Insomnia

TheMilkyPirate

Anybody here suffer from or have suffered from insomnia??
I haven't slept in 5days feels a bit surreal kinda like one big day..
Not sure why i haven't just don't see the need, I haven't felt tired therefore i don't sleep..

Gaz

Go for the record , i think its 11 days

Devon

You're not alone tonight, although I'm working so that's slightly different I suppose. The longest I went without sleep was about 30 hours, and that wiped me out completely. If I went 5 days without sleep, I'd be seeing a doctor.

tman

Devon wrote:

You're not alone tonight, although I'm working so that's slightly different I suppose. The longest I went without sleep was about 30 hours, and that wiped me out completely. If I went 5 days without sleep, I'd be seeing a doctor.

I'm working as well, I'd be out like a light right now if I wasn't:(

and I'd definitely be booking an appointment to see my GP soon if I were the original poster!

TheMilkyPirate

Darth Homer wrote:

Go for the record , i think its 11 days

It's surely more than that, No?
I'll give it a go.. lol :rolleyes:
Yeah was thinking that myself but didn't really follow it through today as i don't feel tired, sick or anything.
Just normal
At least im not the only one, Boards can be a lonely place when your on your own!

Package

when i was younger i got to 8 days and it nearly killed me,,, insomnia sucks

Caliden

I'm a daysleeper. Should be in bed till 3 or 4 tomorrow

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i saw a documentary on tv once that had clips from some competition that was held back in the 60's, to try and see who could stay awake the longest. The contestants were all fairly lucid up to a point, but then after a magic number of days (forget what it was, but it wasn't that much) they all went bat**** insane.

one of them thought she was the queen of france, and the fact that she didn't know any french didn't stop her talking in french. I don't remember much details other than that, but they prety much all lost their grip on what was going on aroud them.

Black Swan

Sleep is really over rated (unless you have company).

someothername

i suffer from it too. usually ill only get about 3/4 hrs a night
what i tend to do is get up at around 5.30 every morning and go to the gym before work - it tends to make me more tired in the evenings than going after work..... still its a pain in the neck when your lying there at 3 in the morning looking up at the ceiling again :mad:

Ghost Train

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

Sleep is really over rated (unless you have company).

we is in yore beds stealing yore dood

Terry

Moved from AH. Send it back if you don't want it.

tbh

Pong!

Terry

Damn you.

Terry

Dragan wrote:

Medical advice

Please do not give any medical advice.

eirebhoy

I don't suffer from insomnia but it takes me at least 2 hours to get asleep most nights. Once I'm asleep though i could sleep for 12 hours straight. The longer I sleep the more tired I seem to be. 5 or 6 hours is best, I can just jump straight out of bed.

Dragan

Terry wrote:

Please do not give any medical advice.

Hey Terry, i honestly did not consider that a simple health food supplement would have been medical advice.

Apologies.

5starpool

Get a colonoscopy, that'll sort you right out.

Does that qualify as medical advice?

pwd

check the recent thread about it on the fitness forum for advice

Terry

Dragan wrote:

Hey Terry, i honestly did not consider that a simple health food supplement would have been medical advice.

Apologies.

You also advised staying away from certain medication.
I'm sure a healthy diet would be helpful, but I would suggest the OP see a doctor rather than take any advice here.

Regardless, this is AH. You can't be too careful.


I take medication which makes me sleep (side effect), but I'll be damned if I'm gonna tell people what it is here.

mise_me_fein

I had a dodgy sleeping pattern one summer and i needed to go to bed early, even though I wasn't tired.

I went out for about 6 or 7 pints and hey presto it worked.

If I really need sleep I take half a sleeping tablet that my granny has prescribed to her. You can get addicted to these so I've only done this 4 or 5 times in my life.

Genghiz Cohen

Terry wrote:

I take medication which makes me sleep (side effect), but I'll be damned if I'm gonna tell people what it is here.

NOW I MUST KNOW!!! Tell me your magc secrets! TELL ME NOW!! Or I will rain pain and suffering down upon your doomed head!



#include onTopic.h

Went for 36 hours straight, slept for a full day through.

Pighead

OP have you tried reading any of the boardsies blogs?

Whenever Pigheads having trouble getting a bit of shut eye you can guarantee that the old bloggers will induce the snoozies quicksmart.

Tar.Aldarion

I'm ponging this to the sleep forum. Note the sticky I have at teh top about insomnia.

TheMilkyPirate

Finally fell asleep last night watching a film last night at about half 7 i think.. :rolleyes:
Feel like im gonna be awake all night now and sleeping during the day for awhile, Think i'll go get very drunk and pass out