i normally get to sleep aroung 2-3am but yesterday however i couldnt sleep at all and ended up nodding off at 8am, got up at 1.45 totally missed college.

Any help?

well usually when I cant sleep I take melatonin. that usually knocks me out. If that doesnt work I use essential oil of lavender ---just rub it into the temple area--it relaxes you. the other thing is sour cherry concentrate. if you need info. i can get it for you.

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Most of the time I can't sleep at all - until around 2/3am. This is annoying as I get up at around 6/7am. I find though that sometimes I get to sleep at say midnight, then I keep waking up non-stop until it's finally time for me to get up for uni - I have no idea how to solve this.

I nap most afternoons and my parents tell me not to do this as it stuffs around with my body clock but I find that if I don't nap then I'm just even more tired the next day and it makes no difference to how I sleep at night.

The other night my boyfriend was staying over and I was absolutely exhausted, like I thought for sure I would be able to fall asleep. But I couldn't. I just couldn't! I was rolling over trying to get comfortable but it wouldn't work. Then at around 5am I started crying and my boyfriend woke up to comfort me and he cuddled me - but this didn't help... That night I probably got a total of 2 hrs sleep.

My mum refuses to let me use sleeping pills...

I thought that my sleeping problem lately was just stress. The last few weeks I have been taking forever to fall asleep and then wake up between 2-3 every night lately with pain. And then I am finished as I just can not get comfortable to go back to sleep another 2 hours of trying to sleep before nodding off and I have to get up at 5:30. I am so tired lately and can not function and just want to sleep.

Before this I was able to fall asleep and never wake up and now sleeping is a struggle.

tmj can be caused by stress and that also effects your sleep. have you tried sour cherry extract? that helps. also meletonin, valarian root.

where can i get that?

My stress if from the TMJ and my ankle problem since I damaged the nerves there. Having a hard time dealing with both problems at one time.

The mouth guard has made my sleeping worse.

Is there anything else people use to sleep.

I have tried what you suggested and still have the same problem.

I really do not want to go on sleeping pills, I will leave that as a last resort.

you can get it at any health food store----super suplements carries it

IVe turned to drinking at night, not saying its good for you, but im sure TMJ pain suffferors will say being under the influence is better than living constantly with pain.

well its not really better because it causes other problems in the long run