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Do you have imsomnia?

Posted by footiam • 9/30/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: imsomnia, sleep, tips

What keeps you awake and how do you overcome imsomnia?

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9/30/08

Dukepro25

Yes

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1. 9/30/08
  
  Dukepro25
  
  I don't. lol
  
  My sleeping schedule is so erratic.
  
  I never sleep at a regular time.
  
  It's so off the wall.
2. 11/20/08
  
  footiam
  
  try counting sheep?
9/30/08

sellytapgirl

Yes

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9/30/08

ranist22

I've always had it. It seems to me a kind of person has it, and people who sleep early and like logs have always sought my friendship. I can't explain it, I'm just stating it.

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9/30/08

satijournal

Practice mindfulness.

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9/30/08

sharpodue

yes i do and its come about from not being able to leave my blog and blogging alone!

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9/30/08

annaswan

I think insomnia has been the trusted friend of writers throughout history. Phrases such as “burning the midnight oil”, “early bird gets the worm”, “rest when you’re dead”, all condition us early on to believe we’d better hit every assignment full throttle and not let off until the finished paper lands on the Editors desk. If we slack off, there’s another writer waiting in the wings who didn’t, and they’d be glad to step up and take the job right out from under you.

So over time, insomnia becomes your business partner. You start to realize your greatest bursts of creativity come only at the point of utter physical and mental exhaustion. In time, you actually start to plan on this, you strive to achieve this state. Coffee in one hand, pen in the other.

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9/30/08

DaVincisBlogLog

Yes I have it and as someone mentioned before I don't overcome it, lol

It feels normal to me now, when I get sick and sleep properly my body gets out of wack.

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9/30/08

Delaney55

I've been an insomniac for the last 4 years and it is something that I have learned to deal with. When I had a regular 7-3:30 job it was harder but now that I am self-employed I sleep whenever I get sleepy and stay up when I can't sleep. Sometimes insomnia can be your friend though I do love to sleep and miss it when it eludes me.

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9/30/08

henchmanmike

I go through spurts of barely sleeping. But last night I finally got more than 4 hours of sleep. I got 8!

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9/30/08

deejames

i do!... A BIG YES! i have it! when it strikes me.. i do some book reading.. walking around the street or if have no choice do the handjob.. hehehe

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9/30/08

kden

I don't have what you'd call a medical type insomnia. Mine is more stress induced. Sometimes I can't fall asleep at all and other times I fall asleep fast and then wake up with a start and then can't get back to sleep. I take either Advil PM, Tylenol PM or just the sleepy pill formula that is in the Advil and Tylenol. All this is, is the same medication that is in cold/allergy meds that makes you sleepy. And it's not psuefedrin (sp?), because that stuff will kill ya.

Sometimes I will listen to something relaxing on the ipod or get on the computer for about an hour. Those tend to relax me. I only really get a good night's sleep twice a week if I'm lucky. And you'd think that weekends I could sleep in and catch up but noooooooooo, I wake up even earlier and can't get back to sleep. It Sucks.

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1. 9/30/08
  
  footiam
  
  Imsomnia is dreadful! But if you can't sleep, you find something nice to do. That's cool! May consider the next time it strikes!
2. 7/28/09
  
  TJlubrano
  
  aah interesting!
9/30/08

agapelife

Check my posting on Insomnia and some remedies, received comments that it helped. If you wish any more ways to relief insomnia, give me a shout.

empower-you.blogspot.com/search/label/insomnia

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9/30/08

calais50

No! I would give anything to be able to stay up past 10:00. Staying awake is my issue.

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9/30/08

Tharmen

I am not sure if there is a remedy for insomnia... I have got this problem since I became an adult
Job, relationships, money, existence, love, life of XXI century is specially made for us. Very cool, i isn't is?

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9/30/08

ekim941

I have found that staying active keeps my insomnia in check. If your body is tired, you will sleep better.

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9/30/08

MadameX

Is it called insomnia if you really want to sleep but just can't find time?

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1. 9/30/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  That may be "inMOMnia."
9/30/08

PrincessQuello

Yes and mine is mainly due to stress.

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1. 9/30/08
  
  ekim941
  
  You should try a physical activity that is also a good stress reliever.
  
  Maybe yoga.
2. 9/30/08
  
  PrincessQuello
  
  I used to run every night but now, I'm so tired once I get home that I haven't gotten on my treadmill in weeks...
  
