I may be able to help, but you won't like it
Ms Foxtrot was off work with stress a while back and wasn't sleeping at all well for a good long time. She started going to a meditation class once a week and it really seemed to help level her out. She's much more inclined towards all that hippy bobbins than I am anyway but the breathing exercises she does at night definitely help her with getting a decent amount of sleep. She hasn't gone to this class for the last couple of weeks and her sleep's been a bit erratic since.

So you might find meditation class helps with your sleep issues. It all depends whether you want to sit in a room with a bunch of New Age mung-bean munchers for an hour. You've got the beard for it.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:20, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

thanks for the suggestion
I have considered pretty much everything over the years.

Trouble is, I'm not stressed. I'm not worried about anything, I can be completely relaxed, blank mind, and just not be able to sleep.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:22, Reply)

Get a large man to punch you in the face and knock you unconscious
Make sure your bed is behind you to break your fall
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:25, Reply)

that is quite a radical approach
I would have to ensure that I remained unconcious all night though, otherwise no real improvement, with some significant drawbacks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Your beard would just soften the blow

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:28, Reply)

Desperate times call for desperate measures

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:29, Reply)

Just invite Chompy out for a drink with a hot colleague of yours
Then drink her drinks.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:50, Reply)

I don't have any while on secondment
I see what you did there though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:56, Reply)

Just trying to help

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:58, Reply)

does that stuff make you pass out
or just not remember stuff?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 10:02, Reply)

I think it depends on what's used
But as far as I'm aware, it makes you feel very drunk and eventually pass out.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 10:03, Reply)

Now, I'm the person here most likely to suggest
that new-age arseholes go fuck themselves with the nearest wind-chime, and even I don't see why this won't work - insomnia is a mental rather than a physcial issue so meditation might well help.

Of course, what he really needs to do is lay off the weed, but I know he'll tell me to do one, and rightly so ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 9:58, Reply)

I had the insomnia before the weed smoking
over the years it probably hasn't helped sure, but stopping even for extended periods hasn't helped either.

at the moment when weighing the things against each other, continuing to smoke weed beats the possibility that my insomnia might go away.

You say it is a mental issue, which I would normally agree with, but I cannot find any reason why I should be experiencing it. It happens when I am at my most relaxed and stress free equally as often as when I am not. Exercising or not doesn't seem to make any difference either.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 10:07, Reply)

just because it's mental doesn't mean it's got an obvious cause.
I don't sleep on Sunday nights at all, yet I really enjoy my job.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 10:09, Reply)

fair enough
the brain is a strange thing.

as much as I may complain about not sleeping, it's only 4 or 5 nights over a couple of weeks at most at the moment, which is easily handled, and I'm sure once my secondment is over things will improve
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 10:14, Reply)

It means you're gay.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 10:16, Reply)

the voice of experience

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Jan 2011, 10:21, Reply)