I'm up too would love to shut my head down and go to sleep

Maybe you should talk to your pdoc about a sleep aid. This disorder really messes up my sleep patterns. I take doxepin for sleeping but, as you can see, it only works for a little while and then I'm back up again or waking up in the morning at 5am when I want to sleep in. They say it's important to get the right amount of sleep, but what if you can't?
peace, t

man , i just deal with it... beer is a great sleep aid in mass quantities

I put on a movie that I know all the words to that is not all that stimulating ... like a disney movie, I find that most times it will somehow knock me out don't know why though.

I'm on an antidepressant that's supposed to help me sleep. I tried Ambien, but there's to many weird side effects. I started sleep walking and eating in my sleep. I was also calling friends in the middle of the night. My parents stopped letting me take it, then my pdoc took me off. I'm allergic to trazadone. I'm not sure what else there is. Ambien is a hypnotic, which is what most sleepaides are. Lunesta falls into that category as well. :( Normally I don't have this problem..well, not during the day anyway. I just started a higher dose of my meds and they make me tired, but once the sun goes down, my brain starts racing. Its frustrating, which makes it even harder to sleep...endless cycles...

I am opposite right now, I am sleeping 12, 13, 14 hours a night/day. But I can relate, when I'm manic I would go for days with little or no sleep.

the problem with most sleep aids and yes this is proven is that they only work in cycles. Some work up to 6 days most and then you need a break so that they can work again. No this is not the case with all sleep aids but a percentage of them...

you know johnette glad you stayed

It used to be that my mind mostly raced when I was trying to fall asleep but once I did I was OK. Now I take Rozerem which seems to work pretty well to help with falling asleep and I take Klonopin to try to quiet the anxiety that keeps me from sleeping *well*. Unfortunately that part is still not working. My husband hates my weird schedule (he's not supportive of me in this) and I have things to do during the day...but I'm so tired :-(

I take remron 15mg. the dosage is low 'cuz my pdoc told me the lower the dose, the more effective it is as a sleep aide. its not helping tonight. i'm still awake. i want to go to sleep... i'm tired.

I've always been told by mental health professionals that, if you can't sleep after fifteen minutes or so, get back up for a bit. Then a little later, give it another go. For some reason, and I can't remember what it is, it isn't good to just lay there on and on. Maybe get up and try reading some of a book or something. Some people say to try warm milk, but I myself have never tried it because...yuck is all I can say.

Are you on any meds to help with sleep? If not, that might be something you want to suggest to your doc.

Hope you will be able to rest soon!

LOL -- I've decided that sleep is overrated anyway. Yup it's 430 and I am considering going up. Just for kicks likely because I won't slepp more than 3 hours probably.

I've tried almost every sleep aid out there and all the things that have sleep as their side effect but I just brake right through them.. Wo, when I'm tired I'll bot to sleep.

I was sleepless tonight too, woke up around 1:30 a.m. Tossed and turned... then finally forced myself to get up around 3 a.m. then the computer and of course catching up on DS... now I feel the presence of you all and I don't feel so alone.
Goodnight :D

I like the movie idea. Can't find the movies I use since I moved. I really need to empty boxes.

I continuously try different things. Movies help for a while, then sleeping pills (once I took my sleep meds - remron, plus 2 advil pm and 2 unisom), now it takes the tv on, a cd playing in my computer, listening to my portable cd player, and a cd in my boom box. I just lay the head phones on my pillow and try to listen to all of it at once. It's very exhausting and prolly not a good idea, but I gotta get sleep however I can get it. It feels like finding ways to buy drugs. You steal what you can to get what you want. Sort of the same concept I guess.