too which i hear is really bad but since my sleep patterns are pretty much non existent it probably doesn't matter. you know, you should drink some milk. i hear milk is supposed to make you tired and it's better for your clean, wholesome image than red wine and valium. __________________ RETIRED
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