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Insomnia. The real thing.
RayB:
--- Quote from: SNAAKE on April 25, 2011, 02:30:08 pm ---how does anyone not fall as sleep after working AND a few beers??
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Alcohol helps you fall asleep, but then you wake up an hour or two later rather wide awake.
jennifer:
I"ll stay up working on things for a day [or two], thinking the whole time I"ll sleep when I"m dead.
shateredsoul:
Out of curiosity.. what have you already tried? Also, when did it start? Like, was it something that just suddenly started or have you had this issue on and off for a while?
Blanka:
From the sleep expert (a friend works in a insomnia-clinic):
- Always get up at the same time (Sundays a maximum delay of 1 hour is allowed), preferably between sunrise and 9 am.
- Don't sleep too much. Normal sleep demand is between 6 and 9 hours.
- Pick the half-way time between getting up and going to bed: if you get up at 7.00, and go to bed at 23.00, then the half-way time is 15.00. Now the rule is: NEVER sleep between 15.00 and 23.00! It will mess up your Melatonin levels in your body.
- Naps are allowed between getting up and the half-way time, so between 7.00 and 15.00 in this example. A siesta is perfect legitimate for those Spanish, Japanese and Chinese!
- NO watching displays with high-temp whitepoint 2 hours before sleep (TV's, iPads, Computers). If you really need to, turn it down to 3000-4000K and use low brightness.
- No eating 2 hours before sleep
- Keep the room well ventilated, and a little colder than comfortable at first impression when the outside temp allows. In winter 10-15 degrees is perfect for sleeping rooms. Above 25 degrees outside temperature, first remove the filling of your bedsheets, don't aircondition to sick-making below 20 degree temperatures if it is hot. Golden rule for conditioning: look at how people did it 150 years ago in your country. Their solution is 99% chance better than any global electrified solution.
- No airconditioning, no fans while sleeping! If you need to cool, do it before going to bed, and preferably by high volume fresh air venting. At night, temperature does not increase.
- Use well venting bedcover. Goose feathers are the best. You can get covers that are impenetrable for house dust mite. You are never allergic to the feathers, just to the dust mites that like to get in there.
Good luck!
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 26, 2011, 09:52:38 am ---Good grief. Is there anyone healthy on this forum?
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I just recovered from my 3rd hernia surgery, but other than that, I'm good... :cheers:
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