God, people. I don't see where the OP is complaining that the firetrucks saved someone's life, she's saying that she had the bad luck of the fire happening JUST as she was finally drifting off. You morons giving her a hard time about it are going to be crying when she conks out behind the wheel and takes your SUV out. OP--I feel for you. Insomnia is horrible. I hope you can find something that works.

Take some melatonin.

As another insomniac, I know how hard it is to fall asleep with noise. I totally emphasize. And to all of the people who are hating, when you really need to fall asleep, you don't really care about other people. Insomnia makes you very selfish. Yeah it sucks for the people in the fire, but it also sucks to not be able to fall asleep.

Wow..how rude of them to rush to a burning building while you are trying to sleep!!

People-- get a grip. She didn't say "Today, Firefighters saved some people's lives. FML" That would've been rude and awful. What she was saying was, "Today, I thought I was going to finally conquer something that had been bothering me, and external forces ruined it. FML" There's a difference. She wasn't being an ass, she was disappointed. Also, some people just hate taking medication. Pills might not have been an option; she might not have had any handy either. Also. taking Nyquil when you're not sick is stupid. It's never a smart idea to take medicine when you don't need it.

Wow, people here are such jerks. It's rather likely that you didn't want the people who needed the fire trucks to burn alive or anything such as that. You're just here because you were all "Damn, what crappy timing." I've had sleeping problems since I was six years old, and a few times a year, it escalates into actual insomnia, where I won't be able to sleep for three or four days. It sucks. Hard. I wish I knew what to tell you to try and help. I can't even do what some people here are doing and just tell you to "take a pill." First off, taking pills for everything isn't exactly a good idea. Second, they usually don't work if you truly have insomnia. :/ I do hope things get better for you. I know how hard it sucks.

What some of these people fail to realize is that medicine = poison. It's why they have specific doses that you take, and why you should never take prescription medication that isn't prescribed for you. Taking medicine such as NyQuil when you have no symptoms is basically poisoning your body for no reason.

that sux..

Ah man, thats gotta suck. To the other people whoa re hating on the OP, she's not complaining about about the trucks just making noise in front of her house, she complaining about the irony of her almost getting to sleep then the sudden noise, which made her wake up. Geeze people get a grip!

People here are idiots and overreacting. The OP never said they were mad at the trucks or cursing their name for going to a house that may have had a fire. They were just saying that something, this time a firetruck, prevented them from falling asleep. Stop being douches. Taking medicine doesn't always help and if you've never had insomnia, you don't know what it's like to barely sleep. Get the **** over yourselves, get off your high horses and stop blaming the OP.