# Sleeping issues **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 3, 2011, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120 "2011-10-03T09:29:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/61 "2011-10-05T08:58:17Z")
Yeah, im gonna need some meds, I haven’t tried meditation, but i have too much “baggage” to deal with. I’m super tired today from using benadryl to knock me out. UGH. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/62 "2011-10-05T09:24:35Z")
> [@Wahoo](#): > > Yeah, im gonna need some meds, I haven’t tried meditation, but i have too much “baggage” to deal with. I’m super tired today from using benadryl to knock me out. UGH. Dude, we already talked about this and your situation. ---------- Post added at 12:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 PM ---------- > [@FadetoBlack](#): > > Alright here’s what you do. This is gonna sound like some new-age hippie shit that I’m sure someone will try to flame me for, but I’m telling you, this works. > > It requires some pretty good concentration. Lay on your bed and shut your eyes. Become consciously aware of every part of your body. Think about each of your feet, your legs, arms, neck, etc. Think about them and become aware of each thing, how it’s positioned, and how it feels. > > Concentrate on one at a time and make the conscious decision to let each one go limp, one at a time. Start with your feet and work up all the way to your neck and head. Your body will become so relaxed you’ll be out in no time. > > I’ve done this and I have told other people about it. Everyone says the same thing - you wake up in the morning and the last thing you remember is letting your shoulders/neck/whatever go limp. Doing this literally make me go temporarily insane. I’ve tried it before and become so hyper aware of everything around me to the point that I get completely overwhelmed by my senses. ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/63 "2011-10-05T10:46:41Z")
> [@See4Ways](#): > > Masturbation = stupidest thing i ever heard…People still do that? > > Been using a fan the last few nights turned towards the wall, seems to be helping. I think the problem is i work 830-9 and rock out to some tunes on the way home then go home and try to get whatever i need done and i am just waking up around the time i should be going to sleep. Thats what I do, work 8am to 9pm go home and do shit in the shop or what ever then I’m wide awake. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/64 "2011-10-05T11:07:58Z")
I hear Propofol works pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/65 "2011-10-05T12:28:11Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Yep, I think that’s fundamentally meditation. Becoming intensely aware of the present moment makes you let go of all the day’s baggage and tomorrow’s worries that are keeping you up. Yeah, it is meditation. I just figured if I called it that people would be less likely to try it. You’re right about how it makes you focus on the present to forget about the past and the future. One of the best things you can do is listen to a constant sound like a clock ticking or if you’re so fortunate, waves on a beach. You focus so intensely on that sound that your mind blocks everything else out. When you’re done, you feel great. I used to do it a lot but now it’s hard for me to find the time and a quiet place to do it. It’s also a hell of a lot harder for me to concentrate these days. > [@Freek](#): > > Doing this literally make me go temporarily insane. I’ve tried it before and become so hyper aware of everything around me to the point that I get completely overwhelmed by my senses. Haha, yeah you’ll get that. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/66 "2011-10-05T12:33:36Z")
> [@FadetoBlack](#): > > One of the best things you can do is listen to a constant sound like a clock ticking or if you’re so fortunate, waves on a beach. You focus so intensely on that sound that your mind blocks everything else out. Hearing the ticking of a clock makes me fucking insane. I can’t stand that noise. However, waves are quite enjoyable. 🙂 I understand the concept with focusing on one single thing to get your mind to stop wandering, though. There are CDs that help people with that. It sounds cheesy to use a CD but they are able to talk you through it and make it so that it’s incredibly hard NOT to let everything go. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/67 "2011-10-05T12:42:16Z")
There’s nothing wrong with using a CD. I don’t know if you mean an instructional CD, but I used to listen to anything that was relaxing. As cheesy as it sounds, those stupid CDs at the dollar store that have a picture of a landscape on the front work pretty well for this. I also found that Bob Marley did too, even though you couldn’t always isolate a constant sound. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/68 "2011-10-05T13:37:59Z")
When we still had my baby girl sleeping in the same room as us we tried using something called a “sleep sheep” to sooth her to sleep. After the first night my wife and I were laughing about how it didn’t really do much for her but we both loved how it soothed us to sleep. So cuddle with one of these there big guy. ![http://www.baby-hugs.com/catalog/images/CLB_7302SleepSheepGo_th.jpg](http://www.baby-hugs.com/catalog/images/CLB_7302SleepSheepGo_th.jpg) If that doesn’t work then give up and just cuddle with one of these. ![http://liquorama.biz/images/Jack%20Daniels%201.75.jpg](http://liquorama.biz/images/Jack%20Daniels%201.75.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/69 "2011-10-05T13:41:30Z")
Jesus Fry 3 Liters?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/70 "2011-10-05T13:47:21Z")
Why mess around? ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/71 "2011-10-05T13:47:23Z")
