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Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I went to sleep at work today... 3 times.

Very slow day.

Damn I want your job

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I went to sleep at work today... 3 times.

Very slow day.

Me too....

kronk wrote:Stop drinking cokes and other soft drinks after 3 PM.

Read, don't play video games or watch TV an hour before you want to go to bed. The computer monitor is a stimulant.

As mentioned before, only use your bed for sleeping and that other recreational activity.

That advice doesn't work at all, I read in bed, watch TV in bed, and am Chatting on my bed, every night before I sleep, often with a bag of crisps or something near me together with a bottle of... certain types of liquid. And I sleep awesomely.

If you can't sleep... WORK HARDER!

You could try watching that Japan vs Paraguay match. YAWN...

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:I've been working for almost two hours on a conversion, while watching the X-files, and flipping around on here and Facebook...

You have friends who are actually on facebook at three in the morning? Good job, you should make an insomniacs anonymous group.

I would agree with all of the advice on this thread. I too have insomnia problems (have had it since I was young) and I've found that just laying down and reading or doing something on a handheld about an hour before I go to bed helps me fall asleep. Also, try to avoid using a ceiling light (or any light that illuminates the whole room) - just use a desktop lamp or whatever you've got to provide light. Making the room mostly dark helps your brain to shut down.

Not sure about how caffeine affects you, though. I, for one, sleep just as soundly if I drink a soda before heading off to bed. And drinking it in the evening certainly doesn't do anything to keep me up. The computer does that for me.

Wow alot of people with the same problem or suggestions, well i still cant sleep been up till 4 am or later 2 weeks in a row haha im trying all these different way, and my bed in my happy place so i do everything but paint and shower there lol, lets see what else did i read here, oh yeah i wouldn't mind having that guys job either.
Well change of topic i suppose, what do you folks do out there when you cant sleep, fight crime?, have a party? do tell lol i love reading this at 5 am to see what's been going on haha

xvoid

I never know when the urge to sleep will strike me. Most of the time, I just go with it. Good thing I have a DVR.

Samus_aran115 wrote:

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:I've been working for almost two hours on a conversion, while watching the X-files, and flipping around on here and Facebook...

You have friends who are actually on facebook at three in the morning? Good job, you should make an insomniacs anonymous group.

I thought this was it! I talk to facebook people at 4 in the morning far more often than dakkaites though. 4AM is where people you actually live with/around are in bed... Facebook is a whole other story.