Help please I need to sleep tonight?

Question

I have to be at work in the morning at 6.00am and I know that I shall be really busy. The trouble is I have been out of the country for a couple of weeks and since returning on friday I can not get back to U.K time. I am really in a panic about it and worry that I wont sleep at all tonight?

Answer 1

You're going to have to get yourself back on schedule slowly. I would suggest trying to sleep whenever you get the chance today. Even if you don't get the so called 8 hours, at least you've rested. Your clock doesn't have to be perfect, you just have to feel great.

Answer 2

How many time zones did you cross, and which way did you travel to get home? If you came west, your jet lag problems will be less than if you traveled east.

If you're only an hour or so off, you'll be a little tired in the AM, but you'll be fine. If you flew non-stop from San Francisco to London, you'll be tired for a day or two, so don't stress too much.

Before you go to bed, do what you normally did before your trip. You've already got a bit of a conditioned reflex. Go to bed at most an hour before your regular bed time. Avoid alcohol. It will put you to sleep right away, but you'll wake up very early and will be unable to go back to sleep.

Above all, don't get stressed. The worst thing that will happen is, you'll be drinking more caffeine drinks to stay awake at work. By Wednesday latest, you'll be fine.

Answer 3

When I need to get up early the night before I take a shower or a nice relaxing bath which ever is available. Then I also take some Advil P.M. I like this versus a regular sleeping pill because it has the medicine to make me sleep but the Advil also helps my body in general to relax from the days wear and tear. Whenever I do this I always get a full nights sleep and when I wake up I feel nice and refreshed.

I hope this has given you some ideas and I hope you get some sleep and back on schedule. Happy Holidays!!!

Answer 4

Do the following in order:

1. Go to the gym or do some really strenuous exercise - a very very long walk. Something that will physically tire you out.

2. Before you go to bed have a slow warm bath.

3. When you get into bed, tense all of your muscles as hard as you can and hold for 20 seconds. Really squeeze your palms tight, clench your buttocks etc. Then relax. Do this 3 times to completely relax your whole body.

4. Then imagine yourself lying on a fluffy white cloud that is sinking. Breath normally and as you exale, count backwards from 100 with each breath. With each breath imagine you are sinking deeper and deeper into the cloud and into sleep. It's a form of self hypnosis. It will send you to sleep.

Answer 5

relaxing techniques
sleeping pill
a shot of voddy or 2
clear your mind if you are in a panic you wont sleep
go to bed as you normally would set your alarm
and dont think about it
if you dont sleep then you drink some tea in the morning youll be ok youll be sleepy but ok.
then the next night you should be tired from getting up with no sleep and working.
youll be back on schedule before the week is out.

good luck
sleep well

Answer 6

I would avoid having any caffiene or sugar after noon. I would also, get some exercise in the early afternoon and try to get some exposure to natural light. Then, in the evening, have some wine with dinner and take a hot bath or shower to relax. Try to go to bed a little earlier than you normally would, to give yourself extra time to fall asleep. I would also take a benadryl or a melatonin to help you fall asleep. Don't worry too much -- the worry itself may prevent you from sleeping well. Just try to relax and pretend that your schedule has been the same these last two weeks.

Answer 7

The supplement Melatonin is a safe sleeping aid. It's a synthetic version of the chemicals your body produces to produce sleep. It works well for me and my kids. Their child psychiatrist told me it was harmless and non addicting. They could accidental take the whole bottle with out heath risk.

I take one or two and it helps me go to sleep withing ten twenty minutes. It doesn't keep you asleep. If I awaken after a few hours, I just take another 1 or 2. It won't make you feel dopey or fuzzy brained in the morning either.

Answer 8

Try and write down a list of anything you're worried about remembering. This way you can't sit in bed & think about it. Have a warm milk or hot chocolate before bed.

There's some light sleeping tablets called "Kalms". They help you sleep - but not so deeply that you'd sleep through!

Don't worry - that's the key. You need to relax.

Good night!

Answer 9

I've found that for jet lag, melatonin works really well. I don't know if it's available in the UK, but if it is, then it will be at a health food store. This is a natural hormone that your body releases when it's time to go to sleep (according to its own clock). It's being released at the wrong time when you have jet lag. So take it about an hour before you want to fall asleep, and it will make you tired, and you'll sleep through the whole night. I used this reliably many times when flying back and forth between the US and Japan (11 hour time difference).

Answer 10

Do everything possible to not sleep until this evening. Take short walks to stay awake.

At bedtime, take an over the counter sleep aid or a UK version of "Benadryl". Chemical name: diphenhydramine.

This will make you sleepy and it isn't habit-forming. Good luck dear, I haven't slept at all for last night yet. I'm completely off-track and have been for a year since my daughter got married.

Answer 11

First stop the mind games, they will keep you up for sure. Take some warm milk an hour before bed and a shot of Brandy or your pick 30 minutes before bed time. You'll sleep like a baby.