Please help me - Sleep Disorders Message Board

texasangel518 · 10-22-2003, 11:21 PM

hey All!!
Im 19 years old have have a weird sleeping problem. I all started a year ago when i was workng til midnight. and now i have a horrable problem falling asleep.. once im asleep im good its just the FALLING asleep i cant do.If i dare try and go to bed before 3 am i will lay there fr hours. i find that when i lay down i htink abot all my problems and everyhing that has hapened that day and everything ijust cant stop thinkingi have tried everything reading, stop caffiene, tv ,tea everything i can think of the doc put me on trizlone (SP) ***** i never took.i have been on meds for anxiety my whole teen life and now that im finally off dont want to be on AnOTHER>i hate being awake all night when everyone is sleeping. and ontop of that. if i have to get up early in the mornign icant fall asleep AT ALL i will stay up all night i just cant fallasleep when i have something important to do.this has been going on for over a year now i just cant shake this bad sleeping scheadul im in.sorry ths is so long i just need advise and do u think i should brake donw and get on ANOTHER medison? what do yall think is wrong w/ me? thanks all jeS

texasangel518 · 10-22-2003, 11:23 PM

i forgot to say that i am always talking in my sleep and having vivid dreams.dont know if that has something todo w/ it thanks jes

danmc15 · 10-23-2003, 11:00 AM

For a non-drug solution, try my special meditation technique:

1) Make yourself perfectly comfortable in bed, in your favorite position (on your stomach, or your back, or your side, whichever is best.)
2) Once you are in this position you CANNOT MOVE. (or at least do your best not to move, that means no scratching your nose, wiggling your legs, etc.)
3) Begin breathing in a relaxed, regular pattern
4) Every time you breath out count, starting at 1 and trying to reach 100
5) Every time you lose count and your mind starts drifting, start all over again

Let me know if this works. You should fall asleep before you ever reach 100, unless of course you are extremely hyper. It helps if you've exercised that evening and are physically tired, otherwise you might get restless.

texasangel518 · 10-25-2003, 11:10 PM

Hey thanks for ur reply,
I have be doing the counting thing a wile now but alittle diffrent. i get to 100 then put one finger out and count to 100 agian sometimes i get to like 900 i dont know y but i just wont fall asleep. but i will try to relax more before i do like u said. i know im too young to drink but sometimes before i go to bed i drink alittle i think it helps i dont know. reading is the best way but sometimes i say up all night reading

so i guess its not working. i told my mom about it and she takes abiam (SP) she told me to take it ... but like i said i hate medison espleacly (SP) sleeping medison for somereason it scares me. i dont know but hey we gane a hour of sleep tonight

so maybe that will be on my side. thanks for ur reply i look foward to more posts on help thanks all JES

[This message has been edited by texasangel518 (edited 10-26-2003).]

texasangel518 · 10-26-2003, 07:48 PM

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