I cant sleep, i toss and turn wide awake but tired..any suggestions?

Answer 1

you are too tired...

you are so tired, you can't sleep.

happens to me sometimes.

or maybe you just thinkin too much when you are laying there in bed. clear your mind and you'll be able to relax more. that also happens to me.

Answer 2

Try not thinking about going to sleep; possibly the idea that you can't sleep is causing you to get stressed about not sleeping.
I had a hard time sleeping sometimes when I was younger, and realized that I just kept "tossing and turning" and looking at the clock and thinking miserable thoughts about not being able to sleep (so I neither slept nor rested). Then one day I read a book that claimed to be full of "unusual facts" that suggests, among other things, that the idea that you actually had to properly sleep a lot was a myth, that if you were basically resting, everything relaxed, then it was just as good. I mean, this wasn't a medical book or anything, and of course you have to sleep a full amount most nights, but just believing this fact -- that it is okay to not sleep, that just to relax is fine, then you'll fall asleep anyway while relaxing.
Another idea for sleeping, related to the above method of not thinking about trying to sleep is to concentrate on each of the muscle groups in your body, starting with your toes, and consciously relaxing each bit of your body at a time, working your way slowly up your body. This relaxes you and you'll probably fall asleep partway through the whole process.
And yet another idea for getting to sleep is making up a story in your head, just thinking it out. Maybe it only works well if you can actually visualize it (and maybe not everyone can, I don't know), but anyway, make up a story, and keep it going and going (as far as you can think of that night, and then just keep on going the next night, or replay/reshape parts of the story you liked from before). Try to keep it relatively relaxing, or else you'll have yourself "on the edge of your seat" [bed, in this case] and it wouldn't help much. It's sort of related to the first point of just relaxing, because I realize that if I don't fall asleep at least I can keep myself entertained, and I typically fall asleep before I get very far into it. Note that I suggest telling yourself a story in your head, though, not reading a book: I read that if you do anything but sleep in your bed (like read), any activity where you're not supposed to fall asleep, then associations come from your bed to non-sleeping things and then you stay awake more when you are in bed. Telling yourself a story fits more in with just keeping your brain entertained without adding any more stimuli that are in there already anyway.

Answer 3

I have the same problem, but insomnia is due to my illness.
The 'only' thing I have found that really works is Melatonin.
I take 5mg one hour before bed, it makes me very relaxed
and a little drowsey.
It helps me sleep like a baby.
I have been taking it for nearly a week now ,and each night I
have gotten a sound sleep.
You can get Melatonin from any health food store.
Sure hope it will work for you.

Answer 4

It takes the average person 7 minutes to fall into sleep, so if your having difficulty relaxing, focus your mind on memorized items, like the multiplication table or Biblical verses. I have found that telling each set of muscles from the toes up to relax puts me in the right frame of mind.

Answer 5

Try reading a book or put on the computer and read the various answers in Yahoo answers.
Yr eyes will tire & u will feel drowsy -- go to sleep rightaway but dont ''think'' of anything except that u are falling, falling , falling asleep..........
sweet dreams

Answer 6

Get some St John's Wort. 2 or 3 before bed puts me right to sleep. And they're all natural!

Answer 7

Tomorrow, pick up some Melatonin at the store. About 30 minutes before bed, take one or two. Should help.

Answer 8

clocks tick around me and my brain wants to keep rythmn so i use ear plugs some nights i take ibuprofen at 49 i have remunerations (look it up) i go to a shrink and get a prescription for a certain kind of sleeping pills but i never take anything constantly

Answer 9

Before bedtime have a glass of milk with 3mg. Melatonin (from drug or health food store). Pleasant dreams.

Answer 10

Try exercising like walking or cycling, something physical, then before going to bed take a warm bath or shower, drink hot glass of milk........trust me it helps.