Can't Sleep? Follow My Advice!

[Piipp]

I was diagnosed with 'Chronic Insomnia', 'Paranoia', and 'Anxiety', two years ago by a doctor. Last year, I was diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), (yes, this fact IS significant to my advice).

Firstly, there are three different types of 'Insomnia' (the name given to the disorder which prevents sleep). Chronic, being the worst, there is a mild form, and a barely noticeable form.

The first form, which is barely noticeable, is experienced by most people at least once within their lifetimes. It usually lasts for around three days to a week, simply preventing the sufferer from sleeping, or getting to sleep.

The second form, is less likely to affect most people within their lives, however, if it does, it usually lasts for around two to three weeks.

The third, and final form, 'Chronic', is the rarest form of 'Insomnia'. Victims struggle to fall asleep, and even once asleep, struggle to remain so for more than an hour or two at a time.

Should you suffer for more than a few weeks, I recommend making an appointment with your doctor, however, you should be aware, he/she is unlikely to prescribe you with any medication unless you are of a certain age and he/she feels an urgent need to do so.

You'll quickly know if you're suffering from 'Insomnia', a horrible inability to sleep will render your body useless in the morning.

The best thing to do if you begin to suffer, is to calm yourself down before going to bed. Don't eat for at least an hour before you go to bed. Read a book for thirty minutes, sleep in the dark. Keep your mind free once you are trying to sleep, and just keep your eyes closed. Try and 'picture' black, darkness. Let your worries flow away. This can be difficult, particularly if you cannot sleep, I found myself, most nights, panicking that I would fail to receive enough hours sleep to perform correctly the next day. My other problems, including, in particular, my OCD, didn't help.

If you really cannot sleep, after at least one hour, turn on a dim light and read a book for thirty minutes. Try and make yourself cry too. By now you should be getting drowsy. Open your window as wide as possible; the colder the better. Now, try and sleep again/ It may take some time, but it's likely that you'll now fall asleep. If this fails, keep trying the same technique. Eventually, your body will realise your desire for it to shut down, and you will sleep.

I really hope this helps, I know just how horrible 'Insomnia' is. Thanks for reading.

[Blue]

great advice dude i suffer from a bit of bareley noticeable insomnia but i think i may just be turning nocturnal instead + rep

[mat64]

Thanks alot for this, I'm sure it will come in useful for me. +Rep and possible stick?

[RedStratocas]

LOL @

Try and make yourself cry too.

Its good advice, but Ive done many of those things and it doesnt always work. The reading thing is only if you find reading to be boring, which I actually dont.

[DMB-Hosting]

I cant sleep if there are spiders in my room

[Piipp]

I don't find reading boring at all, believe me, but it works for most people at 3am, lol.

[Blue]

lol not me i love readin the only way i slept tht night was cos i finished me book at 4

[Ostinato]

Hmmm. Well this is good advice but it's only basically summing up a lot of the point sthat were made in a previous thread about someone with sleeping problems.

Something I'm not too sure about though, is opening your window - "the colder the better"? =S

Personally, I think the warmer the room is, the more drowsy you become and therefore the more likely you are to sleep, whereas if it's cold your bodies busy trying to keep itself warm rather than concentrate on shutting down for the night...

[Mentor]

o.0 interesting that making the room cold is usually listed as one of the methods for staying awake, plus actively picturing blackness requires a level of consecration which will keep you awake? letting your mind flow freely just passively thinking requires less sleep and can quite quickly lead in to semiconusness and eventually sleep.

So although your information on the disorder was interesting id be inclined to disagree with the advice, although i suppose everyones an indervidual and what ever works for you.
Personally i dont sleep simply because i dont really have time or am occupied threwout most of the night yet still have to be up, as oppose to any insomnia, and since i usealy function like that for months on end im not realy effected by missing a nights sleep or in fact one or two nights so much "/

Meh, just ramblings here since im acutaly quite tired o.0

[Pizza]

i like it when its cold at night, you can snuggle up under the cover - maybe if you have your window closed your room gets to hot and more uncomfortable to get to sleep?