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Ardross
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Anyone got one ?
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Ardross
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I have worked much of Sunday - my mind is racing with all the work I have to do this week .
Colin Phillips
At the Start
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Hunneyb
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If anyone can come up with one that works, I too would be very grateful. 
This works for me.... B)
Weekdays
Get up between 5.30 & 6 am.
Muck out and feed 10 x 6 week old Weimaraner puppies
Feed three Adults dogs
Make self cappuchino
Have sneaky half hour in bed til 7, shower, dress and take mutts out on walk, checking one horse, three suckler cows and the bull at one end of farm, and walk 1/2 mile up to Big Hill to check 29 dry cows, treat 3 of them for interdigital dermatitis (himself being away this week).
Back to house, have breakfast, collect up paperwork, go up to office and do day job.
Feed puppies again at 11.30 ish, have i/v caffeine for self, muck out puppies again. Back to office.
1.00 pm Lunch. Check/play with pups, let out big dogs
Afternoon - work in office.
5.00pm feed puppies again, big dogs, check round stock, make self dinner, finish any o/s paperwork
Collapse in front of box, fall asleep at critical point, usually around 8.45 pm ish, hope that I was also recording whatever it was.
10pm, feed pups again, muck them out, wash down their yard, let big dogs out, give all of them their last thing chewies (very important bit of their routine - ensures peace)
10.30pm - bed, book, cd on, lights on auto switch off. zzzzzzzz by 11pm, usually!!
Weekends in spring/summer/summer substitute gardening/housework for office time
Weekends in the winter substitute mucking out seven or more boxes, cooking for thirty every other w/end and spending all day Saturday on shoot walking miles - plus domesticana.
Honestly, I can recommend this as a real cure for insomnia. Not sure if I'll live much longer though....
Weekdays
Get up between 5.30 & 6 am.
Muck out and feed 10 x 6 week old Weimaraner puppies
Feed three Adults dogs
Make self cappuchino
Have sneaky half hour in bed til 7, shower, dress and take mutts out on walk, checking one horse, three suckler cows and the bull at one end of farm, and walk 1/2 mile up to Big Hill to check 29 dry cows, treat 3 of them for interdigital dermatitis (himself being away this week).
Back to house, have breakfast, collect up paperwork, go up to office and do day job.
Feed puppies again at 11.30 ish, have i/v caffeine for self, muck out puppies again. Back to office.
1.00 pm Lunch. Check/play with pups, let out big dogs
Afternoon - work in office.
5.00pm feed puppies again, big dogs, check round stock, make self dinner, finish any o/s paperwork
Collapse in front of box, fall asleep at critical point, usually around 8.45 pm ish, hope that I was also recording whatever it was.
10pm, feed pups again, muck them out, wash down their yard, let big dogs out, give all of them their last thing chewies (very important bit of their routine - ensures peace)
10.30pm - bed, book, cd on, lights on auto switch off. zzzzzzzz by 11pm, usually!!
Weekends in spring/summer/summer substitute gardening/housework for office time
Weekends in the winter substitute mucking out seven or more boxes, cooking for thirty every other w/end and spending all day Saturday on shoot walking miles - plus domesticana.
Honestly, I can recommend this as a real cure for insomnia. Not sure if I'll live much longer though....
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Kathy
Guest
My day seems positively part time in comparison Songsheet. I never seem to have a problem sleeping though UNLESS something stressful has occurred, but it only normally lasts a couple of nights. I have to have a minimum of 7 hours sleep or I cannot function properly. I do read if I can for half an hour before I go to sleep which seems to help.
I really sympathise with anyone who suffers from insomnia as I know what I feel like if I only get 4-5 hours sleep
By boyfriend had difficulty sleeping recently so took a few swigs of Nightnurse and that defintely helped him. It was a short term fix and not recommended for anyone with a long term problem.
