Wondering how many of you have sleep problems

[Brigadier]

Took Piriton once, for hay fever.
Made me so horribly paranoid, it frightened me half to death. Never again

 

[tony1851]

the Manchester drone

 

[Doggit]

Switching the brain off is one of the most difficult things to do as it's a subconcious thing, and we are ill disciplined beings that have little control over who we are.

For myself, I've learnt to do breathing excercises to help me relax, and a repetetive mantra to divert the unrully thoughts, and some nights, it still doesn't work. Then it's donwstairs for a bit of soduku, and a couple of malt whiskies.

And then a few strong coffee's in the morning to get me going again.

I wish all of you with similar problems all the best that you deserve, because not being able to sleep at 3am is not a nice place to be.

 

[noseall]

, and a couple of malt whiskies.

Bad. Trés bad.

 

[Doggit]

Having some nights not dropped off till 6am, so needs must when the devil drives.

 

[Doggit]

And at least I don't have to resort to the sleeping tablets any more.

 

[EFLImpudence]

I don't think tea

There's the problem.

How do you expect your body to work properly?

 

[transam]

There was a doc' on the telley a good while back about some bloke who was involved in a car accident that

caused some type of brain damage that resulted in him not being able to sleep at all , at the time of the prog' he had not slept for 5 years, he gets tired and lay s down etc but he never switch's off via sleep.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Ditch the bed & buy a large settee.

 

[HawkEye244]

Thanks for commenting everyone. Surprised to see so many people having experience of this. What I plan to do next :

• bring my wake up time an hour or so forward so that I feel more tired in the evenings
  
• do internet activities in the morning instead of the evening, this will give me a dose of blue light when I need it and not when I don't
• remove phone from the bedroom and never take it in there
  
• remove all technology from bedroom
  
• keep bedroom lights on lower dimmer settings in the evening
• take a long shower before bed to wind down
• bring dinner timer forward an hour or two so I'm not eating so close to sleep
• don't drink huge amounts of water or tea before bed as it's likely to wake me up to go to the bathroom (herbal tea I drink)

A few others things to get sorted:

• book appointment with GP about seeing a sleep specialist and getting checked for sleep apnea
  
• investigate sleep aids/supplements as suggested here. I've also read about melatonin taken before bed.
  
• buy more comfortable mattress
  
• try to get in regular exercise (easier in the summer time)
  
• plan jobs better to avoid nasty surprises and reduce stress
• might look into meditation (relaxing noises etc) before bed, as suggested
• may start reading in bed again but tried this before and I had a tendency to stay up when I should be sleeping

In honesty I slept better last night than I can remember in the recent past from doing the first eight. The weekends are always the most difficult for me because I'm tempted to stay up later and add to the weeks sleep deficit. I think I've confused my body over the years and that's why I seem to get a second wind as it goes into the evening and I become most mentally alert from 7pm onwards which is the opposite of what it should be.

I hope we can come up with something we can all benefit from here because it sounds like some of you have an awful time as well. Thanks so much for the
comments.

 

[HERTS P&D]

I'm in bed every night by 10pm, if not then I will go home!



I'll get my coat.

Andy

 

[bernardgreen]

keep bedroom lights on lower dimmer settings in the evening

Using a dimmer in the bedroom may disturb you. Most LED drivers and many dimmers use switch mode technology to control the brightness. They switch at high frequency ( 20 to 60 kHz ) and produce some audio noise at frequencies too high to be consciously heard but which can affect the subconscious. The light from some LEDs can also have a degree of flicker at at 100 pulse per second which also affects the subconscious far more than the conscious mind.

For peaceful dimming of bedroom lamps connect two identical 230 volt incandescent lamps in series so that each is gettting only half the mains voltage. They then glow with a warm soothing light.

 

[DaveHerns]

If I can't sleep I turn on the TV and watch something like Homes Under The Hammer. Soon sends me to sleep

 

[wobs]

If my brain won't switch off when trying to get to sleep, I sometimes have a notebook by my bed where I can write things down. This often helps to get the thoughts out while I try to get to sleep. The other ideas you listed seem good though. Best of luck with it.

 

[Ian H]

Thanks for commenting everyone. Surprised to see so many people having experience of this. What I plan to do next

What about Blightymams suggestion of masterbating?