Im having a hard time with this....

alright well i have been thinking of joining the national guard for some time now but i just dont know if i can basically pull a 180 with my life. what i mean by that is right now i smoke all day every day...well not any more becasue of the guard...but i go to festivals and all that too i guess you could call me a new age hippie...idk im not a fan of labels. i work part-time and go to school when i can i also have a ton of debt from another college that i went to for a yr but right now im not really paying that much of it becasue i dont really make much. i want to keep going to school and the guard will pay for that and they will pay off my student loans from the other school. but theres the issue of me puffing...its something that i love and i have to give it up for a long long time like 6 yrs (unless i want to take the chance of getting caught and kicked out of the guard) but bud also is what puts me to sleep at night ive tried tons of other stuff but nothing works so thats another issue im having.....

i dont really know why im posting this here ive tried to talk to my friends about this but they really werent any help....i need to do something with my life because the way im living it now just wont work for that much longer

you just need to amp it up a bit
you can't let bud dictate life choices
i speak from experience
these decisions will determine the quality of the rest of your life
it sounds like you have found a path that may solve some problems
so go for it with gusto
forget the bud for a while and find another solution to your sleep problem - like a doctor
just say'n, as they say
good luck

thanks
i do not want the bud to make life choices for me thats why im trying to move away from the "scene" for a little bit until i figure out what i want to do with my life....ive been to drs for my sleep and they have giving me all different drugs and none have worked ive tried meditation sometimes that works but not often

dfhrace said:

thanks
i do not want the bud to make life choices for me thats why im trying to move away from the "scene" for a little bit until i figure out what i want to do with my life....ive been to drs for my sleep and they have giving me all different drugs and none have worked ive tried meditation sometimes that works but not often

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yup. that can be a problem. my wife has that problem. it has been going on for years. she either cannot get to sleep, or she will wake up in the middle of the night, unable to get back to sleep. i don't know how she manages unders those circumstances, but she has.

lunesta and ambien help. the problem with those drugs is they have a rebound effect. they work for a while - like a week or two and then stop working. after a month or more without them, they may work again for a week or so. and she exercises - runs about 6 miles every day. maybe a day off here and there, but usually every day. it's a mystery.

that is exactly what happend to me the ambien worked for about 2 weeks then it just stopped working....its not that i have trouble falling asleep well once in while but thats ok its that when im asleep im not hitting that 3rd cycle the "REM cycle" and thats where you get your true rest from so every night i fall asleep and am asleep for like 6 hrs and i wake up feeling like i slept of an hr or so

dfhrace said:

that is exactly what happend to me the ambien worked for about 2 weeks then it just stopped working....its not that i have trouble falling asleep well once in while but thats ok its that when im asleep im not hitting that 3rd cycle the "REM cycle" and thats where you get your true rest from so every night i fall asleep and am asleep for like 6 hrs and i wake up feeling like i slept of an hr or so

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Your diet can affect your sleep. A steady diet high in caffeine or sugar will keep you wired without you knowing. I had a friend who drank red bull by the gallon all day, then complained he couldn't sleep at night, so he took a bunch of the prescribed sleep pills aforementioned in your post to sleep. Then he drunk his redbull by the gallon because he lacked energy during day. However, this may not be you but just keep an eye on your intake during the day and see if you don't notice a pattern. Other than that, exercise 20mins towards the end of your day to deplete some physical energy, then try reading a book or doing crossword puzzles while prepping for bed to deplete some mental energy (if its boring for you that's a good thing as well)

that was my issue a while ago id drink soda and ahave sugar and all that crap all day long so i stopped that i also have stopped using the computer like an hr or so before bed and i do sit-ups and push-ups an hour or so before i go to bed sometimes it works but most of the time it doesnt

dfhrace said:

that was my issue a while ago id drink soda and ahave sugar and all that crap all day long so i stopped that i also have stopped using the computer like an hr or so before bed and i do sit-ups and push-ups an hour or so before i go to bed sometimes it works but most of the time it doesnt

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Yeah, the caffeine/sugar will do it to ya'. I started a trend of getting a frozen coffee once a week on fridays.. and I would stay wired all the way until that mon. or tues, because I didn't need the extra energy, and me being a night owl of sorts anyway, I would stay up till 2-3 in the morning without signs of being tired..(it was most noticeable when I didn't smoke) There are two types of energy a person can deplete (physical/mental) A person who works 12hrs in the Sun, can be just as or less depleted with energy as a person who sits behind a phone, cpu, & stack of papers after a 12hr day in the A.C. Sounds like you may have some mental energy built up and the Chronic helped you to expend some of that mental energy. Try reading a book, hopefully something you like, it doesn't really matter per se'. But the more substance it has, the more mental energy will be expended in comprehending it, which is good.

