Cannot Sleep - Can anyone relate?!

Doglover8180 · 08-25-2009, 07:55:52 AM

I literally cannot sleep and then I am exhausted all day cause I got no sleep the night before, I lay in bed thinking and worrying about the day's stresses etc... - Can anyone relate? If so, what do you do to help get some sleep? :shrug7:

mskeno1959 · 08-25-2009, 08:09:50 AM

Yes I can relate big time. But then again I hate sleeping, I feel it's a waste of time, I could be doing so many other things.

I like doing things around the house when I can't sleep, get so much more done

Anyway try over the counter Melatonin, it works for my mom and son. HTH.

Best of luck to you.

Sweet_Southern_Mama · 08-25-2009, 08:20:27 AM

I 2nd the melatonin. It's as natural as sleep help can get and it WORKS!!! Take it about 30-45 minutes before you hit the sack and you'll be out, but it won't make it hard to get up in the morning.

shelleyf · 08-25-2009, 08:39:30 AM

Originally Posted by kaylaledford

I 2nd the melatonin. It's as natural as sleep help can get and it WORKS!!! Take it about 30-45 minutes before you hit the sack and you'll be out, but it won't make it hard to get up in the morning.

Does it work better than tylenol pm or sleepenal? I don't have problems sleeping but my husband does. He took tylenol pm and it doesn't do much. Sleepinal (free at cvs, lol.) works ok but not great. He has to take it and then sometimes 2 or 3 hours later he is tired. I would like to try something different for him too.

cupunlvr · 08-25-2009, 08:47:52 AM

Unisom

couponfanatic · 08-25-2009, 09:04:21 AM

Pour a cereal-ish amount of milk in a cereal bowl.
Add 1 capful or a tsp. or so of vanilla.
Microwave until warm - like the temp you'd want soup at.
Add Graham crackers. Just bust 'em up in big pieces, they get all soft.
Eat.
Will make anyone go to sleep in about 20 minutes.
Also works great as a "bedtime snack" for kids......

leqet · 08-25-2009, 09:09:36 AM

This might sound crazy, but have you ever tried journaling? If you have a lot of stress and things to do the next day sometimes it helps to just get it all out. You can write about your day, write out your frustrations or just make a list of things to do the next day.