If this is not your usual sleeping pattern , then you should speak to your GP.
Could you be anxious or worried about something.
 
http://www.healthspan.co.uk/sl...etail-p211-c114.aspx

lump of 2 by 2 whacked on the noggin every night  - guaranteed to work 

Benylin Chesty 

or Nytol, or Sainsburys own brand Nytol are meant to be very good...

its all the same thing...   and you just drift off to sleep on a happy fluffy drifty cloud!

enrip..if i wasnt anxious or worried about anything..id be worried and anxious why i wasnt worried and anxious and waiting for the next event that would make me worried and anxious
and believe me
im not taking the piss
its how i (mal)function

but ta for the link-i'll have a look

pengy

youre just evil lol

Some people just need less sleep than others and can function on limited sleep for days on end.

From what I've read in the past, no caffeine or chocolate after 8pm (or any food, if you can help it).

Warm bath with muscle relaxant.

Cup of Horlicks or similar.

Do nothing that will over stimulate the brain (in your case - no pornography dear)

A herbal remedy that is good is anything with Valerian in it but to be honest if you have insommnia you have to get to the root of the problem (and there always is a problem)   any medication is only ever a temporary fix.

speak to your doctor but be careful of accepting medication as it's very addictive

sorry 


I've suffered from insomnia for years and was given Zopiclone for a period of 4 weeks to help - 5 years later I was still addicted to it and couldn't sleep unless I took it.  It took me 2 years to wean myself off it 


I now sleep fitfully whereby I can sometimes sleep 3/4 hours per night or sometimes not at all for days.

I understand that pirate, i am a terrible sleeper, but i have learnt to switch my brain off, sometimes, and just think, that i will think about "this" tomorrow. It is hard, but even if you dont sleep, as such, just try to go to bed and relax. I have my TV on, every night, just low sound, on a boring channel, just to drift off. I think worrying that you arent going to sleep makes it worse, its a vicious circle. I dont know if this helps, probably not!

  I've been on Zopiclone...      they are horrible....  the next day you have the vilest taste in your mouth...   Zopimouth!!!    

Prothiedin were better for me...   when I had hardcore insomnia caused by a traumatic event..  (so prescribed for a short term only).


I occaisionally get insomnia now when I am too sleep deprived (caused by hubby snoring)...  cos its only now & again I find Benylin works a treat, and gets me back into a normal routine

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I might try Benylin Ditty.  I've been using Nitol recently but it's not having any effect on me 

Watch golf or snooker on telly.  That usually sets me off to sleep.

yeah do...   it is better than Nytol...    which has a similar effect as Piriton on me..  just not quite enough to do the trick.

Can you tell I have done the medicine cabinet in the desperate small hours of the morning... when hubbys snoring is really bad!  

There was a time when anything with the warning "may cause drowsiness" did not last long in our house!

I sooo should not say this... as it always tempts fate...   but he's been a lot better recently!   

Thanks for the tip Ditty I have had terrible trouble sleeping for the last year, and am lucky to get 3/4 hours unbroken sleep. Nytol doesn't do it for me either..... although it has in the past, but I will give Benlelyn a go. Is it just the Chesty variety that works please???

I have the same problem......Just looked in cupboard, knowing I have Benylin Chesty and surprise surprise it says Non Drowsy..........trust me to have the wrong one..

I knew a guy that was addicted to Benylyn,Local Chemists refused to sell it to him.

I would try just to have a natural sleep if you can, just my opinion, but these products are just a short time fix and dont really help in the long run

I am careful not to..     I won't let myself do it on consecutive nights...    or more than a couple of nights in a week... and then I can go months without needing to.   Cos I do actually love my sleep...   its just my body gets confused when I have had no sleep one night cos of the snoring issue.



Baz...   its the Chesty one...   but not (as Lal points out) the non drowsy.   You have to get it from the pharmacist.

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hahahaha...    

I only have a couple of 5ml spoonfuls every now & then...    

no need to ship me off to rehab yet!

Thanks Ditty And don't worry Erinp.... I would only use it every now and then

I dont mean you DPT ,but if someone takes it and then uses it as a crutch to sleep ,it then becomes addictive.
Its not meant as a sleep aid.
The guy I knew started taking it never thinking he would end up hooked on it .

I take the lowest mg of zopiclone and have done so since the last time I was in hospital. I don't really care wether that makes me addicted, I couldn't sleep without it for years and now I do. If I have a few glasses of wine, I don't bother.
PS. Ditty, I know what you mean about the strange taste the next morning, but I haven't had that for months. I can't take nytol because it plays havoc with my lungs (antihistamine).

Down a bottle of Barolo in one, then....

...some soothing Karen Carpenter.

Considering how small the forum is it's quite telling that so many people have experienced problems sleeping. The world seems to be divided between people who can just turn off and sleep no matter what's going on around them, and people who wish they could do the same. I am in the latter category.

I worried about it for years.

The only cure I found was to stop worrying about it, marry a man who likes getting up in the morning and getting the kids to school, and taking herbal remedies, which are sometimes hard to get hold of.  

One of the worst culprits for insomnia is lack of vitamin D , you could have your doctor test you for that..also I watched a documentary on insomnia..most insomniacs sleep around 3 to 4 hours a night then have a sleep in the day which adds up which stops you sleeping at night, the clinic stopped the people from using their bedrooms for anything else but sleep for 2 to 4 weeks and they were'nt allowed to enter their bedrooms unless to go to bed to sleep plus no sleep through out the day..their insomnia was cured....

Didn't know that.....interesting though cos Docs immediately assume it's stress related and not a possible vitamin deficiency.

Proper dark helps me sleep...I sleep much better in the winter as opposed to the summer when I tend to wake up (and stay awake) when the sun comes up at about 4.30.  Even though I practically have blackout curtains the light still wakes me up.

Oh and nytol are shit...they don't work at all.

You'd think having vitamins would wake you up and give you spark, I've suffered insomnia since a child, since I can ever remember but since having my vitamin D injections, I have one every 2 months, I sleep like a baby and I'd been on sleepomg tablets for years....

http://www.suite101.com/conten...-and-insomnia-a77907

That link says no caffiene after 2pm! Are they barking??

Must be....though I have no caffiene after 4pm....

I'm the opposite, I sleep better with light and noise, I sleep with the telly on and when the doctor would'nt give me sleeping tablets I would take Panodol nights....

I am lucky - I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. I can drink coffee before bed and still sleep like a log, It takes me seconds and I have been known to fall asleep halfway through a conversation.

quote:

I sleep with the telly on

I can fall asleep in front of the TV easily enough but then can't sleep when i got to bed.

Scientist state that you should never sleep with your head pointing towards north or west because of the magnetic pull of the earth, it effects your sleep and is bad for you..They recon East is the best....

Aah but When I fall asleep on the settee I'm facing the same way as in bed...which is South. My porblem is not so much the falling asleep (though that does usually take an hour or two) its more the waking up at ungodly times!

I didn't know that, Stonks. I put my disturbed sleep pattern down to "the change".
I've just had a quick look into Vitamin D deficiency and it's quite common in people with Crohn's disease (like me) and can cause other symptoms like pain and weakness in the joints - which I also have, but had put down to getting older.
Maybe I should ask the doc to check it out - although some doctors get stroppy if they think you are self-diagnosing.