Sleep Aid

[Lbelle]

Lately I can't go to sleep at night. Like, at all. I used to be able to get into bed around 1-3am, read a page of a book and fall alseep.

I can read an entire book at 5am now and not fall asleep. It's really messing with me, and making me tired during the day (because of lack of sleep at night, duh) and I need help. I need to go to sleep at night. I'm not sure if I've developed insomnia, or if it's stress, but it has been going on for a while now and I just need something to help.

Do any of you take sleep aids and can prescribe a good one? I don't really feel like going to the doctor for this, since I know they sell over the counter medication for it. What's the best one?

Thanks for any help.

[Naver]

I'll tuck you in at night leah <3

[RuBP]

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sleeping-pills/SL00010

One of my roommates uses Unisom when needed. He doesn't use it everyday though. If anything, I'd recommend forcing yourself to stay up over 24 hours and trying to sleep early. After that try to sleep and wake up at the same time consistently for a few days regardless of class/party time. Keeping a consistent internal biorhythm is more beneficial than starting to use sleep-aids as the first measure.

[Bebopaloo]

I find this to help out alot as I have been having the same problem recently. (you may not be an insomniac but your sleep schedule might be off).

The Non Medicinl Remedy:

If you are having trouble getting to bed at a decent hour during the week, set your alarm clock alot lot earlier than what you usually would so you get a marginal ammount of sleep, 3-4 hours is good, and FORCE yourself to get up and stay up. Go through the day like you normally would and by the time you get to around... 10 maybe 11ish you'll be tired as shit and won't care about anything. Take a hot shower and relax and then that's when you read a book for about a good 20-30 mins, and you'll be lights out in no time and the sleep schedule should be back on track, given you don't sleep in too late


Medical Remedy:

You really don't have to get anything prescribed, but try some around the house type medicines first. NyQuil and Sudafed work great for me. I've also given Lunesta a try, and it seems to have had the same effect. Though, as with all sleep aids, you won't feel quite as rested right when you wake up. There will be a brief period of groginess, the reason is to the fact that these types of medicines act almost like an anaesthesia and force you to sleep, resulting in less REM, in turn making you groggy and not feeling as well rested. I personally have felt better later in the day though compared to a cruddy night of not as much sleep as I had hoped for.


Try going the non-medicinal way first, then try some sleep aids if it still doesn't help.

hope it helps XD!

[Ryko]

Bebop gimme my fkn password!

Edit: Please

[Kiro]

Oxycontin. MMMMMMMMMM I miss that stuff. It makes you all warm and fuzzy and everything moves in slow motion. I actually looked forward to 'bed time' when I had that stuff.

[Bebopaloo]

@ Ryko: Check PMs

[Ryko]

dun

[Bebopaloo]

do the vent chat.

[Koyuki]

I always use a shovel to get a girl to sleep

[GraveRobberX]

http://www.gadgetsuk.com/files/t_17071.jpg

have you outcold in 10 minutes or less, or if your freaky 15 minutes

[Sephx]

There's a drastic solution you can try that could help you get your sleep schedule back to normal. You don't even need drugs!

If you have the endurance, simply do not go to bed one night, and stay awake the whole following day. You'll get exhausted and if you can actually hold on until night time the next day before going to sleep, your sleep schedule should get back to normal.

I had a similar issue, my doctor is the one who recommended this to me, and it worked. Hope it helps.

[Bebopaloo]

There's a drastic solution you can try that could help you get your sleep schedule back to normal. You don't even need drugs!

If you have the endurance, simply do not go to bed one night, and stay awake the whole following day. You'll get exhausted and if you can actually hold on until night time the next day before going to sleep, your sleep schedule should get back to normal.

I had a similar issue, my doctor is the one who recommended this to me, and it worked. Hope it helps.

you copied me.

[vegetaa]

Sleeping-pills are a big no-no for young and adult people (meaning pre 40-50 y.o.), they usually do more arm than good, in the (not so) long run. They basically get your body in a state where it "forgets" how to fall asleep, because it will only rely on the medicine you take, and it's effect. Yeah our body gets very lazy, very fast. Result is you'll face the exact same lack of sleep problem a few days after you stop taking these. And you don't want to take that kind of pills forever for obvious reasons (if not obvious, "artificial" sleep is in many cases worse than not sleeping).

