I have a huge midterm Friday and I've hardly slept all week. I feel tired, but I just can't seem to fall asleep. All my local drug stores are closed (i.e. no sleeping pills) so any other suggestions?? I really need at least one good night sleep before Friday. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
2006-11-15 16:38:21 · 10 answers · asked by Eve 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I have a white noise machine that helps me sleep. It is relaxing.
Also try breathing in and out, really concentrating on the breathing slow and evenly. When you breathe out repeat the word "relax' in your mind. Starting at your toes and going up get your body parts to relax one area at a time as you exhale and say "relax". Sometimes the next morning I wake up and realize I never got past my thighs because I fell asleep.
2006-11-15 16:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by winkcat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleeping pills won't do you any good. Yes they'll get you to sleep but they won't let you go through REM wich is the deepest stage of the sleep cycle. You need something with tryptophan in it like turkey, cheese, or milk--light portions. Also light exercise 30-45 minutes before bed time. Also limit activites in the bedroom to sleep. If you can, try to study somewhere other than your bedroom. Make sure your bed and clothing are comfortable. If you can get a back massage, that's good too. Also try as hard as you can not to stress out too much, study hard, don't stess. So stop studying 15 minutes before sleeping. I am in the same boat you're in and I just had a lecture on sleep on Monday. If you took the time to read all this, I suggest you get away from the computer and go to sleep, that is if you are in the Eastern Time Zone in the US like me....Oh, I'd better go to sleep too!
I hope this helped
2006-11-15 17:03:33 · answer #2 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way i know is to have a bowl of cereal with milk, becuz the milk makes you sleepy - don't drink coffee or pop with caffeine in it for two hours before you want to go to sleep. A hot bath usually makes me wake up more, so i don't do that one. Also, try having a turkey sandwich with milk - turkey has the same benefits because both milk and turkey have tryptophine in them - that's why people get sleepy when they eat thanksgiving dinner!
2006-11-15 16:52:49 · answer #3 · answered by Pearl's oldest daughter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, you wish to sleep or keep up? Cause you are saying each. Your ingesting, for you to positioned you to sleep, and relying how so much you might have had, additionally make you too impared to force in a couple of hours. Be cautious. Sleepy+ingesting=a excellent unsafe motive force, in a position of killing an blameless at the avenue
2016-09-01 13:21:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insomnia (sleeplessness) is due to stress, dietary and medical
problems. By making small lifestyle changes like having a fixed
daily routine, relaxing and eating properly, insomnia can be
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2006-11-16 03:23:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a nice hot bath or shower, drink so warm milk, and if it gets really bad take a small alcoholic drink and then immediately lay down to go to sleep. I had to drink a little something to get me to sleep when I was studying for my finals, because i was so stressed out.
2006-11-15 16:41:58 · answer #6 · answered by M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drink something warm like milk, chicken soup or hot chocolate. If you have some turkey, eat it and you will become sleepy.
2006-11-15 16:47:21 · answer #7 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get off the computer, studies show that the stimulus from webpages and interacting via the internet cause insomnia.
2006-11-15 16:46:20 · answer #8 · answered by Billy FZ1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dnt worry
2006-11-15 16:40:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