Insomnia anyone?

lockd-97 · 04-29-07, 02:55 AM

It's nearly 4am again and I'm wide awake despite TWO prescriptions that are suppose to put me out within the hour. Yeah right, I took them at 10pm. This really sucks. I tried poking around on the

at like 3am, she shut that down quick. So I'm watching VH1 with my two labs asleep at my feet. Meanwhile I type away on MUD. Anyone else had problems like this?

NaterGator · 04-29-07, 03:02 AM

5 am here. Have you tried lunesta? I cannot stay awake with 4mg in me if I actually get in the bed and close my eyes after taking it. If I sit on the computer or watch TV I can usually fight it, but I dont want to. If I get in bed, there's nothing I can do, I'm going to fall asleep.

lockd-97 · 04-29-07, 03:14 AM

I've been on 12.5mg of Ambien for so long that it doesn't do anything anymore. I'll see if I can get a script of your brand to try. So why are you up this early?

NaterGator · 04-29-07, 03:17 AM

I swear my 'natural' sleep cycle is to fall asleep in the early morning (5ish) and wake up at about 1. I woke up at 7:30 am (about 22 hrs ago) and I am just now getting tired. I don't fight it unless I have a reason to (school, exams, work, etc)

lockd-97 · 04-29-07, 03:21 AM

Sleep tight then.

lockd-97 · 04-29-07, 05:23 AM

Sun's comin' up, another sleepless night.

Trevor · 04-29-07, 05:30 AM

No insomnia here. But I did wake up at 5:00am (without an alarm) to put the brisket on the smoker.

decavo · 04-29-07, 07:32 AM

mmmmm briskit

i get up too early lots of the time 2 am 3 am it really sucks then i gotta get up and then too tired the next night and want to go to bed too early .. I take a zanax a few hours before bed time to get back on cycle and stay up a little later so i will sleep till at least 6 am .. It does really suck to not sleep like that ..

wob · 04-29-07, 08:56 AM

I used to battle insomnia pretty regularly. Now, I pop 3 Simply Sleeps and drink a beer. Within an hour, I am out like a light. Might not be the healthiest thing in the world, but neither is not sleeping.

Hope it helps.

fsusteve · 04-29-07, 04:51 PM

I am constantly making lists in my head on stuff I have to get done the next day, if I wake up at all during the night, I'm done.

Coocunt · 04-29-07, 05:26 PM

Jerk off until you fall asleep.

atoyot · 04-29-07, 06:51 PM

A lot of times it's stress related. Try to exercise but not with in a few hours before you go to bed. Cut caffeine out mid day. No soda or coffee in the afternoon.

Landpimp · 04-30-07, 10:37 AM

after I had my knee surgury my doc gave me some Lorizapam to take before bed, well that shit works, I am still taking it(not for my knee), I sleep like a baby, don't snore, wake up and feel great, also I dont sweat in my sleep....I just sleep all the night thru.......aint done that for YEARS. It might be adictive.....but I could care less the stuff works and for me I have seen NO downside.

whodat · 12-03-07, 11:40 PM

haryv · 12-04-07, 12:19 AM

Landpimp,

I have insomnia also. Part of the problem comes from my wife. she is a night owl and keeps the tv on in the main bedroom. I would tell her to turn it off then argue with me. Some times she does not. I remember blowing my top off once to shut it off. She respects my request to turn it off now.

But mostly I toss and turn then wake up at 3-4 am watch a little tv then head to bed. Most sleeping pills dont affect me but mabey Ambian may work?

I will be in Puyallup middle of this month and perhaps I can see your cruiser collection?

It is known that vigorous exercise helps to release the sleep hormon that helps me to fall asleep.

FJ40_owner · 12-04-07, 11:34 AM

Ambien is seriously addicting.

my .02

Try a Mellatonan. It is an over the counter sleep aid. My wife uses it because she is a day sleeper. She also on occassion takes a Benadryl and it also works as an over the counter sleep aid.

Good luck.

whodat · 05-12-08, 01:54 AM

bizump..

lexusrottie · 05-12-08, 02:39 AM

A half glass of milk and two oreos.

I am good for about 6 hours of Angel Sleep.

Spud · 05-12-08, 06:27 AM

Prescription drugs, who knows what that is doing to your bodies.

Exercise and eat a balanced diet. If you are not tired enough, exercise more.

wob · 05-12-08, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wob

I used to battle insomnia pretty regularly. Now, I pop 3 Simply Sleeps and drink a beer. Within an hour, I am out like a light. Might not be the healthiest thing in the world, but neither is not sleeping.

