What kinds of things can i do to make me fall asleep at night?

warm milk.

turn off the tv and computer at least 30min before you want to go to bed.

create a “go to bed” routine, so that your mind and body get in that mode and “know” it’s time to go to sleep.

don’t eat a big meal before bedtime.

Try some lavender scented lotion or a lavender spray on your pillow.

It sounds silly, but it tends to help people relax.

Hot, sweaty sex until you pass out, exhausted.

Try visualization while lying in bed, in dark as pitch as you can manage. A popular one is to imagine a house with lots of rooms, with all the lights on. Picture the house in detail, and imagine yourself inside it. Now go from room to room and turn off the lights one by one. The last room is windowless, in the center of the house, and when you flip the switch you fall asleep. I tried that one once, but I don’t think I practiced it enough for it to work.

The one I use is to let my mind relax, and then latch onto the swirl. I imagine my consciousness, with my body floating in it like Mickey in Fantasia, swirling down and down into oblivion. It’s really cool; after a bit, if I don’t concentrate on it, I can actually feel the sensation of floating and drifting and swirling down the drain. It’s kind of like doing a Magic Eye – you have to do it deliberately, but without actually thinking about it or your mind will stay too active for you to fall asleep.

You should try this once a night for several nights in a row to see if it works for you, but not over and over again in a single night. If you don’t push it, your mind will learn to relax into the routine.

orgasm

read a boring book!

Have you ever tried melatonin?

It works pretty well for me. It’s a natural sleep hormone so it’s not addictive or anything, either.

Having sex before going to bed works great!

I think aromatherapy thingies (technical term) can sometimes work.

Sleep Balm and Night-Night Balm (both manufactured by Badger) work well. You might try your local Whole Foods/Wild Oats to see if they carry it; if not, shipping isn’t horrendous.

Also, TKO (made by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) works really well, too, but it’s a little pricey.

Meditation and/or practicing thinking of ‘nothing’ (literally clearing your mind of everything) works well for me. I can’t hold onto it for more than a split second, and I might have to repeat a few times, but it sends me off to sleep super-fast.

If that’s too difficult, try counting backwards from 50 (or another large-ish number). Breathe in, and out, for each number. This calms the brain and makes you very drowsy! (Or at least it does me.) I’ve never had to do more than 1.5 rounds of this. Ever.

If you want something to help you sleep but isn’t addictive, Benadryl works really well, reasonably fast, and will help with any allergies you have. (I have a hard time getting my brain to ‘quiet down’ at night, and taking a Benadryl about 30 minutes beforehand helps tons.) (Also, my grandma, my mom, and my mom’s friend have all had Benadryl rec’d to them by their doctors as being a gentle non-addictive sleep aid. So it’s not all hearsay.)

Hope some of that helps!

Try not to eat anything at least two hours before you go to bed – preferably three hours before. You might not notice anything, but a full stomach can make you restless when trying to sleep.

Don’t use your bed for anything other than sleeping and sex. Not even reading.

If at all possible, do not have a clock next to your bed that you can glance at to check the time. This will just make you anxious and stressed every time you look at the clock to see how much time has passed.

Exercise during the day – even if it’s only doing something like jumping jacks for at least fifteen minutes. It can actually make a difference.

If it’s possible, take a bath about an hour before bedtime. Light some candles and buy a fragrance that you enjoy. One which you know will calm you down. Avoid citrus scents, because they kind of jolt your sense awake. After the bath, again if possible, ask someone to give you a massage with some relaxing music playing. Then try to hit the hay about ten to fifteen minutes later.

I have never been a good sleeper and the older I get the worse I am. I can sleep perfectly when I am not supposed to sleep but not at night.

So I don’t know what I would do without my iPod and Audible.com. I download books, put the iPod on its dock and it reads me to sleep. I put it on the timer so it turns itself off in 30 minutes. Sometimes I will watch a movie on it, but books are better. I will sleep for a couple of hours then wake up and do it all over again.

Get up early everyday, even when you didn’t sleep well yesterday night.
Engage yourself in exhaustive activities all day as possible.
Get some massage at the end of the day. You can do yourself head massage before sleeping. Try oil with massage.

Eat sufficient, drink well, prepare yourself a bed and go to sleep.
Don’t come to fluther before sleeping

I massage the sole of my feet for at least five minutes using a moisteriser. With my feet relaxed, the rest of my body soon follows and I’m in Lala-land.

We’ve had something similar tothis before… I recommend colouring, with felt pens it relaxed your brain and well it make me sleepy any way!!