Nobody likes to lie awake at night and wonder why they can’t sleep. Insomnia is something that most people will face at least once in his or her lifetime. Having said that, here are some insomnia tips to help you fight through your sleeplessness and get back to those great dreams that you’ve been missing:
Insomnia Tip #1: Visit your doctor. Often insomnia is actually a symptom of another problem. By visiting your doctor you can rule out any physical causes of your inability to sleep. If the insomnia is being caused by a physical problem, your doctor can help you fix it.
Insomnia Tip #2: Keep a regular bedtime schedule. Some people are able to keep a varied schedule while others are not. If you find that you are doing “insomnia” searches on your computer on a regular basis, you might want to consider scheduling a regular “bedtime” for yourself. In addition to going to bed at the same time every night, develop your own “getting ready for bed ritual” and make sure that you do it at the same time every night.
The ritual can be as easy as washing your face and brushing your teeth, or you can start earlier than that and, say an hour before you want to be asleep, turn on some soothing music while you read for a few minutes and then turn down the bedding, etc. Whatever your ritual, make sure you do it in the same order at the same time every day. Eventually your body memory will take over and you will find yourself getting tired right on time! Even if you don’t feel tired, your body will learn that it needs to relax when you begin the routine each evening.
Insomnia Tip #3: Do not eat or drink too close to your bedtime. While some people advocate the drinking of warm milk or eating a turkey sandwich (both of which contain tryptophan which makes you tired), make sure that you don’t eat or drink anything within about an hour of your bedtime. If you eat or drink closer to your bedtime, you will most likely end up having to get up a few times during the night to use the bathroom. If your biggest problem with insomnia is falling asleep, getting up to use the bathroom could be what keeps you from sleeping for the rest of the night.
One of the most well known tips is this: if nothing else has worked and you find that you still can’t sleep, then get back up. For many people just the thought of getting back out of bed and returning to an activity is enough to make them fall asleep. For others, it is the action of getting back up that tells the body that it needs to relax. Even if getting back up doesn’t make you tired, at least you won’t stress out about wasting time trying to get to sleep!
Remember that not all insomnia tips are created equal and that you might need to try a few before you find the one that works best for you.
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