Hope it helps.

Glad I'm not in that routine any more.

monniepoo · 05-12-08, 08:43 AM

My mind never turns off. Many nights I roam the house and then lay in bed staring at the ceiling in the dark. I take Lunesta about 4x a week.

concretejungle · 05-12-08, 08:51 AM

i've always had issues sleeping also. Same as many stated above. I went to the doc to tell them and he asked what i did to help. I said i have tried it all from drinking milk, reading books, exercise, meditation. Now i just puff a bowl of pot and it helps me sleep. He said to try one benadryl for a week to help get your sleep pattern back. So i would, and it really does help. Once i get back on track i'm good for a little while. When my sleep schedule gets wacked out, it's back to benadryl and the bong.

KingBeeIII · 05-12-08, 09:01 AM

If it gets really bad, I take a muscle relaxer. Soma and Flexiril are my friends. It usually doesn't get bad enought for me to resort to it though. It seems like I always fall asleep for five minutes then I'm wide awake. I lay there for a while and if I can't get back to sleep, I get up, have a beer or two more and play on 'Mud' until I'm ready. I attribute it to my work schedule, no sense in seeking help for it while working nights.

atoyot · 05-12-08, 10:48 PM

First rule is you don't talk about it. Seriously I have been there. It stems from stress and anxiety most of the time. Lots of exercise (early in the day), good diet and relaxation will help. If you are not religious then just find a way to "escape the world" and relax your mind. You are not sleeping for a reason. Find out what that reason is and stop looking for a cure. The cure is to Solve the problems that are occupying your brain. I personally use a combination of alcohol, sleeping pills, Chamomile tea, antihistamine and sexual relief! Works 75% of the time!

Hilux · 05-12-08, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coocunt

Jerk off until you fall asleep.

wonder how he got banned inside of what looks like 30 minutes?

atoyot · 05-12-08, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monniepoo

My mind never turns off. Many nights I roam the house and then lay in bed staring at the ceiling in the dark. I take Lunesta about 4x a week.

I'm sorry Monnie I can't imagine how you feel. Keep on truckin and you will make it. You will keep on living and sleeping exactly how he would have wished for you.

Hilux · 05-12-08, 11:02 PM

I've never slept a night in my life. When I was is school I remember about once maybe twice a week I was so drained from not sleeping I'd come home and crash. The next day was like I was a dead battery. The less sleep I get the better I am. Cant get up and eat either. If I drink 1-2 cups of coffee I'm full. If I make myself eat I'm in sloth mode with what seems like my body stressing to digest the food. I donno.

I'm fawked though, I swear some nights I'd beat myself unconscious if I could.

Oh well.

I just started trying Melatonin, and so far the sleep is better its just not helping me fall asleep.

Never. Not once, in my life, have I gone to sleep. Tossing and turning for hours and hours watching the clock tick tock is a biatch. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.

monniepoo · 05-13-08, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atoyot

04-29-07, 02:55 AM	#1
lockd-97 IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home of the JSF TLCA# 9833 Posts: 97	Insomnia anyone? It's nearly 4am again and I'm wide awake despite TWO prescriptions that are suppose to put me out within the hour. Yeah right, I took them at 10pm. This really sucks. I tried poking around on the at like 3am, she shut that down quick. So I'm watching VH1 with my two labs asleep at my feet. Meanwhile I type away on MUD. Anyone else had problems like this? __________________ "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." - Col. Jeff Cooper

04-29-07, 03:02 AM	#2
NaterGator Dive on in... Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tampa/Gainesville, FL TLCA# 18767 Posts: 1,236	5 am here. Have you tried lunesta? I cannot stay awake with 4mg in me if I actually get in the bed and close my eyes after taking it. If I sit on the computer or watch TV I can usually fight it, but I dont want to. If I get in bed, there's nothing I can do, I'm going to fall asleep. __________________ '96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde Firefox users, get your youtube on!

04-29-07, 03:14 AM	#3
lockd-97 IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home of the JSF TLCA# 9833 Posts: 97	I've been on 12.5mg of Ambien for so long that it doesn't do anything anymore. I'll see if I can get a script of your brand to try. So why are you up this early? __________________ "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." - Col. Jeff Cooper

04-29-07, 03:17 AM	#4
NaterGator Dive on in... Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tampa/Gainesville, FL TLCA# 18767 Posts: 1,236	I swear my 'natural' sleep cycle is to fall asleep in the early morning (5ish) and wake up at about 1. I woke up at 7:30 am (about 22 hrs ago) and I am just now getting tired. I don't fight it unless I have a reason to (school, exams, work, etc) __________________ '96 LX450, 33" Revos, OME lifted, etc, etc Love the life you live, live the life you love. -Bob Marley Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. -Oscar Wilde Firefox users, get your youtube on!

