Sleep medication?

You aware of any potential causes for you condition?

Melatonin?
And actually working hard during the day?

My grandpa always said, "If you're not tired by the time you hit your bed, you didn't work hard enough during the day."

Melatonin?
And actually working hard during the day?

My grandpa always said, "If you're not tired by the time you hit your bed, you didn't work hard enough during the day."

Tried Melatonin and even doubled the dosage and still didn't work, but I know that it works for a lot of people. There might be something going on in my body hormonally that's keeping me in a state of alertness is my guess.

Quote from: PSU on April 05, 2016, 04:01:36 PM

Melatonin?
And actually working hard during the day?

My grandpa always said, "If you're not tired by the time you hit your bed, you didn't work hard enough during the day."

Tried Melatonin and even doubled the dosage and still didn't work, but I know that it works for a lot of people. There might be something going on in my body hormonally that's keeping me in a state of alertness is my guess.

I'd make a doctors appointment. Just be adamant that you don't want pills and you want to find out exactly whats wrong.

Personally, I'll take a sleeping pill maybe once or twice a week just because I NEED to fall asleep or i'm fucked at work the next day. A lot of people can't sleep in this day and age with technology and our minds racing 24/7.

So yeah, Doctors and maybe some meditation or yoga exercises before trying to go to bed.

, also stop with the caffeine.

that is a good idea, although I haven't consumed any kind of caffeine in months.

sleep hygiene is a spook.

It mostly is tho

I found staying off my phone/laptop 3 hours before bed and taking low dose melatonin (like .25-.5mg) helped.  I've read that the body produces melatonin in small amounts (.25mg), so most store bought kinds that come in 3mg tablets can cause an inverse stress response and keep you awake.  I got around this by buying it as a liquid with a dropper that serves at a fraction of a mg per serving.

It's really all about maintaining a schedule and winding down before bed.  Even doing leisurely things like standing at my desk on my laptop can get my brain into a work mindset, which is terrible before bed.  I got out of my schedule and now I am having sleep probs again.

As a PS, I recommend f.lux for your devices.  Blocks blue light which suppresses melatonin.

On nights were I can't fall asleep I burn it off by exhausting myself. I do slow jog laps around my town until my legs can't keep my up anymore.

I come home, take my shoes off, and drop into bed with no protest.

What do you do regularly before you fall asleep?

Exhausting yourself helps.
Avoid technology at least 30 mins before bed.
Also, diphenhydramine.

tbh though, insomnia usually has some underlying health condition as a cause. (not necessarily a serious one)