I really sympathise with anyone who suffers from insomnia as I know what I feel like if I only get 4-5 hours sleep
By boyfriend had difficulty sleeping recently so took a few swigs of Nightnurse and that defintely helped him. It was a short term fix and not recommended for anyone with a long term problem.
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Ardross
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I had three and a half hours - 
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Kathy
Guest
I suppose the root of insomnia is to find out first why a person is not able to sleep. Stress, the wrong food late at night, too much alchohol, or just plain worrying about something happening the next day. Even the bedroom being too hot or too cold or a combination of all of these. When I suffered from lack of sleep I tried to catnap during the day when I could , or just grab half an hour when I got home IF I was tired. It helped abit.
Oh dear James, you'll be falling asleep over yr keyboard if you're not careful!!
Agree with Kathy in that if I am really stressed out - then I'll have a couple of rough nights but I have to say the more I do physically outside ( B) ), the better I sleep! A whole day in my office w/out doing any outside work does my head in big time.
James, I think you need to consider being the TH representative in next year's London Marathon and start training NOW.
We'll all support you and think of the dosh you'll raise for some worthy charity.
No, NOT the Labour Party..
Agree with Kathy in that if I am really stressed out - then I'll have a couple of rough nights but I have to say the more I do physically outside ( B) ), the better I sleep! A whole day in my office w/out doing any outside work does my head in big time.
James, I think you need to consider being the TH representative in next year's London Marathon and start training NOW.
We'll all support you and think of the dosh you'll raise for some worthy charity.
No, NOT the Labour Party..
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Griffin
Guest
I find it hard to sleep unless I've had a bath just before going to bed. It has to have lots of scented bubbles, preferably something with lavender in it. It has to be in either total darkness or with candlelight. And I can quite happily lay there for half an hour pondering life, love and banded racing 
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Kathy
Guest
Griffin, I take it the kids are in bed by this time! B) Some quality time for you is absolutely essential and you seem to have found the key.
Lack of sleep probably affects many of us at times, it is just working out what caused it. When a dear friend of mine died recently, I didn't sleep at all well, and when I did I was dreaming she was still alive. All very scarey especially in the run up to the funeral. This only went on for about 10 days and I felt continually exhausted, and now, thankfully normal service has now been resumed.
Small things like a milky drink, playing a soothing CD, watching something good on the telly until as late as you can, opening a window, changing the duvet for a lighter one, may all help. Light exercise as well in the evening, yoga perhaps may assist. The main thing if it is stress related, is to try and resolve the cause of the stress, as during the night, things seem to be magnified 10-fold and can play continually on your mind every time you close your eyes.
I am certainly no expert.
Lack of sleep probably affects many of us at times, it is just working out what caused it. When a dear friend of mine died recently, I didn't sleep at all well, and when I did I was dreaming she was still alive. All very scarey especially in the run up to the funeral. This only went on for about 10 days and I felt continually exhausted, and now, thankfully normal service has now been resumed.
Small things like a milky drink, playing a soothing CD, watching something good on the telly until as late as you can, opening a window, changing the duvet for a lighter one, may all help. Light exercise as well in the evening, yoga perhaps may assist. The main thing if it is stress related, is to try and resolve the cause of the stress, as during the night, things seem to be magnified 10-fold and can play continually on your mind every time you close your eyes.
I am certainly no expert.
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Kathy
Guest
Ardross, you are not alone. Perhaps one of these remedies may help?
10 Famous Insomniacs
1. MARLENE DIETRICH, actress
Dietrich said that the only thing that lulled her to sleep was a sardine-and-onion sandwich on rye.
2. AMY LOWELL, poet
Whenever she stayed in a hotel, Lowell would hire five rooms - one to sleep in, and empty rooms above, below, and on either side, in order to guarantee quiet.
3. W.C. FIELDS, actor
The aging Fields resorted to unusual methods to go to sleep. He would stretch out in a barber's chair (he had always enjoyed getting haircuts) with towels wrapped around him, until he felt drowsy. Sometimes he could only get to sleep by stretching out on his pool table. On his worst nights, he could only fall asleep under a beach umbrella being sprinkled by a garden hose. He told a friend that `somehow a moratorium is declared on all my troubles when it is raining'.
