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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-08-28 04:53:50
August 28 2008 04:53 GMT
#1
Either I suffer from a significant biological disorder, or my computer completely removes my ability to fall asleep for hours when I gaze upon the screen for a mere moment (exaggeration).

When I got home from work today I felt okay, but within an hour or so I felt really tired (and with good reason). For the next couple of hours I could barely move, but didn't go to bed because I was worried I'd just sleep until morning, and there was stuff I needed to do.

A few hours passed, and I went to bed. I was lying in bed for an hour and didn't feel the slightest bit sleepy. the ~1hour I spent on my computer must have completely screwed me up.

However, I've gone through stages where I've been away from computers/tv's etc entirely and have still had trouble falling asleep. One of these days I'm going to overreact and inject myself with enough of whatever it takes to knock out a bull elephant.

Edit: Okay trying to sleep again now.

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CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11598 Posts
August 28 2008 05:01 GMT
#2
your mind keeps working when you just get off a computer, go read a book, or watch some REAL boring TV show and it'll do the trick. Or do like 3 sets of 10 pushups
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
August 28 2008 05:04 GMT
#3
wont pushups increase your heart rate and make it harder?
ils
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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
August 28 2008 05:06 GMT
#4
its easier to sleep after physical exercise. thats why jackin' off and other exercises like pushups (as caucasian said) and crunches or w/e are natural sleep aids, although you don't want to get too sweaty that you sleep all wet...
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XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
August 28 2008 05:07 GMT
#5
actually computer screen does cause insomnia to some extend.
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
August 28 2008 05:08 GMT
#6
using the computer and watching tv keep u up

unless ur reading teamliquid blogs

another good way to sleep is to take a shower
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
August 28 2008 05:12 GMT
#7
On August 28 2008 14:01 CaucasianAsian wrote:
your mind keeps working when you just get off a computer, go read a book, or watch some REAL boring TV show and it'll do the trick. Or do like 3 sets of 10 pushups

I tried using reading to put me to sleep. In a couple of weeks I was a master of the US Constitution. Failure.

On August 28 2008 14:04 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
wont pushups increase your heart rate and make it harder?

Probably, I don't think exercise will work.

On August 28 2008 14:06 Superiorwolf wrote:
its easier to sleep after physical exercise. thats why jackin' off and other exercises like pushups (as caucasian said) and crunches or w/e are natural sleep aids, although you don't want to get too sweaty that you sleep all wet...

Haven't had luck with this (I've tried it in the past).

On August 28 2008 14:07 XCetron wrote:
actually computer screen does cause insomnia to some extend.

Yeah ._.

On August 28 2008 14:08 Caller wrote:
using the computer and watching tv keep u up

unless ur reading teamliquid blogs

another good way to sleep is to take a shower

I hate getting in bed when I'm at all wet, and by the time I'm 100% dry any therapeutic advantages of worn off :-/
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pinenamu
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States770 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-08-28 05:17:15
August 28 2008 05:13 GMT
#8
Showers actually make me more awake lol. I like to read boring books to fall asleep. Like one time in 10th grade I think, I had to read A Tale of Two Cities and I would fall asleep every single time I tried to finish that book..

Edit: Oh reading doesn't work huh.. Hm, have you tried falling asleep with some slow songs?
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
August 28 2008 05:14 GMT
#9
ya, directly after a shower your hair is all wet and stuff and no one wants to take the time to use a hair dryer or anything, just a towel or something...
maybe u should go see a doctor, possibly sleep apnea if you also feel tired when you wake up my friend had it and almost DIED.

DIED
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stanley_
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States816 Posts
August 28 2008 05:15 GMT
#10
read the dictionary.
hoorah
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
August 28 2008 05:15 GMT
#11
My whole family must have insomnia or something, a 4 year old not sleeping until it's past midnight can't be right. Every night for the past week the earliest anyone has slept is 3am.

I usually do some exercise before taking a shower, then some reading makes me really sleepy. I've been staying up late recently because I don't have any books and I've been slacking on the exercise.
No I'm never serious.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-08-28 05:19:40
August 28 2008 05:19 GMT
#12
On August 28 2008 14:14 Superiorwolf wrote:
ya, directly after a shower your hair is all wet and stuff and no one wants to take the time to use a hair dryer or anything, just a towel or something...
maybe u should go see a doctor, possibly sleep apnea if you also feel tired when you wake up my friend had it and almost DIED.

DIED

I have mentioned this to my doctors in the past, and never got an answer that helped. Perhaps I'll be more forceful next time.

Edit: trying to sleep again ._.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
CommanderFluffy
Profile Joined June 2008
Taiwan1059 Posts
August 28 2008 05:20 GMT
#13
play iccup
Pain is temporary, but glory is forever.
Astrogation
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States477 Posts
August 28 2008 05:29 GMT
#14
On August 28 2008 14:20 CommanderFluffy wrote:
play iccup


If only that were true
Hypnosis
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
August 28 2008 05:35 GMT
#15
Computer screens are bright and they simulate daylight, so it throws your mind off and you cant sleep afterwards because you are now awake.
Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind
Dark.Carnival
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5095 Posts
August 28 2008 05:35 GMT
#16
you're probably just not tired when you try and go to sleep. too much stimulis i guess also would prevent you from sleeping, but for myself that's not true. i can be on the computer for hours, but as long as i am tired enough i can go to sleep within 10minutes. if im not tired enough i can't sleep.

my only suggestion is when you think you're tired and want to sleep, stay up longer. even if you get less sleep than you're used too it may help. that's the only thing that helps me, excercise does nothing, reading i do to fall asleep but i usually read for three hours before i'm tired enough, taking a shower is how i wake up, not sleep.
@QxGDarkCell ._.
pharmer.
Profile Joined January 2008
United States59 Posts
August 28 2008 05:37 GMT
#17
On August 28 2008 14:15 stanley_ wrote:
read the dictionary.


i'd rather die
here for a good time, not a long time
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
August 28 2008 05:39 GMT
#18
On August 28 2008 14:35 xDark.Carnivalx wrote:
my only suggestion is when you think you're tired and want to sleep, stay up longer. even if you get less sleep than you're used too it may help. that's the only thing that helps me, excercise does nothing, reading i do to fall asleep but i usually read for three hours before i'm tired enough, taking a shower is how i wake up, not sleep.

This is what I usually end up doing, but it becomes harder and harder to tell if I would be sleeping if I tried at the very moment.

I think I just have to convince my doctor to let me see a sleep specialist, if not solely based on the fact that I've probably nearly died during morning/afternoon commutes several times in the last year.
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thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
August 28 2008 05:53 GMT
#19
If you think it's super serious I'd recommend seeing a doctor...
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24779 Posts
August 28 2008 05:57 GMT
#20
On August 28 2008 14:53 thunk wrote:
If you think it's super serious I'd recommend seeing a doctor...

I've brought it up with my doctor virtually ever visit since middle school and they've never gone beyond providing advice... and my parents were similar... so I think subconsciously I've never felt qualified to go to a higher level of medical treatment. However, I probably need it and need to be more convincing with my general practitioner.
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