If you can’t sleep when you have a cold, you may aggravate the symptoms of the cold or even prolong the course of the cold because of poor rest, and a good rest is a more important thing for a cold. If you have a fever, you can take antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen, first. If there is an obvious headache that comes with the fever, the headache will usually be relieved to some extent after taking antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen. If the headache is not relieved, it is important to find the cause and focus on resolving it. If all the related uncomfortable symptoms have disappeared or do not exist, and you still can’t sleep at this time, you can lie in bed, avoid thinking about particularly distracting things, avoid looking at your cell phone, lie in bed for a while, and quietly generally be able to fall asleep. For people with insomnia symptoms, it is likely to toss and turn, difficult to sleep, this situation will not guarantee the energy during the day. In more serious cases, you can use sleeping pills. Just because you can’t sleep one day doesn’t mean you can’t sleep the next. Only if you toss and turn for days and can’t sleep is it advisable to seek sleeping pills.