I live in a very noisy area, with drunken drugged-up neighbors and the sound of jack-hammers and trolley horns all day and night. Last night, though, I managed to get about five hours of sleep, for the first time in a very long time. I woke right up and got out of bed without having to force myself. Amazing what a good night's sleep can do.

Well, I was formerly a severe insomniac. When Michael Jackson died, knowing his longstanding insomnia (but of course different circumstances) it was jarring to me. A severe insomniac develops a true fear of never falling asleep!

Im on the right meds now and treat my back pain nightly with Motrin and rice pillows heated in the microwave, and I sleep very well. I entertained Wednesday night, and had cooked all day, and I slept eleven hours.

When my girls had young babies, they used a maternal U shaped pillow that fits around their waists for nursing. I would be babysitting, and started lying my head on that pillow- called a Boppy pillow- and my shoulder fit perfectly in the open part, and I would nap while the baby napped. So I got one for myself! I recommend them!!

Beau, Im sorry to hear that your place is so noisy at night! Have you tried earplugs? Or run a fan for white noise?

I'm a nurse, and work different shifts. So what time I sleep varries. Yes I have problems falling asleep at times. I made my bedroom TOTALLY dark with aluminum foil on the windows (that's about the ONLY way to completely block the light. BUT.....I almost never sleep in there....

My ex left 5 years ago, and after he left, I started sleeping on the couch. So that's where I sleep every night. I have an expensive feather pillow that I LOVE. And a cheap blanket that I found at a yard sale for $3 about a dozen years ago... My daugher either sleeps in my room, or on the floor beside me. My son is 12 (almost 13 now) and prefers a bed now (traiter....kidding) For a while after my ex left, all 3 of us would sleep on the floor together.... (hey, I never claimed that we were a normal family...)

When I can't fall asleep quickly, I take benedryl. But only for 1 to 3 days in a row...then 3 days off. Benedryl works really well, but your body adjusts to it quickly. A few days off and it works again.

IM NEW HERE ......IM NOT SURE WHAT SLEEP IS ANYMORE....MY HEALTH ISN'T LETTING ME SLEEP & RIGHT NOW IM UP AT AFTER 2 TRYING TO CATCH UP LATELY BEEN LAYING DOWN ABT 3 AM & THE MINI MALL DOWN BELOW IS STARTING THERE WORK ABT 6 AM WITH TEARING IT ALL OUT TO REBUILD & THE HUGE CATAPILLARS R SO LOUD SCARPING THE ROAD & NOT HELPING THE HEADACE I DEAL WITH NON - STOP...NOT SURE HOW I KEEP GOING BUT I DO.....

I don't sleep very good...going through difficult times.
My Faith, my Friends and my Family keep me going..

Hugs,Maria

My sick Down Syndrome daughter has no fixed sleeping pattern, so I am always tired. I sleep when I can (day or night). I have a wonderful feather pillow! I am afraid of the dark, and never sleep in a dark place (always leave at least 2 lights burning, when I sleep at night).

I get about 6 really deep hours of sleep a day. Retirement has given me the gift of sleeping in until 5:30 AM. I used to get up at quarter to four on weekdays.

Only too well do I remember those days and nights of active depression and anxiety! Sleep was pretty much a vanished commodity in those days.

Thankful for recovery; thankful for good SLEEP!

I'm usually a nighttime person, but I do take medicine to sleep, so I stay up late. If I take it too early, I'm up @ 3 in the morning. When I fall into a deep sleep, I can tell because people have tried to wake me up. My hubby can wake me if he has to, but it takes awhile. I do take Zoloft too, so it makes me drowsy. I also have a gift ~ I am a homemaker. But, a good eight hours is what I need.