Anyone else have trouble sleeping?

I spent a month or so away in Europe this summer, at other times spend time in the us with no problems, but I always struggle with sleep issues here in the uk.  I fall asleep about 10:30 or 11 and anywhere else would sleep happily til 6:30-7. Here I are at 3:30 in tears bc I am so tired. If I fall back asleep I feel awful when I do wake up.

Is it a light issue? Circadian rhythm?

Anyone else?

I have trouble sleeping, from stress, and I take rescue remedy.

Have you ever tried it? It may help.

Sometimes it works really well, and sometimes not so well. I'm sure there are other options but I have not looked into them.

They have it at Boots.

xoxoxo,
L.

 Well if it affects you only in the summer, and you don't have blackout curtains, then I'd think it was a light issue. I remember the first time waking up before 4 a.m. and thinking, "What the hell?!  It's LIGHT out already?"  My first mission was to purchase blackout curtains.

Yes, I have trouble sleeping all the time, due to stress and lingering pain from an accident. Last night I slept about 4 hours. Some nights I literally don't sleep at all. I've tried several over the counter sleep meds, and even Actifed (sinus med). As Lara said, sometimes they work great, sometimes not at all.           It's a toughie.

I've also used a lavender pillow spray that is supposed to promote sleep, "sounds of the ocean" on my iPod, deep breathing/relaxation techniques, anything and everything I've ever read to help promote sleep. I go to bed at the same time every night. Still, I have trouble.

Yes, I've had a really hard time here, but I've always had a difficult time with sleeping, but it's been worse lately. I've tried exercises, medicines, I sleep with the sound of a rushing river to drown out DH breathing, the noise from the road and the noise from construction (they start at 7:30 AM). I sleep with an eye mask.

Last night I kept drifting off and waking back up. Finally, I fell into a deeper sleep around 6:45, but I had a weird dream that woke me up.

Ugh. I'd give anything to be one of those people who fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow! 

I have the opposite. Whenever I'm with DH, I sleep great. This past year especially has been terrible for sleep. Melatonin helped for a while. I'm waiting for the visa now and anxious about moving, etc, so I'm not sleeping much at all due to stress. I found that taking melatonin for about a week got me back to a normal pattern of sleep and I didn't need to take it for a long time. Maybe try that? Take one about 30 mins before you want to go to sleep. It will help you fall asleep and hopefully stay asleep through the night. For me, when it hit, I was OUT.

I've tried melatonin and if I did sleep, I had really disturbing dreams. It really helped with jet lag though!

I really feel bad that you guys have such trouble sleeping. I fall asleep sometimes with a bit of fuss, but most of the time it's pretty easy for me to drift off and sleep for hours upon hours, doesn't matter what country I'm in. My body reeeeally loves sleep. While I don't have any of those issues, a lot of people in my family do, due to serious back pain issues or headaches or just plain insomnia.

I know my mother's boyfriend has major issues with sleep because of his back and health issues, he took some over the counter drug and said that it really helped him and he was rather shocked. Have you ever tried meditation? Or anything along those lines? I've heard those kinds of things can help, and even though I've never had serious sleep issues, I have noticed I am falling asleep quicker after meditation. Good luck, hope you find something to help! :c