read, listen to music, watch tv, or bug my hubby for some pickle tickle.

Tanya





Er...pickle tickle? Elaborate, por favor.




~Beth :D

Sleep well   :D



I'm already dizzy just viewing that picture.

I tried counting sheep a few times.. the visual image of sheep jumping.. I paint it too vividly. I have the fence, the grassland, a small red barn.. weather.. I just elaborate too much. To kill the insomnia, I think about everything I want to think about until it's out of my head.. it's like I've gone through a checklist of things and people I need to think about before bed... either way, once I'm done thinking, I can sleep.

I tried counting sheep a few times.. the visual image of sheep jumping.. I paint it too vividly. I have the fence, the grassland, a small red barn.. weather.. I just elaborate too much. To kill the insomnia, I think about everything I want to think about until it's out of my head.. it's like I've gone through a checklist of things and people I need to think about before bed... either way, once I'm done thinking, I can sleep.

do you even see the Shepperd's shagging them?   ::)  ;D

Sleep well   :D
My eyes have just gone all perculiar.

I drink coffee sometimes. ;D

Lately, I have been battling insomnia.
Right now thou I think it is just my sleep pattern in general.
My hubby calls me a vampire - I am up all night and sleep during the day.
I try everything - but I cant seem to break my 'pattern'.

So, when I cant sleep - I turn to inthe00's!! ;D

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So, when I cant sleep - I turn to inthe00's!! ;D


And we're always glad to see you!!

(but are you saying we put you to sleep?) :( ;D

And we're always glad to see you!!

(but are you saying we put you to sleep?) :( ;D

Andrea, Andrea, Andrea....

You could never put me to sleep!
One night I thought I was MAria because I was up and on here until 7 in the morning! ;) ;D

I watch some Television before going to sleep or have a light snack.

Well.. I'll go to bed now and get to sleep around 2:30-3:00.

It always takes a long time.

What i like to do is imagine myself in a wrestling match, or a football game, and play it out in my head. Eventually it just merges in to dream.

Sometimes i lay awake and come up with obscene things in my head. That's always fun. Another i do, is keep my eyes open as long as possible and then turn over and bury my head in the pillow.

Well, i bid you all a good night.

Cheerio.

I just turn it on the religious channel. That's enough to put ANYONE to sleep. :P

I just turn it on the religious channel. That's enough to put ANYONE to sleep. :P


But what if it creeps into your head while you're sleeping and then you wake up wanting to spread the word of Christ?? :o

But what if it creeps into your head while you're sleeping and then you wake up wanting to spread the word of Christ?? :o


Never. I'm so corrupt now that the word of Christ runs screaming from my unconscious form. ;D

Never. I'm so corrupt now that the word of Christ runs screaming from my unconscious form. ;D


LMFAO!!! ;D

Hope you're feeling better btw... i read some post somewhere that you had the flu

LMFAO!!! ;D

Hope you're feeling better btw... i read some post somewhere that you had the flu


Yeah, it actually was strep throat. I found out on Tuesday after running a 102 temperature. :P

I'm feeling better now though, thanks. Although on Tuesday I was just wishing someone would shoot me and put me out of my misery. ;D

I'll have to try the religious channel, although that may cause nightmares of my Catholic school days ;)


Touch your toes and take the Lord!

I try to watch some porn to put me to sleep that way my dreams are much better.

:o


;D ;D That is if your Catholic school was anything like mine were..

I make up song parodies... and then I just fall asleep in the middle of it... But in the summer when it's too hot... I can't fall asleep until I can't stand being awake anymore... >:( makes me mad.

I make up song parodies... and then I just fall asleep in the middle of it... But in the summer when it's too hot... I can't fall asleep until I can't stand being awake anymore... >:( makes me mad.
Do you get the chance to write your ideas down before sleep takes over?

Do you get the chance to write your ideas down before sleep takes over?


no, but I usually remember them in the morning, so it's all good.

no, but I usually remember them in the morning, so it's all good.
Any ideas I have has to be written down.

It's back. >:(

I was doing really well for several months, but the last couple weeks I cannot seem to fall asleep.  I burned an 80 minute CD of all mellow relaxing music to listen to when I'm trying to go to sleep... and I've been having to start it over 2 or 3 times because I'm still awake when the CD ends.

I think I'm gonna have to pull an all-nighter one of these days... so that by the time I go to sleep, I'll be like a zombie, hopefully fall right asleep and get back on track again.

It's back. >:(

I was doing really well for several months, but the last couple weeks I cannot seem to fall asleep.  I burned an 80 minute CD of all mellow relaxing music to listen to when I'm trying to go to sleep... and I've been having to start it over 2 or 3 times because I'm still awake when the CD ends.

I think I'm gonna have to pull an all-nighter one of these days... so that by the time I go to sleep, I'll be like a zombie, hopefully fall right asleep and get back on track again.



Yeah, staying up all night, for about.. 2 nights, usually helps me. I'm not a good sleeper, either.

I really don't like going to sleep. It's a waste of time 

I really don't like going to sleep. It's a waste of time 


I love going to sleep, when I can sleep.

Another funny thing, is sometimes if I'm laying on the couch watching TV I will start to doze off... so I get up and go to bed, then I'm suddenly wide awake.

I love going to sleep, when I can sleep.

Another funny thing, is sometimes if I'm laying on the couch watching TV I will start to doze off... so I get up and go to bed, then I'm suddenly wide awake.
I wasn't 100% serious, I do like sleep when its quality, deep r.e.m. type of sleep. I just hate to miss out on anything while asleep.

