tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762663964572814322.post7099000738231236789..comments2023-04-28T01:44:15.983+10:00Comments on kurrabi kid: Tired, so tiredkurrabikidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733683295079746421noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762663964572814322.post-79110585733442992902008-03-27T13:58:00.001+11:002008-03-27T13:58:00.001+11:00So... did the salts help? (don't have your email a...So... did the salts help? (don't have your email address to send this to you in a better format)KPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762663964572814322.post-56124368725254458502008-03-27T13:58:00.000+11:002008-03-27T13:58:00.000+11:00So... did the salts help? (don't have your email a...So... did the salts help? (don't have your email address to send this to you in a better format)KPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762663964572814322.post-82163384353549533622008-03-25T21:50:00.001+11:002008-03-25T21:50:00.001+11:00OH - the mineral salts - you can get them at most ...OH - the mineral salts - you can get them at most decent sized chemists who have a big range of vitamins etcKPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762663964572814322.post-15944675431648678992008-03-25T21:50:00.000+11:002008-03-25T21:50:00.000+11:00OH DUDE - I so feel your pain. I too am having a p...OH DUDE - I so feel your pain. I too am having a period of no sleep - partly due to a child still waking at 12 and 4 but also because of a racing mind. <BR/><BR/>I have read a LOT about this. And listened to A LOT of experts talk about it - and you nailed it at the end - about how you've actually worked yourself into a state about it and so it becomes a self-perpetuating thing. <BR/><BR/>Here are some things that have worked for me - sometimes together, sometimes independently.<BR/><BR/>1) a very simple meditation of 10 deep breaths - with each breath to breath #5, imagine a scene or experience that makes you very happy and calm (for me - floating in the ocean beyond the waves) - with each breath making the scene even more vivid so that by 5 you can almost smell it. Then with breaths 6 to 10 bring yourself out of it.<BR/><BR/>2) Scheussler mineral salts - the one for insomnia - (I have started taking/using the hayfever ones as well as what you're going through with sleep I am living with hayfever at the mo) and they actually work - you take/chew them about half an hour before you're going to bed<BR/><BR/>3) Homeopathic drops<BR/><BR/>5) Don't go to bed and shut your eyes, willing yourself to sleep. Just lie there, eyes open, relax your breathing and don't think about how you need to go to sleep.<BR/><BR/>6) When/if you wake up during the night get up, do something. Do NOT under any circumstance stay in bed telling yourself you need to go to sleep. Get up, read a magazine, watch some tele. OR proceed to 7)<BR/><BR/>7) When/if you wake up during the night get up, take any clothes off that you're wearing, and go and sit on the cold bathroom floor. <BR/><BR/>Seriously, a feeling of weariness returns remarkably quickly during this.<BR/><BR/>The field of experts on insomnia say that in the vast majority of cases, the insomnia actually comes about after a few sleepless nights and the <I>anxiety</I> about that. That we work ourselves into a state about it and it becomes a self-perpetuating thing. <BR/><BR/>And go hit Shaun on the back of the head for me and tell him he's not helping. <BR/><BR/>Do the meditation with any or all of the above - and STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>GOD I am so opinionated this week aren't I.KPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762663964572814322.post-3756948422871511292008-03-25T14:55:00.000+11:002008-03-25T14:55:00.000+11:00I sit here typing this at nearly one am with no id...I sit here typing this at nearly one am with no idea when I'll be tired enough to go to sleep...it's not fun, is it?<BR/><BR/>Have you tried a glass of wine and a Gravol? Obviously not a long term solution, but as a stop-gap...Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308665452575511461noreply@blogger.com