[query.dreams]

[wispfox]

Anyone have any suggestions for making me dream less? It seems to go along with having a restless night, and it's really becoming a problem from the perspective of getting restful sleep (and not waking up in a really annoyed/melancholy/frustrated mood - the melancholy seems to be purely dreams-driven, but the other two are almost certainly from sleeping poorly). I _think_ it's an aspect of wintertime and my melatonin subsystem being fucked, but I'm not sure.

Valarian tends to not work for me, at all, if I'm having trouble getting to or staying asleep. At most it makes me sleepy.

Melatonin at least gets me to sleep, but if I'm restless will not keep me there for very long, or very deeply.

Benadryl and similar make me sleepy, but not sleep and not stay asleep.

I really don't want a perscription med to help me sleep, both because they are geneally addictive, and because I've found that any meds which have a side effect of having me unconscious most of the time make for really poor (although generally dreamless) sleep. Worse than if I slept on my own (only real example of this I have is strong painkillers, like Percocet).

Suggestions?

Comments

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

As a first step, try clearing your mind as much as possible while falling asleep.
I can also make you a pillow thingy if you remind me sometime when I'm more awake :)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

clearing your mind as much as possible while falling asleep

I do, but if I'm _that_ restless, the minute I stop thinking about clearing my mind, it's no longer clear. This makes falling asleep difficult.

I can also make you a pillow thingy if you remind me sometime when I'm more awake :)

*smile* Couldn't hurt, I think - how will I know when you're more awake? :)

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Counting breaths down from 100 often works for me. Or holding a single image?

You could remind me when I see you, if nothing else. If I think of it before then, I'll do it :)