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Topic: can't sleep!
started by: Nikita

Posted by Nikita on Oct. 09 2001,06:23

Ever start dozing off doing stuff and then can't sleep when you finally lie down to catch some Z's?

I was up late working on some homework due the very day AFTER fall break. And now I can't sleep. I was nodding off and my handwriting was getting pretty darned funky as I was finishing off the last problem ... but after lying in bed for a few minutes, I'm wide awake. 4:30 am. 9am class tomorrow. Fuuuuuudge.

CK, gimme some of that Nyquil shit. That was one good woozy trip. Best sleep I have had in ages!

Hopefully I'll trip on something in the dark and knock myself out ...

Posted by aletros on Oct. 09 2001,08:50

I'll entertain you!
/me juggles flaming running chainsaws while on a unicylce crossing a tightrope suspended over an active volcano.

Posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on Oct. 09 2001,12:31

Wheres the fucking lava piranahs? And what about the meteors? If your gonna do it you might as well do it right.

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Posted by solid on Oct. 09 2001,13:01

I had that problem a couple days ago, I went to sleep at 4:30 on Saturday night (long weekend, monday off, canadian thanksgiving), and then for Monday night (aka Tuesday morning) I couldn't sleep untill 3:00. But I managed to wake up very early, because I went to bed at 12:30, and just rested there untill I fell asleep.

Posted by Nikita on Oct. 09 2001,16:22

Awwww, thanks ... but ooooh oooh, can I launch flaming medicine balls at you while you're up there?

Posted by miNus on Oct. 09 2001,16:42

Try taking some 'metaboquil', I hear it does a number on the psychokinetic monkeys.

Posted by EvilGenius on Oct. 09 2001,20:29

coming from an insomniac, and someone who almost got addicted to sleeping pills, i still have sleeping problems... *shrug* i've gottena little better with it.. try something called Kava-Kava, it's an herbal supplement... can't get addicted, and helps you calm down... or do something incredibly boring that your body falls asleep to get away from it..

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Posted by Beldurin on Oct. 10 2001,05:17

Had the same problem last night (insomnia, not the psychokinetic monkeys).

Finally got to bed about 3:30, was almost asleep, then heard something that woke me back up, then was wide awake until about 6:30. Had a meeting at 10:00 a.m. with my prof too. Am seriously draggin ass today....

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Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D

Never argue with an idiot...he may be doing the same thing

Posted by just_dave on Oct. 10 2001,05:27

I know the feeling, I went to bed acutally pretty early last night and still felt awful this morning I got up and mumbled something then went back to bed. I can't remember but I missed class.... shame on me

Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Oct. 10 2001,10:03

half a litre of vodka down in one. it never fails.

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Posted by Nikita on Oct. 10 2001,13:41

half a litre of vodka will give me sleep ... yea, the one where you lie in a little box 6 feet under :P

I think that insomniacs are just night people forced to live on a daylight schedule ...

Posted by Beldurin on Oct. 10 2001,17:56

Ok, this is ridiculous. Insomnia again tonight. Didn't sleep in, didn't take a nap, didn't eat/drink lots of caffeine...I JUST CAN'T SLEEP...ARRRRGGGGHGHHHHHH!!!!

EAT SHIT MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!

Ok, I feel better....oh, wait, no I don't.

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quote:
Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D

Never argue with an idiot...he may be doing the same thing

Posted by pengu1nn on Oct. 11 2001,03:57

welcome to my hell.

i can't sleep, i can't wake up, which means i can't goto work on time.
that basiclly fucks up my whole week/life.
failed bunch of hs classes cause of it, now i'm about to get fired cause of it.

"well maybe you should try to goto bed earlier" haha, already lay in bed for a few hours lets add a few more too it.

"put your alarm clocks (thats right, i have 4 of them) across the room" doesn't do any good when you can't hear them to get up,

i keep telling myself that i'm gonna get up and goto work on time tomarrow, but it does no good, nothing works

Posted by ASCIIMan on Oct. 11 2001,04:17

I figgured out that, despite the fact that I WILL NOT wake up to 3 regular alarms, 1 radio alarm, 1 TV alarm, and 1 100 decibel evil alarm, all going at once or even in succession (and if I do "wake up" I'm still half asleep, functioning at a level just high enough that I am able to get out of bed (I'm on the top of a bunk bed), turn off every single one of my alarms, and go back to sleep without ever having conscious knowledge of ever getting up/hearing my alarms), I am almost always awakened instantly when my Palm datebook alarm goes off. So now I use it.

edit - Damn, that was a long sentence... 108 words, I need to get some sleep.

