What do you do when you can't sleep and you know you need to wake up early the next morning?

I drink one cup of warm sweetened milk with 1/2 tsp powdered ginger in it. I wouldn't do this if I were on a blood thinner, because ginger will interact with the med and may cause bleeding.

I sometimes get insomnia, mostly hormone related these days and at those times, breathing, meditation, etc does not work so, as I have four children, I just get up and take a couple of panadol to get to sleep.

I had this very problem last night. I had so much on my mind, but knew that I had to be up at 6am and was still awake at 2am. In the end I got up and made myself a hot chocolate.

I wrote down all the things that were on my mind and how I was going to tackle them later on in the day. It seemed to work, its as though my brain thought that everything was dealt with and eventually I was able to drift off to sleep around 3am. I've only had 3 hours sleep, so hopefully I shouldn't have the same trouble tonight.

When I struggle to fall asleep, I start thinking and dreaming about something nice, something I want to happen one day in the future. It usually helps a lot as it stops my brain from thinking over and over again the issues I have at the moment.

First I try praying. For some reason that really works. I think it bring you peace of mind.

IF that doesn't work, I get up and get something to eat. Sometimes an empty stomach will keep you awake. Third, I will take a benadryl which makes you sleepy.

I use meditation to help me relax and get the circus of thoughts out of my mind. Deep breathing is a vital aspect of my meditation and this probably more than anything else lets me get to sleep. It may take a half hour or so, but it works every time.

I usually don't have the problem of falling asleep. My issue is waking up at 3 a.m. Wide-awake and starving.

Then, by 9 p.m. I'm ready for sleep. But when I do have a problem falling asleep, I put in a movie that I've seen over and over and that usually does the trick.

A regular dose of melatonin will aid in getting to sleep more easily. It's been part of my nighttime (or morning as I work graveyard) ritual for years. As a teen and in my 20's I had severe insomnia, unable to sleep sometimes for days at a time.It wasn't until I was in my early 30's that I read about melatonin.

I never liked sleeping pills because they always made me feel groggy the next morning. But melatonin is a chemical that is naturally in your body, and boosting your own melatonin will help you get some good natural sleep.

Just lay there and bare with it...wait it out haha I usually get tired anycase troughout the day especially at work regardless of the amount I sleep.

I usually try to read for a little bit. It seems to help me go to sleep a little easier.

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