sleeping secrets..guide me!!

[240love]

OK so for the past 2 weeks now i cant seem to get a goodnight sleep.

Actually i feel like i get no sleep at all. I feel like i always wake up every

10 mins of the night, and my back and neck hurts too.

What are some good tips to get a goodnight sleep??

[Phlip]

Alcoholism

[Future240]

Give yourself 9 hours to sleep, your body will sleep as long as it needs to, then you wake up feeling good.

[RaceBred 17]

Your mattres is junk. You need a good bed for good sleep.

[amdnivram]

thats true, i used to have a futon. I though i just sucked at sleeping. I bought a real bed, and my sleep is significantly better now.

[enkei2k]

+1 on the mattress. might want to get that checked out. tempu pedic beds are supposedly the shiznitz but i don't know.

i say, drink a shot of NyQuil and watch the magic happen. done and done

[Firestorm]

for starters, get a new matress.

Originally Posted by future240

Give yourself 9 hours to sleep, your body will sleep as long as it needs to, then you wake up feeling good.

i can't quite agree to that... i used to sleep up to 10-12 hours on the weekends (no alarm or anything) so my body slept "as long as it needed to" but i always felt like shit when i woke up. my neck hurt, my back hurt and i felt more tired than when i went to bed.

i reduced my sleep to 7-8 hours a day now, i feel much better.

[lucky7]

Originally Posted by 240love

OK so for the past 2 weeks now i cant seem to get a goodnight sleep.

Actually i feel like i get no sleep at all. I feel like i always wake up every

10 mins of the night, and my back and neck hurts too.

What are some good tips to get a goodnight sleep??

this is the story of my life, for tha past few years. but i think the last time i had a full night of sleep, i drank like 10 beers. its not really worth it the next day though. oh, i did pop a tylenol PM the other night. and i was OUT, which never happens. i usually take two of those bitches and stare at the wall all night. the one the other night though put me on my ass. no good, cause i was drowsy as hell the next day in school.

but dude, i've been dealing with this shit for as long as i can remember. i find that it helps if you dont drink anything late at night. cause you dont want any reasons to wake up, including to take a piss. i got rid of all the clocks in my room. i would lye awake and just stare at them.....ALL night. i keep a fan on all night long. initially, it was to drown out all the noise going on in the house. or atleast help to do that. but you get hooked, and cant sleep in slience. i dont know man, those are my suggestions. i also find that if i go to bed early, like 9 or 10, im awake by 1am, and thats about it till 4ish.

good luck. i almost want to go to the doctors and get something. i think i have sleep anxiety or something. i lye in bed and think about what i have to do the next day. like if i have to get up for work at 5, i sit and worry about not getting enough sleep. then bam, its time to get up. i worry about tests i have at school and stuff. a doc would prob just give me a script for xanex or something. im kind of afraid to get something like that, so i havnt gone. im sure it would change my life though. there is NOTHING better than getting a GOOD nights sleep.

[ayuaddict]

i take sleeping pills.

sometimes with alcohol.

i shit you not, it works well.

[stiizy]

Originally Posted by enkei2k

+1 on the mattress. might want to get that checked out. tempu pedic beds are supposedly the shiznitz but i don't know.

i say, drink a shot of NyQuil and watch the magic happen. done and done

Tempurpedic is the shit i have one quite pricey but well worth it if you love sleep like i do..

[ripnbst]

buy a mattress, and try drinking milk before bed. This seriously helps, its science.

[RaceBred 17]

Some people have a serious problem with sleep. But for the guy who just toss and turns all night its something simple like a mattres or caffine. Also do a little exercise before bed, do some thing to make you tired.

[Osmosis]

My life changed after buying a Tempurpedic mattress. I used to wake up like 20 times a night and wake up with a sore neck or back. Now I sleep 7-8 hours uninterupted and feel refreshed every day.

[lucky7]

my friend just spent $3k on one of those beds.. thats more than i care to spend on a mattress. im sure it would be worth it though. my sister is up at school. i should try sleeping in her bed tonight. i hear sometimes switching sleeping environments helps. maybe i'll try that.

[yurisfriendevan]

New pillows help also.

[HyperTek]

if your bed sucks *i been sleepign on a futon as well til this week i got a bunk bed for free, but the mattress still sucks*...
soft beds that you sink into feel comfortable and all, but they really kill your back.

try sleepign on the floor for real.. and your back will thank you., im in teh same boat, once i sleep on the floor for first night, the back pain is gone.. and you will be better rested when you wake up. you just have to make your body straight when you sleep. Sleeping on the floor feels pretty good after a while lol.

There are some daily stretches you can look up online that can help with the back.

[RaceBred 17]

I just got a sealy posterpedic california king on sale for a G. Couldnt afford the temperpedic but got the next best thing. Try a new bed, if you like it buy your own. Remember if your a back sleeper you want a firmer mattres, if your a side sleeper you want a softer mattres.

[phukyuu]

this

[RaceBred 17]

that is funny, I just saw that on a students phone.

[240love]

dammit i cant multi quote.

OK well for the person who says give myself 9 hours or more well i do since right now i dont have a job but it doesnt really help. ill go to sleep like at 11ish and ill be up by like 7 am and thats only because i cant stand just laying there and not sleeping.

The mattress part, yea i thought of that too. One thing i noticed about my sleeping is that when i wake up my head is like up agains the wall, like towards my pillow.

The drinking part doesnt help either, last week i came home DRUNK. I got home like at 3am and puked till it was all gone and then went to "sleep". woke up at 7:30 am feeling like crap. Not hangover crap but just crap.

Buying a Tempurpedic mattress is NOT an option right now but ill look into atleast getting a new mattress.

LUCKY7

Yea thats how i am too, ill go to bed and think of well anything that pops in my head. Finding a job, being alone, my car, money, etc.. you know random life things. I try to cancell out every possible noise or light that might be on. Like that stupid lil red light from the tv or my dam cell charging. Even Nyquil wont work, it will make me feel drowsy but not tired?

Ive also been told stress in your life is a big part in sleep.

YES a goodnight sleep MIGHT even be better than sex.


MJ i cant use because im looking for a job right now, that and well i dont smoke.

[HyperTek]

your stressed out dude... times is tough with the economy.. try to keep a clear mind,if you can keep the mind set on "ehh fuck it all" .. lol try sleepign on the floor 2night.. make sure you got alot of room and sleep with your body straight.

[RaceBred 17]

Or when all else fails go to the docter and get a sleep aid.

[theicecreamdan]

man, I wish I could wake up in the morning. I've been sleeping in a lot lately, I just can't convince myself to get up when my alarm goes off. so I go back to sleep several times a morning.

[RaceBred 17]

If I wake up, then try to go back to sleep I will never wake up. Not till about 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Once your awake do something with your time.

[lucky7]

Originally Posted by RaceBred 17

Try a new bed, if you like it buy your own.

perfect! now to find someone that will let me borrow their bed.
i need to find a rich girl and use her for her plush mattress.

[240love]

Well its weird cause i wake up but im soo tired. BUT I CANT SLEEPP!!! lol

like right now im tired but i know i wont sleep, im just gonna go skate for a bit.

[RaceBred 17]

Go to a mattres store and lay down. They let you try out a mattres before you buy it. But a rich girl has added benifits to trying her mattres.

[DALAZ_68]

you guys should try sleeping on the message tables, with the head hole to stick ur face into, sleeping on ur tummy has changed dramatically

[ANVIL]

get some herbs. i sleep awesome whenever i do

[RaceBred 17]

Sleeping on your stomach is the worst way you cuold sleep.