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Jessica my girlfriend suffers from Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome and Insomnia, the only way she able to sleep is if someone sings to her as she lays down, I end up doing that a lot.
Does anyone else have anything like that?
A friend of mine only can fall asleep if they cry before they go to bed, as for me I won't say cause it's embarrassing.
I fall asleep much quicker if I'm listening to a podcast (not music) and I've got into a routine where I tend to do things in the same order before I go to bed. If I break the routine or sleep somewhere else it seems to take me longer to get to sleep. And I MUST be on the warm side of comfortable to sleep. I'll stay awake for hours if I'm cold
'mspeekay' wrote on '01:I fall asleep much quicker if I'm listening to a podcast (not music) and I've got into a routine where I tend to do things in the same order before I go to bed. If I break the routine or sleep somewhere else it seems to take me longer to get to sleep. And I MUST be on the warm side of comfortable to sleep. I'll stay awake for hours if I'm cold
Oh, I do that too listen to podcasts every now and then.
If I take a hot shower, brush my teeth and do whatever and am all set to sleep, if I sit in a chair near my bed and either flip through a magazine or grab a book I'm not too interested in and listen to either Anders Holst or Tom Gaebel playing softly, as soon as I feel myself nodding off, I crawl into bed and I'm out like a light. My problem is STAYING asleep. 😮
I tend to find that I sleep well(ish) if I'm listening to music or having some sort of background noise, and if where I am sleeping is cold/cool…my bedroom in Yam Towers has windows open all year round and heating never on, my flatmate said it's like an icebox sometimes!
If a room is silent, it almost hurts me like a loud noise would.
'Bobbie' wrote on '01:I crawl into bed and I'm out like a light. My problem is STAYING asleep. 😮
Thanks for mentioning that point, Bobbie. A lot of people unfamiliar with sleep disorders think insomnia is only about people being unable to get to sleep. They fail to realise it also includes the inability to STAY asleep.
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It's 22:58 UK time and I'm far too awake to think about falling asleep, but my brain is too tired to concentrate on anything. It's this limbo that causes me to stay up a lot.
The tiniest things can keep me from sleeping like temperature (too hot or too cold), if the sheets pull away from the mattress and fold up that I can feel ridges. Same if my pyjamas crease and fold too much. If I've eaten too close to bedtime, also if I'm hungry. If the room is too light, if there are too many noises like creaks from when the temperature drops. If my phone lights up, that can be enough to wake me up too.
Sometimes I feel like the Princess and the Pea 🙁
The only times I've ever been able to just fall asleep are usually when I've had WAY too much to drink or if I've been up for over 36 hours. They might be fun at the time, but neither are long term solutions 🙂
'Martin' wrote on '02:Thanks for mentioning that point, Bobbie. A lot of people unfamiliar with sleep disorders think insomnia is only about people being unable to get to sleep. They fail to realise it also includes the inability to STAY asleep.
I have the same deal no problem getting to sleep ,,,but staying asleep grrrr
My problem is a bit of both. To get to sleep I'm best going to bed only when I feel my head about to hit my chest. Some nights it works others it doesn't. On the nights it works I can guarantee though that I'll wake up in the middle of the night lol.
I found out this weekend that several glasses of tequila and grapefruit juice can help me sleep.
I know it's not the healthiest option, but I'm adding it to my list 🙂
'Kik' wrote on '20:I found out this weekend that several glasses of tequila and grapefruit juice can help me sleep.
I know it's not the healthiest option, but I'm adding it to my list 🙂
Ha! What's it like trying to wake up the morning after, though?
Didn't know you were a tequila person – watch out for Lindsay!
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Yes, I too suffer from self-medication out of necessity. (Prescribed drugs build up tolerance, or don't work well, one or the other.) I've developed a moderationally controlled system of alcohol (usually, wine) or Cannabis followed by food (follow either one by food) is the best way to get me to sleep. I wouldn't reccommend this regiment to anyone else, but it works for me, and at the very least my therapist understands and respects it and is okay with it.
'Martin' wrote on '20:Ha! What's it like trying to wake up the morning after, though?
Didn't know you were a tequila person – watch out for Lindsay!
The morning after? Dry…very dry! 😀
To sleep I HAVE to have a loaded schedule and tire myself out. If I just have a relaxed day, sometimes I have a drink & that'll help me get to sleep. As it's been mentioned before, the problem isn't [only] getting to sleep, but staying asleep.
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