How can get to sleep tonight.?!
Question: Well, i woke up at 5 PM after i had a seizure (I'm epileptic) and i was wondering how on earth I'm gonna get to sleep tonight
Also i have insomnia to begin with now this goes on top of it so what am i to do to get to sleep? Any Ideas?
Answers: Well, i woke up at 5 PM after i had a seizure (I'm epileptic) and i was wondering how on earth I'm gonna get to sleep tonight
Also i have insomnia to begin with now this goes on top of it so what am i to do to get to sleep? Any Ideas?
I suffer from insomnia as well. Create a playlist of songs that are relaxing. I use a number of songs from Enya and Loreena McKennitt and listen to them on my mp3 player. If you play it very quietly it should relax you rather than stimulate your brain. You can also get relaxation CDs around the place.
Another trick I was taught was to think of the colours of the rainbow, and then think of everything that is that colour. For example, start with red, and think of everything that you can that is the colour red, such as a fire engine, tomato, etc. Once you can't think of anymore, move on to orange, then repeat. Usually I fall asleep before I get to green.
If you are like me and are often kept awake at night because you can't stop thinking, keep a notepad and pen by your bed so you can write them down and get them out of your head. I would do this when I would think up an essay for school at night, or a story, or song lyrics, or something i need to remember to do the next day.
Also try and block out light. Light does not allow your brain to create the chemicals which cause you to go into REM (rapid eye movement, the deep sleep). You may have non-REM sleep (which is when you dream) but REM is more beneficial.
If all of this fails I pretend I am asleep. Make yourself do everything that you do when you are asleep. Your breathing changes, and this change of breathing will help relax you into sleeping. And because you are focussing on pretending, you aren't thinking about the thoughts and ideas running wild in your head, which keep you awake at night.
Also don't have caffeine after midday, drink a herbal tea such as camomile before bed and exercise in the morning rather than at night. Sleep comes in waves, which can often be 30 mins apart. Get ready for bed early so you can go to bed as soon as you feel the wave of sleep coming over you. If you miss the wave, you'll have to wait for the next one!
Hope this helps, good luck!
walk around the block about 5 times.
I would consult a physician and ask them, you might have to consider taking sleeping pills such as Ambien