Does your brain shut off when you go to bed?

[cateyes1]

My intentions when I go to bed is to get a good nights sleep. BUT, I will lay there for an hr just thinking of what is, what was and what will be ugh. Do you do the same?

[Penwoir]

99% of the time I go to bed at 10pm and within 10 minutes, I'll be asleep. My brain switches off really quickly. Sometimes I switch the local news on so that I can watch the weather which starts at 10.10pm. However, I usually end up waking up at 11pm and have missed the weather and news entirely! On the odd occasion however, when I am worried or stressed about something, I will lay awake for a while mulling things over. It's the same if I wake up during the night. If I'm not worried about anything, I'll go back to sleep straight away. If I am, I could lay awake for an hour or two.

[yikes77]

I try to tire myself out at the end of the day so I when I go to bed I just pass out.

[bretay]

no i usually lay there for a long time thinking before i finally drift off.

[aflyingmonkey]

Try melatonin, it will knock you out real fast

[BATISTAGIRL663]

no!! i can be dead tired and lay down to go to sleep and bang! i am wide awake and my mind is going 90 miles a minute--so i lay there rubbing my Katie Sues belly (furbaby) till she goes to sleep then i can calm down and go to sleep

[BMaston12]

My intentions when I go to bed is to get a good nights sleep. BUT, I will lay there for an hr just thinking of what is, what was and what will be ugh. Do you do the same?

There are nights that I wake up and can not go back to sleep. I think of many things, but none of them help me get back to sleep. The TV seems to help. Maybe it is because it causes you to loose that concentration on getting to sleep. Reading helps me fall asleep too. None of them work all the time. I do hate not getting my rest. BMaston12

[CharmedPhoenix]

Lately I've been working so hard I just curl up with my kitty and I'm out.  Sometimes I read until I start falling asleep.  However sometimes I'm like you an have thoughts running in my head.  My solution for that is the Bach Flower remedy White Chestnut.  Within minutes your mind will quiet down and you can get to sleep.  It's a natural herb remedy available at your local natural grocer or herb store.  You can use it any time of day and it last a long time since you only need two drops at a time. 

[vickysue]

There are times I have an awful time getting to sleep. So many things are running through my head . Then when I just start to really get to sleep hubby is up and roaming around, lights go on in another room and so does the TV, even though he turns it down low I still hear it. Because low for him is what I prefer it too be. He is hard of hearing. Right now he has an awful summer cold and of course he coughs a lot. I sometimes do not know why I even go to bed. But once I finally get to sleep I sleep so hard that I never move and then am stiff when I wake up.

[sgluckadoo]

I hope not! If it did I would be dead, lol.

[tfw6693]

  If I am on the computer too late at night my brain keeps working and consequently I don't fall asleep.

[bremer51]

My brain is constantly going.  If I wake up in the middle of the night, I'm usually awake for 11/2 to 2 hours.  Just can't quit thinking.

[colbtrist]

No I will be tired until I get into bed then I think of anything in the world.

[moonangel]

i rehash the entire day its awful i wish i could go right to sleep

[moon29]

this is a big problem with me.  there will be months where i can easily slip into sleep however like this past week i have just lane there and tossed and turned until i just went ahead and got up and started doing some more work online.