I need help falling asleep, advice?

Question

Im starting school next week and i need help falling asleep so i can wake up.
HOW DO I FALL ASLEEP?
and no sleeping pills answers
first one answer gets five stars

Answer 1

Practice good sleep hygine.

Here are some other hints that can help:
I have chronic insomnia and have had it for 15 years so what I am telling you is tried and true and works for most people.

Sleep Hygiene: Get the TV out of the bedroom, and darken the drapes. The bedroom is designed for sleeping and you shouldn’t do anything else there. You want the optimum conditions for sleep in your bedroom. I run a fan all night long; the white noise drowns out other noises that could disturb my sleep. When I go into the bedroom I compose myself for sleep and that is my goal. I don’t stay up long, I go to sleep or at least start trying to within the first half-hour. I got this from my first visit to the Sleep Clinic at the hospital.

You can turn down the lights a little before bedtime then that can help put you into a sleepy mood, turning down the TV volume and winding down and hour before sleep puts your body into preparation for sleep.

Melatonin is a sleep hormone naturally produced by your body so it is a safe supplement to take, and I have done so for 20 years. Start with a milligram or two and then work your way up to 4-6 until it starts to work. Sleepy Time tea, before bedtime will help since it has natural herbs in it that help to trigger the sleep centers of the brain. Valarian Root is a natural supplement that has helped me and has some doctors recommend it. A doctor recommended the Melaton and Sleepy Time Tea to me.

Some medications have a side effect that causes drowsiness. Trazadone is a safe antidepressant that helps; seroquil is a stronger one that has worked for me. Clearly medication is your last route, and you want to try each previous step before going this far. I have moved on to stronger drugs because my problem is severe.

Ambien and the similar drugs are only good for a week or two, because they don’t give you a deep sleep.

There are four stages of sleep and we pass through them several times a night, usually one cycle can take 30 minutes to 1 hour. Only when you go down to stage 4 does your body start healing. Ambien drops you to stage two so it puts you asleep, but not a recharging one. When you drop off and are just drowsy you have reached stage one. At stage two you start dreaming. Stage three is a deeper sleep and the body becomes nearly paralyzed so your actions in your dreams won’t hurt you—you don’t run in bed or flail around widely. At stage four your body starts its night functions of repair and growth. Then you go up through the various stages. When you are in stage 2 and are woken up you have a good chance to remember your dreams, but when you dream and drop down to stage 4 then you probably won’t remember the dream.

Sleep is critical and a human can go with out if for about 2 weeks before insanity sets in and 3 weeks before death. During sleep your body goes over the facts of the day and creates long term memories or dumps the memory. It also works on the problems of the day and builds new reflexes if you are learning them. The brain is very active when you are asleep and that down time is critical to your health.

Answer 2

Try to stay on a schedule with you sleep/wake times. ( i know its easier said than done) Avoid sweets, high sugar or high carb foods, caffeine before bedtime. Have time to relax before you attempt to retire for the night. A nice warm shower or bath after supper may help. Melatonin is a hormone found naturally in the body thats promotes sleep. melatonin decreases with daylight. Melatonin is available over the counter and helps many people with sleep. Stay away from medications such as benadryl or sleep aids with the same ingredient - that can lead to more trouble. Also be sure that you avoid daytime stimulants Red Bull type drinks, jolt, diet pills etc.... Hope this helps a little. Good luck in school.

Answer 3

try to get a little excersise, have a light meal, have a beer or two if you can and chill by watching a movie, listening to music or any other relaxing form of chilling. Get a routine and stick to it. This works for me if I stick to it. When I don't I have a hard time sleeping and waking up in the morning. That's how I know it works.

Answer 4

make sure that you do plenty during the day get yourself in a routine of waking up early this week and over the weekend and wake up even if you lounhe around in your PJs for hours this way you rbody gets used to it. Also make sure that you are tired when you go to bed do some exercises and havea nice shower or a bath and relax and then go to bed clear your mind

Answer 5

the best thing through trailan error is to stretch for 15 to 30 mins then when you get into bed shut everything off no distractions. then hold every possible muscle in your body tight at the same time for as long as you can hold EVERYMUSCLE do that threee times in a row then think of a heavnly place before you know it your waking up

Answer 6

Try not to think of things or stress before going to sleep. When trying to go to sleep think of relaxing things like swinging in a hammock or being on a lazy river.

Answer 7

Drink heavily

Answer 8

eat a banana and drink warm milk

Answer 9

A hammer.

Answer 10

HOT SHOWER , FULL BELLY,SLEEPY TIME TEA OR YOU CAN MASTUR- BATE CAUSE ALL MEN PASS OUT AFTER WARDS