What do you do when u can't sleep?

[Gomen]

I'm in a funk right now where the past week I haven't been able to fall asleep until atleast 1am. I don't be up just in bed. But then I have to get up at 6. Is there really anything that can solve this besides meds? Guess I'll have to watch YouTube videos that say they can help.

[les]

I will get up and make myself a drink, or even go out for a walk, having the computer on is the worst thing you can do if you want to sleep properly.

[Olly.]

Originally Posted by les

I will get up and make myself a drink, or even go out for a walk, having the computer on is the worst thing you can do if you want to sleep properly.

Yep, it can be a number of things of course, but a good place to start for a lot of people is not looking at screens in the hour or so before you go to sleep, there's a sciencey explanation to it that I can't remember, better to read a book or something before sleep.

Looking on youtube is a good idea, there are countless guided meditations for sleep you could use, insomnia is very common and it seems like there are 100s of possible factors that could be causing it, so it's probably a case of doing research online to try and identify the problem, what works for one person may not work for others.

[Victoriablack]

Yes there are some good guided meditations for relaxation /sleep on YouTube. Louise Hay is a famous one. Her voice is reassuring. There are also some that play the sounds of rain or the waves if you find those soothing. I've tried binaural beats too, which creeped me out, although they had lots of positive reviews.

[Hackpen]

I mix magnesium powder with vit c effervescent tablets in a bottle of water. Vit c helps lower cortisol in ur blood and magnesium is a muscle relaxant.

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[Ronnie_Pickering]

what I do is rest if I can't sleep. Its at least the body achieving something.

[Toxic]

I have some issues with sleeping, I have to nod off to youtube or tv..

laying there in pitch black in silence is an absolute nightmare as I'm left there with just my thoughts

So when its not happening I just tend to find something else to watch (and end up still watching shit at 5am when I need to be up by 7 )

[newbs16]

mess with my phone usually.

[Azalea]

After lying there for a while getting annoyed I usually get up and read or see if anyone is in chat.

[Hackpen]

Hi flumpsy, yea I found they help loads.
Natural calm magnesium is the best I've tried. Epsom salt baths are also a good way of absorbing it. I just use Asda effervescent vit c dissolved in water

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[pAuL1974]

Have a wank (if I've not already had one).