This message has been edited by ASCIIMan on October 11, 2001 at 11:18 PM

Posted by EvilGenius on Oct. 11 2001,04:51

my alarm clock wakes up my neighbors on both sides of my room.

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Posted by aletros on Oct. 11 2001,05:37

quote:
Originally posted by Nikita:
half a litre of vodka will give me sleep ... yea, the one where you lie in a little box 6 feet under :P

There's just no pleasing some people. Jeesh.

Posted by Beldurin on Oct. 11 2001,08:37

Fuck, fuck, fuckity-fuck fuck.

It's now 5:35 a.m. and I'm still awake. This makes night #3 in a row for this crap. I have to be at work at 9 tomorrow, work until 2, then have a meeting w/my prof about a video we're producing from 2 until God knows when, then have a meeting to help a buddy with a web page assignment...*sigh*

I hate my life...
edit: if you can call it that

edit #2: The actual "asleep" time was around 6:45ish...alarm went off at 8:15ish
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quote:
Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny

Never argue with an idiot...he may be doing the same thing

This message has been edited by Beldurin on October 12, 2001 at 07:14 AM

Posted by Vigilante on Oct. 11 2001,09:32

"Trying" to fall asleep, for me, is nothing but an opportunity to torture myself with my assorted emotional fucked-up'ness (followed by nightmares). Therefore, unless I'm feeling particularly masochistic, I have to stay awake until I'm completely exhausted to minimize the former and prevent the latter.

Of course, I don't function very well when deprived of sleep, so I'm screwed every which way. Joy.

Posted by Crafty Butcher on Oct. 11 2001,10:21

at the risk of offering helpful advice - for which i apologise in advance - i used to be a terrible insomniac, up all night worrying about shit and biscuits and generally frying my brain. because of that, if i was out over the weekend, i'd always wait till i was back in my bed before sleeping, no matter how knackered i was, cos i knew i probably wouldn't sleep. as i had more and more fun the amount of time i was awake for got longer and longer, till i could quite regularly go 2/3 day without sleep. at this point, my body kicked in and told me to stop being such a twat and just used to put me down, whenever it'd had enough. as a result i'd end up passing out on ppl sofa's, face down in the fruit bowl etc. and this, unbelievably, cured me. i can pass out pretty much anytime, anyplace, anywhere now regardless of shagging couples, satanic 'rave' music, ppl trying to fix shitty 125 'motorbikes' by revving their engines for 12 hrs or, even, large quantities of intravenous stimulants. and sometimes i even get to work on time.

so i think as far as sleep goes, and as with so many other things, it's just a question of finding the right motivation.

Posted by Nikita on Oct. 11 2001,14:32

quote:
Originally posted by Crafty Butcher:
generally frying my brain.

It's Hannibal! Get him!

Hm, I finally got some (sleep, you sick freaks) ... but a cute guy friend is visiting ... be still my fibrillating heart, and:

"oh dude, I only have a tiny twin bed, here, you take it"
"no no I can't let a woman sleep on the floor"
"well, I can't let you sleep on the floor because you're a guest"
"well?"
"wellll think we can both fit?"
"sure, why not"
"well scootch yer fat ass over"
"fuck you"
"bring it on, bitch"
"you can't handle me!"
"whatever, slim jim"
(exchange of insults ...)

(no, fish your minds out of the gutter ...)

Posted by peregrin on Oct. 11 2001,14:54

quote:
Originally posted by Nikita:

Hm, I finally got some (sleep, you sick freaks) ... but a cute guy friend is visiting ... be still my fibrillating heart, and:
"oh dude, I only have a tiny twin bed, here, you take it"
"no no I can't let a woman sleep on the floor"
"well, I can't let you sleep on the floor because you're a guest"
"well?"
"wellll think we can both fit?"
"sure, why not"
"well scootch yer fat ass over"
"fuck you"
"bring it on, bitch"
"you can't handle me!"
"whatever, slim jim"
(exchange of insults ...)
(no, fish your minds out of the gutter ...)

< http://www.detonate.net/ubb/Forum10/HTML/000270.html >
stop it. you're mean.

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Posted by Wolfguard on Oct. 11 2001,15:11

quote:
Originally posted by Nikita:
(exchange of insults ...)
(no, fish your minds out of the gutter ...)

Where is this place "out of the gutter" you speek of? I have heard tails of it but never seen it myself.

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Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Oct. 11 2001,21:01

quote:
Originally posted by Nikita:
half a litre of vodka will give me sleep ... yea, the one where you lie in a little box 6 feet under :P

actually when i tried it once i found it very helpful indeed woke up very ill (seeing as i have never thrown up from alcohol before) but its great fun...hey why do i need to defend alcholism again?

