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Exams are coming and anxiety won't let me sleep

Miss_TK
Miss_TK

Does anyone else have a problem with insomnia?


Any tips or suggestions on what I can do to get a good nights sleep instead of tossing and turning until I'm exhausted at 5am to then sleep through my uni lectures and be too exhausted to actually study once I wake up in the damn afternoon?!


Uni exams are in 3 weeks and at this rate I'm going to either fail them coz I can't study when I am awake or sleep through them like most of my lectures this semester.


The other issue being when I am able to get up in the morning I am too damn anxious to get out of bed to go to uni..


It's a vicious cycle and I'm really sick of it.


Please send help!!!

peterthegreat
peterthegreat
There are many reasons to insomnia. I have trouble sleep all the time before. I start to see a doctor when I was 30. I take anti- depressen. Now I can sleep. Don't study late at night. Do something relaxing before you go to sleep. If you are depress or too excited or anxious, you cannot sleep. Drink some warm milk before you go to sleep. There are many supplements you can try. You can buy at the drug stores. If you have sleeping problems often, you should see a doctor.
Rose58
Rose58
My heart goes out to you. I have struggled at times with the same problem. What helps is to spend an hour or two before bedtime winding down. No electronics. In this time reading helps. I have listened to the sounds of Humpback whales and found their sounds soothing enough to put me to sleep. Chamomile tea is helpful also. I wish you the best.
Miss_TK
Miss_TK
Thank you both so much for the helpful advice. It is most appreciated. I'll def give it a shot - it can't hurt.
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