I don't like schedules because my sleeping pattern sucks. Which is why I prefer to be free like the wind. It brought me a lot of trouble before, with school, jobs, etc. Because I have to be there at certain hour. And it made me feel misserable. Knowing that I HAVE to wake up makes me sleep even less. Seriously, I'm not made for society. I have tried melatonin, didn't work. I've taken meds too, and it did work wonderfully. But it really felt off to be attatched to a certain hour. I AM FREE GODDAMNIT. I am not, but you get the point. 

I've got insomnia right now.  Lying in bed can't sleep so picked up the iPad to read steemit and yours was the first article I saw.  Will give your meditation trick a try - thanks :)

I agree on the melatonin, 1 mg before bedtime would be sufficient.  Good for you avoiding the pharmaceutical "cures", almost all of them promote dementia in later life.  Other more alternative aids would be camomile tea, valerian root, L-theanine, and something 90% of the Western world is probably deficient in anyway, MAGNESIUM.  I'd recommend 400 mg magnesium glycinate, avoid the cheap laxative magnesium oxide sold at grocery stores.  There is also something your body makes that you produce less of as you get older, GABA (Gamma Aminobutyric Acid).  A small starter dose would be 250 mg, and this will also make your dreams more "vivid".  It's often used by serious body-builders as it improves REM sleep when growth hormone is pulsed by the body.  There are harmless symptoms to some if you take too much, like slight chest pressure (scary but not a problem).  I have years of personal experience with all of these, but you may want to hold off on the GABA as a last alternative, unless you want some trippy dreams.  Oh yeah, one more thing along the lines of the magnesium, is to take a nice long epsom salt bath, with the first 20 minutes or so absorbing magnesium and the next 20 releasing toxins.

You mentioned being wary of medications, but have you ever tried taking melatonin? It's a naturally-occurring hormone responsible for sleep and I believe it has helped me, back when I cared. 

Now that I know people all over the world, it can actually be advantageous that my sleep schedule is fucked, so I don't really try to fix it anymore ^_^

"You know, other people are real assholes when it comes to being an insomniac. They want you to do something for them that requires you to be up at a certain time, so they yell at you because your sleep schedule is all out of whack..."

Definitely @geekpowered there is no second thought about it.  It is very unfortunate that people around us not only understand our problem, but also will trouble us very much!

it will be like sort of caught between the disease and narrow-minded people.

Excellent piece of work @geekpowered.  Wishing you and your family a very happy and merry Christmas.

It really sucks and it makes your head really heavy in the morning. :'(

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