- 8 days
I used to have really bad insomnia, but through lower caffeine, extra exercise, and a consistent sleep schedule I’ve mostly beaten it.
But today I’m sick, which almost always means being up the entire night. Not a great combo.
When all of my usual tricks fail I usually just embrace it. Get up, watch TV, play a game, or read. No reason to be bored AND miserable.
Curious how other people handle it.
- 8 days
I think the science says it’s important to associate the bedroom with sleep. That means that if you can’t sleep while in bed, it’s better to get up and see if you can do some stuff to make you more tired. I would advise against anything with a screen though.
- thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish8 days
Extreme example from my therapist: get up and do something you hate. Clean the grout in your bathroom with a toothbrush. After 15 minutes, go back to bed.
- 7 days
I actually love that idea. It will help associate _and _ you’re doing something productive? Talk about win-win
im pretty tolerant to caffiene, so it doesnt keep me awake most of the time.
- 8 days
Break every good sleep habit I have. Does it help? No. Does it feel good to do so? Also no. Will I stop? Not likely
- 8 days
If marijuana or masturbation aren’t cutting it, rewatch some familiar TV - TNG, X-Files, Batman TAS. The familiarity usually puts me out, sometimes I’ll watch six episodes and get an hour sleep.
- 8 days
I just lay still with my eyes closed and wait. That’s how 100% of the times I’ve fallen asleep have begun so I trust it to work this time as well.
- Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish8 days
Makes sense.
Sadly doesn’t always work. Though you’d think it would.
Move to the couch or sleep the opposite way (head where feet usually go). If that doesn’t work I start organizing files on my pc. Brain will relent because it loathes file organizing
- 8 days
sleeping the opposite way always worked when I was a kid. Now it doesn’t anymore.
8 daysDiphenhydramine, 4 bux and takes about 40 minutes to kick in. If that doesn’t work I’m calling in sick if I’m working. It’s an uncommon issue for me though which is good because you can’t use this drug regularly.
i only ever use DPH , for my allergies, it does make sleep harder, and more groggier, i dont rely on it for sleep though.
Be careful too much of that and you’ll Swiss cheese your brain.
- 8 days
Heard this trick on the radio a few months ago and it seems to work for me.
Think of a word, I usually do something short like “cat” or “dog”. Let’s use “dog” for this example.
Take the first letter and list every single word you can think of that starts with the same letter. So, for “dog”, think of all words that start with the letter “d”
Once you run out of “d” words or are taking more than a few seconds between each one, go to the next letter and do the same thing. So, all words that start with “o”. Continue until you’re asleep or have to pick a new word.
- 8 days
I recently started taking 1.5mg melatonin if I feel like shit before bed, or if I’m really tired, or of for some reason I expect not to sleep well. It helps quite a bit I think, I usually fall right asleep pretty fast if I take it.
I recommend it. But don’t abuse it very often. And don’t buy the expensive stuff. I think I paid like 15 euro for a pack of 60 tablets of 3mg that I bite half from.
