I can't sleep..........?

Question

i have insomnia. i have tried everything to sleep. should i just ask my doctor for a sleep medication or what? thanks .

Answer 1

benadryl works every time no matter how many problems u have on ur mind or how much lights u have on.  

Answer 2

Depends on how long it has been happing for and how it is affecting your day to day life...what do you think about before you go to bed do u rethink your choices of the day or anything or just you lay there and cant sleep more detail pleasE?

Answer 3

If its really that bad,yeah ask your doctor for medication. what i do is make my bed really comfy,stay up a lot which makes me tired...then u wanna sleep :D

♥ nandy ☺

Answer 4

Welcome to the club. You are in good hands, we don't have life's, so we stay up all night on Yahoo!.

Defiantly go pay a HUGE co-pay to your doctor, so he can proscribe some overly expansive meds for you. Its much cheep then watching black and white re-runs of I Love Lucy. Which reminds me, I have 3 minutes until Ricky come in with Fred laughing...

Answer 5

I would say yes.

Answer 6

i have insomnia also.  and yes the tv is probably NOT helping.  just try to exercise before bed, and read until you get tired.  if you do get a sleep med, try ambien.  they will only prescribe it for a short period, but it can help.

Answer 7

Exercise, but not within 2 hours of bedtime. Have a warm bath, or shower, an hour before bedtime, then a glass of very warm milk, possibly with Horlicks, or one of the herbal teas, below, and use dimmer lighting. Put your mind in a position where it wants to shut itself off, and sleep. See insomnia treatments, in much more detail than can be included here, in section 3, at ezy build, below. Use one of the relaxation methods, in bed, after lights out, on pages 2, 11, 2.c, or 2.i, but they can take some time to learn, (progressive muscular relaxation excepted) so learn and become proficient in their use during the day.

An alternative is to use the EFT, in section 53, and pages 2.q, and 2.o, saying to yourself: "Even though I currently have a sleep disorder, I deeply and completely accept myself." (or choose your own wording) while you use the acupressure tapping. Some more; quick, and easy to learn, are at http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.htm The progressive muscle relaxation, (most easily learned) guided imagery, and mindfulness breathing are known to be effective.

Find out which works best for you, in the daylight hours, so you will be prepared, come bedtime. For many people, a good idea is to develop a set "wind down" routine for the last hour before bedtime, so your subconscious mind learns that it is time to put thinking aside, and prepare for mindfulness, (awareness, without cogitation/purposeful thought) or the EFT, in preparation for sleep, but the idea with mindfulness is to not even think about sleeping: just drift off, naturally, during exercising those techniques.

Avoid TV, computer, or anything exciting in this hour, although reading a BORING! book is a good idea. I suggest that you try using the EMDR variant, below, prior to the mindfulness, or the progressive muscular relaxation, but after the EFT, if that method is chosen. Experiment, to find which combination works best for you.

In section 3: INSOMNIA: PAGE O - INSOMNIA: A COMPREHENSIVE POST a variant of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing therapy is shown, which has been used successfully for those people suffering from insomnia, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and anxiety. It is easily learned, quick to use, yet can be very effective; although it is easy to be dismissive of such a seemingly unusual technique, give it a good tryout, for at least a few weeks, to see if it is effective in your case. I learned it from a book by a published clinical psychologist, and now use it every night, and find it works well.

Usually, I have a cup of chamomile herbal tea, an hour before bedtime, and employ many of the techniques in section 3. Others may prefer Sleepytime, by Celestial Seasonings, Relax, Be Sleepy, or valerian root, from supermarket tea, or health food aisles. Milk, or cream should not be used with herbal tea. http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris