How to cure insomnia

Having had insomnia for over 2 years. Treating it with drugs was making me miserable. I found this drug free way to cure insomnia. After 2 days and this process I was sleeping all night.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Patience
• Strong will power
• The desire to no longer have insomnia
• Crafts, projects, books are helpful but optional

1. Realize that you are tired of not sleeping or tired of taking drugs to make you sleep.

2. Stay awake. Sounds silly but sleep deprivation will actually help insomnia. Stay awake all day no laying down, no resting, and no sleeping.
   Even if your exhausted stay awake. Find something to do. Take a shower if you get desperate not to lay down.

3. Go to be at midnight and not one minute before.

4. Set your alarm for 6 am. Stay in bed all night. No TV, No books, No distraction. Remember your bed is for sleeping.

5. When your alarm goes off at 6 am get out of bed. If you slept or not doesn't matter. Stay awake again all day with no resting or sleeping.

6. Start again at step 3. Repeat going to bed at midnight and getting up at 6 until you have slept from 12-6. When you do this slowly increase your sleep time until you have a normal schedule.

7. Ultimately what you are doing with these steps is resetting your internal clock. The exhaustion from not resting makes your body want to sleep.

Tips & Warnings

• Not laying down during the day can be challenging if you haven't slept.
• Find something to do. A craft, book, movie anything that keeps you awake all day.
• Leaving the house and going to a busy place can be helpful. You can't lay down if your at the mall or a restaurant.
• Try not to think about not having slept. Think about staying awake.
• Get rid of the sleeping pills. Get them out of the house. If you have them you will want to give up sooner.
• Don't drive if you are exhausted.
• Being sleep deprived will make you grouchy but it will be worth it in the end.

[sweetspirit]

on 7/7/2009 Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

[jkopinion]

on 6/24/2009 Very good advice! Thanks for your experienced tips! 5*/r

[fitzcents]

on 6/17/2009 Yaaawn.. I'm cured! 5* & a rec

[cwengre]

on 3/29/2009 Great tips for curing insomia. I just need to get rid of my laptop.:)

[texasparky]

on 3/26/2009 Yep, drugs are no good for this! Your advice for curing insomnia is harsh at first but kind in the long run. It's the only true way to do it besides a brick to the head...which is not very kind...