How do you go to sleep at night?

I used to put on music, just so I can clear my head and pass out. I don't need it anymore though.

My current problem is my arms twitch. By twich I mean full muscle spasm, which led to a black eye once. I'm afraid to let girls sleep on my arms lol.

I had just managed to dial back my regular bedtime from anywhere between 1 and 3 AM, to before 12 PM (as early as 10:30 PM), when summer decided to finally show up. now it's so hot and humid that I have a hard time falling asleep, and I am back to crashing in the early AM again. It's not doing my energy levels any favours. I have to risk leaving the windows open a bit at night, because the oscillating fan doesn't cut it. The one thing I really miss about my otherwise crappy, basement apartment that I had in Toronto: central air!

i lie down and read. it is my me time and also my unwinding time. i'm usually in bed by 9ish, and i'll read anywhere from an thirty minutes to two hours, depending on how tired i am and how good the book is.

I am pretty spoiled...we have to have a cool (cold!) bedroom for my hubby to sleep, so I get snuggled deep into the covers. The hubby rubs my back for a while and then we talk. That is OUR time to catch up with each other. We usually get into bed around 10:00 and I drift off to sleep around 11-11:30. That said-I have never been able to sleep through the night. I wake up about 5 or so times. No reason in particular, just find myself awake. But that is an issue I have had since I was a baby, so I am used to it.

From the research I have done, I would say to make sure your bedroom is nice and cool, no television in the room, dim the lights throughout the house at least an hour before bedtime, have some kind of winding down routine so your mind clues into the fact that it is almost time to sleep, and keep a pen and paper nearby to write down any errant thoughts you have while trying to go sleep. Try that for a week and see if it helps!

I'd love to responses to this too!

I also do the same, once my son is in bed, it's "me time"..and that is the only me time I get! So, I use it haha

This, and my son is a Type 1 Diabetic and needs to be tested every 4 hours during the night and sometimes needs injections. My usual routine is to have a couple drinks and doze off in my chair in front of the TV until 1 or 2AM, test my son, go back & resume the TV & doze off again until my wife gets up for work at 5:30, test him again, then get into bed until 7(9 during the summer while the kids are home). I have trouble breathing sometimes when I lay down, so sleeping sitting up helps. I wish I could take something like Benadryl, but I can't afford to sleep through testing my son. The alcohol helps me get to sleep, but not stay asleep for more than a few hours at a time. Very bad habits, I know, but I've been doing pretty much the same thing for 9 years now. I can fall asleep pretty much anywhere, anytime(I've fallen asleep within minutes after drinking a double Monster), so I grab short naps whenever I can...

I read it makes me fall asleep

at 8 pm i shut tv and computer off. I shut the bedroom door and read a bit of something and at 9 it's lights out. I like it dark as it sooths me. I never need an alarm clock, haven't in years. I'm up at 5:30 am. good luck and keep trying. I use to be a night owl working 2nd shift for years. Now i love morning.

The generic Tylenol PM is cheaper and works better than the "brand name." Just a thought. I go to bed around 10:30 PM and my body clock wakes me up at precisely 4:30 AM, every day, without fail. I think it's because I used to drive 26 miles round trip to the gym early every morning before I went to work at 8:30 AM. Good thing I'm a morning person! Anyway, I read on my Kindle before going to bed. Once I hit the sheets, the TV goes off and I just lay in the dark and think pleasant thoughts.

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I didn't read all the responses but, a nice hot shower/bath and a couple "Calms Forte" Sleep Aid by Hyland's (Walgreen's or Target or Walmart carry it) I have to take them and pretty much get right into bed though because you get drowsy fast! GOOD LUCK! The also have a "Calm's Forte" for the mind that won't rest and you can take "Valerian Root" for that as well, like if you're having trouble shutting your mind off at night.

i don't...insomniac here.

Sadly, I take some Tylenol PM an hour or two before bed - it's the only thing that works for me

This is the same thing I do, when I need it, I take only 1/2 tab. It surprisely works very well. I use it just to get back on track, 1 to 3 nights and then usually I am back in the habit. I also use it when I stay somewhere else. It is always hard to fall asleep someplace else. It works very well.

And if all else fails, Tylenol PM.

yes lets get right down to it! haha love it!

i sleep when i want to. i don't have a schedule.
ketosis keeps my insomnia (and anxiety and depression!) in check though. makes it easier to go to bed between midnight and 3, instead of staying up til 8 or 9 am.