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When sleep doesn’t happen here, I apply (don’t laugh, just try it) Kiehl’s hand and body lotion in lavender to the soles of my feet.
Sounds goofy, but it’s worked every time.
Hope sleep returns.
You know, a food friend of mine struggled with insomnia like this for MONTHS. She was like a walking zombie, she was so tired, and yet sleep somehow still eluded her. She tried everything you mentioned here, everything she’d ever heard of and nothing worked. Until she tried acupuncture.
I don’t know if it would work for you too, but it might be worth a shot.
I had the same problem for my whole life and tried every recommended method known with no success. Finally, at the age of 45, I decided that the stress from not sleeping was causing me more problems than the not sleeping itself, so I gave up trying to sleep. I don’t bother going to bed until I’ve already fallen asleep on the sofa, so now I don’t go to bed until I am already asleep. Then, when I still lay there awake, I just closed my eyes, relaxed and repeated to myself: sleep doesn’t matter, my eyes & body are relaxed, and that’s the important thing.
I didn’t do it as a strategy to sleep, I just decided that well, I don’t sleep, so lets stop stressing about it. Now I have no problem in sleeping, I never thought it would happen!
STOPPED drinking COFFEE?
I still haven’t gotten over the shock of you quitting coffee…
Try doing some simple stretching, in bed, right when you get to bed. I find it amazingly effective, when all else fails. Even 5 minutes of it. Fingers crossed for you.
You’ve probably already been there – but 2mg of Melatonin before bed has radically changed my sleep patterns (for the better)…..
Melatonin tablets help me sleep but also make me have wild dreams. So there is a trade-off.
Turning on a fan or the radio to static really makes me sleep better.
My sympathies. I know your pain. I only truly sleep well in my car. Weird but true. Something about the warmth and the way the seat fits. But I can only do that for about 15 minutes at a time.