that i started at 6:10am cause i rolled around in bed for 6 hours. i havent touched caffeine in over 2 months. Im not even yawning or having droopy eyes. Someone tell me duck has caffeine in it. Cause thats all i had.....and curry.  I need meds. They need to make the world turn slower so we have 36 hour days just so i can sleep.

I'm with ya.

Been up just shy of 24 hours, and still going strong.

this some bulll shit. still up. 230pm. hopefully ill sleep tonight

Quote from: He Man on August 03, 2008, 11:22:17 AM
this some bulll shit. still up. 230pm. hopefully ill sleep tonight

What's the deal, brain isn't shutting down at night? I get that a lot, constant useless thoughts about things that nothing can be done about anyway.

Tried masturbating? 

sac

Quote from: SacDuc on August 03, 2008, 07:06:15 PM

Tried masturbating? 

sac

either that or allergy medicine that puts me to sleep anyway...

Call Millertime...

Within 5 minutes, out cold. 

More effective than Ambien!

Not so much...

Or I'd be falling asleep 5 times a day. 

Still up!!!!! its 4:29am the next day.

Masturbating doesn't help with insomnia, sex does, and quick frankly, it only works with a gf which i dont have right now. Plus, I cant sleep (actually sleeping zZz) with someone i dont trust. And i dont trust a lot of people, i will DEFINTELY not sleep, and if i do, its back to the sleep paralysis and might end up in me freaking out. (if u guys remember that thread lol)

I tried ambien. bad things happened. Will not take it again.

Allergy medicine is great except i feel like shit in the morning. The main ingredient in stuff like is very strong, but the immediate effects last for atleast 10-12 hours, and its after effects lasts for another 12 hours. I used to use bennedryll every night for a few weeks, i popped it in at 8, did a quick 15 minute workout. had a small dinner and i was out by 9/10ish and woke up at 8 feeling all groggy n crap. Not worth it. but it is a good quick fix.

Alochol is make the beast with two backsign awesome as a sleep aid, except it costs  too damn much. I need a 12 pack of non light beer to feel like i can sleep. A $8 per 6 pack. Thats $16 bucks to get to sleep every night!!!! Think of the calories and think of the mayhem caused by drinking alone every night! Liqour? Yea, sorry. I drink enough on weekends and I already feel bad about my liver.

There are many more like us ladies and gentlemen...we will one day find a way to sleep among normals...

Quote from: lethe on August 03, 2008, 11:25:31 AM
What's the deal, brain isn't shutting down at night? I get that a lot, constant useless thoughts about things that nothing can be done about anyway.

brain never shuts down. i can tell you when it stoped shutting down. December 2005 is when i first started not being able to sleep regularly.

sign me up!

insomnia's been plaguing me hardcore for the last... year? +?

little voice in my head says it's work related.

Quote from: He Man on August 04, 2008, 01:31:44 AM
brain never shuts down. i can tell you when it stoped shutting down. December 2005 is when i first started not being able to sleep regularly.

I know how you feel - 1999 for me Starting to get me down.

i go through bouts of insomnia.

i will be dead tired, barely able to walk to the bedroom and as soon as i hit the pillow i'm wide awake.

i might drift off every couple of hrs, but i'm awake soon afterwards.

i'm still trying to coinvince myself that i really need to go do a sleep study.

Sounds like my overactive ADHD brain.  Good night's sleep?  Maybe 4 hours if that.  Toss & turn and dream all kinds of crazy crap too ~

JM

Quote from: the_Journeyman on August 04, 2008, 02:05:27 PM
Sounds like my overactive ADHD brain.  Good night's sleep?  Maybe 4 hours if that.  Toss & turn and dream all kinds of crazy crap too ~

JM

speaking of dreams. i will be dreaming about something and be half awake. it always takes place int he room that i'm in, i can see what's going on around me (i avoid obstacles, pick the things i want to use in my dream, ect) but i will still be dreaming. for the most part i see everything for what it is, but every now and then i will dream that the shirt hanging off the door is the arm of someone i'm holding over the edge or trying to pull up from the edge of something. i usually just dream that cats are attacking me and i will suddenly spring into action to catch or strike the offending feline (no pets are int he house) apparently i speak very clearly, just like when i'm awake too. my g/f thought it was funny until i was having a dream that i was being attacked or something and as she tried to get me to lay back down i grabbed her by the face and started yelling. if i'm startled as i'm sleeping i will wake up in full fight mode trying to figure out what is going on. the g/f has learned to stay out of leg reach when she startles me.

it seems i have these dreams more right before i stop sleeping well or at all. i havne't found a common trigger for them either. I have stopped drinking anything but water for a few hrs before i sleep (most of the time) and stopped eating before bed as well. the grabbing kathy by the face thing really has me freaked out.