OT: Suggestions for getting to sleep?

[dmm]

1. Read the Bible. Or the encyclopedia. Or anything that is interesting and requires concentration but is not whiz-bang exciting.

2. Don't do or watch anything exciting right before bed. See #1.

Regarding hallucinations: True story. Once I had this vivid nightmare that my wife was a vampire. I woke up yelling, and she of course tried to calm me down and get me to go back to sleep. Yeah, right, like that was gonna happen! Hey, I've SEEN the movies, baby! So I lay there for an hour watching her sleep. Finally I realized how silly I was being and fell asleep myself. Naturally, the next morning I was her bloodless zombie slave. Going on 23 years now.

[Parasite]

I drink a beer and read a boring book, but I would not suggest mixing with the drugs mentioned without some advice.

Never Ever play SEIV before hand.

[mrscrogg]

don't eat haevy after 7 pm , take an asperin or advil or tylonal { one } relaxes system

[Randallw]

Believe me, if I want to relax I have much stronger things than asperin. Nothing illegal though. No, the government specifically says it's ok in my case.

I avoid taking asperin offhand anyway. If I have a headache I'm probably dehydrated. I drink some water.

[Ironmanbc]

I read a book and then when it hits my face I know i'm about to fall asleep (I have had few times I was SURE that when it fell off my bed that a few min went by but then I saw the sun in the window it was like hours had went by)

[Makinus]

Try to read Brothers Karamazov from Dostoevsky, it´s better than any sleeping pill... I never managed to get beyond page 50 before falling in a deep sleep...