Do you have trouble falling asleep too?

*in a robin william's 'good morning vietnam voice'* GOOD MORNING USM!:) It is 3:31 am here where I live in Oklahoma and I got about 6 hrs of sleep last night and I have a 9 am class. The nights of an insomniac...So i was wondering if anyone else has trouble falling asleep? If so what do you that makes it easier to get to sleep? Are there any special techniques or treatments that help? I can sleep just fine when I actually finally get to sleep but I just for the life of me cannot just lay down and instantly go to sleep.

I envy those that can. It can take me hours to go to sleep and sometimes I just don't go to bed at all. I use the if you aren't tired, get out of bed until you are theory. Yeah, amazing on how many days that you can get through on that. So yahoo searched for some "insomnia treatment" ideas and have found a list of ideas which might prove to be helpful. I am going to try the following:

1. No naps during the day.

2. Avoid caffine after dinner

3. don't stare at the alarm clock, cover it up if you have to

4. Increase exercise level maybe take an evening walk, and

5. Mellow out for an hour or so before bedtime. There are others listed on here such as play a soothing relaxation cd or tape but I can't sleep with noise so that is out. Counting backwards from 1000, yeah counting keeps me consciencous because I am focusing on numbers so that won't work.

Self relaxation by loosening all the tight muscles in your body and telling yourself that you are getting very sleepy, i don't even think that's gonna work at all so not gonna try. There were also some non g rated ideas listed so can't go there but anywho....yeah. Hope one of these will work tomorrow so I can get some sleep! :(

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