I can't sleep in my bed. I just lay there awake. But I am afraid to take the sleeping pills. I don't want to OD again. So I turn on the TV and lay on the couch. I don't watch the TV much. It helps me to sleep. But then I wake up stiff and sore on the couch with some info-mercial telling me about some product to buy or the news. I don't know if it is the loneliness, the cabin fever of winter, or the various things I worry about. Maybe (D) all the above. But I feel the effects on my health. Tiredness, lack of interest....I usually keep a tidy place. But it is becoming a cumbersome mess. 

Does anyone else go through this kind of thing?

Yes I have, but then I am one that doesn't sleep that much, about five or six hours per night, and less during the nice weather. My mind is always busy, always stuff going on in there, but I have learned to kind of tone it down, like a radio on low in the background or like watching leaves float downstream around this rock in a brook. The rock is you and the leaves are your thoughts

I very seldom get depressed although I do get cabin fever of sorts. I get restless, wanting to go somewhere and not able to sit for any longer than 10 or 15 minutes at a time. I don't worry about it much though, I just do what my body and mind wants me to do.

I don't fight any urges, well within reason on course. When I was living alone I always slept on the couch with the TV on although I didn't realy pay attention to what was on it. Again kind of like back ground noise to keep my busy mind company. Weird isn't it. I just kind of got use to all these odd patterns that I have accumulated through the years.

I find when I don't worry about it, then I am not fighting it and if I'm not fighting it then I find myself relaxing more. As for remembering to do things I just developed a routine. Having a routine is like having a built in clock in your head and you know instinctively  everything that needs done through the day, like personal hygiene's, house cleaning, cooking, shopping, paying bills and keeping everything organised etc .     

Cindy

Warm milk is lush and is proven to naturally help you fall asleep.  If that doesn't work I grab a book that's really boring and read it.  It oftentimes works & feel sleepy instantly.

Hi
Yes I've been through a lot of this ( and you know my story) sometimes I'm so hyper that I cannot sit, let alone sleep. I try breathing techniques, a bubble bath - thats a good one, I have turned to alcohol - thats a really bad one!
Recently ( past 6 months) I joined a gym, I work out on cardio excercise, and some small weights for body shaping, or do a class RPM or bodywork etc. I'm always tired after a session. I go as a female with no make up ( and I'm only just starting electrolysis). nobody has said anything, everyone just ignore me, but then they ignore everyone!

I've lost a few kilos (and I don't have many) feel much better and am sleeping better.

I think exercise triggers endomorpihs that help you relax.

But if you really want to fall asleep I can send you scientific papers I have written

Love to you all
Cindy James