Any tips on getting to sleep?

[Platypus]

I have real problems getting to sleep and switching off in general.

You should probably try meditation or relaxation / hypnosis tapes*



* MP3s, which I daresay you can download these days. e.g. I Can Make You Sleep: Amazon.co.uk: Paul McKenna: Books

[Scrag Meister]

I'm a really light sleeper but MotoGP, much as I love it, really does the trick. Sadly that is usually on a Sunday afternoon

Sometimes at night if I am having a problem getting to sleep, I''ll just stick a music channel quietly on the TV and it usually does the trick, or maybe ask the wife how her day went.

[BigTime]

Watching TV in bed works for me. I have problems getting to sleep if I have to be up early to drive to a client site and this used to work every time. I haven't had a TV in my room for a few years and this thread has reminded me of that trick, thanks.

[petergriffin]

And I bought a ball-bearing gun in case the burglars try to get into the house. And a baseball bat.

You worry too much

I had sex this morning so thats it for a frew days (I am nearly 50).

Bang the missus before going to bed instead. Problem solved.

[MarillionFan]

Propofol.

Chamone mother ****er.

[OwlHoot]

.. I had sex this morning ...

Sex in the morning?! That sounds positively perverted.

Wouldn't be easier to sleep if you had it in the evening?

Then again, maybe not everyone wants to go to bed at 8:30pm. But if you pushed bedtime back to say 7:00pm, the wife could watch Eastenders over your shoulder while you did it.

[MarillionFan]

8.30pm.

Living the dream man.

[Churchill]

I was in bed tonight at 8:30pm - about the same as usual. Usually I sleep straight through until 5am or so.

Tonight I woke up 10:30pm - itching like hell. I must de-flea that f**king cat again. After antihistamine cream I have stopped itching - but am wide awake and still cannot sleep.

I should be tired - I jogged 4.5 miles this morning at 5am and have spent most of the day with the kids including taking them to lunch, twice to the patk and took eldest son up to MI5/MI6 to hand in his job application. And I bought a ball-bearing gun in case the burglars try to get into the house. And a baseball bat.

I am off alcohol in training for my iron man and I had sex this morning so thats it for a frew days (I am nearly 50).

Mrs BP wants me to take a sleeping pill but I hate them.

Any advice?

BTW does anyone post at this time of night. If you are lurking please pop in to say hi. And call me Wilmslow.

BP

Sleep comes easy to one who lives a pure life free from moral corruption and the sense of well being that comes from living a blameless life.

That and 10 pints of bitter should see you right!

[d000hg]

Sleeping pills are bad. However my wife suffers from sleeplessness and was prescribed a drug normally used as an anti-depressant... but at a much lower dosage, which helps the body get to sleep but isn't actually forcing you into sleep.

[NickWallace87]

I have real problems getting to sleep and switching off in general. As I've said before, I have a Kindle which has a cover with a built in light (so it doesn't disturb the missus). I read it until I fall asleep and then it switches itself off. The other thing I do is play a card game or poker on my phone until I conk out. The objective is to clear my head so that I don't realise that I'm dropping off.

Have to agree with this. Something that will help you relax so that your no necessarily thinking about going to sleep. Book or monotonous game on the phone always works for me.