Comments on: How to Treat (and Maybe Cure) Insomnia

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By: Maudrey

Maudrey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:02:41 +0000

Great post.

I battled with insomnia all throughout college and the few years after that. It took me months of exhausting myself and about a week on sleeping pills to normalize my sleeping habits.

There are still nights when I find it difficult to sleep. But I’ve discovered a fast and unconventional way to deal with it without the pills. I watch a movie that I’ve seen many, many times before. For me, that’s Meg Ryan’s You’ve Got Mail or Harrison Ford’s Sabrina. Now don’t get me wrong… I LOVE THESE MOVIES. Nothing boring about them at all. But they somehow help me sleep during one of those nights when it’s difficult for me to.

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By: Grace Kleppin

Grace Kleppin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:19:47 +0000

Sleeping with cats is not a good answer to insomnia, either. Their time schedule of when a good time to get up is NEVER the same as mine! I agree on the dull book: Dickens and War and Peace put me to sleep for years. The other thing I'd add is to watch out for conditioned responses. If you've struggled for years, then bedroom may become the focal point for NOT sleeping. Change the room around a little or sleep in a different room for a bit and see if it helps? G. Grace Kleppins last blog post..150 ways to be mindful in the next 24 hours

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:55:08 +0000

Great list Maria. I had trouble too at times too. I found that reading non-fiction (even boring ones) got my brain moving too much that I would have trouble not thinking about the concepts and imagining them applied in my life. Read fiction until you read the same sentence 5 times and still do not know what you read- then go to sleep.

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By: Maria Gajewski

Maria Gajewski — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:07:40 +0000

Interesting. Thanks for sharing your experience, Lindsay.

My problems derive more from the scheming end of things than any physical problems, but I bet plenty of people are suffering from food allergies and don’t even know they’re being effected!