Do you think of anything that helps you fall asleep?

[Donkeyd]

I generally think about fighting a war, or being in a fight or killing someone that helps me fall asleep.

Do you fall asleep fast or does it take a while?

 

[Shady as Fuck]

I take Clonidine to sleep

 

[j.f.🔎]

I have a desk fan which I put on when I get into bed, concentrating on listening to that ocillate rather than my random thoughts usually works for me.

 

[ArmageddonWatcher]

It's actually the thinking that keeps me from sleeping. So many beautiful women in this world.

 

[Smokinrav]

Trazodone and seroquel for sleep every night. I was a wretched insomniac before them. Audible playing some droning guy in my earbuds helps.

 

[Richard 1986]

No ...

 

[The anarchist]

Trazodone and seroquel for sleep every night. I was a wretched insomniac before them. Audible playing some droning guy in my earbuds helps.

Valium every night for the last 25 years does it for me👍😴

 

[TITPOITS]

I don't sleep. Its very weird. I can fall asleep fairly easily, i just cant stay that way. I get 2-3 broken hours a night, if I'm lucky. Every few months my body just shuts down and I basically go into a coma for 16-20 hours. Then it's back to constant insomnia. Working doesn't help, neither do medications. I gave up trying to "fix" it a long time ago.

 

[Bostonjohn]

Sleep?! Takes me hours. I just lay in panic listenin to a documentary or podcast. Used to take sleep aids but that shit was killin me. Don't take that shit.

 

[Richard 1986]

Valium every night for the last 25 years does it for me👍😴

I do running 5 or 6 days / week i work in my garden 2 hours per day i watch tv and when it's time to bed i'm generally KO !! It's hard to fight against oneself by the past i used to drink so much alcohol so much so much yeah it was paradise but so expensive and so bad for the body last time it was march 30 ... Sometimes i want to drink again but for the moment i can resist but i know one day i will drink again ....

 

[Deleted member 42069lol]

I don't sleep. Its very weird. I can fall asleep fairly easily, i just cant stay that way. I get 2-3 broken hours a night, if I'm lucky. Every few months my body just shuts down and I basically go into a coma for 16-20 hours. Then it's back to constant insomnia. Working doesn't help, neither do medications. I gave up trying to "fix" it a long time ago.

Weird. Did you see a doctor?

 

[TITPOITS]

Weird. Did you see a doctor?

I did in the beginning. They tried no less than a dozen meds, sleep studies. They discovered I "wake up" every 2 minutes or so while I'm supposedly sleeping. No, i dont have sleep apnea. After years with no results I just accepted it. I'm pretty used to it at this point. Thank God for streaming services because late night/early morning television socks! Lol

 

[Deleted member 42069lol]

Valium every night for the last 25 years does it for me👍😴

25 yrs? I guess you need to take a higher dose than you used to in the past?

 

[Deleted member 42069lol]

I did in the beginning. They tried no less than a dozen meds, sleep studies. They discovered I "wake up" every 2 minutes or so while I'm supposedly sleeping. No, i dont have sleep apnea. After years with no results I just accepted it. I'm pretty used to it at this point. Thank God for streaming services because late night/early morning television socks! Lol

That's a tough condition you're in. Stay strong.

 

[Charliesangel79]

I work 3rd shift, and it takes me hours to wind down before going to bed. My standing fan and Hulu usually works well once I finally go.

 

[wiggins]

I'm lucky. I can go to sleep anywhere, any time. No problem.

I may wake up a few times during the night, like now, (1245 am here) and get on GG or peruse the online newspaper I subscribe to, but will go back to sleep in 20 mins or so.

I do power naps on long drives too. Sometimes with some deep breathing to get me off to dream land. A couple of dreams and I know I've had my REM and I'm good for another 2 or 3 hours driving. Sometimes I lay out a sleeping mat outside the car and stretch out for an hour...

 

[Deleted member 42069lol]

I'm lucky. I can go to sleep anywhere, any time. No problem.

I may wake up a few times during the night, like now, (1245 am here) and get on GG or peruse the online newspaper I subscribe to, but will go back to sleep in 20 mins or so.

I do power naps on long drives too. Sometimes with some deep breathing to get me off to dream land. A couple of dreams and I know I've had my REM and I'm good for another 2 or 3 hours driving. Sometimes I lay out a sleeping mat outside the car and stretch out for an hour...

Does your job involve driving a lot?

 

[Smokinrav]

Nothing worked for me, for more than 40 years. Got seroquel and trazodone at rehab some 15 years ago, and I highly recommend you try it too.
25mg seroquel and 100mg trazodone. Give it a try if your doc will prescribe.

 

[hedgerow]

sometimes i do but then i read one of @Christopher Hitchens boring postings and i'm sleepy again in no time

 

[Jay the Butcher]

Need white noise like a fan. Usually just pass right out. I have pretty good biological clock and usually wake up before an alarm goes off.