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shutterbug · 11-30-2005, 02:35 AM

Thanks teach....I'm also a nocternal creature. So you're getting up at 3 a.m. and I'm just now finally starting to get a tad sleepy, but still have to get some dinner, drive home and wind down, so I'll prolly dose off around 5-6 a.m.

It's fun having others up with me though.....not that I'm glad your gunna be sleep deprived today though.

Have you tried things to help you sleep longer or help you fall back asleep like meditation, relaxation cd's, self-hypnosis, things like that? I use to do a self-hypnosis technique when manic and couldn't sleep that would usually work if I kept it up for 5-15 minutes. I would count backwards from 10 - 1, very slowly and picturing the numbers being drawn as I thought the words in my head and the lower the number, the lower the position of this "image" in my mind's eye (like picturing the 10 at eye level or higher and ending up with picturing the one around my belly - like going down a list or a staircase.) The trick is to really image seeing the numbers and drawing the lines very slowly and to keep repeating the set.

Having a chilled room helps most people sleep better too b/c otherwise you become hot when your body temp drops during sleep and it ends up waking you b/c you then get uncomfortable.

just my 2-cents since I rarely have trouble sleeping unless manic.

11-30-2005, 02:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
shutterbug A picture's worth a 1000 words Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With any luck, I'm lost in a view finder Posts: 2,947 Blog Entries: 5	Thanks teach....I'm also a nocternal creature. So you're getting up at 3 a.m. and I'm just now finally starting to get a tad sleepy, but still have to get some dinner, drive home and wind down, so I'll prolly dose off around 5-6 a.m. It's fun having others up with me though.....not that I'm glad your gunna be sleep deprived today though. Have you tried things to help you sleep longer or help you fall back asleep like meditation, relaxation cd's, self-hypnosis, things like that? I use to do a self-hypnosis technique when manic and couldn't sleep that would usually work if I kept it up for 5-15 minutes. I would count backwards from 10 - 1, very slowly and picturing the numbers being drawn as I thought the words in my head and the lower the number, the lower the position of this "image" in my mind's eye (like picturing the 10 at eye level or higher and ending up with picturing the one around my belly - like going down a list or a staircase.) The trick is to really image seeing the numbers and drawing the lines very slowly and to keep repeating the set. Having a chilled room helps most people sleep better too b/c otherwise you become hot when your body temp drops during sleep and it ends up waking you b/c you then get uncomfortable. just my 2-cents since I rarely have trouble sleeping unless manic. __________________ I'M FINE!! Fanatically Insecure Neuratic & Emotional Bipolar/Depression support: 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).