04-29-07, 03:21 AM	#5
lockd-97 IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home of the JSF TLCA# 9833 Posts: 97	Sleep tight then. __________________ "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." - Col. Jeff Cooper

04-29-07, 05:23 AM	#6
lockd-97 IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Home of the JSF TLCA# 9833 Posts: 97	Sun's comin' up, another sleepless night. __________________ "An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." - Col. Jeff Cooper

04-29-07, 05:30 AM	#7
Trevor IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: East Snobb TLCA# 12411 Posts: 914 Blog Entries: 1	No insomnia here. But I did wake up at 5:00am (without an alarm) to put the brisket on the smoker. __________________ 1976 RA29 Celica 1977 FJ40 Land Cruiser 1993 Pickup 2007 4Runner

04-29-07, 07:32 AM	#8
decavo IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: hillbilly desert rat Posts: 304 Blog Entries: 2	mmmmm briskit i get up too early lots of the time 2 am 3 am it really sucks then i gotta get up and then too tired the next night and want to go to bed too early .. I take a zanax a few hours before bed time to get back on cycle and stay up a little later so i will sleep till at least 6 am .. It does really suck to not sleep like that .. __________________ 91 running 33 bfg's hillbilly roof rack,air lockers,Tube bumper,hurcilined, http://www.flickr.com/people/desert_adventures/ I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way. decavo's custom jewelry ,vegan soaps, fragrance oils,lip balm, lotions all natural products

04-29-07, 08:56 AM	#9
wob IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: in a Jeep, in the river. Posts: 1,138	I used to battle insomnia pretty regularly. Now, I pop 3 Simply Sleeps and drink a beer. Within an hour, I am out like a light. Might not be the healthiest thing in the world, but neither is not sleeping. Hope it helps. __________________ [insert vehicles here] Originally Posted by lunyou If I could assembly a set of guitars to be my collection I would assemble one of all the different SLASH signature models.

04-29-07, 04:51 PM	#10
fsusteve Givin' the Stink Eye... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Where the tarpon roll.... TLCA# 8714 Posts: 2,213 Blog Entries: 1	I am constantly making lists in my head on stuff I have to get done the next day, if I wake up at all during the night, I'm done. __________________ Save the brow....

04-29-07, 05:26 PM	#11
Coocunt * Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 0	Jerk off until you fall asleep.

04-29-07, 06:51 PM	#12
atoyot IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vacaville Posts: 778	A lot of times it's stress related. Try to exercise but not with in a few hours before you go to bed. Cut caffeine out mid day. No soda or coffee in the afternoon. __________________ When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door

04-30-07, 10:37 AM	#13
Landpimp IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gig Harbor WA TLCA# 5506 Posts: 11,256	after I had my knee surgury my doc gave me some Lorizapam to take before bed, well that shit works, I am still taking it(not for my knee), I sleep like a baby, don't snore, wake up and feel great, also I dont sweat in my sleep....I just sleep all the night thru.......aint done that for YEARS. It might be adictive.....but I could care less the stuff works and for me I have seen NO downside.

12-03-07, 11:40 PM	#14
whodat 70,000 years old Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: limerock cave TLCA# 646 Posts: 642 Blog Entries: 1	bump __________________ Locked 80 series mall wheeler.

12-04-07, 12:19 AM	#15
haryv IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 357	Landpimp, I have insomnia also. Part of the problem comes from my wife. she is a night owl and keeps the tv on in the main bedroom. I would tell her to turn it off then argue with me. Some times she does not. I remember blowing my top off once to shut it off. She respects my request to turn it off now. But mostly I toss and turn then wake up at 3-4 am watch a little tv then head to bed. Most sleeping pills dont affect me but mabey Ambian may work? I will be in Puyallup middle of this month and perhaps I can see your cruiser collection? It is known that vigorous exercise helps to release the sleep hormon that helps me to fall asleep.

12-04-07, 11:34 AM	#16
FJ40_owner IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: El Dorado County CA TLCA# 16294 Posts: 492	Ambien is seriously addicting. my .02 Try a Mellatonan. It is an over the counter sleep aid. My wife uses it because she is a day sleeper. She also on occassion takes a Benadryl and it also works as an over the counter sleep aid. Good luck. __________________ Third generation Californian! If you don't like it here, leave. And take your fat wife and screeming kids with you.

