What do you do when you can't sleep?
By missberlee
@missberlee (467)
October 29, 2008 7:21pm CST
Right now, it is 01.17 on Thursday morning, and I am laying next to my hubby in bed with my laptop, talking to you guys. My upstairs neighbours are banging away like there's no tomorrow, and I dread to think what they are doing! And, to top it off, my hubby is snoring! My cat is lying underneath my feet, so I can't stretch out, and I have been up since 5am yesterday morning!
What do you do when you can't sleep? See, I tried counting sheep, I get confused. I also tried herbal slimming stuff, didn't work. Proper sleeping tablets give me nightmares for some reason, and I can't really get up, because a) that would mean disturbing the cat and then he'll start talking to me! and b) hubby will wake up and moan because he needs to be up early for work in the morning!
I've been playing online bingo, but lost my cash, so I can't even do that anymore. I can't get out of bed to get bank card to deposit more!
What a pickle I am in!
What do you guys do when you can't sleep? Is there a way of getting to sleep, bearing in mind that I will still have to get up with the hubby at 6am and make him breakfast and coffee!!!
Anyway, thanks for keeping me company at this lonely (and bored) time!
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42 responses
@missberlee (467)
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30 Oct 08
Ah, I would, but then I would have to get out of bed, choose the movie, and getting out of bed will risk waking the hubby! Then I would have to put it on, and risk waking the hubby and then get back into bed, and risk waking the hubby! I'd watch it on my laptop, but it's only one of those silly "notebook" things and has no movie watching capacity on it. Not that I know of anyway, and it doesn't have a DVD reader! (Or any sort of CD thing, it's just not big enough!)
@redhotpogo (4401)
• United States
30 Oct 08
I see. We'll I'm betting that you will have trouble sleeping again, so buy a little dvd player with some headphones, for the future.
@061234217 (133)
• China
30 Oct 08
I would listen to music if I can't sleep.I have had a some situation with you.The main reason was I would have a very important examination which would affect my whole life.After I went though these times,my life returned to normal.
@missberlee (467)
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30 Oct 08
Wow! I didn't expect quite so many responses!
Thanks for all your hints and tips, last night I ended up getting out of bed and going to lay down on the couch with my pillows and my duvet. I think I fell asleep in about ten minutes, so perhaps I should have done that in the first place - ha ha!
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
30 Oct 08
melatonin, chamomile tea and sometimes (yuck) warm milk with honey...
@hildas (3031)
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30 Oct 08
Sorry I was not up to chat when you could not sleep last night. I slept like a log, because I had a night like yours the night before, and I got to sleep at 3.00pm.
Being on your laptop was not a bad thing, but sorry you lost your cash on the bingo. I cannot suggest anything more than you have tried to get to sleep, other than a huge bottle of vodka that I am having right now.
Well goodluck in sleeping tonight. I wont have a problem.
@kenny236400 (1)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Well what i like to do is do research on stuff i remember people talking about to get an idea what theyre talking about or i like to work on what i call projects that are basically stuff from finding out how to make games and other stuff such as that. I hope you find what you might like.
@kylie_quistis (1220)
• Philippines
30 Oct 08
When I can't sleep like right now, either I surf on the net for a while, mylotting or watching or reading online or I will read a book while lying on my bed. The latter is quite great and really work on me, I easily fall asleep that way after a few minutes. 
@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
30 Oct 08
LoL!
I hope you're laughing too. When I can't sleep I get on mylot or other social sites, I'm apart of. Until I fall off to sleep at the computer and then stretch out later. It is great that you don't want to disturb the ones you love. But I think the cat would have to get over it, and sleep in his/her own bed, especially not mine.
The most I've made at mylot in one day was when I couldn't sleep and just kept posting and responding away to a variety of discussions!
I do hope you get some rest, before your body, makes you get the rest you've been deprived of for some reason or another.
Put your bank card info on a post it note, and stick it underneath your laptop, that way you'll have it, in case you're up again on Friday morning. I hope not though.
@melvelasco (356)
• Philippines
30 Oct 08
it's already 1:00 am here in the philippines now, and still i can't sleep, that why i am on my pc responding to discussion here in my lot. good there is internet.!!!
@23uday (2997)
• India
30 Oct 08
Hi buddies,
what do you do when you can't sleep.When ever i can't sleep i will watch a movie in the television or in computer.Some times i will listen songs in ipod.
I will do work in computer mid 1:30 am i will do.Some times i will get a nightmares
that time i will not sleep.Disturbs the dogs out of my house side.
@ediblecottoncandie (109)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Well, this happens a lot! I normally go on the computer, play with my cats and when I got bored of the two I watch late night shows. Recently I've been watching the jewelry channel, lol.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
30 Oct 08
i hate laying awake at night when i cannot sleep. i do go on the computer sometimes when i cant sleep but dont like to much because i find it wakes me up even further. sometimes i will read, but i usually get into the book too much! LOL!
generally i just lay there and think or play the game that i play every night while trying to go to sleep. (its like scattegories where you take a subject and go through every letter of the alphabet and try to pick something that pertains to that letter - ie food a - apple b - bread, and so on) that usually helps.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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30 Oct 08
When I know that I am going to have trouble sleeping I always stay up a bit later until I feel that I am ready for bed. If I am in bed and I am having trouble sleeping then I usually get up and have a read, it is the one thing that is guaranteed to work for me.
@sweetaryna (120)
• Malaysia
30 Oct 08
take a walk, even for a just few minutes,have deep breathings,drink water or hot tea and have some honey,preferably wild for more energy.by nature,our body adapts to the stimulants or depressant we take,thus we have to vary from time to time.even with medicines,that is why medicals doctor dont prescribed the same medications all the time for the same ailments.
@swarovski87 (328)
• Singapore
30 Oct 08
Hi missberlee, usually i will read a book or surf the internet when i cant sleep. I would read some book with lots of words, not comic books and i would surf sites to read articles or check out some forums. Im glad to say this usually works out for me, i would be tired quite fast, usually around 30 to 60 minutes of reading, i would feel tired and i will go back to sleep.
@lorry86 (77)
• China
30 Oct 08
your situation is special. you can't sleep because of the noise outside.stoping them is the full and final solution .on other hand,what you should do is that don't thinking how to get into sleep which make you even more clear .just thing nothing,you will fall sleep when you are not aware of it!
@MMiller314 (14)
• United States
30 Oct 08
when I was younger, I used to drink hot milk with honey and it would work everytime. Now I just read someting really REALLY boring and it works for me.