I know you’re (half) joking, Fry, but don’t drink alcohol before bed if you want to get a good night sleep. Not only is it a diuretic (aka your kidneys produce more urine after you drink), but it increases brain activity and interferes with normal sleep patterns, making it more likely that you’ll wake up during REM sleep. Fun part is, it last for hours _after_ the alcohol has been processed out of the bloodstream. Plus, depending on what you’re drinking, the carbohydrates get converted to glucose - sugar - and your body gets a wake-up call at 3AM with tons of energy. The white noise / blacked out room and the hour of chill time beforehand is all solid stuff though :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/72 "2011-10-05T14:06:40Z")
> [@TrueBlue](#): > > I know you’re (half) joking, Fry, but don’t drink alcohol before bed if you want to get a good night sleep. > > Not only is it a diuretic (aka your kidneys produce more urine after you drink), but it increases brain activity and interferes with normal sleep patterns, making it more likely that you’ll wake up during REM sleep. Fun part is, it last for hours _after_ the alcohol has been processed out of the bloodstream. > > Plus, depending on what you’re drinking, the carbohydrates get converted to glucose - sugar - and your body gets a wake-up call at 3AM with tons of energy. > > The white noise / blacked out room and the hour of chill time beforehand is all solid stuff though :tup: That was the trick in the army, party like a rock star til about 3am, crash violently until 6am, and go run/vomit at PT… every day. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/73 "2011-10-05T22:32:37Z")
Go ride 88 miles to Little Valley and back on a bicycle and crash on the floor at 8pm. But now it’s 1:30 am and I’m WIDE awake-FUCK ME ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/74 "2011-10-06T02:59:24Z")
Watched Ghost Hunters till 10 way past my bed time, and now I’m up at 5:30 to go swimming… ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/75 "2011-10-06T03:25:37Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > Watched Ghost Hunters till 10 way past my bed time, and now I’m up at 5:30 to go swimming… That’s good sleep my man. I get 3-5.5 hours a day. ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/76 "2011-10-06T05:04:19Z")
Took a half of ambien, worked pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baker/32/5423_2.png) [@Baker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/77 "2011-10-06T06:57:04Z")
> [@Hass](#): > > To the guys that fall asleep with the TV on… > Do you dream about what is happening on TV? > > Usually when I’m sleeping and the TV is on… I have a dream about what’s going on on TV. > Like I can hear the TV in my dream, but I’m one of the people in the show. I don’t dream about what’s happening on TV but if I try to listen and actually pay attention to the show as I’m falling asleep, I’ll actually induce a lucid dream. When your body enters R.E.M sleep, it paralyzes itself so that you don’t move around while you’re dreaming. For me, I am sometimes alert and conscious during this process. All of a sudden I’ll feel my body freeze and not be able to move, which is super scary. The cool thing is if I don’t freak out, I can put myself into a dream. I just have to think about it and then BAM I’m in a complete dream world. I hate doing it though because feeling you’re body paralyze itself it not fun at all. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/78 "2011-10-06T08:04:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I don’t dream about what’s happening on TV but if I try to listen and actually pay attention to the show as I’m falling asleep, I’ll actually induce a lucid dream. When your body enters R.E.M sleep, it paralyzes itself so that you don’t move around while you’re dreaming. For me, I am sometimes alert and conscious during this process. All of a sudden I’ll feel my body freeze and not be able to move, which is super scary. The cool thing is if I don’t freak out, I can put myself into a dream. I just have to think about it and then BAM I’m in a complete dream world. I hate doing it though because feeling you’re body paralyze itself it not fun at all. I had this happen once before and it was terrifying. I had never even heard of it happening before so I was trying to move, scream, do anything and couldn’t. Suddenly my body ‘woke up’ and I couldn’t sleep for the rest of the night. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baker/32/5423_2.png) [@Baker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/79 "2011-10-06T08:45:54Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > I had this happen once before and it was terrifying. I had never even heard of it happening before so I was trying to move, scream, do anything and couldn’t. Suddenly my body ‘woke up’ and I couldn’t sleep for the rest of the night. That’s exactly the feeling. You might even hear strange noises, like you’re getting abducted by aliens or something. If that ever happens again, you can literally put yourself in a dream. But it’s definitely hard to remember that while you’re freaking out. ---
**Author:** ![Mankthetank19](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mankthetank19/32/5295_2.png) [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120/80 "2012-03-23T05:22:46Z")
For the past few months and I have been having insomnia due to chemo treatments. This whole insomnia thing kills me and I always feel bad when I wake up my wife. I have finally gotten over the restless legs feeling that used to assist with the insomnia. It is a very good thing I am not working. Does anyone else have insomnia and how do you deal with it? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sleeping-issues/217120.md?page=5)