  I'm hoping to get back to a work out routine...
3. 10/23/08
  
  footiam
  
  Perhaps, you have to find ways to remove the stress first.
9/30/08

Scribblerchick

I used to be a terrible insomniac. Then I found Melatonin. 4 mg and I can sleep about 7 hours, which is enough. At your local GNC or health food store. No side effects. I've taken it for years.

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9/30/08

kataztrophy

Television keeps me away(Adult Swim to be specific). I fall asleep only after the watchable shows are over.

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9/30/08

Bayho

yeah i have some trouble sleeping at night.. i mean it sucks because i literally go the entire night not being able to sleep.. i and when i do fall asleep its as if i just went to bed and not its time to start my day all over.. i hate it,

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10/23/08

richardm

Yes i do, i have a over active brain and can't seem to rest.

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10/23/08

kat822

yes I suffer from the same thing, some nights it's a chore to sleep

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10/23/08

sinuousscribe

Yes, since I've been blogging, I don't really sleep much. It's interesting that many of us here have sleeping problems. hmmmmm, maybe that's why we're here? I bet a Shrink would love to get ahold of us!

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10/23/08

COOLINGSTAR9

no

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10/23/08

dosox

Yes..
BC doctor DocNicole can help u out. Tweet her..

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10/24/08

Hangingonahyphen

For the past five days I have been up all night wondering whether or not I have insomnia.

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10/24/08

mekap04

I probably get 5 hours of sleep a day. I always stay up late until about 6 or 7 in the morning. I think I have my nights and days mixed up.lol

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10/24/08

aningeniousname

Quite the opposite, I'm narcolep.........

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10/24/08

abc

insomnia = anxiety

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10/24/08

Anapnoe

Oh yesss.. i do and i love it LOL

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10/24/08

chrissred

I think I do and I sleep usually now at 12 MN just because I don't want to be the only one awake at midnight, I get the creeps. The next day I wake up at 6AM. However, I really long to catch up on lost sleep even just take a short nap in the afternoon but I don't. I feel it's a crime to be caught napping. But believe me you, my hubby and I argue over that because he always naps. .... and here I am still with my huge eyebags

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10/24/08

lotusb

OH GOD YES. I can't sleep when my room is messy or my laundry needs to be washed. I cant sleep when there is disorder and these days there is LOTS of disorder. I use pills to go to sleep. Pills and booze.

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1. 10/24/08
  
  footiam
  
  Better practise yoga. Pills and booze kill!
11/20/08

roentarre

i drink coffee until i am exhausted

What insomnia?

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11/20/08

KungfuFish

Yes i do. I have hard time going to sleep at night and i have always envy my friend who can sleep with 1 minute in bed.

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11/20/08

cranelegs

only when i can't sleep.

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11/20/08

HorsePucky

Hey Cranelegs, that was gonna be my line. Great minds think alike.

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11/20/08

webmarketingdesign

hey ditto!

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11/20/08

NutriGirl

TV, light and thoughts always cause problems.

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1. 1/29/09
  
  footiam
  
  I think that shows an active mind.
11/20/08

dratiffarid

Excitement and tension keeps me up!

dratiffarid.today.com

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11/20/08

wastedlola

i used to.. i found that eating better food made me sleep better..

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11/20/08

Theresa111

Write and watch TV then I fall asleep. Am thankful I do not have this.

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11/20/08

deoangel

Yes, I really do. I think it is stress.

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1. 12/31/08
  
  footiam
  
  If you know the reason, then you'll know the cure~
1/30/09

idealpinkrose

i don't have insomnia but i'm a night owl..i always sleep too late at night...or should i say i sleep in the morning?

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1/30/09

PhotoHand

Yep, too much YouTube will do this to you.

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1/30/09

acebrock

Yes, but only because I'm an extreme night-owl

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1. 3/28/09
  
  footiam
  
  Imsomnia is not a problem to owls!
3/28/09

jflower36

Insomnia can be so frustrating. I wrote two articles about it.

What to do if you can't sleep
www.health-outlook.com/2009/01/07/what-to-do-if-you-cant-sleep/

What to do if you can't sleep: How light therapy can help
www.health-outlook.com/2009/02/14/what-to-do-if-you-cant-sleep-how-light-th...

