Insomnia ¦ Trouble Sleeping: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, Remedies for Kids and Adults (I want to sleep right now)

When you have trouble sleeping, even a tiny bit of light can disrupt your sleep. Make sure that your room is pitch black, which is one of the ways to sleep well. Then, you can try the following:

• Use heavy curtains that don't let any light through
• Remove any object that emits light (cell phone on a charger, turned off TV that has that standby light, digital clocks with fluorescent digits)
• Put on an eye mask

Ideally, the temperature in your bedroom should be 65-75 Fahrenheit (18-24 Celsius) or whatever temperature you find most comfortable and properly ventilated. If you get hot, your body will struggle to cool you down and make you sweat, which can wake you up and ruin your sleep.

If it gets too cold, you get shivers, your body struggles to keep you warm, and again, wakes you up. That's why it is important that the temperature in your room remains the same throughout the night.

Meditation is a well-known technique for reducing stress. And with reduced stress, sleeping becomes much better. Make meditation part of your bedtime routine. For meditation techniques visit life.gaiam.com.

Studies show that sex and a good night sleep are closely related. One affects the other. Not only does sex leave you tired due to physical exertion (usually men more than women), but it also releases hormones that relax you and make it more natural for you to transcend into sleep.

As an insomnia treatment, engage in sexual activities before bed. Sex can relieve you of stress, depression and anxiety, all of which are often connected to a poor quality of sleep, and can make you sleep better and longer. Reversely, good night sleep can increase your sexual desire and quality of your sexual experience.

If you’re not really tired, don’t force it. Tossing and turning can cause sleep anxiety. If it is late at night, and you cannot fall asleep, get out of bed and do something relaxing. If you wonder how to deal with insomnia, try meditation for insomnia, listen to soothing insomnia music, or walk around. When you start getting sleepy, go to bed. If you don't fell asleep in the next 20-30 minutes, get out of bed and try again.

If you are not sure how to deal with insomnia, try wearing ear plugs. Outside noises like traffic, neighbour's pet, loud party on the floor above you, all that can interfere with a good night rest. To cancel out agitating noises and enjoy a complete silence, use earplugs.

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If you don't know how to stop insomnia, try This type of gentle yoga will help you relax and make it easier for you to sleep. You don't need any previous yoga experience. Check this video for instructions:

Can depression cause insomnia? Possibly, it can. If it does, to fight against insomnia, you need to win the fight against depression, first. St. John's Wort is a plant that works as an antidepressant and as such can relieve your anxiety and help you sleep better. You can order St. John's wort pills at Amazon.

Always check with your doctor if you are trying any herbal remedy.

A 2009 study from the University of Sussex showed that just six minutes of reading can reduce stress by 68% as it clears the mind and gets the body ready for sleep. When our mind is engaged in a world of words, the body relaxes, the tension evaporates, paving the way for sleep.

Just make sure that the reading material is not work-related or too complex as it can engage your brain too much and make it harder for you to fall asleep. Read something light, something that you find relaxing.

It is usually a bad idea (for insomniacs, anyway) to exercise right before bedtime, because you get all fired up (adrenaline is high, heartbeat is elevated), and all that makes it really hard for you to fall asleep. But, it seems that certain leg exercises can relieve your brain and appease your mind by redirecting blood to legs. Try some leg lifts or squats.

Consider over-the-counter sleeping pills as a quick solution to help you fall asleep. You should use them only occasionally when other methods are not available to you, for example, when you are traveling. Constant use of sleeping pills will raise your tolerance to them and will eventually make them useless.

You can pick from dozens of types at Amazon. Consult with your doctor before trying any medication.

I frequently woke up during the night, and my mind started to become active, and getting upset about not sleeping (thinking I need the sleep to feel rested in the morning), which caused an issue of itself. 

I managed to reduce this issue by reminding myself that just lying in bed without sleeping can also be very restful. It's the same with naps: you don't have to sleep in order for the nap to give you new energy. 

Try it out: one time you get up during the night and become active (e.g. work), and on another occasion you stay in bed, with your eyes shut, and letting your thoughts wonder about. See how much more rested you feel during daytime in the latter case. 

I don't know why this is - maybe just keeping your eyes shut, blocking out visual signals is helping to recover - but I don't care about the exact reasons why. For me this is the case, so every time I awake during the night, I just stay in bed, reminding me about this fact, and not getting upset anymore than I cannot sleep. Which, ironically, helps me to sleep again.