i cant sleep at night no matter what i do can sum one please help!!! i think its insomnia a cure please
2006-07-20 21:07:55 · 22 answers · asked by chulasdefunkytown 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
i have to disagree about reading a boring book. read a book you enjoy to help you relax and eventually go to sleep
2006-07-23 08:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Meditation
Sleep disturbances are often due to worries and anxieties that keep the mind agitated at night. To help eliminate those anxieties, meditate for a while before going to sleep.
Sit comfortably on your bed and put your attention on the "third eye" (the area on your forehead between your eyebrows).
Follow your breath in and out, or do the traditional So-Hum meditation: Inhale while thinking the syllable "So" and exhale with "Hum."
Lie on your back. Watch your breath, and continue the So-Hum meditation, focusing your mind gently on the "third eye." You will sleep like a child.
Repeat or chant soothing mantras and affirmations, such as "I sleep properly," in the morning and evening. This reduces the anxiety and fear that can interfere with normal sleeping habits.
Other forms of meditation, including the use of visualization and aromatherapy (essential oils of sandalwood, chamomile, jasmine or rose), can also be effective.
Ayurvedic breathing exercise for insomnia
Lie down in bed with the light off and allow yourself to fall asleep while doing the following breathing exercises.
Focus on deep regular breathing for a few seconds.
Give thanks for all the joys, experiences, even the trials of your day.
Keeping an awareness of your breath, get into your most comfortable sleeping position.
If you feel restless, just acknowledge that this excess energy will pass.
Continue to breathe slowly and deeply. Try to imagine what your body feels like when it is in a deep relaxing sleep and allow yourself to drift into that sleepy state.
If you wake in the night, do not get agitated, simply repeat the exercise
2006-07-20 21:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by dafauti 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
breathing exercises (aka meditation) will help you relax.
once you are relaxed, read a book (not scary or suspenseful).
this always works for me, I'm usually asleep by the 3rd page.
PS- don't take tylenol PM. Tylenol is bad for you if you take it too often. If you have to take something over-the-counter, try Benadryl (an allergy med).
Happy Sleeping....
2006-07-20 21:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Melatonin, you can take up to 3mg and that should help. It's a natural hormone your body makes while sleeping. You'll find it in the supplement section in any store. You can also try taking a dose of Benadryl, that's what they add to those PM painkillers to make you drowsy.
2006-07-20 21:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by sabina-2004@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink warm milk boiled with littlle(one pinch) nutmeg powder and sugar.Its an instant sleep inducer.Eating onion with buttermilk during meals also helps to induce sleep.Try this for a few days.
2006-07-20 22:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by aquarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. No caffiene 8 hours before you go to bed. Also no exercise before bed.
2. Do the same ritual before going to bed ie put on pajamas, brush teeth, etc
3. Go to bed at the same time every night
4. A glass of warm milk might help
2006-07-20 21:12:34 · answer #6 · answered by Jackal 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have this trouble. Try aromatherapy, using lavender oils. When you sniff the lavender it shuts off something in your brain and allows you to relax, and hopfully sleep.
Along with routine, exercise in your day, and if you find that you are thinking to much...a pad and pen to write down those thoughts so you don't forget them, and deal with them the next day.
Sleep Well ;)
2006-07-20 22:19:50 · answer #7 · answered by not so straight chick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes when you breathe if you just listen to that and follow your breath it will help. You could also take Excedrin p.m. or Tylenol p.m. If the problem gets worse go to the doctor and ask for trazadone or something like it. It works great.
2006-07-20 21:14:16 · answer #8 · answered by littlepussycat_05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read a boring book or whatever articles that you absolutely got no interest in. Read it in dim yelllow light. When you're so bored, your eyes will get real heavy & tired (due to the dim light effect), you will gradually fall asleep. Works for me, everytime!
2006-07-20 22:28:17 · answer #9 · answered by Jo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink 'Dome liquer' before you sleep. When you are on bed, count 1 to 10 and slowly relax your mind......
2006-07-20 21:15:37 · answer #10 · answered by littlefungus2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rub a little lavender lotion or something thats lavender scented on ur pillow or get a lavender air freshener from Bath & Body Works and it will put u to sleep really fast, i read it in a magazine, it totally works!!!
2006-07-21 06:00:45 · answer #11 · answered by sk8ter_geek 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