omgwtf insomnia FUCK!

[themeletor]

so, it's that time of morning again, when Mel rolls around for the last time, jumps crankily out of bed, screams: "FUCKING HELL!", braids her hair in pigtails, and gives up on sleeping... yet again.

really, I'm getting so sick of this.

I've learned the hard way that, despite what I might insist, I just do not function at full capacity once I've been up and around for more than 18, 20 hours solid. my brain gets gummy. as well it should. and yanno what, I have THINGS TO DO today. spring cleaning. anthro ... thingy. rereading Beowulf so I'm not dredging my backbrain during class. reading that STUPID "family systems" book mum's been on my ass about, and also doing laundry. so, skipping the "full night's sleep" part of my schedule? NOT COOL SHIT, KIDS. NOT COOL AT ALL. grr.

so ok though. while it probably won't help me this morning or LAST NIGHT, ffr I'd like to know what, if anything, you guys and dolls do to lose consciousness once your head's hit the pillow. the only thing I've got for certain, for myself, is that red meat puts me out like a light, but yeah I really don't want to be chowing down on some manner of beef ... um, ever, much less right before bed. it does work, though. I know tyrstains (at least I think it was tyrstains; I could be wrong; I don't exactly trust my memory right now) mentioned something about how people who exercise regularly tend to fall asleep more quickly. that's good; that's another thing to push me toward daily workouts which I also need to do because I SUCK. anyway. since I am >THIS< close to just going and getting a scrip for sleeping pills, and I don't want to do that because I'm on enough schedule 2 drugs already, uh. where was I? oh.

anyone got any 'tricks of the trade' for getting to sleep? because man, I'm willing to try just about anything right now. except that beef thing, because that's just nasty.

yeah.


[this post's quota of randomness: LOOK! ICON! how many doctors can you name?]

ETA: never forget, I FAIL AT THE OPENING CUT-TAG. DDDD:

Comments

[smileysweetie.livejournal.com]

Umm, I'm probably not going to say anything that hasn't already been said, but here goes:

tyrstains is right, I believe- people who exercise regularly do tend to have more regular sleep patterns. You're also NOT supposed to exercise within like, four or six hours (I forget which) before going to bed. For some reason, it's supposed to prevent you from falling asleep easily. But I've personally never had a problem with that.

Sometimes I drink herbal tea before I go to bed after staying up way late. I've never really noticed it making me sleepy (I also really hate chammomile tea, which is what's supposed to make you sleepy, so I never drink it), but it relaxes my mind at least.

Also, I don't know if you tend to sit on your bed a lot during the day (ie when you're not trying to fall asleep), but you should only use your bed for sleep and sex. I know I'm horrible about this- I always sit on my bed when I'm trying to read stuff. But I've read in a bunch of places that not sitting on your bed during the day programs your brain so that, when you finally do hit the sack, it knows that it's bedtime. If you sit on your bed during the day, your brain gets mixed signals and doesn't know whether it's time to shut down for the night or not.

That's what I know/read. I myself tend to have sleep issues sometimes, but I think mine tend to be more stress-related- I get so freaked out about something that it basically plays on repeat in my mind and I can't fall asleep and drive myself crazy. :P