8) I dont sleep but MAYBE 3-4 hrs a day..I suffer from Cronic Insomnia

Deep in the bosom of the gentle night,
Is where I search for the light,
Pick up my pen and start to write,
I struggle a fight,
Dark forces in the clear moonlight without fear,
Insomnia.

I can't get no sleep.

I used to worry,
Thought I was going mad in a hurry,
Getting stressed, making excess
mess in darkness. No electricity,
Something's all over me, greasy.
Insomnia please release me,
And let me dream of making mad love to my girl on the heath,
Tearing off tights with my teeth.
But there's no release, no peace,
I toss and turn without cease.
Like a curse,
I open my eyes and rise like yeast.

At least,
A couple of weeks since I last slept.
Kept taking sleepers,
But now I keep myself pepped
Deeper still,
The night, I write by candle light,
I find in sight
Fundamental movement.

So when it's black
This insomniac
Take an original tack
Keep the beast in my nature under ceaseless attack.
I gets no sleep.

I can't get no sleep.

I have had to resort to medication to assist me falling asleep and when insomnia occurs, which is probably 65% of the time, I'll take the meds and it doesn't make me sleepy or drowzy, just puts me in a calmer state and I fall right to sleep. I didn't go to sleep unitl 4:00am last night but slept until 930 so thats a solid 5.5 hrs. I'm good for the day

I have had to resort to medication to assist me falling asleep and when insomnia occurs, which is probably 65% of the time, I'll take the meds and it doesn't make me sleepy or drowzy, just puts me in a calmer state and I fall right to sleep. I didn't go to sleep unitl 4:00am last night but slept until 930 so thats a solid 5.5 hrs. I'm good for the day


I went to bed a little before 12am last night... and I think I fell asleep somewhere between 2:30 and 3:00 :-\\

Lately, I've had big time insomnia.  I try to sleep, but cannot.  I end up going to bed around 4am, and waking up at about 8am

mass insomnia at inthe00s. It's good to discuss with people that understand and it sure seems like there are a lot of us.

I went to bed a little before 12am last night... and I think I fell asleep somewhere between 2:30 and 3:00 :-\\


That's what usually happens to me.
I tend to try and hit the hay by about 1ish but I'm never alseep before 2:30-3:30-4:00.

The later I go to bed, the later I get to sleep.

I write songs or song parodies in my head...

then I wake up and forget them.

I have chronic insomnia too

Some things that work for me, although I don't do them every night:

Warm milk (I used to heat it on the stove, but hated the "skin" in the pan - what a pain to clean - now I just microwave it)

Once in awhile I'll take a Melatonin (it's found in the vitamin section) I take half the dose suggested - some nights it works better then others.  Some days I don't feel truly woken up until after noon.  So don't take it if you have to wide-eyed and bushy tailed immediately in the morning.

Hot bath - this works so well, I'll fall asleep in the bathtub - hubby is concerned he'll find me drowned someday.  :o  I think I'll be ok, just as long as I don't try to "fluff" the pillows/bubbles in the bath.

Sometimes I'll take an Aleve (or generic equivalent - Naxoproxin) and sit in my comfy chair in my living room and fall to sleep - sometimes I warm a wet towel in the microwave for 20 seconds - so far they haven't caught fire yet.  :o  and I'll put that on the back on my neck to relax my neck muscles that are tense.

What absolutely works for me, is I find something I REALLY want to watch on television, I don't bother setting up my VCR cause I know I'll be awake, sit down in my chair and fall asleep and wake up just as the program ends.  Works every time!  >:(

lol and my last resort, and sorry I can't rent him out, but my hubby will sometimes tell me some stories about his role-playing game sessions with his friends.  I swear I try to stay awake to listen, but it always puts me to sleep.  :(  Thankfully he is very understandable of that situation and does it just to put me to sleep.  lol

I don't usually sleep that much either...maybe about 3-5 hours a night.

I bought something called Tylenol "Simply Sleep" today.  I'm going to put it on my nightstand along with a glass of water, so if I can't fall asleep after an hour or so, I can try taking one.

I really don't like going to sleep. It's a waste of time 


I'm the same way, but unfortunately, I need about 10 hours of sleep a day.  It seems to me that we (as a society and as individuals) would get so much more accomplished if we didn't have to sleep!

I only get 4 to 5 hours a night  I can't get to sleep before 1:00 a.m.  too many years of working to many nights and with kids your  up with them in the morning with school and things..

My sleep pattern isn't so good now

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I'm the same way, but unfortunately, I need about 10 hours of sleep a day.  It seems to me that we (as a society and as individuals) would get so much more accomplished if we didn't have to sleep!


Actually, you really don't.
About 7 hours is just fine for everybody.

My sleep pattern is still not the best.

I generally wake up fairly early every day and never get to sleep before 2-3am.

On average I suppose I get around 4 - 4.5 and sometimes 5 hours of sleep.. which is better than a lot of people I suppose.

I fall alseep early..I've been getting tired earlier.

but I can sleep 8 or 9 hours easily...I"m lucky.  feel bad for people that can't sleep.
I'm hogging all the Z's.

...where am I?

I fall alseep early..I've been getting tired earlier.

but I can sleep 8 or 9 hours easily...I"m lucky.  feel bad for people that can't sleep.
I'm hogging all the Z's.


yeah well, the pit really isn't comfy  :(

...where am I?



You must've been sleepwalking Phil

You must've been sleepwalking Phil
So I was?

So I was?


Too many Ambiens eh.