Got a residual cough from a virus I had a week ago that only really kicks in when I lie in bed. Not had more than 3 hours sleep in a night for over a week. Have tried the normal remedies - alcohol, exercise, "herbal help", staying awake until I feel I will pass out - but NOTHING works! Any other suggestions??? I feel like I'm going mad...
2007-03-30 15:07:24 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
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If that mockingbird don't sing
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring turns brass,
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If that looking glass gets broke
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If that billy goat won't pull,
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Hope that helps
2007-03-30 15:09:55 · answer #1 · answered by Rob 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you have a big lounge chair - set up your bed on that chair - sleep half sitting up and you won't cough so much. Before going to bed take a nice relaxing warm shower or bath. You can relax your mind by starting at the top of your head and moving down your entire body - tense the muscles in each area and then relax them -pretending to push the tension down your body - keep moving through each "zone" in your body until you reach the feet, picture the tension and anxiety releasing through the soles of your feet --feel the warmth of relaxation and drift off to sleep.
2007-03-30 15:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by kbama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in Scotland we have a one-for-all remedy, TAKE NOTES: take your favourite mug put a table spoon of honey in with a wee bit of milk, some boiled water to cover, stir and desolve and finally the most important ingredient-a dash of your favourite single malt to seal the deal. Voila! you have a Hot Toddie.. Sip slowly; find a quiet, warm and dark place, put on some relaxing music(put the volume so low you can barely hear it). Concentrate on breathing and heartrate as you calm down your senses will broaden.
You'll start to hear the music quite clearly just as you drop off into a wonderful dream........... the idea is to simulate a womb like environment. The hot toddie just takes off the edge and lets you slip on out. It's good for sweating out fevers and colds too.
2007-03-30 15:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by Michael S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Join the club!
I am in exactly the same situation. I got so tired that I went to bed at 8.00pm last night, only to wake at midnight. now been up three hours.
I know of no cure and am just waiting for cough to clear up, hence the reason I'm on here at 3.10am
Send me an email ... we'll cheer ourselves up
2007-03-30 15:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by Bob Danvers-Walker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take very slow very deep breaths over & over. Inhale slooowwwwlllyyyy, hold it, exhaaaaallllleee slooooowwwllly. Close your eyes & roll your eyeballs in circles, imitating REM sleep. Sometimes reading can make you sleepy because of the rapid eye movement. Take a cool washcloth & put it over your eyes & then behind your neck. Maybe even put on some very mellow music & just relax & turn off your mind...good luck!
2007-03-30 15:13:52 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a couple of cloves in your mouth so that the cough doesn't bother you. It will help you sleep too.. just put them in between your bottom lip and teeth and suck on them like you would a cough drop. Good luck and I hope you can sleep a little better!
2007-03-30 15:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by knifelvr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here i'll tell you about my day :] i think you'll fall asleep reading this it was quite boring.
--i woke up at 7:40am took a shower did my hair changed ate brushed my teeth usual
--8:30 i went to school. talked to my friends before 1st period
--1st period- theatre. we did vocab and read a chapt. on readers theatre
--2nd period-math. we had a math test pretty long and i didnt finish it
--3rd- advisory. only on Tuesdays and Thursday
--4th- English.researched about the Holocaust
--5th-History. took notes about civil war stuff.
--lunch.granola bar and water
--6th-English.finished researching.
--7th-science. we drew the Pangaea and did a worksheet
--8th-p/e. we ran the bobcat trail- its like a mile & a half. we did a practice one yesterday and i had 2 hours of dance after that so i was exausted. and then we had to run again today.
--3:50 bell rang. i missed my bus
i had to walk like a mile and i dont know home so now my legs are like about to fall off. ok you're probably alseep already .... but i hope that helps you go to sleep! hahah it was a long day :]
2007-03-30 15:17:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds as if your problem is a pooling of mucus from your cold. Have you tried sleeping with your upper body elevated? Or. do you have a recliner you can sleep in. You want the mucus to continue to travel downward, not pool around your lungs as it would should you lie prone.
2007-03-30 15:12:53 · answer #8 · answered by lyllyan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to have a peaceful nights rest, try chewing ginger and raw pepper soaked in white rum.
It is an old Jamaican recipe which works 100%.
Let me know what you dreamt about.
2007-03-30 15:33:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think i have the same cough. it wakes me up at night and i can't breathe it's so bad. i keep cough drops & bottled water by the bed and if i can't fall back asleep right away i read for a while until i relax. feel better soon!
2007-03-30 15:14:02 · answer #10 · answered by Meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