4. ALEXANDRE DUMAS, author
Dumas suffered from terrible insomnia, and after trying many remedies, he was advised by a famous doctor to get out of bed when he couldn't sleep. He began to take late-night strolls, and eventually started to sleep through the night.
5. JUDY GARLAND, actress
As a teenager, Garland was prescribed amphetamines to control her weight. As the years went by she took so many that she sometimes stayed up three or four days running. She added sleeping pills to her regime, and her insomnia and addiction increased. She eventually died of a drug overdose.
6. TALLULAH BANKHEAD, actress
Bankhead suffered from severe insomnia. She hired young homosexual `caddies' to keep her company, and one of their most important duties was to hold her hand until she drifted off to sleep.
7. FRANZ KAFKA, author
Kafka, miserable with insomnia, kept a diary detailing his suffering. For October 2, 1911, he wrote, `Sleepless night. The third in a row. I fall asleep soundly, but after an hour I wake up, as though I had laid my head in the wrong hole.'
8. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, US president
His insomnia cure was a shot of cognac in a glass of milk.
9. GROUCHO MARX, comic actor
Marx first began to have insomnia when the stock market crashed in 1929 and he lost $240,000 in 48 hours. When he couldn't sleep, he would phone people up in the middle of the night and insult them.
10. MARK TWAIN, author
An irritable insomniac, Twain once threw a pillow at the window of his bedroom while he was a guest in a friend's house. When the satisfying crash let in what he thought was fresh air, he fell asleep at last. In the morning he discovered that he had broken a glass-enclosed bookcase.
10 Famous Insomniacs
1. MARLENE DIETRICH, actress
Dietrich said that the only thing that lulled her to sleep was a sardine-and-onion sandwich on rye.
2. AMY LOWELL, poet
Whenever she stayed in a hotel, Lowell would hire five rooms - one to sleep in, and empty rooms above, below, and on either side, in order to guarantee quiet.
3. W.C. FIELDS, actor
The aging Fields resorted to unusual methods to go to sleep. He would stretch out in a barber's chair (he had always enjoyed getting haircuts) with towels wrapped around him, until he felt drowsy. Sometimes he could only get to sleep by stretching out on his pool table. On his worst nights, he could only fall asleep under a beach umbrella being sprinkled by a garden hose. He told a friend that `somehow a moratorium is declared on all my troubles when it is raining'.
4. ALEXANDRE DUMAS, author
Dumas suffered from terrible insomnia, and after trying many remedies, he was advised by a famous doctor to get out of bed when he couldn't sleep. He began to take late-night strolls, and eventually started to sleep through the night.
5. JUDY GARLAND, actress
As a teenager, Garland was prescribed amphetamines to control her weight. As the years went by she took so many that she sometimes stayed up three or four days running. She added sleeping pills to her regime, and her insomnia and addiction increased. She eventually died of a drug overdose.
6. TALLULAH BANKHEAD, actress
Bankhead suffered from severe insomnia. She hired young homosexual `caddies' to keep her company, and one of their most important duties was to hold her hand until she drifted off to sleep.
7. FRANZ KAFKA, author
Kafka, miserable with insomnia, kept a diary detailing his suffering. For October 2, 1911, he wrote, `Sleepless night. The third in a row. I fall asleep soundly, but after an hour I wake up, as though I had laid my head in the wrong hole.'
8. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, US president
His insomnia cure was a shot of cognac in a glass of milk.
9. GROUCHO MARX, comic actor
Marx first began to have insomnia when the stock market crashed in 1929 and he lost $240,000 in 48 hours. When he couldn't sleep, he would phone people up in the middle of the night and insult them.
10. MARK TWAIN, author
An irritable insomniac, Twain once threw a pillow at the window of his bedroom while he was a guest in a friend's house. When the satisfying crash let in what he thought was fresh air, he fell asleep at last. In the morning he discovered that he had broken a glass-enclosed bookcase.
