Insomnia

[Magic Arrow]

I'm sure others have it.

I don't feel like a tl;dr so I'll make out the basic points.

- It's gotten to the extent that I sleep in the day and stay up at the night.
- I feel sleepy sometimes, but I just can't fall asleep
- I'll find myself doing the most pointless things if I'm awake
- I tried taking sleeping pills, they made me sleep day and night.

Any ideas?

 

[Necromancer24]

Could you list out the activities you do before bed? (drink hot chocolate, play video games, etc.)

 

[Angelmax]

I sometimes put my ipod in when I'm in bed, and listen to a boring podcast very quietly.

It helps me keep my mind blank, and I usually fall asleep very quickly.

 

[morttt]

Don't sleep during the day, even if you are dead tired. Wait until a 'normal' time to sleep even if you feel like dieing. The first time you do this you may end up being awake for 2 days.

Then when you sleep, only sleep for an absolute maximum of 7-8 hours, no longer. If you get to around 9am and you haven't had 7-8 hours sleep, stop trying to sleep.

Repeat process until your sleep schedule is functioning properly.

(Also don't use the computer so much, get out and do daylight activities or get a job)

 

[mensch mallard]

Stop routinley checking how your bot at soulwars is doing through the night noob.

 

[Eliza]

What kind of sleeping pills?

 

[volvic]

My advice would be, to make a heavy schedule for yourself during the day, the more you tire yourself out the better, then you will have a great night sleep. By schedule I mean plan to go, play football with some freinds, go workout or go to a friends house to play video games if that's what you like doing, you won't really fall asleep at their house

 

[mister-x]

I can never fall asleep either, and exact same thing happens to me.

Sometimes, I just skip a night, and then try and do my best to last the day, then sleep at night like everyone. But, what do I know, I'm 13. Also, try to watch something until you fall asleep, I watch Family Guy and stuff on my laptop till I fall asleep.

Hope I helped.

 

[dark idiot]

Buy bacopa.

 

[FloydZeppelin]

I've suffered from insomnia for a couple of years now. I'm assuming it's hereditary as it runs in my family.

Though I still have trouble sleeping at night, I've found that working out to your limit prior to going to bed makes sleeping a little easier. Insomnia is usually caused by an overwhelming amount of stress so working out can both release endorphins and wear you out - consequently giving you a better sleep.

It works for me, perhaps it can work for you. Good luck.