i cant sleep :( - Sleep Disorders Message Board

ultimate165 · 10-02-2005, 08:37 PM

i live in the uk and its 3:34am here. i logged off my computer earlier at 1am and wen to bed. for 2 hours i lay there but i couldnt get to sleep for some reason. Everytime i try to relax and sleep i start talking to myself about something in my head and i dont realise then a few mins later i realise im doing it and try to stop, but once i stop and try to sleep i start think about something else from things that have happened in my childhood to people ive met and people i dont see no more and events, i must have had about 30 different convosations in my head tonight. ive even tried concentrating on my breathing but a few mins later im having a convosation in my head about when i was at my friends 7 years ago. its only happening tonight but ive had it in the past and its irritating. anyone know what may be causing this?

thanks.

cookiepls · 10-02-2005, 09:55 PM

Ah yes........those annoying conversations when you're trying to sleep. I'm all too familiar with that. In fact, I did it just last night. I don't know what causes it for others, but for me, it's usually, though not always, when I have some unfinished business or stress. The thoughts, random though they may be, will torment me until I get out of bed and watch some TV or eat a small snack. I have to stay up a little while. Then I can usually go back to bed and actually fall asleep. I don't know why it happens. I have learned though, not to fight it. Just get up. Read, take a shower, do something relaxing. I feel for you, friend. Have you been diagnosed with any sleep disorders?

ultimate165 · 10-03-2005, 07:09 AM

nope no disoreders but i generally stay online late anyway cause i play online games like counter strike (which is starting to afect my eyes). i went back to bed about 5am-ish and still had those convosations but after a bit they stopped and i fell asleep. but i was really tired at 1 am so i spent around 4 hours of been tired without sleeping. and ive only just woke up (2pm)

cookiepls · 10-03-2005, 07:46 AM

No wonder you can't sleep!. LOL I totally forgot about that.

That'll keep me awake all night. I used to play a lot of X-box games until I realized it was keeping me from getting sleepy. You're keeping your adrenalin too high at night with the gaming.

You need to do something relaxing - I mean REAL relaxing about an hour or two before you're ready to go to bed. I promise you, it'll do the trick.