I'm really tierd, bored, and can't sleep.
I've sworn off booze and drugs for 2 weeks.

I have drunk 5 shots of Night Nurse and taken 4 Nytol; they haven't helped.

Do any of you have any tips to help me snooze?
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Sun 10 Aug 2008, 23:46, 24 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

One thing I finds works
is counting backwards from 100 in your head with a steady rhythm. If you make a mistake you start at 100 again.
Get your breathing in time with the rhythm and it should do the trick.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 10 Aug 2008, 23:54, Reply)

Or
Read. I read myself to sleep most nights.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 3:08, Reply)

Lots of exercise : )
Yeah right!
( girlinthehole, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 8:26, Reply)

have a wank?
since guys seem to crash out once they're done.

Glad to be of service.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:39, Reply)

Sworn Off Booze?...

Swear back on it again!

nighty night :)
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:43, Reply)

Not all of us do
CHCB :-P
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:44, Reply)

hot bath
good book

one or two valerian (from holland and barrett)

but yeah, failing that, the old ways are the best ways...
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:32, Reply)

You could skull your self off a kitchen cupboard
and pass out for a bit. Double bonus being you then have a decent story for the QOTW*















*if you live to tell it.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 11:52, Reply)

CB
I don't fall asleep after, I replay the fantasy in my mind and get hard again!
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:38, Reply)

People put too much stock in Sex..
Have you considered the drugs or rock'n'roll alternatives?

Also, food - cooking is like foreplay and dining the consummation of a sincere and heartfelt union.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 13:57, Reply)

I find
An axe repeatedly smashed into the spinal column puts people to sleep quite nicely.

oh.

Err, yes, exercise, I sleep like a log nowadays after a good workout and light food, and drinking 10 less cups of tea a day probably helps
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 14:01, Reply)

How do you know about my tea habit?
Also, drugs tend to keep me awake...

And I've given up on drugs in order to reach the heady heights of success in work.

And to ensure I always get it up!
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:25, Reply)

@DP
I meant me! I drink about 10 less cups of tea a day, twinings herbal infusions might make you look a plank, but are a good substitute.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:27, Reply)

shagged friday
drugged saturday

slept sunday


*takes cake*

*eats it*



Roll on the weekend!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:47, Reply)

@ Halfy & BazMS
Halfy - Since I've been de-toxing I've been on about 20 cups a day! Perhaps this is an issue?

BMS - Bastard.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)

DP
20 cups? christos you must be pissing every 15 minutes. err yeah, that much intake is not going to help you sleep defo.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 15:58, Reply)

@DP
the tay will keep you awake alright. Regarding the other, lower your standards! :)
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 16:02, Reply)

Valerian
is the best thing that I've found, after my good friend mary jane.

make sure you get the extract in liquid form rather than capsules or something. squirt a load of it into your mouth and swill it around for 30 seconds (tastes grim) then swallow it. got me through my finals with a normal amount of sleep after I'd given up the grass for a while.

also, cut out tea altogether. you'll be better off in the long run. I barely drink any these days and I feel much more awake more of the time.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 17:14, Reply)

disasterprone
Knock the tea on the head! My fella drinks a cup of tea every half hour but he smokes enough weed to counteract it. I keep up with him for the first 4 cups and then spend the rest of the night buzzin' me tits off on PG Tips. It's a sneaky bastard, the caffeine in tea. Go onto decaff stuff, maybe.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 17:29, Reply)

But I need to drink!
And tea is my alcohol substitute...

Ho-hum... I guess I'll be buying Valerian (sp?)

Thanks for the help folks!
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 20:25, Reply)

I agree with CHCB
Knock one out - that's one of the best ways of ensuring a good night's kip. I personally find ovaltine and radio 4 to be the best method for me and that includes when I'm on nights.

What a prescription: Wanking, radio 4 and ovaltine.
(SpunkyMcSpunkbubble Diddled your nubbin on, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 22:07, Reply)

Depending
On which drugs you'r cutting out and how much booze, its gonna take at least 3 days before you get a good settled night.

Don't bother with sleeping tablets or night nurse or other rubbish. Its just swapping one drug for another.

Drink a litre of OJ every day and have a nice mug of warm milk before you go to bed, and by Thursday you should be out like a light and dreaming properly again.
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Mon 11 Aug 2008, 22:26, Reply)

It's been over a week!!!!
God, I need to sleep!
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 11 Aug 2008, 23:38, Reply)

Decaf tea
We have it at work and it tastes the same :) Which is good as I drink about 10 cups in the working day...

I also find that doing puzzles (su doku, crosswords etc) at night makes me sleepy. Erm..
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 12 Aug 2008, 14:59, Reply)