Feb 25th, 2003, 05:46 AM
WOAH lots of people seem to know a thing or two about the Insomnia.
I usually have a hell of a time getting to sleep because I never have a regular sleep pattern. Sometimes I may be working late (i.e. getting home at around 6 AM after a hard night's gigging), or drunk, hungover, whatever. Thankfully, I don't think I've had proper, scary insomnia where you are completely awake, alert and ready for action, and suddenly you realise it's starting to get light and you haven't slept one little bit.
My biggest problem however, especially over the summer where I worked for 3 months in a nightclub, was getting into a pattern of going to sleep around 2, 3, 4 AM and waking up at lunchtime, which was a really difficult cycle to break and made early nights IMPOSSIBLE. The only way is to be hard on yourself, and set your alarm early so you wake up at the proper time, then hopefully you'll be tired enough when you get to bed. If you do go to bed early but can't get to sleep, say "fuck it" and get up and do something. Watch a little TV, read a book, make a sandwich. You'll feel tired eventully.
Once in bed, stop thinking. Sounds crazy, but when I get into bed my mind is always bubbling over with ideas - from computer game designs, to fictional sci-fi scenarios or even planning the next day. Because my brain was still active, it just couldn't switch off. So maybe counting sheep really is the answer. Whatever you do, don't take drugs.
Both my parent's are pharmasists and say that sleeping pills can be split into two basic groups - those which play off a side effect which makes you drowsy (like hay fever medicines) and those which deaden the senses. Don't bother calling the doctor because sadly, there is very little medicine can do to. Only call your doctor if the insomnia starts to rule your life.
You'll almost certainly be ok after a couple of days though, unless it's some serious insomnia. Just make sure you don't worry about insomnia, as it is this which is the most common cause of insomnia itself.
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