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For the past few nights I have not been able to sleep for the life of me. I've been exhausted all day, but i've refrained from napping so that I could fall asleep earlier. Its not working.

I have never had problems sleeping before. I think this problem may coincide with the fact that I have class tues/thurs at 8am till 3pm, internship mon/wed/fri from 7:30-3:00pm, waitressing Sun/Wed/Fri from 5-11pm, plus homework on top of that. I think maybe i'm just stressing or anxious about getting anything accomplished.

Last night I used "peace of mind", this peppermint stuff from origins you put on your temples which usually sends me to sleep. An hour later I put on Lavender/vanilla calming the sense aromatherapy lotion. that didn't work either.

I went to bed at 10:30pm, and I did not fall asleep until 12:30am. I tossed and turned. My brain hurt in my head. My body wanted to sleep but my mind wouldn't let me. I got really frustrated and took and advil bc I thought my brain hurting was maybe a headache. I finally fell asleep but awoke again at 6:10am and tossed and turned till my alarm went off at 6:55pm.

so now i'm off to my internship feeling like CRAP, and then its waitressing all night till 11. anyone have any suggesstions?

I should add that I am not the kind of person that does well with under 8.5 hours of sleep, and that this is my first week trying to get on a sleep schedule. During the summer I rarely went to bed before midnight and always slept past 9.

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