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Sleeping Problems
19/F.
I have had issues with sleeping for as long as I can remember. It can take me hours just to fall asleep at night, and I usually don't fall asleep until 3-4am. I'm in college, and that helps me fall asleep earlier, say around 12am because my roommate sleeps somewhat early. But now that it's the summer, I've gone back to my old habits.
It's not even that I can't sleep at this point, it's just that I don't want to sleep. I'll lay down and psych myself out, thinking about how I know I wont be able to sleep and I'm just wasting time. Then I'll either turn on the TV, get up and do something, or play games on my iPod. It's a mixture between not being sleepy enough to pass out and not wanting to, and it's really making me uneasy.
For example, tonight I laid down at 10pm to go to bed because I've had this big headache and I'm very tired. I turned on a movie to help me sleep because I figured it would help, but ended up finishing the movie, getting some food and playing video games instead of sleeping.
As exhausted as I am, I just can't turn my mind off when I want to sleep. I just wanna know if any of you guys have this problem and have overcome it, because it's seriously messing with my overall health.
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I have the same problem, but there are non-prescription ways to help.
1) No more caffeine.
No more caffeinated pop, no more coffee, no more tea. Cut it out entirely.
2) No eating after 6 or 7 pm (if possible)
Eating too late can make you stay up later.
3) Put away the electronics!
An hour before you want to go to sleep, you need to start to wind down. Don't do anything stimulating. No movies, no video games, no homework, no exercise. It'll wind you up and make it hard for you to sleep.
4) Pick up a book
What do you do with your spare hour before bed? Find a good book. Reading will help you to calm down.
5) Sleepytime tea is your best friend.
Seriously, I love this stuff. It's an herbal tea that you can get at any grocery store. It knocks me right out.
If you do all this and it's not working, then you should go to your family doctor. From experience, if you don't have perfect bedtime habits, they won't do anything until you do.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I've had that same problem. If you can't convince your mind to shut down at night maybe you need a little help. You could go to your doctor and get a prescription for some light sleeping medication, or go to the pharmacy and get something like Tylenol PM or Advil pm. They do work and they're not addictive.
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