z31maniac

Self-complete.

Hot shower.

Melatonin pills?

triple88a

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I never had much luck with melatonin pills. Even 10mg didnt work.

sixshooter

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Benadryl

EO2K

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As my friend Bob used to say "I just can't sleep without a green tongue"

That one has the opposite effect on me.

Joe Perez

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Want to see a ninja cat riding a T-rex that poops quarters?

Go to microsoft.com.

On your keyboard, type the Konami code (minus the "start").

Happy 8-bit day.

codrus

Read a book in bed as a good way to get lots of sleep? Pfah. It usually goes more like this:

11PM: go to bed, pick up book
Midnight: Hm, this is good. What time is it? OK, I can read a bit more
1AM: I can't stop now, this is good!
2AM: Ugh, I really need to go to sleep, I'll just finish this chapter.
3AM: Well, I'm almost done, there's only 100 pages left.
4AM: You idiot, you've done it again. Good book though.

--Ian

aidandj

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<p></p><p>Same, I need mind numbing stupid TV. Anything that drags me in, won't let me fall asleep.</p>

miata2fast

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I should not have insisted on polishing off the 2 liter of Pepsi I got when I picked up an order at Hungry Howies last week. I thought I was getting a good deal, little had I known what price I would actually pay.

I also went to bed earlier than normal. When I woke up in the night, I thought it was around 3 or 4 am. To my horror it was only like 11 pm, and it was a struggle till almost 4 am. I worked, I played an instrument, I read, I....... Nothing seemed to work.

I did sleep good last night though.

aidandj

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<p>I occasionally have nights like that. I just give up and know that tomorrow is going to suck. Then I sleep well.</p><p>Check out my new garage.</p><p></p>

sixshooter

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Don't read or watch tv in bed. Your brain should know by habit when you lay down in bed it is time to sleep.

Monk

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After 10 years of training, first in the Navy and then as a firefighter, I can pass the **** out in almost any scenario, nearly at will.
TV be damned.

good2go

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This^^

I actually used to be able to sleep while standing up on the train during commute.

czubaka

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Thirteen years in the air force taught me how to fall asleep during any briefing, meeting, or bullshit cbt...while still clicking the mouse to get through it. I even learned to sleep while flying my D-35K.

miata2fast

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Me likey

In all my years on earth, the only time I watch tv in bed is when I am at a hotel. A tv has never been in my bedroom.

Joe Perez

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I envy people like you and the homeless who I see asleep on subway platform and under bridges.

It's not that I have a lot of trouble falling asleep, but I tend to be a light sleeper. Any sort of noise is enough to wake me. Never been able to reliably sleep on trains, airplanes, busses, etc. I have to wear earplugs to sleep here in the city.

aidandj

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<p>Try a sleep mask. You may think you don't need one, but I got one for my gf recently and it amazed her. She never consciously woke up because of light before, but now she sleeps through the night with ease.</p>

18psi

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try cocaine
after you stay up for a week
you'll sleep like a baby

aidandj

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<p>Try meth. After a month awake you will die and sleep forever.</p>

Monk

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The weird thing is, my brain seems to be calibrated to only wake me up due to very specific stimuli.
Pager tones, my alarm clock, a kitten in distress, or physical touch will make me wide awake with my boots on in under 3 seconds.
Anything other than that will not disrupt my alpha waves.
The part-time scientist in me really wants to do a study on the sleep patterns of first responders.

aidandj

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<p>I'm curious whether you actually wake up to other stimuli, and some subconscious part of you decides not to remember it. Or if you actually stay asleep through all of it.</p>