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Difficulty sleeping

Welll, here I am. Its 2.10am, and I'm not in the slightest bit tired, even though I worked till 10pm...

Been going on for a while now, even my best nights of sleep are restless. I have difficulty getting comfy, and in all honesty difficulty in telling my mind to shut the **** up so I can get some sleep already. I wake up several times a night, and have not slept past 6am for years. Wouldn't call it actual Insomnia however...

It is making me irritable and aggressive, overly paranoid, and of course I generally feel like I've got flu all of the time.

Any solutions folks? I became fairly dependant on cannabis to sleep (over a 4yr period), and understand this is a factor, but I have stopped smoking regularly since november of last year...bar some slip ups recently.

Sleeping tablets don't seem to work, exercises before bed don't work, reading so as to allow my mind some 'slow time' before attempting to sleep rarely works. Starting to get a little annoyed with it, and beginning to worry it'll affect my first few weeks at uni come the end of the month.

So yeah, any help? Any words of advise from others with similar problems?

Thanks in advance ladies and gents!

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Reply 1
I call it being nocturnal, I dont usually go to sleep till about 6-7 am :\
Reply 2
rpotter
I call it being nocturnal, I dont usually go to sleep till about 6-7 am :\


This isn't how I naturally sleep, I can tell from how ****e I feel all the time. Although that could be down to diet, drug use, lack of exercise, lack of sunlight, and stomach ulcers...and all at 20. I feel an early death coming on...:p:
Reply 3
It might be worth paying a visit to your GP in regards to it, especially if you think it's going to affect your first few weeks at uni. From the sounds of it though it already seems to be having an adverse effect on your health and well-being, and if you've tried all other avenues then a visit to the doc is probably the best bet. Good luck with it :smile:
Try reading this thread it might help http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=272480
Reply 5
Do you have a lot of caffeine?

I started having sleeping problems until I twigged it was the 6 bottles of diet cherry Coke and 4 cups of coffee that was causing it.
Reply 6
erm.
visit your doctors and they may prescribe you some sleeping tablets..
Reply 7
Squelchy
Do you have a lot of caffeine?

I started having sleeping problems until I twigged it was the 6 bottles of diet cherry Coke and 4 cups of coffee that was causing it.


I don't drink anything with caffeine in it after 6...admitedly I will drink about 9 cups of coffee before then...
Reply 8
Zafda
erm.
visit your doctors and they may prescribe you some sleeping tablets..


Been there, done that sadly. Eventually I was on some stoneage prescription called Amytripteline(sp?), which is apparently pretty powerful stuff. Didn't do a damn thing for me.
tehjonny
Welll, here I am. Its 2.10am, and I'm not in the slightest bit tired, even though I worked till 10pm...

Been going on for a while now, even my best nights of sleep are restless. I have difficulty getting comfy, and in all honesty difficulty in telling my mind to shut the **** up so I can get some sleep already. I wake up several times a night, and have not slept past 6am for years. Wouldn't call it actual Insomnia however...

It is making me irritable and aggressive, overly paranoid, and of course I generally feel like I've got flu all of the time.

Any solutions folks? I became fairly dependant on cannabis to sleep (over a 4yr period), and understand this is a factor, but I have stopped smoking regularly since november of last year...bar some slip ups recently.

Sleeping tablets don't seem to work, exercises before bed don't work, reading so as to allow my mind some 'slow time' before attempting to sleep rarely works. Starting to get a little annoyed with it, and beginning to worry it'll affect my first few weeks at uni come the end of the month.

So yeah, any help? Any words of advise from others with similar problems?

Thanks in advance ladies and gents!

well when i exercise it gives me energy, so i wake up. Im in the same boat really, but i do eventually sleep like yesterday, i woke up at 9am went out, and spent most of the day walking about so i was pretty tired, i went home at 1am amd i was tired nodding off in the car etc, got home and couldnot get to sleep. I ended up sleeping at 5am! I dunno why i cant sleep when im knackered its just the way it is, i find though that if i sleep troughout the day then im OK, it knackers up youre sleep pattern, but at least youll get some kip.
Reply 10
What time are you getting up?
Fleece
What time are you getting up?

well i got up at 4pm spanish time :frown: which is very bad! i know, but i dont get any sleep otherwise :frown::frown:
Reply 12
Well you would if you got up at a normal time...

I used to be like that. These last few days though, I've been getting up at 8 or 9, and I've been quite busy during the day, and I've fallen asleep between 10pm and midnight. That for me is a miracle.

Just gotta train your body.
Fleece
Well you would if you got up at a normal time...

I used to be like that. These last few days though, I've been getting up at 8 or 9, and I've been quite busy during the day, and I've fallen asleep between 10pm and midnight. That for me is a miracle.

Just gotta train your body.

no i know, but yesterday i woke up at 9, and i couldn for the life of me sleep, even after a v busy day! so i dunno why i cant..
Reply 14
Read on a jar of Horlicks that a drop of ylang ylang oil-type thing (women'll know) on your pillows helps.
Reply 15
Yeah, I get that too sometimes. In the end you just have to force yourself to get up.

Like, Friday night I got about 4 hours sleep, had to get up at 8. Stayed awake until night time - wasn't tired, so only got to bed about 5am. Got up at 9am. At the end of that day I was absolutely knackered and got to sleep at a normal time.

Sometimes you just have to knacker your body out.
Juwel
Read on a jar of Horlicks that a drop of ylang ylang oil-type thing (women'll know) on your pillows helps.

sorry but i dont know :p: what is it?? ive heard lavender works, but i dunno what ylang ylang is...horlicks is supposed to make you kip, does it work?
Fleece
Yeah, I get that too sometimes. In the end you just have to force yourself to get up.

Like, Friday night I got about 4 hours sleep, had to get up at 8. Stayed awake until night time - wasn't tired, so only got to bed about 5am. Got up at 9am. At the end of that day I was absolutely knackered and got to sleep at a normal time.

Sometimes you just have to knacker your body out.

yeah, i do that every now and then, and it works :p: cos you go like 24 hours without sleep so then you just fall onto the bed :smile: i might have to do that.. tsr doesnt help, you can stay up all night.
Reply 18
unfinished sympathy
sorry but i dont know :p: what is it?? ive heard lavender works, but i dunno what ylang ylang is...horlicks is supposed to make you kip, does it work?

I found Horlicks alright - hot milk works quite well too.

Ylang Ylang is a flower - you can get essential oils of it. It's also an aphrodisiac so be careful :p:
Fleece
I found Horlicks alright - hot milk works quite well too.

Ylang Ylang is a flower - you can get essential oils of it. It's also an aphrodisiac so be careful :p:

:p: is it? haha :biggrin: