How do you go to sleep at night?

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  • ChrisRS87
    ChrisRS87 Posts: 781 Member
    I used to put on music, just so I can clear my head and pass out. I don't need it anymore though.

    My current problem is my arms twitch. By twich I mean full muscle spasm, which led to a black eye once. I'm afraid to let girls sleep on my arms lol.
  • callhimrodneyafterdave
    callhimrodneyafterdave Posts: 97
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  • LinaBo
    LinaBo Posts: 342 Member
    I had just managed to dial back my regular bedtime from anywhere between 1 and 3 AM, to before 12 PM (as early as 10:30 PM), when summer decided to finally show up. now it's so hot and humid that I have a hard time falling asleep, and I am back to crashing in the early AM again. It's not doing my energy levels any favours. I have to risk leaving the windows open a bit at night, because the oscillating fan doesn't cut it. The one thing I really miss about my otherwise crappy, basement apartment that I had in Toronto: central air!
  • leester
    leester Posts: 25 Member
    I work 12 hour shifts at night. I come home, clean up, lay down and am out. I only have so much time to sleep before the kids get home from school. Luckily I fall asleep quick. Sometimes I have to take Nyquil for my cough, I live in a valley and my allergies are terrible.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    i lie down and read. it is my me time and also my unwinding time. i'm usually in bed by 9ish, and i'll read anywhere from an thirty minutes to two hours, depending on how tired i am and how good the book is.
  • pixiechk201
    pixiechk201 Posts: 27 Member
    I don't eat or workout after 8pm and no caffine after 3pm (it will affect me for hours), and usually stop the housework or other activities by 9:45. I lay in bed and watch Jon Stewart at 10 and relax in the dark and shut everything down by 11:00. God I'm like an old person!
  • DianatheRed
    DianatheRed Posts: 41
    I am pretty spoiled...we have to have a cool (cold!) bedroom for my hubby to sleep, so I get snuggled deep into the covers. The hubby rubs my back for a while and then we talk. That is OUR time to catch up with each other. We usually get into bed around 10:00 and I drift off to sleep around 11-11:30. That said-I have never been able to sleep through the night. I wake up about 5 or so times. No reason in particular, just find myself awake. But that is an issue I have had since I was a baby, so I am used to it.

    From the research I have done, I would say to make sure your bedroom is nice and cool, no television in the room, dim the lights throughout the house at least an hour before bedtime, have some kind of winding down routine so your mind clues into the fact that it is almost time to sleep, and keep a pen and paper nearby to write down any errant thoughts you have while trying to go sleep. Try that for a week and see if it helps!
  • lorettaasmith
    lorettaasmith Posts: 418 Member
    I never go to bed before midnight. If I go any earlier, I will wake up and stay awake at some ungodly hour (i.e. 3:00 a.m.). No matter what time I go to bed, even if I have been reading literally all day for work, I read! That's the only way I can shut my brain off!
  • bigdaddycowgill
    bigdaddycowgill Posts: 120 Member
    I'd love to responses to this too!

    I also do the same, once my son is in bed, it's "me time"..and that is the only me time I get! So, I use it haha

    This, and my son is a Type 1 Diabetic and needs to be tested every 4 hours during the night and sometimes needs injections. My usual routine is to have a couple drinks and doze off in my chair in front of the TV until 1 or 2AM, test my son, go back & resume the TV & doze off again until my wife gets up for work at 5:30, test him again, then get into bed until 7(9 during the summer while the kids are home). I have trouble breathing sometimes when I lay down, so sleeping sitting up helps. I wish I could take something like Benadryl, but I can't afford to sleep through testing my son. The alcohol helps me get to sleep, but not stay asleep for more than a few hours at a time. Very bad habits, I know, but I've been doing pretty much the same thing for 9 years now. I can fall asleep pretty much anywhere, anytime(I've fallen asleep within minutes after drinking a double Monster), so I grab short naps whenever I can...
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,280 Member
    Working out makes me tired...I do most of my workouts in the early evening. By the time 10:00 rolls around, I am yawning.
  • GodsGirl37
    GodsGirl37 Posts: 348
    I read it makes me fall asleep
  • thedove34
    thedove34 Posts: 28 Member
    Nights that I cannot sleep.. I meditate. ...it works instantaneously!
  • ChaCha9904
    ChaCha9904 Posts: 20 Member
    I take melatonin randomly because I don't want to become dependent on it. But these late nights need to stop before I start school in August! I think I might try some relaxation techniques and relaxing music. Or liquor. Just kidding.
  • arathena720
    arathena720 Posts: 449 Member
    Melatonin gave me very vivid and very bizarre dreams, I hear some other people have the same problem, so I guess just be aware of it if you haven't tried it yet :) It will make you sleep though :)

