Can't sleep?Needs help...?!

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Just relax and yes do some work in day time

Exercise, preferably 6 hours before, but not within 2 hours of bedtime. Have a warm bath, or shower, an hour before bedtime, then a glass of very warm milk, possibly with Horlicks, or one of the herbal teas, below, and use dimmer lighting. Your bedroom should be very dark, with the lights out, and a good sleeping temperature is 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or 19 degrees Centigrade. Put your mind in a position where it wants to shut itself off, and sleep. View http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.htm The progressive muscle relaxation, http://www.drcoxconsulting.com/managing is very easily learned; guided imagery, or mindfulness breathing http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/mindbody… is known to be effective, or http://www.wikihow.com/Meditate Give the EFT a tryout. It is free via the searchbar at http://www.mercola.com "EFT" & "EFT therapists" or www.tapping.com (13 free videos). Repeat to yourself: "Even though I currently have a sleep disorder, I deeply and completely accept myself." (or choose your own wording) while you use the acupressure massage/tapping. Find out which works best for you, in the daylight hours, so you will be prepared, come bedtime. For many people, a good idea is to develop a set "wind down" routine for the last hour before bedtime, so your subconscious mind learns that it is time to put thinking aside, and prepare for mindfulness, (awareness, without cogitation/purposeful thought) or the EFT, in preparation for sleep.

The idea with mindfulness is to not even think about sleeping: just drift off, naturally, during exercising those techniques. Avoid TV, computer, or anything exciting in this hour, although reading a BORING! book is a good idea. Experiment, to find which combination works best for you. No coffee, tea, or other caffeine within 6 hrs of bedtime! Try a cup of chamomile herbal tea, an hour before bedtime. Others may prefer Sleepytime, by Celestial Seasonings, Relax, Be Sleepy, or valerian root (valerian "hangovers" possible), etc., from supermarket tea, or health food aisles. Milk, or cream should not be used with herbal tea. Get up and do something, like read a book, if you can't sleep within 20 mns. Personally, I prefer to use word/phrase repetition for a short time, changing over to mindfulness breathing; however, you may well find another method more effective. The following EMDR variant came from a book on treating insomnia for the depressed; I use it every night, and it is well worth trying. It seems to reduce distractions during the mindfulness relaxation methods, so I use it first. Keeping your head still, move your eyes first to the far left, then far right, and repeat this another 19 times. Each full sweep should take around a second. If you like, you can either subvocalise, or repeat: "one one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand ... up to twenty.

After this, allow your body to go limp, and relax for a short time. Then repeat the whole exercise, limpness, and relaxation twice. This may well be all you need. Others may require another round of the above. Before beginning the EMDR variant, I take a whiff of lavender essential oil in both nostrils; some people prefer a drop, or two on their pillow. This provides a strong cue to the subconscious mind to prepare for sleep. Get bright light, soon after arising, to reset your circadian rhythm. Stabilise your sleep habits. Try the free sleep aid at: http://www.soundsleeping.com/ You could try melatonin (pharmacies) for a few nights only; more can interfere with the brain's natural production of it. Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of suggestibility, in which you are better able to communicate with your subconscious mind. 85% of people are suggestible, to some extent, so consider professional hypnotherapy, or more alternatives along such lines are at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_2…

The sleep patterns of people who stay up all night can be adversely affected for a long time.

12 sounds kinda youngish for medication. First try melatonin. It's a vitamin. It's naturally in your body but it sounds to me like you're not getting enough. Go to walgreens and get a bottle. Try one pill a night and see if that works. It's over the counter so you don't need to worry about doctors and it's fairly cheap.

try that along with journaling before you sleep so your thoughts aren't keeping you up.

dont wory this is normal when your a teenager

but it may mean you have insomnia

i used to stay up till 2am, and stayed up one night the whole night

the next day, i had a total mental breakdown and was diagnosed manic

so maybe try taking some herbal sleeping tablets for kids, called valerian 2 before bed.

x

well your 12 why are you not going to bed til 2 am

go to bed every night at the same time ie around 9 ish and get up at the same time every morning

exercise during the day and have a warm bath every night before bed using lavender oil
have a warm milky drink

and get your mum to take you to the dr for a check up
best wishes

most times when people cant sleep properly it is caused by stress, but seeing as your 12 i dont think thats the problem. So what i would suggest is: Do some exercise each day. pick a sport you enjoy and do it regulary. may it be soccer, rugby, judo, karate etc it doesnt matter. just try to find something that u think is fun and takes a lot of energy. also try to get rid of stuff that would stop you from sleeping. may it be the pc, tv, phone or iPod. its easy to forget the time when u chill infront of the pc and listen to some music, so just try to get rid of them after 9 ish~.
also try to slowly reduce ur sleeping times. instead of going to bed at 10ish first try to go to bed at around 1.30am and slowly cut it back till u go to around 10pm ish~... and always wake up at the same time. just try to get ur 8hrs of sleep a day, thats all you need anyway. i used to have the same problem when i was around ur age, and this helped me alot.
should you still have the problem with not being able to sleep, try talking to a doctor.

probably you're too bored or don't have any activity all day long. it happens, because you never get tired. start something to tire you, some sports for examples.

melatonin normalises your internal timeclock it often helps

stop playing video games....