What do you do when you can't sleep?

strider3700 · 11-15-10, 06:58 AM

I went to bed early but since i usually only get 6 or so hours of sleep I've been wide awake since 3:00.

I'm wondering what everyone else does when wide awake in the middle of the night? My normal is reading/research online.

Tonight it's arduino datalogger design using maxim one wire temperature probes since they were nice enough to send me two as samples.

Daox · 11-15-10, 09:44 AM

It doesn't happen often to me. When it does I do whatever I feel like at the time, watch TV, read a book, or do something online perhaps.

RobertSmalls · 11-15-10, 04:36 PM

When I can't get to sleep, it's because there's some very specific reason I'm too excited or anxious to sleep. I get out of bed, have some bacon sandwiches, and hash it out.

When I wake up, fully rested, way before the alarm (almost never happens), it's a windfall of super-productive time to work on projects.

strider3700 · 11-15-10, 06:20 PM

I wish I could do projects. Any noise will have the wife, toddler or baby up and that would be a bad bad thing.

Xringer · 11-15-10, 06:50 PM

When I was a kid, I learned DIY self-hypnosis.
When I go to bed, I might want to think about problems or projects for a while,
but when I want to get some sleep, I'm cutting Zzzs within a couple of minutes..

The only time I can't sleep, is after I wake up in the morning.
If it's after 7AM, I rarely get back to sleep.

11-15-10, 06:58 AM	#1
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	What do you do when you can't sleep? I went to bed early but since i usually only get 6 or so hours of sleep I've been wide awake since 3:00. I'm wondering what everyone else does when wide awake in the middle of the night? My normal is reading/research online. Tonight it's arduino datalogger design using maxim one wire temperature probes since they were nice enough to send me two as samples.

11-15-10, 09:44 AM	#2
Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	It doesn't happen often to me. When it does I do whatever I feel like at the time, watch TV, read a book, or do something online perhaps. __________________ Current project - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

11-15-10, 04:36 PM	#3
RobertSmalls Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 344 Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	When I can't get to sleep, it's because there's some very specific reason I'm too excited or anxious to sleep. I get out of bed, have some bacon sandwiches, and hash it out. When I wake up, fully rested, way before the alarm (almost never happens), it's a windfall of super-productive time to work on projects.

11-15-10, 06:20 PM	#4
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	I wish I could do projects. Any noise will have the wife, toddler or baby up and that would be a bad bad thing.

11-15-10, 06:50 PM	#5
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	When I was a kid, I learned DIY self-hypnosis. When I go to bed, I might want to think about problems or projects for a while, but when I want to get some sleep, I'm cutting Zzzs within a couple of minutes.. The only time I can't sleep, is after I wake up in the morning. If it's after 7AM, I rarely get back to sleep.