Good Herbs can be the mildest medicine.

Fuck ambien, it nearly killed me.

No matter where you go, your shadow is not far behind.

Just remember to put your hand on the mirror anytime you want to share with your best friend.

hmm the mental energy thing.....i like where your going with that because sometime my mind just doesnt shut off and that is deff when the chron helps but that damn 3rd cycle of sleep is what gets me alot of night

but tonight im going to try reading a book to see if i can tire my brain out some....i hope thatll work

if i were to drink (2) 20 oz. bottles of Mt. Dew it would screw up the quality of my sleep that whole night. I have learned to limit myself to less than that per day... and No caffeine for a few hours before bed time.

have you tried Melatonin ? every walmart has it.
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no i havent tried Melatonin but ill look into it some more. i tried reading last night that didnt really work i think that it didnt because i was reading one of my girlfriends books and well im not into the romantic/crime novels but anyway i went up stares at like midnight which is when i usually start to feel tired and when i would puff before bed thats when id start to get ready to pass out but i started reading at like 12 and then next thing i knew im about half way though the book and its 2 am.....still not tired i finally did fall asleep around 3 but then had to get up at 7:30 for work

Kava Kava is Polynesian

dfhrace said:

no i havent tried Melatonin but ill look into it some more. i tried reading last night that didnt really work i think that it didnt because i was reading one of my girlfriends books and well im not into the romantic/crime novels but anyway i went up stares at like midnight which is when i usually start to feel tired and when i would puff before bed thats when id start to get ready to pass out but i started reading at like 12 and then next thing i knew im about half way though the book and its 2 am.....still not tired i finally did fall asleep around 3 but then had to get up at 7:30 for work

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, yeah, I was thinking something a little deeper than romance novels, I'm surprised you got almost half way through (you not one of them Twilighters are you? ), Jus j/k, I'm going to see "New Moon" once it's safe..,


I would try finding a book that has a little more substance than those. It's just not the act of reading a book, but the amount of energy spent in mentally processing what you are reading that drains you. I don't want to say what your interests should be, but I know there are some topics you find interesting that require a little effort to understand. It can be literature on anything from working on cars, to growing household plants. A little effort of processing and digesting the information is what tires you. Reading those types of books and similar are entertainment and will only stimulate you more and thats why you can't put it down. It's not a bad thing, just not the good intentions of results you are wanting. If you can't find anything as mentioned before, try the cross/word puzzles or, similar types of mind challenging games.

no im not into the romance novels and FUCK TWLIGHT! vampires are supposed to be killers not lovers...

moving on

the only reason i was reading her book was because im not a reader, well not of books anyway but im going to look for a book on growing or something like that. amazon here i come......

dfhrace said:

no im not into the romance novels and FUCK TWLIGHT! vampires are supposed to be killers not lovers...

moving on

the only reason i was reading her book was because im not a reader, well not of books anyway but im going to look for a book on growing or something like that. amazon here i come......

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I was just joshing witcha', I figured you was working with what you had. Yeah, good idea to find something you like that is interesting, and just not entertainment. I'm not into Twilight either, I just want to see the special effects mainly, and still I believe I'm going to catch "Ninja Assassin" before I get to see it. Don't forget to check out some puzzle games at any little store for only a few bucks if even that much, if you don't find anything quick. I'm more than sure they would help as well.

i know you were messing with me, i a sudko book somewhere around my house ill give that one a shot. have fun seeing new moon btw and make sure to say hi to the 12 year olds lol

dfhrace said:

i know you were messing with me, i a sudko book somewhere around my house ill give that one a shot. have fun seeing new moon btw and make sure to say hi to the 12 year olds lol

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, I'm sure I will enjoy it, after another week has passed and the chitterlings are back in school, then I'll catch the morning matinee.