Chemicals FTW
OK, so I took 2 herbal sleeping pills at 7, two more at 8, tossed and turned until about 10, work up at 1:30, got up at 2:30 and had two more, back to bed, tossed and turned until 4:50, then finally fell asleep. I should have been up at 5. I decided to go with the sleep and set the alarms for 2 hours later. These things are about as effective as a hot cup of cocoa. There is a reason why you can’t overdose on them: they don’t do anything. They only possible side effect of taking to many is listed as ‘user may become over sedated’. Er… no. User finally fell asleep due to sheer bloody exhaustion. I was in a rush when I bought them and you didn’t need to take them to the counter to get the display box replaced with a real box (and answer the inevitable barrage of questions cunningly designed to waste a few minutes), I think I’ll get some proper ones with honest to god man made chemicals in them that have nasty side effects and, most importantly, send you to sleep when you actually take them. I wont be in so much of a rush today so I can answer the silly questions:
Why are you taking these?
Oh, I’m just going round all the chemists in the area buying them up, I intend to take 200 of them with a bottle of whiskey tonight… I can’t sleep you numpty, why else would I be buying them?
Are you on any other medication?
Yup, whacked out on about 200 of the herbal ones as they didn’t actually work. Thinking about it, perhaps I should have drunk that bottle of whiskey as well, it might have actually got me to sleep!
Are you allergic to anything?
Yes, stupid questions, now give me the damn pills.
Yes, I’m tired and crosspatch today.
Know that feeling…
I had Temazapan once .. it said on the bottle “may cause drowsiness” .. no really????? (they didn’t!)
Not so sure you can get Temazapan over the counter
You have my sympathy (for what difference it makes). Insomnia’s a pain (this is from the girl that doesn’t sleep for four days straight)
Yeah - not got it quite as bad as you - still don’t understand how you cope on the amount of sleep you do.
I have two methods for curing insomnia:
(a) No alcohol, no caffeine, cocoa and gentle yoga exercises and mediation prior to having a soothing bath and then bed.
(b) Wine, at least one bottle but more if necessary.
I wouldn’t like to incriminate myself by telling you my absolute favourite, but it tends to work for me.
(a) and (b) contradict each other
Not drinking rather precludes (b). I’ll stick to buying sodding great big swords 
Possibly using the swords might make you feel better?
Got a feeling these are quite sharp (unlike the three I have already) so might not be waving them around the flat in any great hurry
Being able to shut my brain of / not suffering from manflu would also help. Going to hunt down plant matter this afternoon and see if including that in my diet helps.