It's 2:05am and I cannot sleep...even after a sleeping pill. NERVES are completely shot! Besides counting sheep?

It's 2:05am and I cannot sleep...even after a sleeping pill. NERVES are completely shot! Besides counting sheep... what's left to do?

Yes, I know, Askville...but any other suggestions? Asked by CAK 42 months ago Similar questions: 05am sleep sleeping pill NERVES completely shot counting sheep Health > Mental Health.

Similar questions: 05am sleep sleeping pill NERVES completely shot counting sheep.

Passiflorine' might be the solution: two little spoons of this natural liquid and you will sleep like TWO logs... Two years ago the same happened to me. I took Tranxilium 10 but no effect. Not sleeping made me finally feel like a dishcloth or worse.So I went to my head-doctor and he prescribed this natural stuff called ’Passiflorine’.

It is completely natural, has no side effects and is in fact not even a medicine. In Spain it is used every time more as it is innocent and incredibly low priced. Since then I have had no problem with sleeping and softly snoring... I hope you find a solution, maybe in this ’Passiflorine’ Sources: My Catalan head-doctor .

I know the feeling... even without the sleeping pill. I am frequently awake at times no normal human wants to be. I know that if I get up and go to the computer, I'll be UP, and I'll crash at 2 pm or so (and that is NOT something I want to do at work!).

So I keep a book by my bedside--nothing compelling. SOmething with small typeface and of minimal interest--something, in fact, designed to discourage interest and involvement, and encourage slumber.It varies. It helps if it's something I've read before.

If it's GOOD--if it's exciting and compelling, I'll inhale it and not get back to sleep at all. Overly florid language helps. Victorian sensibilities help.

I've got an Augusta Evans book--Saint Elmo, it's called, that is SO incredibly long and drawn out that I defy you to stay awake if you try to read it at 2am. Sources: Personal experience NancyE's Recommendations St. Elmo: A Novel (Popular Culture in America) Amazon List Price: $41.95 Used from: $8.99 St. Elmo Amazon List Price: $18.45 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 8 reviews) The adventures of Edna Earl... It's got EVERYTHING! DUels, a rightous orphan girl, cast forth upon the world, train wrecks, literary ambition, a brooding antihero... and it's so overblown and overdrawn it achieves satire on itself... and it'll put you out like a light.

Once in awhile this happens to all of us I've learned a few things: 1. Accept it. OK so this is how tonight is going to go.

Need a good book... 2. Figure ANY rest I get is going to be good. So I just lie there and relax and let my mind wander.

Sometimes I fall asleep. 3. Get up and do something.

Write letters, pay bills, fold laundry -- anything to make the next day's load lighter so I can nap when I finally feel like crashing In other words, I don't know any easy outs without using chemicals. Sometimes, if the arthritis pain is keeping me awake, I'll take some ibuprofen or Tylenol. But I absolutely refuse to become dependant on chemicals!

So I mostly just go along with the 'game' and either simply rest, read, or get something done. It hasn't killed me yet! .

A lot of people including myself relax in a hot tub. I use salts with a calming aroma to ease away the worries. I also have a radio and I have it on a station that is relaxing.

Before I know it, I can return to bed feeling refreshed and relaxed, falling back to sleep before I know it. My husband gets up and reads, I guess that is how he unwinds so that he can return to bed. Sources: personal opinion ragrug_lady's Recommendations Masada Bath Salts, Relaxing Lavender, Dead Sea Mineral, 64 oz (1.814 kg) Amazon List Price: $26.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 6 reviews) Escape Crystals - White Musk Vanilla Jasmine .

Change your life style and eliminate the negative I apologise in advance for sounding judgemental. I don't know you at all, so these comments are only generalisations. As a professional complementary therapist, I see many people who are up-tight.

Often there are physical problems but more often there are emotional problems underneath that need to be released. However one thing we can all do is to opt for a simpler life, not be hassled into thinking we have to be in the 'rat race' and start being a bit kinder to ourselves. If you need more specific help I'd need more specific info, but you could think about going to a therapist.

Counselling is very good for unloading negative emotions as is kinesiology, acupuncture - or maybe you just need a good massage 'cos you are all knotted up. Good luck with it anyway. Christine F.

LicAc MBAcC etc etc.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.