trouble sleeping...

**D Breyer** · 07-07-2005 04:53 PM

hello everybody,
for about the past 1-2 months (oddly right when summer started) i've been having a really hard time falling asleep... sometimes i'll lay awake for upwards of 3 hours before i can fall asleep. Also, i wake up EXTREMELY tired...

When I lift i take ABB Speed Stack (250MG Caffeine), and i lift at ~11AM... before i had trouble sleeping i was taking speed stack, but i don't think thats the source of my problem because i've tried not taking any caffeine for about a week, and i still had the trouble.

do any of you use any aids to get to sleep? what should i do? what do you do?

thanks for your help

**getfit** · 07-07-2005 05:04 PM

if i have a hard time sleeping i'll drink some hot milk with honey it helps a little

**D Breyer** · 07-07-2005 05:06 PM

milk mixed with honey? or milk and honey separate?

**getfit** · 07-07-2005 05:09 PM

together- milk and honey

**D Breyer** · 07-07-2005 07:07 PM

i'll have to try that

**Chizniz16** · 07-07-2005 07:08 PM

Melatonin tabs.

**D Breyer** · 07-07-2005 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by Chizniz16

Melatonin tabs.

i've heard of these before... it like.. helps your body know when you're tired or something.. do you think GNC has them? i'm going to check next time im there.

**Chizniz16** · 07-07-2005 07:32 PM

Well I know the Vitamin World has them for sure. I would think GNC would also.

**D Breyer** · 07-07-2005 07:34 PM

I wish there was a vitamin world next to me...

**Chizniz16** · 07-07-2005 07:36 PM

You can alwayz buy them online too. You get about 50 tabs for $3.00. They work really well but at the same time they dont over power you.

**TOBART** · 07-07-2005 07:44 PM

You can buy melatonin just about everywhere now. I tried it a few weeks ago for the first time because I was having problems with sleeping. I have never gotten such a bad sleep!!

It make me tired right away. I was sleeping but fully alert, it was horrible. I think I finally made it into a deep sleep by 6am and woke up at 8am.

Give it a try though, I might have just reacted to it differently.

**Chizniz16** · 07-07-2005 07:53 PM

You must have been thinking about it too much then or had something else on your mind. If you are going to take it make sure you are getting at least 7 hours of sleep. Take it about a half hour before your desired bed time, and try sleeping like normal. This is no special pill, you have melatonin in your body already but for some people their levels are lower. Just act normal and before you know it you will fall asleep.

**D Breyer** · 07-07-2005 10:44 PM

:withstupi

**Unreal** · 07-08-2005 07:18 AM

Walmart, Kmart, Target, Grocery store, walgreens all sell melatonin.

**_8_Ball** · 07-08-2005 08:26 AM

Any pharmacy has it...

**Unholy** · 07-08-2005 08:44 AM

Melatonin I just tried em a few days ago, and they do wonders, some warm milk with a shot of wiskey in it does the trick apparently

**BG5150** · 07-08-2005 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by capn crunch

i've heard of these before... it like.. helps your body know when you're tired or something.. do you think GNC has them? i'm going to check next time im there.

Ahh! Don't get them at GNC! Some of the other stores mentioned above are good. There's also Puritain Pride. You can order wither on-line or on the phone (if you're skittish about ordering on the 'net). I think they are having a 3-for-1 sale right now.

**stallion** · 07-08-2005 02:44 PM

It's probably totally off....buuuuuuuuut.....

Maybe you're hot? (temperature-wise).

I can't fall asleep on hot/humid nights unless the air conditioner is on full blast OR I take an ice-cold shower right before bed.

Hope this helps

**D Breyer** · 07-08-2005 03:31 PM

i think that might have a lot to do with it.. every night i've had trouble sleeping its been pretty humid/hot out... im going to try and get some air circulation through the room, and maybe like you said, take a cold shower before bed

**Chizniz16** · 07-08-2005 03:41 PM

Thats a great idea, or maybe Air conditioning. It will be 90-95 degrees this weekend in central Minnesota Capn!

**mrelwooddowd** · 07-09-2005 12:36 PM

It also takes some time to actually regulate sleep patterns after coming off of regular caffiene, that is, if you have trouble sleeping as a result of caffiene. It may not hurt you to give it another week or so, so you don't feel the need to take something to help you do the most basic and natural thing there is...sleep.

Warm milk helps too, though. It produces the same effect of tryptophan, like eating turkey, if I remember correctly. It always helped me sleep, even though I just drank it to drink it...mmmmmm..with some sugar!

**D Breyer** · 07-10-2005 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Chizniz16

Thats a great idea, or maybe Air conditioning. It will be 90-95 degrees this weekend in central Minnesota Capn!

yea, its so frickin hott right now... yesterday like 95 today 92 with a heat index of 100...

i put a fan in my room its helping a ton... i slept really great last night.

**twm** · 07-10-2005 08:19 PM

Melatonin helps me out. I just took one not 10 minutes ago. If I have had a rough weekend and my sleep schedule is skewed, I will drink a glass or two of some wine. That gets me girl drunk.. and it's pretty easy to sleep from there.

**Tarquin** · 07-10-2005 09:22 PM

I used to have that problem too, but a really good cure I found is cough medicine - the drowsy kind. Half a bottle of that and you're out cold

**TOBART** · 07-10-2005 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Tarquin

I used to have that problem too, but a really good cure I found is cough medicine - the drowsy kind. Half a bottle of that and you're out cold

Yeah, that will work. I used that to get to sleep during finals last semester. The main problem is, once you stop using it, you get insomnia.

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