I feel so drained but can't sleep when I go to bed?

Question

Can anyone help me? Anyone got any good methods of getting to sleep please? Thanks x

Answer 1

Go to a psychiatrist and get some prescription sleeping pills.

Before then I'd recommend Benadryl...it's meant for allergies but my psychiatrist said (after I got dependant on practically every sleeping pill out there that is safe for minors) I should just use that to help me sleep.

I've tried other remedies but pills were the only thing that has ever really worked for me.

Answer 2

I'm the same. You probably have an over-active mind. The trouble with trying to get a better nights sleep is that you end up feeling apprehensive before you go to bed. All I do is lie on my back and just let my thoughts come and go. I find that I'm usually asleep within one hour if I do this. I keep waking up all the time though, but that's probably due to the medication (escitalopram) that I take.

Answer 3

Ugh.. I'm the same way. I'm so tired at night that my eyes water and burn but yet I cannot sleep no matter what. It will roll around 4-5 AM before I can manage a few hours in. I'm pregnant so I can't take anything for this but there are over the counter drugs and perscription drugs that you can take for this problem. Good luck.

Answer 4

join the club, the only thing i can suggest is sleepin tablets such as nitol which say they will send u in to a natural sleep , i intend on tryin them

Answer 5

sleeping pills are a terrible idea, they made me worse, its just a mental thing but maybe just try reading or something, nothing u havent heard before no doubt but still

Answer 6

Hot bath each night,lavender scent on pillow,good airflow,soft music,late night news on radio.Valerian or st john's wort or a whiskey (double) other herbal remedies are rubbish.you do not say why you are drained,so no-one can accurately tell you

Answer 7

Don't watch T.V. within an hour of going to bed.  Read a book.  I read to fall asleep.  There's something about laying there with your eyes moving back and forth that just knocks you out.  Seriously.  Don't get hooked on pills.