Tips to beat insomnia

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I have been having on and off insomnia for the past couple of months here in Japan. I think some of it stems from the fact that the sleeping conditions in Japan are totally different from the US (house walls are thinner, heating is horrible). I also have a job that goes until about 9 or so and I usually get back to my place around 10. I can't shut down right away and I normally have to leave my place at around 9:30 to catch a ride to work.

Anyways, I want to stay out here but the insomnia is getting to the point that I'm getting pains in my upper right side of my back and shooting pains in my head. I had a great week of sleep last week where I slept about 8 hours every night but last night I had to take a sleeping pill just to shut down. I never had this problem in the states.

I started taking Valerian Root which helped, as well as Camomile tea, but I just can't seem to get two solid weeks of sleep. If it gets to the point where I need to take Benzos every night to sleep I'm on the next plane out of the country.

Anybody have any advice? I can quit my job for the next four months and chill here, take language classes and get ready for grad school, but I would prefer to save some money. I just don't know how bad my health will get if I continue to have this problem for another 4 months or so.
 
Fapping usually cured my insomnia. Now I can't fap, so I await some sleepless nights. Which sucks because I have to wake up at 6:30am from tues-fri.
 
I've basically tried everything. I guess the only thing that keeps me going to work everyday is knowing that people survived as POWs and ended up alright.
 
trojansc82 said:
I have been having on and off insomnia for the past couple of months here in Japan. I think some of it stems from the fact that the sleeping conditions in Japan are totally different from the US (house walls are thinner, heating is horrible). I also have a job that goes until about 9 or so and I usually get back to my place around 10. I can't shut down right away and I normally have to leave my place at around 9:30 to catch a ride to work.

Anyways, I want to stay out here but the insomnia is getting to the point that I'm getting pains in my upper right side of my back and shooting pains in my head. I had a great week of sleep last week where I slept about 8 hours every night but last night I had to take a sleeping pill just to shut down. I never had this problem in the states.

I started taking Valerian Root which helped, as well as Camomile tea, but I just can't seem to get two solid weeks of sleep. If it gets to the point where I need to take Benzos every night to sleep I'm on the next plane out of the country.

Anybody have any advice? I can quit my job for the next four months and chill here, take language classes and get ready for grad school, but I would prefer to save some money. I just don't know how bad my health will get if I continue to have this problem for another 4 months or so.
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Ah, insomnia. My specialised subject.

I feel for you, I suffered from insomnia for years and it is a complete ballache and I can ruin both your professional and private life.

Don't do what I did and start ordering sleeping tablets online. I was buying zopiclone for years and to be fair it is a quick fix and you will sleep through WW3 but long term it will ruin you and it is highly addictive. Your body builds up a resistance to it and after 8 months of constant use I was taking 30+ a night. How it didn't kill me I don't know, but it was then I went to the Dr's who referee me to a specialist.

To ween me of the Zop's (which has been found in the body of many a dead celeb - Heath Ledger, Tony Scott) the doc put me on Diazepam (which he will do for you to help you relax on an evening before bed).

Take these but refuse the zopiclone! You have been warned.

Anyway, if you do decide to take Diazepam to get your sleeping patterns back to normal start getting up early (that's the key). I get up at 5am every morning and by 9pm I can fall asleep anywhere.

If the heating system isn't up to much in your apartment, get an electric blanket. You don't get dry throat from it, you can turn it off and on with the switch next to you. If the walls are paper thin, think about getting sponge ear plugs and put your alarm clock right next to your head where you sleep.

Pay off all your debts! Worrying about money or work will keep you awake on an evening, so by having no credit card debt and being happy at work eleviates worry.

When your in bed, read don't watch TV. Get on Sherdog read through a couple of forums and you'll be pushin out the z's in no time.
 
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Sorry, double post there.

Another thing is wait until your tired before going to bed. Don't go at a set time because you think it's the right thing to do.

If you go to bed and your not tired you increase the chances of thinking and thinking and getting agitated because you can't sleep. The next thing you know your looking at the clock thinking 'I've got to get up in 3 hours'. Then your screwed.
 
What'd you think is causing the insomnia? I've had periods of insomnia before. For some of them, I knew what was causing insomnia. Eventually when I was able to stop the sources of my insomnia for those particular episodes, I did. Consequently, I wasn't an insomniac any longer for those certain insomnia spells.
 
Some things that work for me. Lots of physical exercise during the day. Weed. Eat a heavy meal (although sleep quality isn't great). Open a window for a bit of fresh air and background noise. Dim lighting for a couple of hours prior to sleep. Reading a book just before sleep.
 
Wish I knew a surefire solution.

Been battling that shit for the past 2 years.
 
Tomax said:
Some things that work for me. Lots of physical exercise during the day. Weed. Eat a heavy meal (although sleep quality isn't great). Open a window for a bit of fresh air and background noise. Dim lighting for a couple of hours prior to sleep. Reading a book just before sleep.
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Exercise works well some of the time, other times after I get done and shower I feel rejuvenated, its weird.

Weed keeps me up even longer, strangely enough.

Tried a small glass of whiskey before bed and that works off and on, might switch to wine.
 
I usually work out before I go to bed. Knocks me out good.
 
Viva said:
Exercise works well some of the time, other times after I get done and shower I feel rejuvenated, its weird.

Weed keeps me up even longer, strangely enough.

Tried a small glass of whiskey before bed and that works off and on, might switch to wine.
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More whiskey, man. One small glass won't do much if one's sleeping pattern is severely disturbed.
 
I think my insomnia is caused by the foreign environment, late work schedule, diet change, and fear of health problems if I don't sleep(immediate and long term).
 
Viva said:
Exercise works well some of the time, other times after I get done and shower I feel rejuvenated, its weird.

Weed keeps me up even longer, strangely enough.

Tried a small glass of whiskey before bed and that works off and on, might switch to wine.
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Yeah, an hour or so of exercise wakes me up as well. To collapse exhausted into bed at night you need a solid day of physical labour. If you want to sleep like the dead, dig graves for a living.
 
trojansc82 said:
I think my insomnia is caused by the foreign environment, late work schedule, diet change, and fear of health problems if I don't sleep(immediate and long term).
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Elaborate on the health problems if you'd be so kind
 
trojansc82 said:
Worried about a seizure if I don't sleep for two days and heart attack/stroke in the future.
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Did you just expose yourself as a troll? It seems so.




If you're serious, what you just listed for your fears might be a major reason for your insomnia. You need to figure out how to relax and realize that those hypothetical scenarios have a minuscule probability of occurring because of your lack of sleep.
 
Fishmonger said:
Did you just expose yourself as a troll? It seems so.




If you're serious, what you just listed for your fears might be a major reason for your insomnia. You need to figure out how to relax and realize that those hypothetical scenarios have a minuscule probability of occurring because of your lack of sleep.
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Wish I was trolling. I'm at my wit's end here, but hoping I can make it through the next few months.
 
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