I GIVE UP!!!!! I CANT SLEEPPP ... IT WONT HAPPEN

Drink yourself to sleep

Just beat off right before bedtime.

What is your running schedule (mileage, workouts, frequency of races, etc.) like? Your sleep loss could be a sign of overtraining. It could also be related to a number of other things such as diet, caffeine use, stress, etc.

I feel for ya. I have problems sometimes too, but not to the extent you do.

I think a lot of my problem has to do with stressing out that I'm still awake at 12am, 1am, 3am, or whatever. It's at its worst on the nights I know I need to get up early...5am.

I haven't figured out how to turn my mind off and forget about what time I need to get up. Maybe your problem is something similar?

If you go to a sleep clinic, the first thing they will tell you is to go to bed and get up at the same time every morning -- even on weekends. Are you doing that?

Other than that, are you drinking caffeine after about 2 p.m.? Are you using any other stimulants? Perhaps you're worried about something that you aren't addressing?

Since you're not really tired, you could be one of the rare humans that only needs 4 hours of sleep a night, and the poor running could just be because you kind of suck at running. Being serious here. Were you good at running before and now aren't good?

Try running in the evening so that you can stay asleep longer once you are asleep.

Other suggestions: Make sure you don't eat anything for 4 hours before you try to fall asleep and spend as little time in the room you sleep when you are not trying to sleep as you can.

Try powerpoint. I she still won't go out with you, move on. There's plenty more fish in the sea.

...wait what are we talking about

i agree with Chicken Choker

Have txrunnergirl beat you off instead.

somethings wrong wrote:

21 years old

Male

I do 100% of my running in the morning. This no-sleeping thing has been going on for some time, but I am racing soon and I want to figure this out and perform well.

I use to stop everything at 9pm (computer,tv,get off the phone,etc.). I'd block out my clock so I cant tell what time it is (I eventually check anyway though). From 9pm-~3:30am, I lie there ..... I WONT fall asleep. I wake up at 7am to run. Lately, I just gave up. I now fill 9pm-~3:30am with something productive like reading, bills... anything really... Theres another catch.. I am not tired during the day. The only affect is crappy running. After my run, I am alert till 3am.

Any suggestion on what to do?

Tylenol PM?

Maybe your problem is that you are trying to go to bed at 9pm. Maybe you just aren't tired then.

When I was 21, I was up till at least 11:30 or 12 every night and got up at 7pm and felt great. Hell, I do that now and feel great.

There really is now "right" amount of sleep... only what is right for you.

Another thought, you could be overtrained. Might affect your sleep and would sure affect your runs.

when i had mono i always fell asleep in my classes but then had trouble sleeping at night. maybe you should get a blood test done.

GABA

Turns off the chitty chat in the head at night.

Start with 750Mg about 45 min before you want to go to sleep.

Build up to 1.5 to 2.25G. Promotes quality sleep and may boost HGH - however, the HGH boost may simply come as a result of better sleep quality. HGH is either at a peak or either made during sleep. This is why your body and muscles break down when you have long periods of poor quality.

9pm? wrote:

When I was 21, I was up till at least 11:30 or 12 every night and got up at 7pm and felt great. Hell, I do that now and feel great.

Of course you felt great, you slept 19 hours a day.

Uggh, I am now on 4 days without sleep, combined with 15-20 miles a day, and it just hit me like a brick wall; I'm so exhausted and fatigued I can literally hardly even move. I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow. Avoiding sleeping pills is not worth this.

Vitavegevavitamin wrote:

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GABA

Turns off the chitty chat in the head at night.

Start with 750Mg about 45 min before you want to go to sleep.

Build up to 1.5 to 2.25G. Promotes quality sleep and may boost HGH - however, the HGH boost may simply come as a result of better sleep quality. HGH is either at a peak or either made during sleep. This is why your body and muscles break down when you have long periods of poor quality sleep.

somethings wrong wrote:

Any suggestion on what to do?

Tylenol PM?

Dude, no guarantees here, but if I eat an eight ounce cup of yogurt (low-fat, of course) about 3-4 hours before nitey nite time, I sleep like a log, wake up fully refreshified. Don't know what the deal is, and maybe it's just me, but it seems to work. Nuthin' ta lose, right?

HTH

test post

There's only one solution here that will make us all feel better:

Make a world record attempt.

Enjoy this shit while it lasts, because eventually you'll be able to sleep again.

I have similar problems during the season. I am a coach and I "can't turn off my brain" long enough to fall asleep. My DR. prescribed a sleeping pill. I only took them when I really needed them and often I would cut them into halves. They really helped me.