Very badly and not for long.
Painkillers have an odd effect, it's not a stimulant like caffeine or speed, but they just don't like you sleeping. When I'm on the antibiotics, they do such horrid things to my guts that with both lots of pils in me, I'm down to 3 hours sleep, 20-25 hours awake. Worst thing is, they seem to rob me of the ability to roll over and drift back if I'm woken. If I've been up for 25 hours, and been in bed for like anhour, and the dog barks....that's it, I gotta get up again.
When I can no longer stand being a waking zombie, i borrow a couple of "valium" off a mate. He seems to take them for entertainment, so I assume they are bootleg pills, however they do have the desired effect, 2 before bed and I'm garaunteed at least 6 hour of coma sleep. 2 or 3 nights of that and I can handle another coupla weeks of insomnia. I don;t want to be taking things like that all the time, with my current crappy moods, I'd be a prime target for dependence.
As for HOW?
ob my side, almost my front, with a hand under my pillow. I used to think I just needed more pillows, but no, I really seem to want my hand in there. It's always out when I wake tho.