Insomnia

[Letum]

I have damm awful insomnia.
Given a holiday from work my sleep patterns become wildly erratic through day and
night.

It's not the sort of insomnia produced by stress, gloom or anxiety either.

I just cant turn off my mind.
For example, it is 5:26am in the UK now, I went to bed at roughly 2:40am and have
not slept.
In the time between I have thought about the following:

• Posting this forum topic
• The project I am working on
• The book I am reading and the book I read before that one
• My replies to a forum topic
• My recent connection problems
• Insomnia (oh the irony!)
• Skin care (cracked lips this winter)
• Chemistry (trying to remember why nitroglycerin is explosive and what the difference between sugars/starches and oil-hydrocarbons is)
• The lass I might be entertaining tomorrow *edit* Gah! today!
• Sentence structure (I suspect I use commas and clauses incorrectly)

That's just tonight, another night it could be any other set of conundrums.

So, now i have a full day tomorrow and a bus to catch early, my mind does not
even remotely feel like turning off, but no doubt it will as soon as I get into town
and I need to stay awake.

I get plenty of exercise, am in good physical health and don't general drink caffeine
in the afternoon or night.
It's not that I'm not relaxed, it's just that when I am relaxed, I think.

Occasionally I meditate (not half as often as I would like, must make more time for
it). And I can empty my thoughts then, but it requires concentration that prohibits
sleep.

Any help guys? Whats the trick?
I envy people who can sleep anywhere, anytime. You chaps are very lucky!


Oh, by the way, don't let me fool you into thinking I am a great thinker. Great thinkers have great
thoughts. I just have lots of thoughts; no great ones.