05-12-08, 01:54 AM	#17
whodat 70,000 years old Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: limerock cave TLCA# 646 Posts: 642 Blog Entries: 1	bizump.. __________________ Locked 80 series mall wheeler.

05-12-08, 02:39 AM	#18
lexusrottie IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 80	A half glass of milk and two oreos. I am good for about 6 hours of Angel Sleep.

05-12-08, 06:27 AM	#19
Spud the guy you ignore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In a van, down by the river TLCA# 8675309 Posts: 1,070	Prescription drugs, who knows what that is doing to your bodies. Exercise and eat a balanced diet. If you are not tired enough, exercise more. __________________ Keep going, Sam "Is it being prepared to do the right thing, whatever the cost. Isn't that what makes a man?" "Sure, that and a pair of testicles." 84' 4runner (work truck) Nov / 76' FJ40 (work/fun truck) 80' Jeep J-20 Dump and Boom

05-12-08, 08:43 AM	#21
monniepoo HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UPLAND TLCA# 18362 Posts: 188	My mind never turns off. Many nights I roam the house and then lay in bed staring at the ceiling in the dark. I take Lunesta about 4x a week. __________________ MySpace DON'T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME So I’ll sally f** forth with parting random thoughts in no particular order ~Al Swearingen

05-12-08, 08:51 AM	#22
concretejungle IH8MUD Tour Guide Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Cadillac TLCA# 14646 Posts: 5,742	i've always had issues sleeping also. Same as many stated above. I went to the doc to tell them and he asked what i did to help. I said i have tried it all from drinking milk, reading books, exercise, meditation. Now i just puff a bowl of pot and it helps me sleep. He said to try one benadryl for a week to help get your sleep pattern back. So i would, and it really does help. Once i get back on track i'm good for a little while. When my sleep schedule gets wacked out, it's back to benadryl and the bong. __________________ 95' FZJ80 OME med./J lift, ARB rack, ARB Bull Bar w/tmax 12,500, 315 Nitto, stainless brake lines, Center Diff Lock, Sliders, IPOR Skid, IPOR rear bumper, upgraded slee sticker, custom dents, more to come. . . Remember it's a gateway drug, so it will actually lead to "crystal meh".

05-12-08, 09:01 AM	#23
KingBeeIII The Shadow Master Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: I was here when I posted this Posts: 382	If it gets really bad, I take a muscle relaxer. Soma and Flexiril are my friends. It usually doesn't get bad enought for me to resort to it though. It seems like I always fall asleep for five minutes then I'm wide awake. I lay there for a while and if I can't get back to sleep, I get up, have a beer or two more and play on 'Mud' until I'm ready. I attribute it to my work schedule, no sense in seeking help for it while working nights. __________________ "If I would, could you?"-AIC '62 rolling Chassis 4 Sale http://forum.ih8mud.com/vehicles-tra...ng-chasis.html

05-12-08, 10:48 PM	#24
atoyot IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vacaville Posts: 778	First rule is you don't talk about it. Seriously I have been there. It stems from stress and anxiety most of the time. Lots of exercise (early in the day), good diet and relaxation will help. If you are not religious then just find a way to "escape the world" and relax your mind. You are not sleeping for a reason. Find out what that reason is and stop looking for a cure. The cure is to Solve the problems that are occupying your brain. I personally use a combination of alcohol, sleeping pills, Chamomile tea, antihistamine and sexual relief! Works 75% of the time! __________________ When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door

05-12-08, 11:02 PM	#27
Hilux IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naked at the other end of this... TLCA# 9h9-69 Posts: 577	I've never slept a night in my life. When I was is school I remember about once maybe twice a week I was so drained from not sleeping I'd come home and crash. The next day was like I was a dead battery. The less sleep I get the better I am. Cant get up and eat either. If I drink 1-2 cups of coffee I'm full. If I make myself eat I'm in sloth mode with what seems like my body stressing to digest the food. I donno. I'm fawked though, I swear some nights I'd beat myself unconscious if I could. Oh well. I just started trying Melatonin, and so far the sleep is better its just not helping me fall asleep. Never. Not once, in my life, have I gone to sleep. Tossing and turning for hours and hours watching the clock tick tock is a biatch. I wouldn't wish it on anybody. __________________ I'm too old school, I still hold a phone to my ear... We're just one krappy Diesel away from another 30 years of gas ...the "6.2 Redo" As soon as I figure out how to make a still, I'm going to start making "Bio Gasoline" lets see, corn, sugar...copper pipe...