Restless biker

[Subike]

My solution to sleep problem is to read.
I go to bed a hour earlier than I need, pick up a good book and read.
This takes my mind off of all the shit of the day allowing it to relax.
You cant sleep if you have up toa million voices all telling you different things, all racing around inside your head.
The other thing I do at the same once in bed is allow my body to switch off.
Starting at my toes, let it relax into sleep. again a tense body, as well as an active brain is going to keep you awake all night.
The quieter it is the better too.
Sleep is as important as food, taken regually it will make life enjoyable, over indulge and you become lazy.

[Street Gerbil]

Sex works for me.

[Indiana_Jones]

Sex works for me.

Let's not go there lol

-Indy

[Okey Dokey]

Read Usarka's post. There is a lot of good information and advice in there.

[Griffin]

You know that chick who rolls around in her bed at 1am in the morning, tossing and turning, getting all hot and frustrated and moaning and groaning because she get some f*cking sleep, that’s me.

Now, I'm not too keen on taking any pills, so I turn to you guys. If any of you guys have ideas or suggestions, things you do to help you finally get to sleep, please comment. Please...

Cheers,

midnight_lykos

I think I have selective reading issues...

[avgas]

bottle of jager

[vifferman]

Firstly, if I can't sleep, I try not to stress about it - that makes it worse.
I lie on my back, and think about stuff (like bike things) until I start to feel sleepy, then roll over on my side (your brain's more active when you're on your back).
If I really can't sleep, I get up and have a couple of aspirin, ibuprofen or panadol, as that seems to quiet my brain down just enough to sleep.
When I was in Yurp, I resorted a few times to sleeping tablets - twice on flights, and a couple of other times when I was dog tired. I don't recommend them, as you feel really groggy for hours after you wake up. But, OTOH, they did make me feel more refreshed than I had been. I also took some "natural" tablets containing tryptophan, when I had big time zone changes, as this is a 'natural' sedative (it's found in small amounts in milk and cheese), and it breaks down to serotonin, which helps your body clock reset, especially in cojunction with coffee and sunshine. However, even though these tablets are supposed to be taken 2 hours before bed to help you sleep, because my brain's frukt, they actually boost my brain activity and keep me awake. (Taken earlier in the day, they usually make me sleep much more soundly).

[nodrog:Me]

have a wank

[Oakie]

have a wank

Yeah ... or whatever it's called when you're a girly.
I read for about 20 minutes when I climb in the old fart-sack and then fall straight asleep. Trouble is that I often wake up about 3.30 and then just doze until daylight. Sucks!

[Finn]

Search your inner self to find out what it is and deal to it.

I think someone already suggested sex.

[retro asian]

Take inspiration from Seinfeld's most famous episode "The Contest".



....wait, I'm too slow that's already been suggested a few times...

[speights_bud]

I find reading is really good, and find it hard to sleep if im on KB for a little too long at night then go straight to bed...

A couple of times i got up out of bed when i just couldn't sleep and went for a blast on the bike, bugger all traffic around in the early hours, something about the cold night riding that got my brain going and focused, gets the 'itch' outta my head, slept pretty good after that usually. Not something that i did on a regular basis though.

I also find that if i've had a lack of physical activity it is also hard to sleep, mentally buggered but just get that gotta do something feeling.