insomnia all over me

[wideawaken]

I never knew there was a place like this, don't know if this is the right place to post, anyway - I can't sleep. I can hardly get any sleep without turning all over my bed for 2-3 hours. I think I have some states of insomnia, no clue why, even when I feel very tired in the night I can't sleep, i havent slept in millions of years. Most of the sleepless nights are all the same - I feel excited with strong thinking activity and with no sign of blurred vision and closing eyes. Sometimes I smoke marijuana to relax my mind and low my muscle activity but something leaves me no rest again. And this is not from week or two, its like 2 years and shit. I havent tried with any pills and i dont want to, i want a natural sleep. I have experienced everyhing known to the theaory of dreaming or whatever you call it - lucid dreaming, false awakening, epic dreams, dream in dream, controling a dream and creating own enviroment and I remember all my dreams with no exception and I took inspiration from my dreams to write and draw. I think this is the most terrible disease a mind can get - unable to sleep and dream. i am never full asleep and i am never full awake. Like walking in reality and dreaming. I am also forgetting if an event has truly occured in real life or in dreaming state. i'm i in hell?

[Mes Tarrant]

Don't just throw away the idea of taking sleeping pills like that. It might suck to be dependent on something, but do you really want the alternative? My advice is to go see a doctor. He/she will be able to help you much more than anyone at a forum. It might be as simple as changing your diet and getting plenty of exercise during the day, or he/she might prescribe something for you if it's more medical than that.

[awoke]

well, if you havent slept in 2 years, then yes, you are dead. sorry. work out hard one day. i mean work out until you're exhausted. then take a shower, and go lay down. lights out.

[Burned up]

There's no real "cure". My advice is not to fight it. If' you're only sleeping for a couple of hours then don't plan to be in your bed more than a couple of hours. And when you waken up, get up as if it's morning even if it's 2am. Maximise your waking time doing something that settles you e.g. being with other people, listening to music or whatever.

[Doubleoqueso]

I second awoke's suggestion, but also ~ lay off the drugs. They won't help you sleep, and whatever help they do give you comes at a cost that renders their benefit useless.