I can't fall asleep?

Question

i'm only 13

I can't drink milk

Answer 1

Here is some pointers:
Adapted from http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_nonexpert/how_to_fall_asleep.php

Grab Your Socks

I was about 13, still awake at 3 a.m. with my knees throbbing from an odd muscle disease I developed in my teens, when my mom suggested I try wearing socks to bed. I put on some tube socks, pulling them way up to my knees, and because the feeling was so bizarre, I fell asleep a few minutes later.

Unfortunately, a few weeks after that, when I was dressing in tall striped socks before bed every night, the effect wore off, and I was a weirdo.


Count

A tried-and-true method, counting is my first response when I realize I’m not falling asleep any time soon. Currently I like to count from one to 1,000, picturing the numerals behind my eyes, each as large and bright as a highway billboard, until I nod off. If I catch myself skipping numbers, I have to start over again. Doesn’t 1,000 seem like a very far-away number? One that’s almost impossible to reach?

Amateur insomniac or not, I’m still an overachiever. I always reach 1,000—or, 1,000 highway billboards—and end up even more awake, staring at the ceiling, wishing I could afford that new Audi.


Scotch & Henry James

Alcohol is a depressant, and so is Henry James. Scotch at four in the morning is a perfect remedy, but I happen to really like scotch, so it’s tough for me to enjoy a glass and want to fall asleep right after—why sleep when someone, somewhere in New York City, is out partying? So match your liquor with the one author everyone recommends even after you’ve informed them you find said author snorable, overrated, just cotton-penned bad. Fifteen minutes later, you’re deep in a self-satisfied coma.


Hypnosis

I haven’t tried hypnosis, but I’m sure it works—don’t you know a dozen people from college who went on to lucrative careers in hypnosis?


Lists

Lists are like counting: able to induce sleep, but more likely to arouse the same taxed mind that’s keeping you awake in the first place. People have recommended to me listing:

—All 50 states
—All the countries you can think of, alphabetically
—All the people you’ve ever met, separated by era
—All the things you have to be thankful for

I prefer these:

—All the people who disappointed me
—All the people who have accomplished more than I have
—All the advice I never took but probably should have
—All the times I’ve embarrassed myself.


Memory Diving

This can be fun. Try to recall a pleasant episode from your life and relive the moment, lingering on the little things, the details that made it special.

For example, the time I had a sexual “accident” at summer camp (much worse than you think). Or, my first kiss when I was 12, and the girl stood 10 feet away in the forest, waiting for me to approach, with her eyes closed and her tongue sticking out, and I felt nauseous. Or, that time in college when I turned down a threesome—

Twenty minutes later, I’m wide-eyed awake, plus I hate myself.


Coffee

Maybe this says something about my daily caffeine consumption, but drinking coffee at night makes me tired. If you drink six espressos a day or more, try it!


Change the Bed

Get up. Change the sheets. Put new pillowcases on the pillows. Even flip the mattress. If you still can’t sleep, try sleeping upside-down: your head at the bottom, your feet at the headboard.

If, finally, all these methods have failed, vacuum and mop the house. File some tax receipts and call your sister to catch up—you’re obviously like me, and why sleep when there’s so much you didn’t accomplish today?



FOR YOU NOW....
Absolutely no work station in the bedroom.
Try to go to sleep the same time every night and wake up the same time in the morning. Create a habit.
Create a bedtime ritual like a bath and moisturizing lotion, or listen to inspirational music. Meditate. Absolutely no late night news shows!
Try your grandmother’s remedy- warm milk and crackers—they work! So do bananas, yogurt, figs and of course, turkey. Avoid sugar, spinach, eggplant, tomatoes, alcohol and of course, caffeine. Some of us should not have coffee past noon.
Exercise large muscle groups in the daytime. Walking is excellent. Do not exercise close to bedtime as you will feel over-stimulated by your endorphins and your increased body temperature. Instead, try stretching exercises before bedtime as these are relaxing.
Cool down the room and lower the shades. Make sure the room is dark and does not let in the early morning sun.
I saved the best for last: Have sex. It releases melatonin to help you sleep.

Answer 2

Because you are thirteen it could be that you are dieting. An empty stomach makes you sleep less hours, but is bad for your health, as you need to eat lots anyway to keep growing up!
OR
Because you are thirteen you might be in love. This can stop you eating and sleeping.
OR
You could be drinking too many stimulants like tea/coffee/coke.
OR
It just could be staying up on the computer!!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

warm milk, get out of your bedroom and do something boring but occupying like ironing, and have a short sleep. accept that tomorrow you'll be tired but go for a big workout anyway, and by tomorrow night you'll completely zonk out and then be fully recovered.

Answer 5

You might have Insomnia, where you're very tired but can't sleep, try a warm, milky type drink before you sleep, I think this is recommended.

Answer 6

LOL Best thing to do is start by turning off you computer, I know this yahoo answering thing is very addictive.

Answer 7

Go to the drug store and buy some magnesium pills.

Answer 8

Not me, I could go to sleep right now if I wasn't at work.

Answer 9

Me neither, so just enjoy staying awake and lazy :)))))

Answer 10

that is serious do someting to get tiredness