I listen to something like this: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L_tS1zDJh1E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> There's many many more of these
The only reason I've kept my iPhone 3GS... http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relax-melodies-hd-white-noise/id367506176?mt=8 Never found a better sound/sleep app. EDIT: And now available on Android! So long, Apple...
I used to have a lot of trouble getting to sleep. I used to listen to music untill fell asleep. Nowadays I read untill I fall asleep. Both options work great.
Easy. 1. Go to your room 2. Turn off the lights 3. lay down 4. pray to God for forgiveness and forgive others. 5. You probably will sleep by now because satan hates a praying man.
You Americans are crazy with the pills, stop advising a kid to take that stuff, don'T want to mess him up.
I don't really drink but when I need to go to sleep, 2 oz. of bourbon does the trick. 2 oz. Buffalo Trace 4 oz. Milk 2 packet Equal Drink it all down (tastes like a bourbon milkshake), then go get flat in bed (then you have to get up and pee at 6).
Smoke the reefer. Melatonin. Ambien as a last resort. One thing I've found that helps me is I bring my ipad to bed and watch some tv show as I fall asleep. It only works if it's a rerun you've seen before, to where you dont really pay attention to it, it just helps relax and take your mind off everything. I'll watch a South Park and I'm out before it's over.
Man, some of y'all have terrible sleep habits. Any use of benzo's, alcohol, anti-cholinergics (nyquil, benadryl) should only be used occasionally. The official advice to teenage and college students in medical clinics is: 1) Turn off all distractions including TV's, laptops, iPods, cell phones etc.. 2) Get rid of as much light in the room, e.g. computer screens, printer lights, etc... Total darkness is the best way to sleep. If you can't get rid of all light pollution, use a sleep mask. 3) Get rid of all sounds. Ear plugs are a good temporary solution. 4) Go to bed a consistent time and wake up at a consistent time. That will get your body tired/shutting down towards a particular time. 5) No physical activity within 2-3 hours of sleep. For some people, it can make you tired and fall asleep. For others the elevated heart rate and release of catecholamines/endorphins will keep you awake. 6) No caffeine late in the day. Caffeine has a 6-hour half-life. For me this means nothing after 3pm or I won't sleep til midnight. 7) Get physical exercise during the day. Pairing a physically tired body with a mentally tired body just makes sense. The term thrown around in medicine is "sleep hygiene". Good sleep is based on good habits and is as much a reflection of what you do during the day as what you do at night. EDIT* My own personal advice from studying 12-16hr a day for board exams: -Don't study/work all the way up to bedtime. Give yourself some time to let your mind wind down. A lot of people here have alluded to that. This leads me to: -Make the bedroom about sleeping. If you live in a dorm, study in the library. Don't work in your room. If you can: don't watch TV in your room, don't surf the web in your room. It's a subtle thing, but this is a really helpful tip.