BrianH
At the Start
Good sex
Some jolly good ideas up there, although Brian's might not always been an option, much as I endorse it! The thing is to PREPARE for bed when you're having a run of bad nights - not just fling yourself into it and hope to sleep. The gentle rituals, such as a warm but not too hot bath, a soothing drink (but hot chocolate's a bit wrong, as it contains theobromine - a revitalizer, rather than a soother), some very quiet, repetitive music (some of those tapes used by therapy rooms are good, since they tune into the brainwave patterns and calm them down), no bright lights, etc., for an hour or so before actually creeping into the nest.
And I recently found that tuning my radio onto static, kept low, sounded remarkably like a rainforest shower, and knocked out all extraneous noises, including a neighbour's early-morning drum 'n' bass. (No, not one of the inmates at Crumbly Towers, Ardross!) If I feel a bit wound up, I leave the bedside light on, too. Sometimes turning it off makes you feel you must go right to sleep, so by leaving it on I'm sort of signalling the brain 'in your own good time, mate' rather than 'sleep NOW!'.
Failing every ploy after a run of poor nights, I take half of one of my mother's Nitrazepam tablets to break the pattern. That usually sets things back to normal.
And I recently found that tuning my radio onto static, kept low, sounded remarkably like a rainforest shower, and knocked out all extraneous noises, including a neighbour's early-morning drum 'n' bass. (No, not one of the inmates at Crumbly Towers, Ardross!) If I feel a bit wound up, I leave the bedside light on, too. Sometimes turning it off makes you feel you must go right to sleep, so by leaving it on I'm sort of signalling the brain 'in your own good time, mate' rather than 'sleep NOW!'.
Failing every ploy after a run of poor nights, I take half of one of my mother's Nitrazepam tablets to break the pattern. That usually sets things back to normal.
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Ardross
Guest
Too much work to do any of these things . I am skipping a meeting this afternoon and going to bed for a few hours.
Overwork and/or overtiredness can cause me insomnia.
I sleep better if I stop midway through the drive home for a sleep for 30 mins, or doze on the couch (sitting position) after tea, rather than fight it in the hope of sleeping better.
I don't eat before I go to bed. Once it goes through your system it gives the body energy, which wakes me up and I can't get back off again.
I sleep better if I stop midway through the drive home for a sleep for 30 mins, or doze on the couch (sitting position) after tea, rather than fight it in the hope of sleeping better.
I don't eat before I go to bed. Once it goes through your system it gives the body energy, which wakes me up and I can't get back off again.
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Kathy
Guest
I have visions of you suddenly grinding to a halt on a busy motorway in the middle lane with your hazards on Maurice having a quick snooze! I'm sure that isn't what happens. B)
Aha, now I know why they're called dozy middle-lane drivers! :lol:
Get yourself outside for an hour's gentle walkies, Ardross, instead of slumping by the one-bar electric fire in your Chums slippers, necking a quart of Rusticana Rosso every night. Clears the crappy thoughts away (or focusses them onto what's really important), and revives the spirits. (Thinks: must try it soon myself!)
Get yourself outside for an hour's gentle walkies, Ardross, instead of slumping by the one-bar electric fire in your Chums slippers, necking a quart of Rusticana Rosso every night. Clears the crappy thoughts away (or focusses them onto what's really important), and revives the spirits. (Thinks: must try it soon myself!)
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Griffin
Guest
Oh lordy I couldn't go in the bath while they were still awake
The older two are ok to be left to their own devices for a bit, but three year old Emily feels the need to help me whenever I go in the bath. If she doesn't get herself undressed and just jump in on top of me she insists on splashing me, squirting me with water from her bath toys or piling bubbles up on my boobs in the style of mountains :lol: There isn't anything at all remotely relaxing about a bath while Emily is awake :lol:
BrianH
At the Start
That's almost back to my suggestion...