Insomnia sucks

Two additional things to help:

1) Set a schedule, and train yourself to fall asleep to that schedule.  Wake up on one, too.  I'm pretty much at the point that I fall asleep at 11:00 every night, and wake up around 6:30, even on weekends, unless something major disrupts that pattern (like an Astral Juggernaut...).

2) Exercise.  Doing even a good walk will get your body ready for some rest.  Besides, it's good for you for other reasons, too.

2) Exercise.  Doing even a good walk will get your body ready for some rest.  Besides, it's good for you for other reasons, too.

Thanks everybody!  I went to a doctor today and they prescribed some melatonin for me.  If it works, then, well, I should be fine... If not, then.... Well, we'll cross that bridge when that time comes...

And Geoff, the reason I quoted your post is because it made me laugh a little bit... The reason I am having this issue (or at least what we are attributing it too) is because, 5 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with severe patellar tendonitis in both knees.  The reason this is causing my problem is because I am a runner (I compete on my school's cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field teams, running the 5k, 8k, and 10k), and the only cure for tendonitis (well, the only real cure) is to rest and take anti-inflammatories until it recovers... But dropping from 60-75 miles a week to nothing for a while (finally up to 2.5 miles a day now, but it is a slow process) caused my entire system to go, well, insane... And, to add insult to injury, it hurt to walk across my very small campus for a long while...

Sorry for that rant guys... Just needed to vent a little bit... Again, thanks to everyone who offered some advice!

i suffer not only from clinical insomia, but a mood disorder is usually the cause of such a thing. You can get something called melatonin over the counter. It's a natural vitamin thingy that is a pill form of the "sleepy" chemical your brain naturally creates. Take 1 an hour before you plan to sleep and then just relax for that hour. I would say if that doesn't help, seriously try seeing a doctor. Hopefully it's not insomnia because insomnia sucks...