Tricks to help you sleep.

i've been on zopiclone every night for over a year. i have chronic insomnia. yes it's bad but i sleep now.. you should try the over the counter sleep aid called "sleep ezz" or something like that. they work for people who have trouble sleeping every now and again.

Thanks for the link. I'd reduced my dose to .5 - 1mg since 3mg left me completely wonky and caused me to suffer from nightmares. I'd even wake up feeling paralyzed at points.

Absolutely.
The best thing to aid meditation is a ninja technique known as "finger knitting" This has nothing to do with wool or yarn, but weaving the fingers into an intricate form and holding them there. The idea is that the person first learning to meditate and achieve an Alpha state of consciousness. Then, once they have achieved this state, they select a finger knitting position, and they then make this form every time they meditate. After a while, simply making the form will bring about an Alpha state, and after much training, simply visualizing the form and feeling the fingers making it mentally will be enough to achieve the Alpha state. I find this helps with everything from sleeplessness to ignoring physical pain too

Every night, it's all about audiobooks. I used to have panic attacks and bad times, but I started listening about 6 years back. I don't go to sleep quickly, but at least I can go to sleep.

Just nice to be able to focus on something other than reality.

Funny, I take 4 or 5 3mg pills a night* and it doesn't knock me out. It does generally keep me from waking up several times in the night, though.

*As prescribed by my neurologist. I take Melatonin preventatively for migraines. Migraine sufferers do not produce as much Melatonin at night as non-sufferers.

Usually, if I can't sleep, it's due to a drop in my blood sugar levels... so a piece of toast or something usually does the trick.

This morning, however, at 4am, nothing could do the trick... I do find it amusing, though, that NPR is running a story on Laptop Battles.

Stop chatting all night on SG usually helps me sleep...

the sleepy time tea,
a shot of nyquil-or two,
and reading a book in bed-does it every time

go buy any buddha bar album and pop it in at a low volume. works for me everytime.

Pound on a heavy bag or training dummy.
Yoga
Go for a run or a bike ride.
Meditate
Sex

Which one depends on why I can't sleep. But one of them always works.

[Edited on Mar 30, 2005 by rosehips]

Charlie Rose or C-SPAN with the brightness turned way down.
hands, even my own, touching my face.