    Me too. Even a half tablet was enough to give me night terrors. Plus it didn't seem to help me fall asleep any faster. But everyone's different. Tylonal PM works for me, but leaves me feeling a little zombie-ish in the morning, even if I wake up naturally without an alarm.
  • SueD66
    SueD66 Posts: 405 Member
    at 8 pm i shut tv and computer off. I shut the bedroom door and read a bit of something and at 9 it's lights out. I like it dark as it sooths me. I never need an alarm clock, haven't in years. I'm up at 5:30 am. good luck and keep trying. I use to be a night owl working 2nd shift for years. Now i love morning.
  • jreeves628
    jreeves628 Posts: 123 Member
    I listen to podcasts until I fall asleep. It help me turn my brain off. If not I think too much about everything.
  • da1128
    da1128 Posts: 212 Member
    The generic Tylenol PM is cheaper and works better than the "brand name." Just a thought. I go to bed around 10:30 PM and my body clock wakes me up at precisely 4:30 AM, every day, without fail. I think it's because I used to drive 26 miles round trip to the gym early every morning before I went to work at 8:30 AM. Good thing I'm a morning person! Anyway, I read on my Kindle before going to bed. Once I hit the sheets, the TV goes off and I just lay in the dark and think pleasant thoughts.
  • bhankiii
    bhankiii Posts: 217 Member
    The thing that works for me, and gets me a really good night's sleep is 30 minutes or an hour of good cardio an hour or two before bedtime.
  • stickwithme
    stickwithme Posts: 46 Member
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  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    Ummm, I go to bed wayy too late as well. But when I know I have to sleep, I will usually do quiet things before bed. I take a supplement sometimes, it's called GABA and you can find this in a vitamin store, it works. I like this bc it's more natural than other sleep aids. Also, melatonin, and 5 HTP help as well. I wouldn't take them all at the same time. I used to work at a GNC and several customers would come in for one of these 3 items to help them sleep.
  • mgraue82
    mgraue82 Posts: 168 Member
    I didn't read all the responses but, a nice hot shower/bath and a couple "Calms Forte" Sleep Aid by Hyland's (Walgreen's or Target or Walmart carry it) I have to take them and pretty much get right into bed though because you get drowsy fast! GOOD LUCK! The also have a "Calm's Forte" for the mind that won't rest and you can take "Valerian Root" for that as well, like if you're having trouble shutting your mind off at night.
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I go to bed around 11.....so to some people that may not be reasonable (I get up at 6am on work days) but I like to have a cup of tea before bed and light snack and I find reading or playing a simple game on my cellphone makes me soooooo sleepy.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    i don't...insomniac here.
  • CalJur
    CalJur Posts: 627 Member
    coitus. very relaxing. :tongue:
  • kwoodson94
    kwoodson94 Posts: 37
    Sadly, I take some Tylenol PM an hour or two before bed - it's the only thing that works for me :(

    This is the same thing I do, when I need it, I take only 1/2 tab. It surprisely works very well. I use it just to get back on track, 1 to 3 nights and then usually I am back in the habit. I also use it when I stay somewhere else. It is always hard to fall asleep someplace else. It works very well.
  • Dethea
    Dethea Posts: 247 Member
    I have insomnia, brought on by stress, anxiety, and depression.

    The most important thing is to set a routine and stick with it every night. That way, when you start going through the motions of getting ready for bed, your body picks up on the cues and says "oh, I'm doing this this and this, it must be bedtime."
    Do things to help you relax, like drink tea or read a book.
    If you absolutely CANNOT sleep, go see your PCP. You might need sleep aids.
  • Tribbey143
    Tribbey143 Posts: 388 Member


    And if all else fails, Tylenol PM. :wink:

    yes lets get right down to it! haha love it!
  • Easywider
    Easywider Posts: 434 Member
    Poorly...So I just burn one down quick and pass out.
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    i sleep when i want to. i don't have a schedule.
    ketosis keeps my insomnia (and anxiety and depression!) in check though. makes it easier to go to bed between midnight and 3, instead of staying up til 8 or 9 am.
  • KyliAnnHobson
    KyliAnnHobson Posts: 551 Member
    I work crazy hours, so I get off at 3am most nights and try to be in bed by 4am and no matter what, I always get up at 10am at the latest (earlier if I want to get my run in before it gets too hot & humid). I usually read for 10-15 minutes before bed to unwind and I have no trouble falling asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. I'd like to get more sleep, but it's just not possible.

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