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Who needs something to help them sleep either every night or almost every night?

Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:12 am
Posted by LSULyle00690
Hoover, AL
Member since Sep 2004
7055 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:12 am
The sleep cycle thread got me thinking. How many adults fall asleep naturally?

As a child I slept fine but now I find myself taking 10 mg ambien almost every night. I really wish I didn't need it but a sleepless night is horrible
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20328 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:13 am to
I usually take melatonin unless I'm drunk.

Idk if it helps tough...I fall asleep quickly but I rarely sleep through the night without waking up once or twice.

Posted by Paige
Vice President of the OT
Member since Oct 2010
84748 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:14 am to
Ambien didn't work for me. I take Klonopin and Seroquel and will stay awake the entire night without the Seroquel

The Klonopin just makes it easier to fall asleep
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134026 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:15 am to
I sleep in the daytime, but up until the past half a year or so, I've been able to fall asleep naturally.

Considering starting to take something, though. Working nights and wifey's rotating shift schedule is catching up to me in the ability to fall asleep department
Posted by BIGFOOD
Member since Jun 2011
12780 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:15 am to
I need some sort of back round noise...tv, something. I usually find a documentary on youtube or something and fall asleep listening to it. Hard for me to do silent.
Posted by ever43
Raleigh, NC
Member since Aug 2009
2947 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:16 am to
I've taken 10 mg ambien nightly since 08
Posted by Montezuma
Member since Apr 2013
3634 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:39 am to
Melatonin and noise. I cannot sleep in silence.
Posted by cellblock776
Member since Jul 2013
89 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:41 am to
I work nights. Sleeping during the day is rough. I often use foam ear plugs and a sleep mask.
It helps when the neighbors are mowing their lawn or their dogs are yapping all day.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48783 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:47 am to
Handful of xanax
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 1:51 am to
I just took some NyQuil. I'll be asleep shortly.
Posted by lsufanintexas
Member since Sep 2006
5014 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:02 am to
I take a sleep aid every night to shut off my brain. The generic sleep aid which is really just repackaged anti-histamine works well for me. I get groggy and sleepy within 30 minutes of taking it and it allows me to fall asleep each night.

If I don't take it I'm up all night and have insomnia.
Posted by Prominentwon
LSU, McNeese St. Fan
Member since Jan 2005
94010 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 2:04 am to
Ha. I can fall asleep on concrete in 10 minutes if I'm tired enough.

Usually takes me about 5-10 minutes to fall asleep in bed if I'm exhausted.

I woke up about 745 this morning. Took another nap around noon till about 330. But alas, here I am...but I'm on nights, so I have to stay up. I'll be home for about 530 am and will be asleep by 6.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
20440 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 5:38 am to
I use 5mg of Ambien many nights but can go to sleep without it.
Posted by Emteein
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
3913 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 6:08 am to
what is happening in your head that prevents you from sleeping? Are you just thinking about something, kind of like over analyzing a situation?Or are you full of energy and aren't tired?

For me I get tired, my eyes get heavy, then I just lay down and go to sleep. shite sometimes I fall asleep sitting up.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 7:33 am to
I take a half a pill of Midnite
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
7993 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:04 am to
half an ambien every night.
Posted by ThatsAFactJack
East Coast
Member since Sep 2012
1565 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:37 am to
I either take 2 nyquil or 2mg of melatonin every fricking night. It sucks. I have tried to go to sleep without for a week at a time and I always end up staying awake most nights. For whatever reason, once everyone in the house is sleeping (wife and kids) my brain goes into high gear.
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 8:43 am
Posted by Grouper Picatta
Sarasota,FL
Member since Mar 2013
1590 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:46 am to
Ive been through the rough patch in life where you stay up all night.It takes its toll. Took all the sleeping pills and benzos too and they are a bandaid at best. I now and have for a few years sleep like a baby with none of that. What worked for me. Workout/ exercise hard during the early part of the day. Wear yourself out. Take a magnesium supplement. Dont procrastinate on projects or work. Get your shite done and move on so you dont dwell on it. Not preaching but get right with the man above and give your worries over to him. Good luck sleepy heads
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
56509 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 8:57 am to
A gram of heroin.
Posted by wal marks
bee arrah
Member since Mar 2013
1124 posts
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:09 am to
6 to 8 tall boys ole baw
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