Lack of sleep

I find the sound of rain on a tent sends me off so if I can't sleep I find it on YouTube on my phone and that's that. Hope you get some sleep soon x

I am convinced a lot of this can be helped by diet and eating pattern.......eat early around 5-6 pm and then something like a few almonds and milk before bed. Sugar definitely affects my sleep pattern, Alcohol also isn't good ...a glass of wine with evening meal but no more.....

Thanks for your comments. I have tried the radio thing. I only ever listen to radio 4 in any case. Thing is I get too much into what is being said so don't fall asleep that way. I will try the waves of relaxation thing though and see how that goes. I just need to stop worrying about things . I tell myself all the logical things like it isn't going to make a jots worth of difference if you worry, in fact it will only make me more tired and less able to cope.

Anyway I apprecaite the replies, thanks

Sometime I'd find it helpful to listen to an audio book, sound quite low. A short story type that is easy listening. The Patricia Rutledge type monologues were good.

Try a bath about an hour before bed, some sort of milky drink while you sit in your robe getting dry, then into bed with the radio on very quietly on a non music station, I.e. Radio 4, lie flat on your back and imagine waves of relaxation coming up from your feet. I find it helps to think of the way real waves behave as the tide comes in, so the first wave just reaches your ankles, then recedes, the next one reaches half up your shins, then recedes, the next comes to your knees etc.

Yes, indeed. I sleep for about 4 hours on a good night, and this is fractured. The longest sleep at any stretch is 2 hours and this has been for about 25 years. Often I don't sleep at all.
Many days I'd have gone to my work as a legal Secretary without having slept in 36 or more hours.

My doctor minimized this until I took with me a sleep diary. Seeing it like that she took notice. I've tried all sorts of sleeping medications from melatonin through to the stronger types. Nothing seems any better than the other. Life is now easier because I'm retired but often fatigue is a problem.

However I have several medical conditions and insomnia can often be a related symptom of a medical condition.....an alertness.

Also, certain medications can cause alertness/insomnia. In particular, pain relief, which in some folks can also cause sleepiness.