Suffered For 20 Years

I have had and suffered from insomnia for over 20 years now and it started when I was about age 10. I tried taking sleeping pills and sleep medicines which you can buy from any chemist or pharmacy and NONE of them ever worked. Some would make me drowsy and sleepy but I could never seem to get results which helped me to get a full nights sleep.

I went to my doctor when I was about 15 after trying various stuff for years to try and get some professional help for my insomnia. Because of the "Area" I live in (which is not a very good one) my doctor refused to prescribe me any tablets because he assumed I was going to sell them to junkies.

Since then I have tried more and more things to help me sleep and cure my insomnia but none work that well. I even went to a hypnotist to try and see if even that would help which it did for a while but eventually the sleepless nights came back. The problem I have is that I cant switch my brain off, I stay awake even though I am tired just "thinking" and have to wait until my brain just switches off and I get sleep for an hour or two at a time.

Since I have been using the internet I have used it to find me information about my insomnia and ways to cure it or just make life somewhat easier. I will post some of the things which have helped me and maybe they can also help others suffering too. I use a combination of techniques I have learned from several places and generally sleep between 5-8 hours a night now as opposed to 1-2 hours when I was younger.