Dealing with Insomnia

[ScottTickle888]

I have not been able to fall asleep easily at night now for a looong time i feel and its killing me in college with all the work I have to do. Anyone have any suggestions on ways to fall asleep easier?

 

[amk714]

I'm not an insomniac (I'm a night person but I have no trouble falling asleep), but I found a link that might help you out. http://www.well.com/user/mick/insomnia/ And some of the TMF members will have tips for you as well, I'm sure. Good luck.

 

[Mephistopheles]

In Holland it is no problem at all. Get some green substance that's illegal in the US, smoke it and you'll sleep like a baby. Friend of mine does that all the time to fix his insomnia problems

 

[scorpionldr]

I have not been able to fall asleep easily at night now for a looong time i feel and its killing me in college with all the work I have to do. Anyone have any suggestions on ways to fall asleep easier?

try this like i did: just lie on your bed and don't move, eventually you'll get really bored or you actually will start sleeping

 

[crydun]

melatonin- it's my remedy and it's a chemical that your body makes naturally which tells the brain it's sleepy time. As you get older however, it starts making less. I started taking it in 02 and while I still have an occasional night of not sleeping well,(with my dad in a nursing home, that's to be expected) I have been sleeping better for the most part.

 

[steph]

Insomniac here, ever since I was a baby. The parental units put me down every day from 2-4 pm every day. Every day I spent "naptime" playing w/my toys, reading my books, crawling out of my crib and falling onto the floor trying to reach for a little book. I blame it on them.

I read an interview once w/Billy Crystal, he's like "It's a terrible thing~basically I've been up since 1966..." OMG, me too!
Drinking helps me sometimes (dumbass, i know)...ooh and nice sheets! Santa brought me 1000 thread count for Xmas~it's made a huge difference! Excercise too, but several hours prior to sleep...
XOXO

 

[TKpervert]

-Certain foods, like milk or turkey, have something in them (don't remember what off the top of my head.) that makes you sleepy.

Tryptophan is what you're thinking of.
Here's a blurb from a website:

"Turkey does contain L-tryptophan, an essential amino acid with a documented sleep inducing effect. L-tryptophan is used in the body to produce the B-vitamin, niacin. Niacin, in turn, is used to produce serotonin, a neurotransmitter that exerts a calming effect and regulates sleep."