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one of the best ways to relax in bed is,

have a pillow under your head supporting neck ,,,,,,and lay like a cross !! arms just flayed out ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, its so relaxing. a total relax can be as good as a nights sleep.

One of the worst things you can do is stay on your pc until bedtime, or watch a serious TV programme if your brain is stimulated you won't sleep. A couple of squares of dark chocolate is supposed to help.

Hiya Rose. LOL, that's sod's law isn't it! :D

Mary

LOL Mary I am awake...mind you ! I went to sit on the bed yesterday about 6 pm, just for a minute or two to watch the trees outside at the play park waving in the wind....sooo relaxing :D 3 hours later I woke up!

Where is Rose anyway? I haven't seen her all day.......is she still sleeping! ;-)

Mary

When OH is away, I put a cd on, turn the volume down low ..... I'm usually asleep within 30 minutes.


I can't do it when he's home (most of the time!), because he strains to hear the music, and concentrates on it, so it keeps HIM awake!


I've tried wearing headphones, but it doesn't work the same.



I have 3 or 4 cds that I can use ............ but the problem is, I fall asleep in the daytime if one of them is played!




sylvia

Good luck Rose. I used to make tea from lettuce many years ago. A naturopath put me onto this remedy. Not very nice to drink, but it helped. Sometimes a small port works for me.

Lettuce know how you get on, lol - sorry, my terrible sense of humour.

Best wishes.

Try a large mug of "Horlicks" laced with a liberal amount of Brandy,that should help. if not you will be quite happy not sleeping,depending on the amount of brandy you imbibe.**M**. ;-) :O :S

Lettuce sandwich - sonething in lettuce helps sleep.

Trying to watch the Grand Prix on TV is guaranteed to send me off. I think it’s something about that repetitive Yeeomm Yeeomm as the cars go around that does it!
Most annoying thing is that lovely dozy feeling you get trying to stay awake to see the end of an episode of something like an Agatha Christie mystery but by the time you have brushed your teeth and go to bed it’s gone.
Perhaps as well as “morning fresh” toothpaste we need a soothing night time one too,
maybe Chocolate or Rum & Hot milk flavour!

Sweet dreams,
Mayfield
:-)

Thankyou ladies :-) I used to be a really deep sleeper, through anything ( the storm of 87 for example lol) but that changed when I had to be up 3 or 4 times a night, and I've never been able to get back to the 'you wouldn't wake if a bomb dropped' sleep lol.

Hi YorkshireCaz

Good to know it works for others - everyone I've ever told to try it has said it's amazing, it really does work! :-)


RamblingRose

The whole point of the *keep your eyes open and stay awake* method is that the moment you close your eyes the *brain chatter* starts again - you have to really work hard to keep your eyes open and with your eyes open you don't get any *brain chatter*

*brain chatter* being my description of all those thoughts and feelings going around in your head and stopping you from sleeping properly.


If you try the counting method, do it counting backwards from 1000.

Mary

Instead of watching television and falling asleep on your settee, why don't you listen to the radio in bed. I am awake quite a lot and now accept that I can listen to 5 live where they talk to people in New York as it is their day time , or on the local radio at 01 00 on a Monday morning they have two hours of Brass band music which I think is brilliant. Sure I would rather be asleep but I put the 'snooze' on the radio and then it turns itself off if I fall asleep. If I get 6 hours sleep that is wonderful.
I have just spent a few days on Grandma duties and now realise that I didn't have any problem sleeping whilst stopping at my daughters. I could suggest that but like most grandparents I am happy to hand them back. lol -jl

These tablets worked wonders for me a couple of years ago when I couldn't sleep at all...


Still take them now and again for insomnia..

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Thankyou all for the many suggestions...ironically I was too tired last night to read them, fell asleep after about an hours reading (old favourite) and didn't sleep badly at all. So maybe asking for advice triggered something?!

What I used to do on the rare occasions I couldn't sleep was take myself for a mental walk around a places we used to go on happy holidays when I was young, might try something similar.

It's chicken and egg really, I worry, then can't sleep, then feel shattered which makes everything seem worse, so I worry, can't sleep........

I'll work through some of the above and let you know what works best :-)

Mary that's the method I used to use but I found it for myself and it does work. I found a cup of cocoa before bed was the best for sleep but now I have no trouble, I open a magazine and read a few words and two hours or more later wake up with the light on and magazine over my face.

Caz

good one Agatha :D

A really good one and works everytime.......as long as you do it exactly as I tell you how.

After 5 - 10 minutes of being unable to get to sleep *OPEN YOUR EYES* and say to yourself firmly "right sod it then, I'm going to see how long I can stay awake for".

Now from this point you MUST keep your eyes open, they will be tired and you will find yourself closing them......everytime you do, force them open again repeating to yourself "no, I've got to keep my eyes open", if you allow them to stay closed it won't work!

Within minutes you will be asleep, works every time! It's a method told to me by a sleep therapist and is the only one I've found to really work...........and I've tried many believe me!

Mary

LOL @ Agatha

Try sleeping on the edge of the bed - in no time you will drop off