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1) I need sleep! smile :)
I have trouble sleeping every night. I have tried showers, milky drinks, listening to the radio, reading and I just can't get to sleep before 11. I know that in your teens hormones are rushing around which cause sleeping difficulties but all I want is to go to sleep early. I can be sent to bed at 9 but I still cant get to sleep! PLEASE help! Reply
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Nah, that don't work. I had the worst insomnia in the world at one point, but I got rid of it by going to bed one hour later than usual. Insomnia is usually because you need less sleep than other people. Do not have milky drinks, that makes you not sleep even more, but you've got to think about the same thing every night, like you're going out with someone you fancy, and that works. Well it did with me anyway. Reply
re: I need sleep! Cookie
The radio might not actually
be helping. Try one of these meditation/relaxation CDs you can buy - they work
quite well. Just lie in a comfy position and shut everything out apart from the
music.
Also, think about your
mattress: is it a old one with spring sticking out cartoon style, or is it
relatively new. I've just got a new mattress and it has done wonders for me!
Also, don't change your sleep
pattern at weekends. If you go to bed at nine and rise at 7 do the same on
Saturday, Sunday and Friday nights. Really, if you mess up your sleep pattern by
having a separate one at weekends then you can't expect it to work during the
week.
Also, a common problem at this time of year is that it is too light to get to sleep at a reasonable time. Try buying one of those eye masks - the type you get on planes. Try fashion shops for some funky ones: you can get fluffy ones, and ones with devil's horns and things! They're great because if you a very light room, as they shut it all out. Just hang it over the bedpost and then you always know where it is (but don't forget to take it off when you wake up, or you might think that you've gone blind overnight!).
Good
Luck, and Sweet dreams! Cookie -x-
re: I need sleep!
jellyfishy
Try waking up earlier than you usually do.
This means you will be really tired by the time you go to bed.
If this doesn't work try changing your bed
cover. If it is bright change it to to a calmer colour or pastel shades.
You could even try aromatherapy and relaxation
tapes.
Just make sure you don't do anything that
makes you concentrate like reading.
I had a sleep problem once and now I sleep
like a baby.