The best way to fall asleep is to be tired. Not tired as in "I didn't sleep in the last 72 hours", more like "I ran for 1h30 and did a few dozens ab-crunches and pushups" (or whatever sport you like). Sport is a very good way to get your body to feel like sleeping, because of the intense activity which leads to energy consumption, and also because of the hormones body produces while making efforts. Sport + Shower + Healthy meals for a few week, to get your body in a more healthy rythm, and you'll most likely sleep like a baby, and wake up in great shape, if you get 7-8 hours of sleep every night.

Sleeping mechanism is very heavily related to your eating and drinking behaviours. The more fat you eat, the longer it takes your body to digest it. And digestion isn't helping sleep at all. Coffee is not good after 2-3PM (except most of US coffee, which is closer to brownish water ^^). Tea is ok as long as you don't drink too much (best being green tea for it's lack of thein). Soda and heavily sugared drinks are a big no-no, as sugar on't help at all. "Light" drinks aren't any better, since aspartham and such won't help neither. Water is, as always, best. Fresh fruit juices can be good too (aka these were real oranges a few minutes ago, before you pressed these) vitamins shouldn't be an issue as long as you don't drink more than 2 glasses.

Another thing that can help, is having sex. Sex sessions, and especially the long one (^^) are a great moment, were your whole body is producing all sorts of hormones, one of them being Endorphin (not sure how it's called in english, probably pretty close to this). Men produce a lot, women much less but still some. It's a good way to help your body feel like sleeping.

Reading, and light cerebral activity can help a little, too. keyword is "LIGHT" cerebral activity (aka you'll never feel like sleeping right after a chess game against Kasparov, but 15 pages of a book might do the trick).

Now if the cause is a psychological one (stress, depressive mood, ...) best you can do is go to a doctor whose specialized in that kind of issues. Keep in mind that general medicine is the worst way to treat specific problems, and I'm not even talking about self-medicine (aka "wow these peruvian pills that guys talks about in that spam mail I just received, they are kickass ! i'm gonna buy some to get some easy sleep and 133% more erection, and my hair will be softer too !").

Cliffnotes :
Sport + Healthy food should be win.
If not win after 2 weeks, Heavier sport and healthier food should be win.
If still not win after a few weeks, ask a doctor specialized in sleeping issues.

Edit : how could i forget about the sex sessions ?!

[Quicklet]

One of my roommates uses Unisom when needed. He doesn't use it everyday though. If anything, I'd recommend forcing yourself to stay up over 24 hours and trying to sleep early. After that try to sleep and wake up at the same time consistently for a few days regardless of class/party time. Keeping a consistent internal biorhythm is more beneficial than starting to use sleep-aids as the first measure.

I do the 24 hour trick all the time. If you're willing to drink coffee it makes it a lot easier.

[finale23]

i used to listen to a episode of futurama or family guy to help me sleep. i played it on my pc with my monitor turned off. because i know every episode pretty much by heart, it's like someone reading me a bedtime story.

[Heian]

Alcohol and Masturbating. In that order.

All kiding aside, I uh am in no position to give advice on this. I regularly go without sleeping for a couple days. With around six and a half being the record. having very mild halucinations on the Green Line while holding over two months worth of work is not fun

Lately though I have been sleeping out of pure boredem and I know thats not good.

Now that I think about it I got home at 3AM went to bed at 4AM and got up at 7AM.....

[Quixon]

A close friend of mine was prescribed Ambien awhile ago. Unfortunately it's not over the counter like what you're looking for, but I can tell you it works fantastically.

You're asleep in about 10-15 minutes and awake 8 hours later. She took it b/c she couldn't get to sleep regularly. After about a month the doctor decreased the dosage little by little until she was falling asleep on her own.


Over the counter would be alot easier, but that ambien crap definetly works like a charm.

[Jujubie]

Try Melatonin

You can buy it at GNC or probably at any Walgreens or Rite Aid. It helps you fall asleep, not keep you asleep. It has worked for me when I have problems falling asleep.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin

[Devek]

I jog a mile every other day and I sleep when I want to and no more than 8 hours and wake up nice and rested.

If I stop doing that I find myself unable to sleep, and when I do sleep I sleep 12+ hours and/or wake up constantly.