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1. 7/11/09
  
  footiam
  
  You never include 'counting sheep' as a way to overcome insomnia!
7/11/09

Epicharis

I used to have terrible insomnia until I got glandular fever, since then I have had more trouble staying awake! I certainly would rather have the insomnia...at least you can get thins done while your body tortures you!

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7/11/09

celticmusicfan

my job pays me to have insomnia

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1. 7/28/09
  
  footiam
  
  Not a very nice job?
7/11/09

harveyavatar

Ever since I gave some orgonite to a mate, his insomnia has disappeared. Or so he says... lol!

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1. 7/11/09
  
  celticmusicfan
  
  wow so this is orgonite eh?
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCOic3MuVLQ
2. 7/28/09
  
  harveyavatar
  
  @CMF,
  Yes! But that is a HHG (which includes five crystals). The first time I made one I had vivid dreams - lol. It opens wide your aura.
  The one I gave to this acquantaince is a "TB" with only one crystal. He asked me for another one far a friend last time I saw him... lol
  Cheap to make, if you know where to get your stuff.
  
  Back to the beaches!
7/28/09

noodlemie

yes i have insomnia.i like night,quiet and peacefull.i used to work at night.i'd never really try to overcome it.

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7/28/09

MountainSage

Yep. Sure do. I didn't to sleep yesterday until 8:30 a.m. and got up at 1:30. I don't expect to get to sleep a whole lot earlier today.

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7/28/09

TJlubrano

oh yeah sometimes I do have that =_='. really annoying!

Counting sheep? Well that can be...ehm interesting. I always thought that it was kind of weird story...I mean common....you are trying to sleep...but in your head you see only a fence and thousands of sheep just hopping over it...no music...or dancing just sheep :|...I mean it's just like silence of the sheep...and what if one sheep trips and all the other sheep are falling down behind it and you just have to start all over again...okay that is just simply stressing! Instead of falling asleep you are trying hard to save the hopping sheep so that you can count again...to fall asleep....okay wait...that doesn't sound right at all...this will probably keep me up tonight as well -_-''

No but seriously...luckily I don't have it that often...when it does happen, I write things down or read a few things ^_^

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7/28/09

stellak

My insomnia comes and goes, usually its having trouble falling asleep. My body feels tired but my mind cant relax. Last time I got insomnia its lasted for more than a month and I looked and felt like crap. So I started going to bed an hour earlier, and started taking melatonine tablets and that help regulate my schedule

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1. 7/28/09
  
  TJlubrano
  
  Yeah I used the melatonin tablets too! Although when I got enough sleep and I used the tablet anyway I woke up feeling very heavy and not well rested (sometimes I was afraid that I would wake up again during the night and that I couldn't fall asleep again). I'm not using it anymore. I only used it in stressful period *blames school exams for that*.
7/28/09

b0ll0cks

I get insomnia from coding . JavaScript, html, site design, anything that I'm real focused on with computers. I find vodka helps

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7/28/09

cookingasshole

I sleep like a baby at night

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1. 7/28/09
  
  TJlubrano
  
  all curled up in baby romper
2. 7/28/09
  
  cookingasshole
  
  what?!?!?
  
  I have a red racecar bed
3. 7/28/09
  
  TJlubrano
  
  oh sorry sorry my bad, your a big boy now. Please don't let this minor disturbance ruin your good night rest...and don't let the bedbugs bite and yes you can have your teddy bear too
4. 7/28/09
  
  cookingasshole
  
  It is a stuffed doggie thank you very much
5. 7/28/09
  
  TJlubrano
  
  What happened to Mister Teddy :|!
6. 7/28/09
  
  cookingasshole
  
  My baby has my teddy now
7. 7/28/09
  
  TJlubrano
  
  aah that's a good thing ^_^! It's still in the family! Well beware of your red racecar bed tho...
7/28/09

notyourmotherscrazy

I sleep like a damn rock. Part of it is peace of mind. The other part is pure exhaustion!!!

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7/28/09

snappysparrow

yes..

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1. 22 days ago
  
  footiam
  
  Aromatheraphy may help!
22 days ago

LaurenM622

i have steroid-induced insomnia (which is why i'm wide awake at 1am)... i'm afraid to take sleeping pills, but lavender in my pillowcase & a couple of benadryl usually ends up working.

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22 days ago

fazrul

i have insomnia but never take pills..i guess it ll pass by time..its not daily..only on certain day..quite sometime~

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