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simultaneity is not absolute. So just because you think i'm wrong, from my frame of reference i'm right!

Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Oct. 12 2001,07:11

quote:
Originally posted by Nikita:
I think that insomniacs are just night people forced to live on a daylight schedule ...

bless your heart. you understand.

but for all you insomniacs out there... there is hope. it's called trazodone.

Personally, I sleep thru alarms of any sort. But phone calls... THOSE wake me up. So I've enlisted the help of everyone I know to call me every morning between 7:30 - 8am. There ain't no better way to start your day than with phone calls from peeps who love you

Posted by Observer on Oct. 12 2001,13:06

Didn't you know that "bless your heart" is a Southern expression meaning, "you're an idiot"?

Example:
--I heard little Timmy fell sand broke his leg. Bless his heart.

--I heard Bob went bankrupt. Bless his heart.

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Posted by Beldurin on Oct. 12 2001,14:00

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH....FUCK YOU INSOMNIA!!!

Liney, I finally got some sleep last night too. Sadly no cute guy friend to cuddle with though...um...wait...that's not right.

I guess I just had to be completely exhausted. Nearly fell asleep in meetings, driving home from work, at work, at dinner, eventually passed out at 9:30 and slept until 10:30 am.

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quote:
Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D

Never argue with an idiot...he may be doing the same thing

Posted by Rhydant on Oct. 13 2001,00:43

my US history teacher says 'Bless your heart' all the fucking time. now i know why.
he also says.... 'hes just a dude', 'theyre all little wieners', 'hes not top dude', 'Austin, are you with us?', and my favorite, 'maybe he should of gone for ice cream'.

i love that class.
but thats jsut off topic.

its called Nyquil. 180 proof == good.

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Posted by MattimeoZ80 on Oct. 13 2001,02:55

You know I've heard sex can make you fall asleep...

Posted by Beldurin on Oct. 13 2001,04:18

quote:
Originally posted by MattimeoZ80:
You know I've heard sex can make you fall asleep...

Would LOVE to try that, but unfortunately, I'm painfully single at the moment...

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quote:
Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D

Never argue with an idiot...he may be doing the same thing

Posted by EvilGenius on Oct. 13 2001,07:33

i suppose you could get a hooker..

as for me, it's 4:30am (CST) and the movie No Holds Barred came on TBS, after Conan the Barbarian, which i've been watching this whole tiem wondering if Ator would ever have a chance of beating Conan.. but i doubt it.. now i crawl to my little white bottle, begging it to help me. goodnight.

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Posted by Beldurin on Oct. 14 2001,13:40

IIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT'SSSSS BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

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quote:
Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D

Never argue with an idiot...he may be doing the same thing

Posted by incubus on Oct. 14 2001,20:33

I know vodka is a bit OTT, but try drinking a few glasses of wine or port before you hit the sack. It does wonders.

Posted by askheaves on Oct. 14 2001,23:57

I went to bed last night without drinking a drop. What a mistake. Took me about an hour to pass out finally. Won't have that problem tonight!

Posted by miNus on Oct. 15 2001,01:04

Alternatively, a .45 should do the trick.

This message has been edited by miNus on October 15, 2001 at 08:06 PM

Posted by Nikita on Oct. 15 2001,02:03

ooooooooooh, pretty ....

Posted by Rhydant on Oct. 15 2001,03:15

might want to attach the silencer. dont wana disturb the nieghbors. heheheh

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Posted by askheaves on Oct. 15 2001,03:16

My next gun is a compact version from that series (.45, of course), or a compact Glock. Haven't decided, because I don't have the expendible cash yet.

Posted by veistran on Oct. 15 2001,14:47

you know, the one thing that manages to get me up in the morning no matter what is when I'm going scuba diving, normally I'm hardly ever out of bed before 9am, but if I'm going scuba diving I'll be up before 7am.

Posted by Rhydant on Oct. 16 2001,18:04

Five-sevens are pretty small.
wait, is that even a real gun?

Posted by just_dave on Oct. 16 2001,21:59

I thought about a glock 9x19 (9mm) or the .45 the 26 is a nice glock 9mm... but like you askheaves dont have the expendible cash yet..

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quote:
Originally posted by Beldurin:
Try something subtle to let him know that you're displeased with his behavior...like kicking him in the bean bag.

Posted by miNus on Oct. 16 2001,22:08

quote:
Originally posted by Rhydant:
Five-sevens are pretty small.
wait, is that even a real gun?

What, you mean this? No. It's just a figment of your imagination.
A figment of your imagination made by FN industries, the same people that make the P90. The "noobee headshot cannon" as I affectionately call it in counter strike.

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