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You can't sleep?

I can fall asleep on a budgies lip, but I'm one of those who can power nap so after ten minutes I can wake up and be raring to go.

I had an early night tonight. I'm having works done at Casa BM and the living room is in a right state

(Just for Chocs, as I know she enjoys what's going on in the life of BM, I'm having a wall knocked down to reveal an old Inglenook fireplace and a woodburning stove installed )

So there's nowhere to sit so I went to bed at 9pm. I was wide awake at 0.39am and have been up for 2 and a half hours.

I've come to the conclussion that I just don't need much sleep.

Do you?

LOL nice, we renovated two old farm cottages and reveal inglenook fireplaces, original bread ovens and all the beams - why people cover these up I will never know!

Anyway, I'm a terrible insomniac at the best of times. Several things that help are a mug of warm milk with some honey. Warm milk is a natural relaxant and usually does the trick. Some lavender drops on the pillow or a soak in a lavender bath. A couple of glasses of vino. Failing all of that, good old prescribed meds usually knock me out, but then I can barely get going the next day, so they are a last resort.

Drink has the opposite effect with me, I can't sleep at all! I've never taken sleeping pills and after having watched the trial of Conrad Murray, I wouldn't want to start

Bethsmum wrote:Drink has the opposite effect with me, I can't sleep at all! I've never taken sleeping pills and after having watched the trial of Conrad Murray, I wouldn't want to start

I was going to suggest propofol...but nevermind. Just count sheep

My dear old mum always use to tell me to count sheep when she made me go to bed when I wasn't tired.

She used to tell me I had growing pains when anything hurt.
What the hell are growing pains?

Bethsmum wrote:Drink has the opposite effect with me, I can't sleep at all! I've never taken sleeping pills and after having watched the trial of Conrad Murray, I wouldn't want to start

I never said they were sleeping pills, but the side effect is drowsiness, so does the trick.

Hmmmm... I had a lot of growing pains in my youth as well

It's true what they say then BM, the older you get the less sleep you need?

Dillon wrote:Hmmmm... I had a lot of growing pains in my youth as well

It's true what they say then BM, the older you get the less sleep you need?

I bet you did Dillon and by the way I'm not that old! Now they'll all start calling me granny again.

I guess the reason is that your just not really tired , it happens to me sometimes that i can sleep at all especially if i go to sleep early like 9 or 10 i wake up in the middle of the night, so i usually go to bed about 11.30 or 12.00, if i have a heavy dinner i sleep easily though.

I never really fall asleep. I usually pass out drunk or sleep with a very heavy buzz. I cant say im an alcoholic because i never really crave alcohol in the morning till early evening.

So yea, i just drink a few shots or a few beers.

I'm reasonably lucky in being able to sleep almost anywhere and at any time.

sage & onion wrote:I'm reasonably lucky in being able to sleep almost anywhere and at any time.

I know a few people like that. It's insanely annoying lol

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned having a good work out. It always does it for me.

sage & onion wrote:I'm reasonably lucky in being able to sleep almost anywhere and at any time.

Babies and old people do that

Ambassador wrote:

sage & onion wrote:I'm reasonably lucky in being able to sleep almost anywhere and at any time.

Babies and old people do that

Pass the dummy m8

mrdubai87 wrote:zzzzzzzz

Thank gawd stay in zzzzzzzzzzz.

I tend to fall asleep when I shouldn't, like at lectures, at the wheel of the car etc.
I even once fell asleep on parade.
But when I need to sleep, I can't.