What do you do when you wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep?

Question

I go to Yahoo Answers and answer questions and vote on best answer for for closed questions. What do you do to get sleepy again?

Answer 1

Me too! And I keep telling myself that 'one more' and I'll go to bed...

Finally, I grab myself by the scruff of the neck and send myself to bed. (Sometimes this works) lol

Answer 2

I usually go to the bathroom, get a cold drink from the fridge (not soda though as it will keep you awake even longer!) and go back to bed, lay on my back, take a few deep, relaxing breaths and think about something really boring...

That normally does the trick for me!





P.S. Stay away from sleeping pills or sedatives as they are terribly addictive!

Answer 3

happens to me all the time. i lay there and daydream and eventually drift back off. or i read a book for a while and then try to sleep again. i woud come on here but then id never get off..

Answer 4

Turn on the tv or read a book.

Answer 5

It happens to me too. I keep away from the computer and read a good book.

Answer 6

make coffee, watch Headline News, and end up here answering questions...lol, oh and i have a 3 month old

Answer 7

basically the same thing, except for me, 1pm is the middle of the night, lol. work the midnight shift, usually.

Answer 8

Yeah, I get on Y/A and answer questions...I do that a lot lately..

Answer 9

I plug in ear phone to listen to radio and soon i will snooze off.

Answer 10

I come n here and answer my husvand's questions he asked earlier that night.