Need tips on being able to sleep

I can't get much sleep and it is hard to feel tired. Can I have some tips on how to deal with it and get more sleep?

Perhaps try a natural supplement ? Bathe with or spray a lavender scent before bed, exercise before bed, some jumping jacks and crunches. Try meditation or a nice cup of sleepy time tea!

Hope these help

I have had success with self-hypnosis recordings designed to promote relaxation and sleep and guided mediations. I especially like Reiki meditations. I've found free recordings on YouTube and I've purchased MPG3 files and CDs from Amazon. I'm sure there are many other sources as well. Good luck.

Sleep hygiene really works. Going to bed and getting up at a consistent time, having a routine, balanced eating, exercise but not too close to bedtime, ...

Here is a link to some books and relaxation tools that I think are really good, in particular the book, "The Healing Power of Sleep."

Or try some of these tips: Twelve Simple Tips to Improve Your Sleep | Healthy Sleep

Hi amazingblob, have you considered talking to a doctor about a sleep aid? At night, I take trazadone, Xanax and saphris, and lately I've been sleeping about 6 hours with NO wakeups during the night (that is unusual for me). I lie down at 5:00 every night just to rest and lie there, so that's probably why I'm sleeping only 6 hours a night, as opposed to 8 or so. Then I don't get up until about 7:15 either, since I don't have much to look forward to doing during the day.

Enough about me - - good luck with your sleep issues!

Oops, I just noticed that my link isn't there for the book and other relaxation tools.

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Re Rapunzel's excellent advice. My problem is I can't make myself do it. I just won't put on the self-hypnosis tape until I do whatever I feel like I have to do, play Crosswords for a few hours, go on Ebay, etc. Never anything productive. I usually don't fall asleep until 3 am. A few times I was up until 6 am. Once I decided I would reset my clock and wouldn't allow myself to go to sleep at 6 am. That just proved dangerous, I was bouncing off the furniture. I have narcolepsy so sleep aids like Restoril and Ambien don't work for me. I've used a CPAP machine for several years. I take Nuvigil to stay awake during the day. Not taking it doesn't make a difference at night. Do you know why I am fighting going to sleep? I have depression and anxiety. Thanks for any insight shared.

Dear imtrying,
Thanks for the good advice.
Reiiki healing techniques along with Franklin Sill bio dynamics are great teachers in the way they describe obstructions held in the body, preventing fluid heath.
Never heard about of Reiki meditations, I'll check it out.
Happiedasiy

Honestly, I know what I should do too, but my sleep is terrible. There isn't enough time in the day. I belong on a planet with 32 hour days. Sometimes I have been able to set up my schedule so that I can start the day a little bit later each night, eventually working a graveyard shift, sleeping the next day, taking a day off, and starting again the next week. We all have different circadian rhythms. The average person without external cues to tell them when it is night or day but going to bed when they are tired and getting up when they are ready will settle on about a 25 or 26 hour daily cycle. Some people have shorter cycles and some longer. When it is a problem that causes significant distress, it is called a circadian rhythm disorder. People who have trouble staying awake until bedtime and wake up too early have "advanced circadian rhythm disorder" and those who have trouble getting to bed or falling asleep at bedtime and feel like sleeping later than time to get up have "delayed circadian rhythm disorder." Circadian rhythm disorders can also cause depression. The best way to treat these disorders is natural light at appropriate times. A week of camping will reset your clock at least for a while. It works for me, and my circadian rhythm disorder is severe. Going outside in the morning for at least 20 minutes or more if you can will also help a lot for a delayed circadian rhythm, or going outside in the afternoon if you have advanced circadian rhythm. Light boxes are not quite as good but will also help. And all of the other sleep hygiene things still help too.

Hello!
I found a great tip a while back when figuring out ways to sleep well.
It can be seen as a form of meditation and is very simple.

Requirements: patience and a peaceful mind (some concentration).

Step 1: Choose to start at either your head or your toes and move up your body (or down).
Step 2: Using only your concentration, focus all your attention on your toes/feet/ankles. Feel this part of your body becoming totally relaxed.
Step3 and on: Move your concentration to your lower legs, then your upper and so forth all the way up your body.

The trick is to keep the previously relaxed body parts relaxed while moving to other parts. You can back track if need be!
Play around with it and see where it takes you. You may even find deeper meditations to be very helpful.

Tid Bit: Thoughts will naturally pop into your mind while you're trying to relax a body part. To deal with it, simply acknowledge that thought and let it slide away without putting your focus on it. Your main focus will be the relaxing.

Good luck!!

I have done this and it works. When a thought intrudes, and it will, I mentally swipe it away as you would a computer or Kindle. Thanks for sharing.

I'm not familiar with Franklin Sill. Thanks for the tip. I will check it out.