What do you do when you can't sleep...other than...

[peapickinchicks]

being on BYC. I probably have not actually had a GOOD nights rest since I was a teenager. I always wake up to go pee, then can't go back to sleep,

. WHY....WHY...OH WHY...anyhoo I watch DVD's of Walton's or Little House on the Prairie. How about you....

 

[miss_jayne]

i get up and do something mundane to turn my brain off.

when it is beyond worth going back to sleep, i just get up and get going!

 

[debilorrah]

I take Ristoril (Temazepam). I have been an insomniac most of my life and that stuff WORKS. It doesn't leave me with groggy side effects and I sleep.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Unisom.

 

[peapickinchicks]

Sometimes if I haven't had decent rest for a few days I'll take a Benedryl to help me stay asleep dosen't always work but worth a try when I'm sooo tired, but it does leave me groggy the next day,

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....did I just reply to myself,

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[the1much]

lunesta

but i take that so i can get at least 4 hours sleep,, without maybe 2 hours at the most.
and if i wake,, i start work

 

[miss_jayne]

benedryl and unisom are the same thing. i had a bout of sleeplessness that was pretty bad due to sickness and when it first started, i asked the pharmacist to tell me which would be better.

he looked at me, pointed to the ingredients...the exact same thing!

 

[Picky Chicky]

I avoid drinking too many fluids about an hour before bed, then go use the bathroom right before I lay down in bed. If I can't fall asleep, or if I wake up and can't get back to sleep I pull out my guilty pleasure... Soduku - it usually doesn't take too long to feel my eyelids start to droop. If it's not a work night and it doesn't matter so much if I can't fall back to sleep, sometimes I'll bust out my crocheting and do a few lines on a blanket I've been working on for ... forever!

Good luck!

 

[menageriemama]

Benadryl and a good, but not too good, book

eta: I have also used melatonin as a sleep aid and it works really well. You can find it in the vitamin/nutrition section of the store.

 

[MagsC]

Reading relaxes me enough to go back to sleep sometimes, as does a bubble bath and drinking a cup of chamomile tea.