sleeping pills

[Ben.]

im getting really pissed off with not being able to get to sleep till 4AM, it doesnt matter if i wake up at 7am or 11 am i still wont be able to get to sleep till stupid hours. im fed up being tired dureing the day and the second i get into bed im wide awake.

so where can i get sleeping pills on a sunday when the chemist is closed?
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[PsychoHippy]

This might sound a little strange, but try sleeping with a pair of soft earplugs in (ie not the ones molded to your ear). I find it works wonders when I am having trouble sleeping.
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[MaybeGuy]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Try having no caffeine after 6pm, no food after 8pm, and going to bed about 9pm, and read (fiction, not non-fiction) for about an hour.
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[Hoffy]

one word ; Cannabis
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

Two words; Sleep hygiene
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[Alex-RS]

Do you have too much on your mind at the moment to let yourself fall asleep? And out of interest, due to a theory I was told about recently, do you spend time on/in your bed doing things other than sleeping? If you lay on your bed on the phone, on a laptop, eating etc. then your mind begins to associate your bed with things other than sleep, which is not going to help your situation.

[Andy C]

I think the problem is just getting into a bad routine and cos its what you always do you have got into the habit of going to bed 4am.

I find getting up early is a good way of being shattered in the evening if you have a busy day.

I wouldn't recommend sleeping pills, they make sleeping the next night harder in my experience. I have tried Kalms which are like herbal pills and they sort of make you want to go to bed but dont knock you out.

[J0Al1]

Sleeping pills are a quick fix.

I've got some Zopiclone, took one last night to help get me back into a decent sleep pattern. You can function so much better after a decent night sleep.

Even having taken a pill, I woke after 1 hr. But it was my mates baby burberling. .. so I got up, sorted him and went back to sleep.

I don't think they are the answer to a consistent problem, although a short course could put you back into a sensible pattern.

Worth trying the other things first:
No caffein in PM, healthy diet (not lots of sugar), excercise, reading, sex , a few deep breaths lol

[syl]

[Robby]

A word of caution - if you do get a prescription for zopiclone, go easy. They are very addictive. Also try breaking the pills you get in half, they're surprisingly effective.

Try also anti histamines - the drowsy kind. They knock me out for 6 hours then I wake up fresh, or night nurse liquid. Night nurse makes you sleepy, because it contains a fair dose of alcohol along with all the other stuff - it's about 20% alcohol, you take a dose equivalent to a shot.

[Ben.]

its only been happening this week

managed to get to sleep at 12 last night, great i think... nope i was up at 5am and couldnt get back to sleep.
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[lofty]

Go to sainsburys or somewhere, and look for calming tablets, like kalms, or rescue remedy stuff, or stuff called 'quiet life' all herbal and natural, I take the quiet life tablets at the mo just because I am so stressed, helps me calm down a bit, and if you take 3 (says on the packet) they contain a very mild sedative, helps me sleep, but when I don't take them every day I still sleep ok, they just help when I really can't.
Also as said above, don't eat anything too late, or drink anything with stimulants in, and hours on the computer before you go to sleep doesn't help either!
I also listen to music when I go to sleep, stops me thinking 'oh but im not asleep yet, crap, i can't sleep' etc etc, it helps!