FabSwingers.com forum: Sleeping

By *exyScientists OP Couple
10 hours ago

Castlebar

Maybe my first thread here?

So there have been plenty if threads to keep me entertained while I'm working all night (like tonight) but I also regularly have insomnia (and I try to stay off my phone then)

So what mad crazy tricks do people have to get to sleep when they have insomnia?

I have heard that banana skin tea is supposed to work? 🤮

I usually try meditation if my brain won't turn off, and a mug of hot milk but I think thats a placebo effect!

Any good ideas gratefully received 😊

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By *hickthighs26Woman
10 hours ago

funky town

Magnesium i find is really good

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By *lim_funMan
10 hours ago

Hebden bridge

Magnesium and valerian root

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By *ensuallover1000Man
10 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Creative visualisation often serves as a ticket to the land of nod for me.

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By *exyScientists OP Couple
10 hours ago

Castlebar

"Creative visualisation often serves as a ticket to the land of nod for me.

What are visualising?

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By *umbleweed.Man
10 hours ago

Naas

I get up and empty the dishwasher

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By *lim_funMan
10 hours ago

Hebden bridge

Put blue light devices onto red (night sleep mode)

I listen to stuff like sleepy scientist and a bunch of space stuff that last for hours designed for sleep. I should oroby log off

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By *ust want fun 888Man
10 hours ago

nearby

Thankfully op, I don’t really have this problem apart from when I’m drinking on a binge and the first night I come off the beer it’s really hard to sleep, I just tried to breathe very slowly but ends up being quite a restless night but have no problem sleeping with a few drinking

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By *ensuallover1000Man
10 hours ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Creative visualisation often serves as a ticket to the land of nod for me.

What are visualising? "

I often visualise serene scenes and journeys through idyllic locations much like the Wiccan technique of, Pathworking.

Said inner journeys are subsequently interrupted by images that I have not willed as I enter what is termed the hyp-nogogic *I had to break up the word due to site restrictions*, state which in turn gives way to me slipping away into peaceful slumber 😃

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By *eardofVampiresWoman
10 hours ago

Lancaster

I usually take my medication about an hour before bed but if I can't switch off will have some melatonin and in extreme cases something a bit stronger but I don't like to take it as I feel shite the next day..

When I'm ready I have to put the phone away and put something on the tv low that I have watched dozens of times and its more to listen to like a comfort thing

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By *025IncomingMan
8 hours ago

Co.Antrim

A cup of tea at night time will make me tired. Other than that all I've got is alcohol and some blues lol

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By *iddle aged and chubbyMan
6 hours ago

Shefford

"Maybe my first thread here?

So there have been plenty if threads to keep me entertained while I'm working all night (like tonight) but I also regularly have insomnia (and I try to stay off my phone then)

So what mad crazy tricks do people have to get to sleep when they have insomnia?

I have heard that banana skin tea is supposed to work? 🤮

I usually try meditation if my brain won't turn off, and a mug of hot milk but I think thats a placebo effect!

Any good ideas gratefully received 😊"

I feel for you, also a shift worker here, always have trouble sleeping at night - when on dayshift or off days - but, oddly, have no issues sleeping in the day when on nightshift!

Like yourself, I really wish I knew the answer

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By *akedMMan
3 hours ago

Witney

Sometimes I struggle to get to sleep and stay asleep. I suffer tinnitus and an over active bladder. Have sleep sounds on my smart speaker to help with the tinnitus

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By *.hrisMan
3 hours ago

Bath

Not going on my phone, and then sleeping tablets if I still can't sleep.

I've heard kiwis at night help too. Not tried that myself though.

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By *eautifully TwistedWoman
3 hours ago

Telford

Magnesium glycinate really helps me.

I can tell whe I haven't taken it, if it's bad the I have to get out of bed and chill downstairs for a while, maybe read and hat can make me tired.

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