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Pooh I cant sleep :-(

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I get fed up, as well as tired and irritable of course, when i fail to be able to sleep. I've suffered since childhood with bad sleep patterns and live quite happily on four hours a day sleep though somedays even that escapes me. I know that i'm going to be awake now until bedtime tomorrow night and i'll probably be more irratable as the day goes on.
What failing do you have in a similar vein to me that irks you in everyday daily life but you put up with it because you have to
Anxiety/panic attacks which then mean I can't sleep sad
Too much caffeine lol.
Best wishes lost, hope you get some shut eye soon. Makes me grumpy as hell when I cant sleep, worse than PMT.
Yawn.......did that help.........yawns are supposed to be catching
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I get fed up, as well as tired and irritable of course, when i fail to be able to sleep. I've suffered since childhood with bad sleep patterns and live quite happily on four hours a day sleep though somedays even that escapes me. I know that i'm going to be awake now until bedtime tomorrow night and i'll probably be more irratable as the day goes on.
What failing do you have in a similar vein to me that irks you in everyday daily life but you put up with it because you have to

Losty... can't help but notice your signature... have you thought about not drinking coffee?
I've never had any problem sleeping. My mum always says that I'm gonna be an insomniac when I grow up but she's still waiting. I sleep like the dead. That probably has something to do with the fact that she used to hoover round me when I was wee! If I got to bed early enough I can do a 10 hour shift no bother. :mrgreen: I've always needed a lot of sleep though and I'm crabbit if I don't get it. mad
I'm not helping am I?! :giggle:
Sorry... have you tried some sort of physical exercise? I get the best sleep when I've been out on my bike and my body is knackered. wink
I'm a weird kind of insomniac ... I seem to come alive at night and just stay up doing nothing for the hell of it. Almost like I'm scared I'm gonna miss something if I go to bed :shock:
Invariably I'm completely fucked during the day and then have to rely on mega strong coffee being drip fed into my bloodstream. rolleyes
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I'm a weird kind of insomniac ... I seem to come alive at night and just stay up doing nothing for the hell of it. Almost like I'm scared I'm gonna miss something if I go to bed :shock:
Invariably I'm completely fucked during the day and then have to rely on mega strong coffee being drip fed into my bloodstream. rolleyes

Yup... that's my reality also, only without the coffee! lol
Every day I get out of bed and think "I'm sooooooooo not doing that again tonight!" and then tonight comes round and I get my second wind and here I am at midnight pissing around in the chatrooms and talking bollox on the forums.
And so the pattern continues.
:doh:
I believe the most important things to stay mentally and physically happy are a good diet, exercise and an healthy sleep pattern.
The sleep is the hardest bit for me.
Avoiding drugs including tea/coffee and alcohol that have a direct link to bad sleep patterns has worked well for me as has learning techniquesto quieten my mind.
Good luck Lost.
Thank you for the reminder MsW. I seem to have no sleep difficulty when I am at Minx's. I have no idea why. 69position
"Pooh, I can't sleep"
Well you could stop talking to your stuffed bears for a start ....
My sleep pattern is a mystery to me - until I was about 25 I could always sleep, but lately.........
Then about a week ago I started to sleep for England
I think I caught up a year in a week!!! but now back to churning worries - that I have no control over - and sleepless nights.
Why is it you are most tired about a minute before the alarm goes off?????
My sleep pattern went out the window when I started working nights 4 years ago confused I suffer from restless leg syndrome when I'm really tired which can be really annoying when I'm working.
I find cutting out caffeine at least 3 hours before bedtime helps, no tv in the bedroom and no reading in bed works too. Try some meditation techniques, they work too.
says the woman drinking a glass of red wine at ( it's my body clock's evening time and I'm hoping it'll help me sleep for more than 4 hours today ) rolleyes
I get that too Sass...I hate it and its almost every night. I've tried quinine sulphate tablets which help a bit but have never met anyone else who knows what I'm going on about smile
Audio books worked for me.
You have to keep playing the same one, over and over, until you are no longer interested in the story, but it becomes a soothing voice in the background.
The light-hearted ones worked best, such as the BBC's Dad's Army, Hancock's Half Hour etc
I find reading any text book about maths works for me. Oh yeah, not surfing forums at 1:40 in the morning helps to! Of course, after kids sleep becomes an option and not a necessity.
Well it's a bit better than 'I can't pooh!'
Actually it probably isn't is it?
I sleep worse when I've had alcohol and if things are on my mind from work. But that's not what you mean is it?
When I can't sleep I just lie as relaxed as possible and convince myself that I am getting the best possible rest in the circumstances. That way I accept it and stop fighting it and usually drop off.
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I find the basic yoga breathing helps. Just lying there focussing on the breath going in and out. Keeping the in-breath the same length as the out-breath (harder than you think) is more than enough to drive those annoying circular thoughts out of my brain and let me get to sleep.
I suffer from restless leg syndrome quote]
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