I just can't fall asleep...

[Idlemessiah]

How late do you eat?
If I eat late, like say 10pm I'll be up till 6.

Also don't hang round on the internet too late either. The bright screet light fucks with your eyes making them want to stay open.

And lastly put some quiet music on. I find melodic stuff like Within Temptation (or anything with a soft female opera vocal style) helps me sleep.

 

[The Warden]

Don't walk so much when tired, even small distances will keep you up for a few minutes.

 

[The Night Shade]

take a pill or read a manual of a clock

 

[JupiterBase]

Of lately, I've been having problems falling asleep at night. It's as if something just keeps me from falling alseep before 5 in the bloody morning (which is pretty annoying when you have to be up by 8.30) - I can be dead tired, but the second my head hits the pillow, I'm wide awake.

So I was wondering; What do you do when you have problems falling asleep?

Well i recently discovered that the scanner from mass effect two knocks me right out, kinda like how some people listen to those weird lil fountains or he cds of waves crashing on a beach. Maybe that will work for you.

 

[Kufaz]

Hit yourself repeatedly in the face with a blunt object.

For an even better night's sleep, Hit yourself repeatedly in the face with a sharp object.

 

[TheAngryRogue]

My best advice is to not use your bed for anything but sleeping (ie, no watching TV or reading in bed). Condition your body to where when you lay down, it's sleep time. Cut Caffine COMPLETELY out of your diet. I had insomnia for almost 2 years, and cutting soda and coffee out helped a lot.

Also, I don't know if it's your thing but a good joint before bed always does the trick for me.

 

[tristow]

I got rid of my bed side clock I find it easy to fall asleep when I don't know what time it is.

 

[jubosu]

Wikipedia go there and click random article until you pass out.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Watch alot of movies at one time and do not consume caffeiene.

 

[PrimoThePro]

Read a textbook.

or specifically, read Mythology by Edith Hamilton.
Or, what you could do, is go down to the Testicular support group, and learn what real pain is.
(I would say cookie for reference, but then I'd be in debt by a thousand million cookies.)
EDIT: AWW Ninja'd by Aero. Always happens when I want to make a Fightclub referance.
SAVE SOME FOR THE REST OF US!!

 

[ArcWinter]

Make sure you are in complete comfort, with nothing physically annoying you. Then close your eyes, and don't think of anything.

Also, someone else suggested not having a clock. Now that I think about it, that would really help. I'll go try that.

 

[omega_peaches]

Truth be told

I lay in my bed trying to fall asleep, then I use the bathroom

If I have to go, I cannae sleep. My body will even wake me up if I have to use the Bathroom.
Otherwise, I just lay in the bed waiting for-freakin-ever to fall asleep.

This explains me exactly

 

[AvsJoe]

So I was wondering; What do you do when you have problems falling asleep?

I can fall asleep once I turn my brain off (so to speak). Once I stop the gibberish that goes through my head when I'm tired I fall right to sleep. If thing get really desperate I plug in one of my political thrillers like Power, City Hall, or Silver City. Those always do the trick.

I'm told that doing some exercising like sit-ups and jumping jacks works for most people but it hasn't worked for me yet so take it or leave it.

BTW, love the avatar. Where's it from?

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I can't really decide which one I do first.

Each requires only 1 hand, why not multitask?

 

[ethaninja]

Yeah I've got the same problem. 5am, dead tired, hit pillow, wide awake. Friggen annoying. So I just watch shows on my computer until I fall asleep.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Read a textbook.

or specifically, read Mythology by Edith Hamilton.
Or, what you could do, is go down to the Testicular support group, and learn what real pain is.
(I would say cookie for reference, but then I'd be in debt by a thousand million cookies.)
EDIT: AWW Ninja'd by Aero. Always happens when I want to make a Fightclub referance.
SAVE SOME FOR THE REST OF US!!

Yea man the dieing are different from the rest of us, when we talk they actually listen, instead of just waiting for their turn to talk.

OT: Fight Club, gimme my cookie!

 

[CruelSpider]

"It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep.."

Work out. What my insomniac friend does when he can't sleep. Might as well use the time.

 

[major28]

try sleeping in differant places like the floor